- 1. The following are the disqualification in granting Executive Clemency, except.
A) Convicted of Sedition
B) Petioner is recidivist
C) He/she had been once granted by conditional pardon and violated any of its conditions
D) Petitioner is suffering from insanity
- 2. In applying for grant of Conditional Pardon the prisoner shall served at least of the minimum of his indeterminate sentence.
A) 1/3
B) None of these
C) 1/2
D) 6 years
- 3. "If the prisoner is risk to the community, he/she is qualified in granting Executive Clemency." This statement is?
A) True
B) None of these
C) False
D) Maybe
- 4. If the petitioner committed a crime against any of the crimes stated in the Omnibus Election Code or any of its rules and regulations, then favorable endorsement shall be done by?
A) President
B) Sec. of National Defense
C) Commission on Election
D) BPP
- 5. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 4 FORMS OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY, EXCEPT.
A) COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE
B) PARDON
C) PAROLE
D) AMNESTY
- 6. The following are the Extra Ordinary Circumstances considered in the grant of Executive Clemency, except.
A) Penalty imposed is too harsh compared to the crime committed by the prisoner
B) None of these
C) Presences of evidences which would have justified an acquittal of the accused which was not considered by the court even before his/her conviction
D) Prisoners who are more than nine (9) years but lower than eighteen (18) years at the time of the commission of the offense
- 7. In applying for grant of Commutation of sentence the prisoner shall served at least his/her minimum indeterminate sentence.
A) 1/2
B) 1 year
C) 1/3
D) 6 years
- 8. The following may apply for executive clemency, except.
A) A prisoner not eligible for Parole
B) A prisoner who suffer from insanity
C) A prisoner who is physically and mentally fit
D) None of these
- 9. Who may grant Executive Clemency?
A) PPA
B) BPP
C) President
- 10. If the prisoner file petition for Absolute or Conditional Pardon but the crime committed by the petitioner is Piracy he/she will be indorsed to the Board by the?
A) COMELEC
B) President
C) BPP
D) Sec. of National Defense
- 11. In the Pardon granted by the President, criminal liability does not extinguish.
A) True
B) False
C) Maybe
- 12. In executive clemency, the agency in charge with the release of sentence prisoners based on modes specified by law is?
A) PRESIDENT
B) BPP
C) COURT
D) PPA
- 13. A pardon which releases the wrongdoer from punishment and restores the offender's civil rights without qualification.
A) Conditional Pardon
B) Probation
C) Absolute Pardon
- 14. The pardoned individual no longer has an active felony conviction and should therefore be eligible for employment opportunities that were previously unavailable. It restores the individual's Civil Rights. This statement is?
A) False
B) True
C) Maybe
- 15. It refers to the total extinction of the criminal liability of the individual to whom it is granted without any condition
A) Conditional Pardon
B) Parole
C) Absolute Pardon
- 16. Shall refer to Absolute Pardon, Conditional Pardon, Commutation of Sentence and Reprieve as may be granted by the President of the Philippines.
A) Parole
B) Probation
C) Pardon
D) Executive Clemency
- 17. In the Pardon granted by offended party it maybe given after the prosecution of criminal action.
A) Maybe
B) True
C) False
- 18. It is a form of executive clemency granted by the President of the Philippines as a privilege extended to a convict as a discretionary act of grace.
A) Probation
B) Parole
C) Pardon
D) Amnesty
- 19. In the Pardon granted by the President, it may extended to any of the offenders before conviction.
A) False
B) True
C) Maybe
- 20. Pardon is a highly political in nature and is usually granted in response to popular clamor or to aid in the return to normalcy of a political situation that might affect the country if not addressed.
A) Maybe
B) True
C) False
- 21. A pardon looks to the future. It is not retrospective. It makes no amends for the past. It affords no relief for what has been suffered by the offender.
A) False
B) True
C) Maybe
- 22. Under the law, the PRESIDENT has the power to grant pardons, commutations, amnesty for all offenses except and remit fines and forfeitures after the recipient has been convicted.
A) crime against person
B) crime against chastity
C) impeachment cases
D) crime against national security
- 23. Means the forgiveness of a crime or the cancellation of the penalty associated with it.
A) Probation
B) Pardon
C) Executive
D) Clemency
- 24. It refers to the exemption of an individual, within certain limits or conditions; from the punishment that the law inflicts for the offense he has committed resulting in partial extinction of his criminal liability
A) Conditional Pardon
B) Absolute Pardon
C) Parole
- 25. In Pardon, it involves forgetfulness and not forgiveness.
A) Maybe
B) True
C) False
- 26. Pardon is granted by President for any offense except impeachment cases. This statement is?
A) True
B) Maybe
C) False
- 27. It is a private act which must be pleaded and proved by the person granted by the President.
A) Amnesty
B) Executive Clemency
C) Parole
D) Pardon
- 28. What article in the RPC states that the death sentence shall be carried out without prejudice to the exercise by the President of his executive clemency powers at all times?
A) Article 88 of the Revised Penal code
B) Article 18 of the Revised Penal code
C) Article 11 of the Revised Penal code
D) Article 81 of the Revised Penal code
- 29. Pardon is granted to individual convicted of a crime, while Amnesty is granted to
A) Convicted Person
B) Classes of Person
C) Law abiding Citizens
- 30. is simply the source of power of the President to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons and remit fines and forfeitures after conviction by final judgment
A) Section 9, Article VII of the RPC
B) Section 19, Article VII of the RPC
C) Section 29, Article VII of the RPC
D) Section 18, Article VII of the RPC
- 31. Conditional pardon is in the nature of a contract between the sovereign power or the Chief Executive and the to the effect that the former will release the latter subject to the condition.
A) Individual
B) Law Abiding Citizen
C) BPP
D) Convicted Person
- 32. Amnesty is_____with the court and may take judicial notice.
A) Private act
B) Act by the President
C) Public act
- 33. Person released under an amnesty proclamation stands before the law precisely as though he had committed no offense. This statement is?
A) False
B) True
C) Maybe
- 34. Amnesty is granted for____offenses
A) Civil
B) Political
C) Administrative
- 35. One of the limitations on the exercise of the pardoning power is it can restore public offices forfeited.
A) False
B) Maybe
C) True
- 36. What section under the Revised Administrative Code states that the Chief Executive is authorized to order the arrest and re-incarceration of any such person who, in his judgment, shall fail to comply with the condition, or conditions of his pardon, parole, or suspension of sentence?
A) Section 41 of the Revised Administrative Code,
B) Section 14 of the Revised Administrative Code
C) Section 64 of the Revised Administrative Code
D) Section 46 of the Revised Administrative Code
- 37. The following are the limitations on the exercise of the pardoning power, except.
A) Cannot be granted in cases of legislative contempt or civil contempt
B) Cannot absolve convict of civil liability
C) None of these
D) Can be granted in cases of impeachment
- 38. One of the limitations on the exercise of the pardoning power is it cannot absolve convict of civil liability
A) True
B) Maybe
C) False
- 39. Amnesty is granted before or final conviction of a person. This statement is?
A) Maybe
B) true
C) False
- 40. A petitioner shall be eligible for the grant of Commutation of sentence if he/she have served at least 1/2 of the minimum sentence of his indeterminate sentence. This statement is?
A) True
B) False
C) Maybe
- 41. It is an act of clemency by which a heavier or longer sentence is reduced to a lighter or shorter term.
A) Pardon
B) Commutation of Sentence
C) Amnesty
D) Reprieve
- 42. For conditional pardon, if the petitioner is convicted of Attempted Homicide he shall served at least in prison before he shall be eligible for commutation of sentence.
A) at least 8 years
B) at least 20 years
C) at least 12 years
D) at least six months
- 43. The following category of prisoners shall not be considered for commutation of sentence or conditional pardon, except.
A) None of these
B) The petitioner is suffering from mental illness or disorder as certified by a government psychiatrist
C) The petitioner is eligible for parole
D) The petitioner had been sentenced to another prison term within one year from the date of his last recommitment to the jail or prison
- 44. For commutation of sentence, if the petitioner is convicted of Parricide he shall served at least in prison before he shall be eligible for commutation of sentence
A) at least 20 years
B) at least 25 years
C) at least 8 years
D) at least 12 years
- 45. For commutation of sentence, if the petitioner is convicted of Robbery with Homicide he shall served at least
in prison before he shall be eligible for commutation of sentence.
A) at least 12 years
B) at least 8 years
C) at least 25 years
D) at least 10 years
- 46. A form of Executive Clemency that is temporary stay of the execution of a sentence.
A) Pardon
B) Reprieve
C) Commutation of Sentence
D) Amnesty
- 47. It shall refer to the reduction of the duration of prison sentence.
A) Commutation of Sentence
B) Amnesty
C) Reprieve
D) Pardon
- 48. The petition for absolute pardon shall be accompanied by an affidavits of at least 2 responsible members of the community where the petitioner resides. The affidavits shall among others, state that the petitioner has conducted himself in moral and law-abiding citizen manner since his release from prison and shall indicate the petitioner's occupation and the community service he has rendered. This statement is?
A) False
B) Maybe
C) True
- 49. Amnesty came form the Greek word,
A) amnesty
B) amnestia
C) amnestiya
D) amnestiaa
- 50. This form of Executive Clemency is It applied to death sentences already affirmed by the Supreme Court.
A) Commutation of Sentence
B) Reprieve
C) Amnesty
D) Pardon
- 51. For conditional pardon, the petitioner must have served at least 1/3 of the minimum of his indeterminate sentence. This statement is?
A) Maybe
B) True
C) False
- 52. For commutation of sentence, if the petitioner has two sentences for Reclusion Perpetua; provided that at least 1 of the sentences had been automatically commuted from a death sentence he shall served at least in prison before he shall be eligible for commutation of sentence
A) at least 20 years
B) at least 8 years
C) at least 12 years
D) at least 25 years
- 53. Amnesty can only be granted before conviction. This statement is?
A) False
B) True
C) Maybe
- 54. A special pardon exercised by the President of the Republic is?
A) Pardon
B) Amnesty
C) Absolute Pardon
D) Conditional Pardon
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