Answers of Multiple Choice Questions on RA 9165

The average reading period of a reviewee in order to pass the Criminologist Licensure Examination
is:
a. 2 hrs a day
b. 4 hrs a day
c. 6 hrs a day
d. it depends

If your answer is letter (d)you will surely fail the exam. the answer is 6 hrs a day. I pray and hope that
you are reading more than 6 hrs. a day.

How about top-notchers? What is their average reading period in a day?

Ans. 12 hrs.

Make your choice today. will you read 12 hrs, 6 hrs., or it depends? May all of you choose 6-12 hrs.
May all of you pass/top the Criminologist licensure examination. see you on July 16.

1. ___ Republic Act 9165 is known as

(b) The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

2. ___ Republic Act 9165 was approved on

(a) June 7, 2002 when the President signed it

3. ___ Republic Act 9165 effectively repealed

(e) all of the above

4. ___ Republic Act 9165 as comprehensive law on drugs features the following, except

(d) It makes the Probation Law applicable

5. ___ It is the policy of Republic Act 9165, except

(d) to safeguard the rights of the drug traffickers and pushers

6. ___ Possession of dangerous drugs more than 10 grams of marijuana resin and marijuana resin
oil is punishable by life imprisonment to death. The amount of drugs shall therefore mean

(b) 10.01 grams

7. ___ Possession of dangerous drugs more than the limit set by law carries with it the imposition of
life imprisonment to death. However, death penalty as provided for by Republic Act 9346 is

(c) prohibited

8. ___ Possession is understood in two concepts, it shall mean

(a) physical and constructive

9. ___ Animus possedendi means

(e) intent to possess

10. ___ Onus probandi means

(a) burden of proving

11.____ Physical possession means actual possession and constructive possession means

(a) subjecting the item in ones control and dominion

12. ___ Possession of dangerous drugs is

(b) mala prohibita

13. The following are the elements of illegal possession of dangerous drugs under section 11, article
II of the RA 9165, except

(d) the accused sold the dangerous drugs

14. ___ Section 15, Article II of RA 9165 penalizes the use of dangerous drugs. Use shall mean

(d) all of the above

15. ___ Drug testing on secondary and tertiary level students is allowed provided

(a) it is at random and suspicious-less

16. ___ Drug test to persons arrested for a crime that carries with it a penalty of more than 6 years
was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because it violates the persons right to
(b) privacy

17. ___ Republic Act 9165 can require a person running for President to undergo drug testing to be
sure that he is drug free.

(c) no, because to require him to undergo drug test, the law will in effect adding a requirement which
will supplant the requirements provided for by the Constitution

18. Article VIII of RA 9165 is all about

(d) all of the above

19. ___ Section 5 of Article II penalize the following

(d) all of the above acts

20. The following are special aggravating circumstances under section 5, article II, except

(d) when it was carried by a drug syndicate

21. ___ Any person who pays for, raises or supplies money for, or underwrites any of the illegal
activities prescribed under RA 9165.
(a) financier

22. ___ Any person who knowingly and willfully consents to the unlawful acts and uses his/her
influence, power or position in shielding, harboring, screening or facilitating the escape of any person
he/she knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe on or suspects, has violated the provisions of
the drug law in order to prevent the arrest, prosecution and conviction of the violator.

(c) protector/coddler

23. ___ Any person who sells, trades, administers, dispenses, delivers or gives away to another, on
any terms whatsoever, or distributes, dispatches in transit or transports dangerous drugs or who acts
as a broker in any of such transactions, in violation of this Act.

(b) pusher

24. ___ Any act of introducing any dangerous drug into the body of any person, with or without
his/her knowledge, by injection, inhalation, ingestion or other means, or of committing any act of
indispensable assistance to a person in administering a dangerous drug to himself/herself unless
administered by a duly licensed practitioner for purposes of medication.

(c) administration

25. ___ Any act of giving away any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential
chemical whether for money or any other consideration.

(a) sale

26. ___ Transactions involving the illegal trafficking of dangerous drugs and/or controlled precursors
and essential chemicals using electronic devices such as, but not limited to, text messages, email,
mobile or landlines, two-way radios, internet, instant messengers and chat rooms or acting as a
broker in any of such transactions whether for money or any other consideration in violation of the
drug law.
(b) trade

27. ___ Any organized group of two (2) or more persons forming or joining together with the intention
of committing any offense prescribed under the drug law

(a) drug syndicate

28. ___ The following are essentials for the conviction under sale of illegal drugs, except

(e) the presentation of buy-bust money

29. ___ What is the corpus delicti in illegal sale of drugs?

(c) the object of sale

30. ___ Anti-drug operations are planned operations, however, there can be a valid conviction
notwithstanding the absence of

(d) all of the above

31. ___ What is the scientific name of opium? (asked in a Board Exam)

(c) Papaver somniferum

32. ___ What is the addictive content in marijuana (asked in a Board Exam)

(b) tetrahydrocannabinol

33. ___ Possession of opium poppy is punishable even if the same is for

(d) all of the above

35. ___ What is the scientific name for Ecstasy (possible Board Exam Question)

(b) Methylenedioxymethamphetamine

36. ___ The following are special aggravating circumstances for Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs
and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals, except
(a) when the clandestine laboratory has no fire exit

37. ___ When cultivation of marijuana was made on a private land

d) all of the above

38. ___ The sale, distribution, supply or transport of legitimately imported, in-transit, manufactured or
procured controlled precursors and essential chemicals, in diluted, mixtures or in concentrated form,
to any person or entity engaged in the manufacture of any dangerous drug, and shall include
packaging, repackaging, labeling, relabeling or concealment of such transaction through fraud,
destruction of documents, fraudulent use of permits, misdeclaration, use of front companies or mail
fraud. (possible Board Exam Question)
(b) chemical diversion
39. ___ It is the place where drugs are kept, stored and sold (possible Board Exam Question)

(d) all of the above

40. ___ Non-drug evidence confiscated in an anti-drug operation shall be in custodia legis. What is
custodia legis?

(c) custody of the court

41. ___ Drugs confiscated being illegal can not be returned to the accused in the event of acquittal.

(c) it will be destroyed

42. ___ Monies derived from violations of Republic Act 9165 are subject to freeze order by the Anti-
Money Laundering Council. The freeze order shall be issued by (asked in a Board Exam)

(b) Court of Appeals

43. ___ Section 21 of Republic Act 9165 is known as

(e) the chain of custody

44. ___ Section 21 of Republic Act 9165 as amended by Republic Act 10640 now requires (possible
Board Exam Question)
(b) at least 3 witness to the inventory

45. ___ Who are the witnesses to a drug inventory?

(e) all of the above

46. ___ Non-compliance with the inventory and photograph requirements

(a) will not affect the case as long as the integrity and evidentiary value of the evidence is preserved

47. ___ It means the duly recorded authorized movements and custody of seized drugs or controlled
chemicals or plant sources of dangerous drugs or laboratory equipment of each stage, from the time
of seizure/confiscation to receipt in the forensic laboratory to safekeeping to presentation in court for
destruction (IRR, RA 9165).
(b) the chain of custody rule

48. ___ The policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies
and programs on drug prevention and control. It shall develop and adopt a comprehensive,
integrated, unified and balanced national drug abuse prevention and control strategy. It shall be
under the Office of the President.

(e) The Dangerous Drugs Board

49. ___ It serves as the implementing arm of the Board, and shall be responsible for the efficient and
effective law enforcement of all the provisions on any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor
and essential chemical as provided by the drug law.

(d) The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

50. ___ A drug court is (asked in a Board Examination)

(c) Regional Trial Court