Pretest in Evidence
Name:___________________________________________ Year and Section:_____________
Date: __________ College: _____________________________________________________
I. Multiple choice: Encircle the letter that that best responds to the question.
(10 points).
1. It is the means, sanctioned by the Rules of Court, of ascertaining in a judicial proceeding
the truth respecting a matter of fact.
a. Action
b. Cause of action
c. Summons
d. Evidence
2. What are the requisites for admissibility of evidence?
a. Relevancy
b. Competency
c. Probative weight and probative value
d. A and B
3. Evidence must have such a relation to the fact in issue as to induce belief in its existence
or nonexistence
a.
b.
c.
d.
Judicial notice
Credence
Relevance of evidence
Collateral matters
4. Establishes the existence of a fact in issue without the aid of any inference or
presumption.
a. Direct evidence
b. Circumstantial evidence
c. Documentary evidence
d. Testimonial Evidence
5. Refers to worthiness of belief (believability).
a. a. Direct evidence
b. Circumstantial evidence
c. Documentary evidence
d. Credible evidence
e. Competent evidence
6. It is the duty of a party to present evidence to establish his claim or defense by the
amount of evidence required by law (Sec. 1, Rule 131). It is also called onus probandi.
a. Proof beyond reasonable doubt
b. Burden of proof
c. Substantial evidence
d. Preponderance of evidence
7. What are the kinds of presumptions of law?
a. Conclusive presumptions
b. Disputable presumptions
c. Both A and B
d. Indubitable presumptions and Valiant presumption
e. All of the above
8. It is the probative value given by the court to particular evidence admitted to prove a
fact in issue.
a. Weight of evidence
b. Credibility
c. Equipose
d. Renvoi
9. Is extrajudicial confession a sufficient ground for conviction?
a. Yes. It is all that is needed
b. Yes. The Rules of Court so provides.
c. No. It is not sufficient ground for conviction unless corroborated by evidence of
corpus delicti.
d. No. It is not sufficient ground for conviction unless corroborated by a witness.
10. It is that amount of relevant evidence which a reasonable mind might accept as
adequate to justify a conclusion.
a. proof beyond reasonable doubt
b. substantial evidence
c. clear and convincing evidence
d. preponderance of evidence
11. What are the facts that must be proved?
a. Those which the courts may take judicial notice
b. Those that are judicially admitted
c. Those that are conclusively presumed
d. Those that are disputably presumed but uncontradicted
e. When a man is stabbed at the thigh.
12. It is an admission, verbal or written, made by a party in the course of the
proceedings in the same case, which does not require proof .
a. Judicial admission
b. Extrajudicial confession
c. Extrajudicial admission
f. Judicial confession
13._____________ is also known as real evidence, demonstrative evidence, autoptic
preference and physical evidence, is that evidence which is addressed to the senses of
the court.
a. Real evidence
b. documentary evidence
c. Object evidence
d. a and b
14. In what cases do the Rules on DNA Evidence apply?
a. Criminal
b. Civil
c. Administrative
d. Both a and b
e. All of the above
15. It provides that when the subject of the inquiry is the contents of the document,
no evidence shall be admissible other than the original document itself.
a. Secondary Evidence
b. Best Evidence Rule
c. Electronic Evidence rule
d. Molecular Evidence rule
16. ___________________ refers to information generated, sent, received or stored by
electronic, optical or similar means.
a. Electronic evidence
b. Electronic Data message
c. Electronic Data Chip
d. Electronic Communication Data
17. The opinion of witness is not admissible based on the rule on testimonial
evidence.
a. True
b. False
C. Partly true and partly false.
18. __________ is the examination-in-chief of a witness by the party presenting him
on the facts relevant to the issue.
a. Cross examination
b. Direct examination
c. Recross examination
d. Redirect examination
19. Dr. A, a renowned medical doctor specializing in infectious disease and a general
surgeon in St. LUKE'S hospital, be a witness to testify whether the acts of the
surgical team of Our Lady Hospital for medical negligence and damages?
a. Yes. Because of his credentials.
b. Yes. Because of his work.
c. Yes. Because he is a credible witness.
d. Yes. Because he can be considered an expert witness.
20. A Deed of Sale was attached as an exhibit by the prosecution as evidence for the
crime of estaffa. The purpose of which is to prove the contents thereof. What is this
type of evidence?
a. Documentary evidence
b. Testimonial evidence
c. Object evidence
d. A and b
e. None of the above