MOCK BAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS IN

CRIMINAL LAW
1. A judgment on the pleadings:

a. May aware all the reliefs prayed for in the complaint, regardless of their nature
b. May not aware the claims for attorneys fees and actual damages in any event.
c. May award claims for attorneys fees and actual damages at the discretion of the
Court.
d. May award claims for attorneys fees and actual damages if there is evidence
adduced by the plaintiff in support thereof.
2. One of these statements is not correct: A party may impeach his own witness by-

a. Contrary evidence
b. Evidence that his general honesty, integrity and truth is bad
c. Evidence of his bad character
d. Evidence of his having been convicted of all offense
3. A second Motion for New Trial in a civil action:

a. Is never allowed
b. Allowed only if the ground thereof was not yet existence when the first motion for
New Trial was filed.
c. Allowed on any ground
d. Is allowed only at the discretion of the Court
4. One of these statements is not correct: The parol evidence rule-

a. Applies only to written agreements and wills.

b. Applies only to the parties thereto and their successors-in-interest.
c. Does not apply to a party to a suit who is not a signatory or who does not derive
a right from such signatory to the written agreement or will.
d. Applies to all parties to a suit regardless of whether they are parties or not to or
derive their right under a written agreement or will involved in the suit
5. Choose from among the grounds below for dismissal of petition for certiorari the ground

which will which sustain the issuance of writ of certiorari.

a. If it is patently without merit.
b. If the act complained of was committed with grave abuse of discretion amounting
to lack or excess of jurisdiction.
c. If the questions raised are too insubstantial to require consideration.
d. If it is prosecuted manifestly for delay.