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01Choose the pair of Arabic words whose relation matches the relation in the pair «عقوبة : ردع» (penalty : deterrence)

Practice question Unit: Verbal Ability

  1. Aجريمة : ظلم (crime : wrong-doing)

    Wrong: kind and genus, not purpose, not the relation in the given pair.

  2. Bدواء : شفاء (medicine : cure) ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: a thing and its purpose: medicine aims at a cure, the same as the given pair.

  3. Cسجن : حبس (prison : confinement)

    Wrong: a place and a closely related act, not the relation in the given pair.

  4. Dمحكمة : قاضٍ (court : judge)

    Wrong: a place and the person working in it, not the relation in the given pair.

Reference: Qiyas, Public Prosecution professional test: general abilities, verbal section; question type: verbal analogy

02Choose the pair of words, in order, that best completes the Arabic sentence: «رغم ...... الأدلة ضد المتهم، فقد ...... ما نُسب إليه من تهم.» Meaning: Despite the ...... of evidence against the accused, he ...... what he was charged with.

Practice question Unit: Verbal Ability

  1. Aقلة – أنكر (scarcity – denied)

    Scarce evidence agrees with denial, so there is no contrast to justify «رغم».

  2. Bكثرة – أقرّ (abundance – admitted)

    Abundant evidence agrees with admitting, so there is no contrast with «رغم».

  3. Cكثرة – أنكر (abundance – denied) ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: «رغم» requires contrast: abundant evidence against denial by the accused.

  4. Dكثرة – استأنف (abundance – appealed)

    «استأنف ما نُسب إليه» is incorrect; appeal applies to a judgment.

Reference: Qiyas, Public Prosecution professional test: general abilities, verbal section; question type: sentence completion

03The price of an item rises by 20%, then the new price falls by 20%. What is the combined effect compared with the original price?

Practice question Unit: Quantitative Ability

  1. ANo change

    The decrease is taken from the higher price after the rise, so its amount is larger than the increase.

  2. BAn increase of 4%

    The result is 96% of the original, which is less, not more.

  3. CA decrease of 2%

    This is half the true decrease; the result is 0.96, not 0.98.

  4. DA decrease of 4% ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: 1.2 × 0.8 = 0.96, so the final price is 96% of the original, a 4% decrease.

Reference: Qiyas, Public Prosecution professional test: general abilities, quantitative section; question type: arithmetic, fractions and ratios

04The price of 3 pens and 2 notebooks is 19 riyals, and the price of 2 pens and 1 notebook is 11 riyals. What is the price of 4 pens and 1 notebook (in riyals)?

Practice question Unit: Quantitative Ability

  1. A12

    Wrong: 12 is the price of the 4 pens alone, without the notebook.

  2. B19

    Wrong: 19 is the price of 3 pens and 2 notebooks, not 4 pens and 1 notebook.

  3. C17 ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: from the two equations a pen costs 3 and a notebook costs 5, so the total is 4 × 3 + 5 = 17.

  4. D20

    Wrong: 20 is the price of 4 notebooks alone, not of 4 pens and 1 notebook.

Reference: Qiyas, Public Prosecution professional test: general abilities, quantitative section; question type: simultaneous equations

05A child below the age of discernment destroyed someone else's property, and the judge required him to pay its value from his own money although he is not accountable. What is the reason?

Practice question Unit: Sharia Sciences

  1. ABecause a child is accountable for the financial rights of people but not for the rights of Allah alone

    A child below discernment is not accountable at all, neither for the rights of people nor the rights of Allah.

  2. BBecause a child has full capacity in matters of property, transactions and offences

    A child has deficient capacity, which is why his guardian acts for him regarding his property.

  3. CBecause his guardian neglected to watch him and so bears the liability in his place from his own money

    The liability here is taken from the child's own money, not the guardian's, and its cause is the destruction, not the guardian's neglect.

  4. DBecause destruction is a cause of liability, and declaratory rulings do not require accountability ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: destruction is a declaratory cause of liability, and declaratory rulings apply without the condition of accountability.

Reference: Rawdat al-Nazir, chapter on the declaratory ruling and the chapter on the conditions of accountability

06Zayd feared a flood would swamp his farm, so he dug a channel that diverted the water onto his neighbour's farm and destroyed a crop equal in value to what he would have lost. What is the ruling and the maxim?

Practice question Unit: Sharia Sciences

  1. AIt is permissible; necessities permit the prohibited

    Necessity does not permit destroying another's property for an equal loss.

  2. BIt is permissible; matters are judged by intentions and his aim was to avert harm

    A good aim does not permit harming another equally.

  3. CIt is not permissible; harm is not removed by equal harm ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: Averting harm from himself by inflicting equal harm on another does not remove harm.

  4. DIt is permissible; hardship brings ease

    Ease does not come by shifting the harm onto another.

Reference: Al-Ashbah wa al-Naza'ir by al-Suyuti, fourth rule: Harm must be removed (branch: harm is not removed by equal harm)

07A man concluded a valid marriage contract with a woman without consummating it, then committed zina. What is his hadd?

Practice question Unit: Sharia Sciences

  1. AStoning because a valid contract makes him muhsan

    Wrong: the contract alone does not confer ihsan.

  2. BOne hundred lashes without banishment since he has a wife

    Wrong: banishment is not dropped merely because of the contract.

  3. COne hundred lashes and banishment, as he is not muhsan ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: ihsan requires intercourse in a valid marriage, which has not occurred, so he is treated as unmarried.

  4. DFifty lashes because he is married

    Wrong: fifty is the hadd of slaves.

Reference: Al-Rawd al-Murbi', Book of Hudud, chapter on the hadd for zina

08A criminal case was registered at the court, then an official wished to withdraw it before judgment in order to refer it to another body. What is the ruling?

Practice question Unit: Law

  1. AIt is permitted with the approval of the court's president as long as the first session has not been held

    The article makes no exception for the first session not yet being held and gives the court's president no such power.

  2. BIt is permitted if the Public Prosecution requests it for reasons connected with the progress of the investigation

    The Public Prosecution cannot withdraw the case after registration; the bar applies to everyone.

  3. CNot permitted; a case may not be referred elsewhere or withdrawn before judgment ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: Article 5 forbids referral and withdrawal once the case is brought.

  4. DReferral is permitted, though not withdrawal, if the other body is a court of the same level

    The article bars referral to another court without distinguishing between levels.

Reference: Law of Criminal Procedure, Article 5

09A victim declared before the investigator that he waives his right to retaliation (qisas). What does the Law require for the waiver to count?

Practice question Unit: Law

  1. AThe investigator records it in the report and has it witnessed, with no court ratification needed

    For qisas and qadhf, ratification by the competent court is required.

  2. BThe investigator records it in the report and has it witnessed, and the competent court ratifies the waiver ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: Article 29: recording and witnessing, plus court ratification for qisas and the hadd of qadhf.

  3. CThe accused agrees to the waiver and the investigator records his agreement and signs the report with the investigator

    The accused's agreement is not a condition in Article 29.

  4. DThe Prosecutor General ratifies the waiver by a reasoned decision

    The ratification required is from the competent court, not the Prosecutor General.

Reference: Law of Criminal Procedure, Article 29

10The investigator delegated in writing a criminal investigation officer to hear witnesses in a case. During this, the delegate feared that time would be lost and questioned the accused on a matter connected with the delegated work and necessary to uncover the truth. What is the ruling on this questioning?

Practice question Unit: Law

  1. ANot permitted, because only the investigator may question the accused in any circumstances

    Incorrect: Article 66 excludes questioning from delegation as a rule, but Article 67 allows it to the delegate where time may be lost.

  2. BPermitted in all cases, at the delegate's discretion

    Incorrect: the permission is limited to fear of loss of time and a link to the delegated work.

  3. CNot permitted unless a new written permission is obtained from the head of the department

    Incorrect: Article 67 does not require a new permission in this case.

  4. DPermitted, if he fears loss of time and it is connected with the delegated work and necessary to uncover the truth ✓ Correct answer

    Correct: Article 67 allows the delegate to question the accused where time may be lost and the matter is connected with the delegated work and necessary to uncover the truth.

Reference: Law of Criminal Procedure, Article 67

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