In addition to criminal penalties, cities have also turned to what other remedies to
control gang activity?
a. interlocutory order
b. mandate to cease
c. warrant to stop
d. civil remedies
Automatism is the name given to
a. unconscious bodily movements
b. intoxicated bodily movements
c. conscious bodily movements
d. static bodily movements
Historically, who has been punished the harshest for prostitution?
a. women.
b. men.
c. johns.
d. pimps.
Criminal liability is defined as criminal conduct that qualifies for criminal:
a. punishment
b. mens rea
c. conspiracy
d. murder
The cause that either interrupts a chain of events or substantially contributes to a result
is called the
a. proximate cause.
b. real cause.
c. intervening cause.
d. select cause.
General intent is the intent to
a. commit a criminal act.
b. cause harm.
c. make the act cause the harm.
d. have the mens rea.
A friend of yours puts illegal drugs into your backpack without your knowledge. This is
known as
a. constructive possession of the drugs.
b. knowing possession of the drugs.
c. mere possession of the drugs.
d. real possession of illegal drugs.
Vincent is awoken in the middle of the night by a sound outside his house. He takes a
loaded .38 pistol from his nightstand and proceeds downstairs to his kitchen to check on
the noise. He encounters a stranger in his kitchen. The stranger hits him in the face
knocking him to the floor. As he gets up his see the man running out his kitchen door.
Vincent shoots the man through the kitchen door.
Which of the following rules is most applicable to this case?
a. the stand-your-ground rule
b. the retreat rule
c. the castle rule
d. the grounded doctrine rule
The vast majority of rape victims are raped by
a. strangers.
b. spouses.
c. individuals between twenty and thirty years of age.
d. individuals they know.
The existence of a legal duty is what element of a crime?
a. attendant circumstance
b. Adjunct
c. concurrent
d. permissive
Fault that requires no purposeful or conscious bad mind in the actor is
a. subjective fault
b. objective fault
c. voluntary fault
d. conscious fault
James has been having a difficult year. He lost his job, has been kicked out of his
apartment and currently has no place to live. He spends his days on a corner downtown,
soliciting money from strangers. He eats at the mission and sleeps under a bridge near
the local park.
Based on his situation, James might be considered a
a. pimp.
b. vagrant.
c. prostitute.
d. gang member.
There’s a trend in the U.S. to abolish which of the following?
a. second degree murder
b. voluntary manslaughter
c. unlawful act manslaughter
d. involuntary manslaughter
Which of the following is not one of the popular myths regarding the insanity defense?
a. the insanity defense is overused.
b. the use of the insanity defense is limited to murder cases.
c. there is no risk to the defendant who pleads insanity.
d. criminal defendants who plead insanity are usually insane.
Vicarious liability statutes grew out of public fear, frustration, and anger over juvenile
violence and parents’
a. inability to control their kids.
b. failure to control their kids.
c. desire to control their kids.
d. intention to control their kids.
Stan robs a woman while she is walking home from work. Police later identify Stan as
the robber and he is arrested. Stan is found guilty of robbery and is sentenced to one
year in jail. During sentencing the judge notes that his reasoning for the sentence is that
being in jail will keep Stan from robbing any other people and he wants to set an
example for others.
The reasoning of the judge for sentencing Stan is an example of which of the
following?
a. informal discretionary decision making
b. judicial opinions
c. formal criminal processing
d. judicial lawmaking
The actus reus of treason consists of levying war against the U.S. and
a. spying on the government.
b. destroying government property.
c. encouraging others to overthrow the government.
d. giving aid and comfort to enemies of the U.S.
Julie goes to see a doctor because she is experiencing pain in her uterus. After
examining her, the doctor tells her that she has advanced uterine cancer. The traditional
treatment is painful and expensive, the doctor tells her, but there is a new, experimental
treatment that has been shown to be very effective. He tells her he has been injected
with a serum that will cure her cancer but she must have sex with him to be cured. Julie
has sex with the doctor.
Which of the following is true?
a. Julie is a victim of rape.
b. Julie is a victim of fraud in the fact.
c. Julie is a victim of fraud in the inducement.
d. none of these are true.
Serious crimes that include (1) a voluntary act, (2) the mental element (3)
circumstantial elements, (4) causation and (5) criminal harm are also called
a. harm crimes.
b. mens rea crimes.
c. causation crimes.
d. bad result crimes.
George spent most of the afternoon playing cards with Chuck. A man carrying cash
walked by and Chuck pulled a knife and robbed the man with the cash. Both George
and Chuck fled the scene. George was caught; Chuck never was.
What case deals with flight from the scene of a crime?
a. Bailey v. U.S.
b. State v. Walden
c. State v. Ulvinen
d. Backun v. United States
What part of criminal law consists of principles that apply to more than one crime?
a. general part of criminal law
b. generic part of criminal law
c. specific part of criminal law
d. special part of criminal law
The federal mail fraud statute played an essential role in the government’s case against
a. Thomas Maze.
b. Timothy McVeigh.
c. Kenneth Lay.
d. Martha Stewart.
A legal fiction turns what into an act, although it is really a passive state?
a. legal duty
b. omission
c. possession
d. convolutionism
Numerous crimes related to terrorism are included in the 1996
a. USA PATRIOT Act.
b. Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
c. Act for the Prevention of Terrorist Acts against the U.S.
d. International Compact for the Capture and Prosecution of Terrorists.
Which of the following would be a valid impossibility defense?
a. the bank closes before the defendant can rob it
b. the victim does not show up at the ambush point
c. what the defendant plans to do to the victim is not a criminal act
d. the poison is not strong enough to kill the victim
Failure-of-proof defenses are also known as
a. mistakes.
b. liabilities.
c. legalities.
d. hate crimes.
Mere presence of the defendant at the scene of a crime may create accomplice liability
if
a. the defendant secretly hopes the criminal will succeed.
b. the defendant does not attempt to help the victim.
c. the defendant knows the identity of the criminal but does not report the crime to the
police.
d. the defendant has a duty to prevent the crime and fails to prevent or attempt to
prevent it.
What was the first nonconsensual, non violent taking felony?
a. false pretenses
b. larceny
c. extortion
d. robbery
What kind of terrorism involves terrorist acts committed in the U.S.?
a. homeland
b. homegrown
c. domestic
d. tertiary
Carlos and Tanya worked together at a restaurant. Carlos asked Tanya out on a date and
Tanya declined. Carlos became very angry and began sending increasingly threatening
e-mails to Tanya. Tanya obtained a civil protection order. Carlos continued e-mailing
and threatening Tanya while also acknowledging that he was in violation of the
protection order. Tanya changed her address, license plate, employment, and moved.
The crime Carlos committed is a bad result crime. What is the bad result in this crime?
a. placing victims in fear.
b. placing victims in danger.
c. placing victims in awkward situations.
d. placing victims in neglect.