Legislatures responded to the problem of unlawful conversion of property by creating
what felony?
a. embezzlement
b. robbery
c. larceny
d. theft
In what case did the U.S. Supreme Court tightened the constitutional restrictions on
loitering statutes?
a. Papichristou v. City of Jacksonville.
b. Kolender v. Lawson.
c. Joyce v. City and County of San Francisco.
d. R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul.
What is the name of assisted suicide?
a. euthanasia
b. homicide
c. involuntary manslaughter
d. voluntary manslaughter
In what war did the Government charged the whistleblowers, Pentagon military analyst
Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo under the Espionage Act for leaking the Pentagon
Papers to The New York Times?
a. The Vietnam War.
b. The Korean War.
c. World War I.
d. World War II.
Stephanie asks her friend Ahmad to accompany her to her ex-boyfriend Tom’s home so
that she may gather some of her belongings. Ahmad stays outside while Stephanie goes
inside to get her things. Ahmad begins deflating the tires on Tom’s motorcycle which is
sitting in the driveway. Tom sees Ahmad through the kitchen window and runs outside
to confront him. Ahmad does not see Tom but turns to go back to his car with the knife
in his hand. Tom and Ahmad collide and Tom is injured by the knife.
Which of the mental states identified in the Model Penal Code best applies to Ahmad?
a. Purposely
b. Knowingly
c. Recklessly
d. Negligently
If they encourage and approve the commission of a crime, words can amount to
a. accessory mens rea.
b. complicity liability.
c. solicitation.
d. accomplice actus reus.
The behavior of the drafters of the U.S. Constitution could have led to their prosecution
for what crime under British law?
a. treason
b. assault
c. disloyalty
d. rioting
In statutory rape, what substitutes for force?
a. omission.
b. neglect.
c. immaturity.
d. recklessness.
Participants after crimes are committed are known as
a. accomplices.
b. accessories.
c. conspirators.
d. participants.
Conscious risk creation is called
a. knowledge.
b. negligence.
c. contumacy.
d. recklessness.
In what case did the Supreme Court rule that death by electrocution did not violate the
cruel and unusual punishment clause?
a. In re Kemmler (1890)
b. Chambers v. Florida (1940)
c. Furman v. Georgia (1972)
d. Robinson v. California (1961)
The common law divided children into how many categories for the purpose of
deciding their capacity to commit crimes?
a. two.
b. three.
c. four.
d. none.
Much of the body of criminal homicide law is about
a. grading the seriousness of the offense.
b. grading the punishment for the offense.
c. reducing the seriousness of the offense.
d. reducing the punishment for the offense.
Domestic violence crimes have been transformed from a private concern to a criminal
justice problem since what decade?
a. since the early 1970s
b. since the early 1960s
c. since the early 1980s
d. since the early 1990s
Liability based on ownership or operation of a business may be specifically imposed by
a. statute.
b. contract.
c. consideration.
d. actus reus.
Which of the following is not a factor used by courts when testing for the validity of a
time, place, and manner regulation?
a. the content of the speech
b. a significant government interest
c. other channels of expression
d. the group/person making the speech
Criminal mischief is a
According to what rule does the government have a monopoly on the use of force; so
when you use force, you”re “taking the law into your own hands?”
a. the rule of law
b. the rule of self-defense
c. the rule of justification
d. the rule of mitigation
The term “intellectual property” refers to
a. ideas and their application in practice.
b. a person’s natural intelligence.
c. tangible property in the nature of books and manuscripts.
d. diplomas, certifications, and other materials that show someone has completed a
course of study.
Sanchez owns 13 adult entertainment stores that have been operating successfully for
ten years. Sanchez is convicted of transporting and selling obscene material. He was
also convicted of racketeering activity.
The act Sanchez violated allows which of the following?
a. high maximum fines.
b. long maximum prison sentences.
c. high maximum fines and long maximum prison sentences.
d. none of these answers is correct.
For an omission to be considered a crime, what must exist?
a. a compulsion to act
b. a legal duty to act
c. a moral duty to act
d. a necessity to act
The history of larceny and fraud is also the history of supplementing
a. civil actions with criminal punishment
b. criminal punishment with civil actions
c. civil actions with capital punishment
d. criminal punishment with fines
What is the name of a law that criminalizes an act that was innocent when it was
committed?
a. bill of attainder law
b. forfeiture law
c. ex post facto law
d. bill of particulars
Typically, there are how many degrees of arson?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
Josiah is angry at Valerie for failing him in his psychology class. Josiah loads his .357
revolver, carefully aims it at Valerie and pulls the trigger, killing her.
Regarding mens rea for the above crime, what doctrine is exhibited ?
a. the deadly weapon doctrine.
b. the bodily integrity doctrine.
c. the justifiable homicide doctrine.
d. the malice aforethought doctrine.
Which of the following kind of punishments are prohibited by the Eighth Amendment?
a. contumacious
b. presumptuous
c. barbaric
d. sumptuous
The rationale for attempt crimes focuses on what two types of danger?
a. dangerous conduct and dangerous people
b. group activity and inciting others
c. imitation and stimulation of crime
d. group activity and stimulation of crime
Voluntary manslaughter involves intentionally killing another in the sudden heat of
passion, which
a. was caused by a legally recognized adequate provocation.
b. was caused by a mental disease or defect.
c. caused the actor to be reckless.
d. gave the actor time to cool off.
The end of the second trimester, when the fetus can live outside the womb, is the
definition of
a. viability.
b. quickening.
c. fertilization.
d. conception.
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that it violates the Constitution to execute a
mentally retarded criminal defendant?
a. Penry v. Lynaugh. (1989)
b. Coker v. Georgia. (1977)
c. Roper v. Simmons. (2005)
d. Atkins v. Virginia. (2002)
Georgia took her child to the emergency room with injuries on her legs and back. When
doctors asked her how the child received the injuries, Georgia broke down weeping and
said she beat her daughter two days ago but had just gotten her period.
What defense might Georgia try to use in court?
a. premenstrual syndrome.
b. post-traumatic stress disorder.
c. battered woman syndrome.
d. holocaust survivor syndrome.
In Robinson v. California (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that a 90-day sentence for
drug addiction was
a. realistic.
b. unreasonable.
c. proportionate.
d. disproportionate.