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Question 1

_______________ is the principle that the court should adhere to decided cases.

A) voir dire
B) writ of habeas corpus
C) res ipsa
D) stare decisis

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Acts that are made wrong by law are called ______________.

A) mala prohibita
B) mala in se
C) mala locuter
D) mens rea

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Model Penal Code prescribes four states of mind that reflect mens rea. Which of the following is not one of those four states of mind?

A) purpose
B) knowledge
C) recklessness
D) negligence
E) justifiable

Answer 3

E

Question 4

The intention to commit a criminal act is called ______________.

A) actus reus
B) res ipsa locuter
C) mens rea
D) habeas corpus

Question 5

A civil wrong committed by one person against another which entitles a person to compensation is called ____________.

A) misdemeanor
B) tort
C) violation
D) mala prohibita act

Question 6

Law that was developed in England and is the basis of much America criminal law is called _________.

A) constitutional law
B) civil law
C) common law
D) administrative law

Question 7

When we punish people for being this or that kind of person, such as a prostitute or a drug addict, we are violating the _________________ Amendment.

A) First Amendment, freedom of speech
B) Sixth Amendment, freedom to be oneself
C) Forth Amendment, freedom from unreasonable
D) Eight Amendment, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

Question 8

Acts that are inherently evil are called ___________.

A) mala prohibita
B) mala in se
C) mala locuter
D) actus reus

Question 9

The M'Naghten Rule applies to __________________.

A) searchers of a person home
B) searchers of a person car
C) the exclusion of evidence at trial
D) the insanity defense

Question 10

A crime, that is subject to punishment of one year or more in a state prison or to capital punishment is called a __________.

A) misdemeanor
B) tort
C) violation
D) felony

Question 11

An example of an act of omission would be ______________.

A) murder
B) failure to pay taxes
C) selling illegal drugs
D) lying under oath

Question 12

A sex offender, upon release from prison, who fails to register with the proper authorities has committed ____________.

A) an additional sex crime
B) a crime of commission
C) a crime of omission
D) a probation violation

Question 13

A crime punishable by less than a year in a jail or probation or a fine is called a ____.

A) misdemeanor
B) tort
C) violation
D) felony

Question 14

The principle of ___________ means that every crime must be clearly defined by common law or legislation prior to its commission.

A) jurisprudence
B) mens rea
C) constitutional law
D) legality

Question 15

Mens rea is also known as ___________________.

A) the guilty act
B) the guilty mind
C) the criminal act
D) the criminal man

Question 16

An act such as murder would be considered a _______________ crime.

A) mala prohibita
B) mala in se
C) status
D) actus reus

Question 17

The ________________ means that the criminal act must be accompanied by an equally criminal mind.

A) actus reus
B) mala in se
C) concurrence requirement
D) joint condition

Question 18

Criminal penalties may not be inflicted upon a person for being in a condition he is powerless to change is a principle of __________________.

A) Robinson v. California
B) Furman v. Georgia
C) Gideon v. Wainwright
D) En re Gault

Question 19

Who, for the most part, makes the criminal law?

A) The President
B) The courts
C) The legislature
D) The people

Question 20

There is no need to prove mens rea in a ____________________ law.

A) strict liability
B) necessary liability
C) reckless liability
D) intentional liability

Question 21

Nulum crimen sine lege means _______________.

Question 22

The intention to commit a criminal act is called ______________.

Question 23

For which of the following can we punish a person?

A) being a prostitute
B) being an alcoholic
C) being a drug addict
D) none of the above

Question 24

_______________ is the principle that the court should adhere to decided cases.

Question 25

The principle of ___________ means that every crime must be clearly defined by common law or legislation prior to its commission.

Question 26

An example of a crime of omission would be ______________.

A) murder
B) failure to pay child support
C) selling illegal drugs
D) lying under oath

Question 27

The case of ___________________ established we may not punish people for being in a condition that they are powerless to change.

Question 28

_______________ is the principle that the court should adhere to decided cases.

Question 29

The criminal law is, for the most part, created by ________________.

Question 30

John Hinckley shot ____________________.

A) President John Kennedy
B) Senator Robert Kennedy
C) President Ronald Reagan
D) President Gerald Ford

Question 31

Not everything immoral is ________, and not everything illegal is ________.

Question 32

Acts that are inherently evil are called ___________.

Question 33

Mens rea is also known as ___________________.

Question 34

When we punish people for being this or that kind of person, such as a prostitute or a drug addict, we are violating the _________________ Amendment.

Question 35

Acts that are made wrong by law are called ______________.

Question 36

If a restaurant patron goes to the coat closet to retrieve his raincoat but takes the wrong raincoat his defense would be one of __________________.

A) mistake or ignorance of law
B) mistake of fact
C) intoxication
D) insanity

Question 37

Law that was developed in England and is the basis of much America criminal law is called _________.

Question 38

Failure to pay your taxes is an example of a crime of ____________.

Question 39

There is no need to prove mens rea in a ____________________ law.

Question 40

Suppose two hikers are lost in a storm. They come across a cottage and they break into it and eat some of the food in order to save their lives. Their defense would be one of ____.

A) mistake or ignorance of law
B) mistake of fact
C) intoxication
D) insanity
E) necessity

Question 41

Nulum crimen sine lege means "no crime without criminal law."

Question 42

The M'Naghten Rule applies to the exclusion of evidence at trial.

Question 43

It is illegal to drive a car while listening to a radio in the State of Illinois.

Question 44

You do not have to be a human being to be held criminally liable for a crime.

Question 45

Under the criminal law, the conduct of a sleepwalker cannot be deemed criminal conduct.

Question 46

In 1386, a sow that had killed a child in Falaise, France, was tried, found guilty of homicide, and executed by hanging.

Question 47

In medieval Germany, goats or geese that had committed criminal mischief on a neighbor's property could be hanged as a punishment for their crimes.

Question 48

Until 1964, it was possible in New York for a woman to be sent to jail for a year for being a prostitute, without regard to whether she was currently soliciting or engaging in sex for hire.

Question 49

The use of the insanity has increased dramatically with almost 5% of all criminal murder cases using it as a method to avoid conviction.

Question 50

Acts that are inherently evil are called mala prohibita.