Deck 6: China

Question 1

Mao Zedong's major contribution to the enhancement of communist ideology was to base the revolution in China on the mass support of the peasants

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Great Leap Forward in China was designed to increase industrial and agricultural production

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Cultural Revolution refers to Deng Xiaoping's attempt to introduce Western ideas to China

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Within the leadership of the Communist Party the principal architect of the modernization of China through economic development was Deng Xiaoping.

Question 5

The Chinese Communist Party acknowledges that the country is economically backward and that socialist modernization may take 100 years to achieve

Question 6

According to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party may enjoy the privilege of being above the Constitution and the law

Question 7

The list of citizens' rights mentioned in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China is designed to curtail the power of the central government.

Question 8

A person can be elected to the office of President of the People's Republic of China for no more than two consecutive five-year terms

Question 9

The "mass line" was a theoretical perspective espoused by Mao Zedong in China that was based on the premise that government officials should be guided by the public because the people are the true supervisors of government bureaucrats.

Question 10

Red Guards were young activists mobilized by Mao Zedong throughout the country during the Cultural Revolution

Question 11

The Police Law 1995 explains the organization, duties, and authority of the principal police agencies in China

Question 12

In China, the pretrial interrogation bureau of the public security police is concerned with determining if a criminal case is of sufficient quality to bind it over to a procurator

Question 13

In China, the Ministry of Public Security is responsible for collecting both foreign and domestic intelligence

Question 14

In China, the police are charged with the responsibility of enforcing laws against criminal activities and laws concerning administrative affairs

Question 15

When a person violates a law concerning administrative affairs in China, the case is turned over to a procurator and adjudicated in a court

Question 16

The system of policing in China has long been noted for its professionalism

Question 17

The Chinese have acknowledged that drug abuse is becoming a serious problem and a factor in various kinds of criminal activity

Question 18

In China, compulsory treatment and education programs are imposed on people who abuse drugs

Question 19

For centuries, China had two kinds of justice systems: a formal system created by government and an informal system based on cultural traditions

Question 20

When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, the government abolished the laws enacted under the Kuomintang and essentially relied on
an informal system for the administration of justice that was based on Confucian thought

Question 21

The first Constitution of the People's Republic of China was approved in 1949 when the people's Republic was founded

Question 22

Mao Zedong preferred an informal method for the administration of justice over that of a more formal system

Question 23

In China, the principle of dual leadership states that local courts and procurators are not only accountable to a court or procurator that is at a higher level within their respective organizational hierarchies, but also to the local people's congress and its standing committee

Question 24

In China, only in minor criminal cases does the law provide for a trial before a single judge

Question 25

In China, the Supreme People's Court is the only court that can approve death sentences

Question 26

In China, adjudication committees have the authority to direct a judge to determine a case in a specific manner

Question 27

In China, the Supreme People's Court is constitutionally responsible for the administration of all lower courts

Question 28

In China, most ordinary criminal cases are heard in the intermediate people's courts

Question 29

In China, people's tribunals are established in rural areas to handle minor criminal matters informally

Question 30

The procuratorate is one of the most powerful components within the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China

Question 31

Until the second half of the 1990s, any attempt at serious legal representation of a defendant in China was highly unlikely because of constitutional law

Question 32

A person can elect or be elected a people's assessor in China, if they have voting rights and have reached the age of 21

Question 33

The historical development of law in China was dominated for a time by Confucian thought, which advocated that positive law was far superior than any other type of code

Question 34

In China, political crimes have been eliminated to appease human rights groups.

Question 35

In China, the Criminal Procedural Law assumes that a suspect is guilty throughout the pretrial and trial process

Question 36

In China, a victim of a crime can elect a private prosecution, if the agencies of the justice system are not inclined to pursue an allegation.

Question 37

In China, the Criminal Law encompasses all criminal offenses

Question 38

In China, public security agencies have the authority to impose administrative punishments on people who violate rules and regulations against less serious forms of public order

Question 39

In China, deviant behavior has often been attributed to limited educational opportunities or to an inadequate appreciation of the dangers to the socialist agenda that are posed by nonconformist behavior

Question 40

In China, criminal detention is a period of incarceration limited to between one and six months

Question 41

In China, the procuratorate has a supervisory authority over the activities in Chinese prisons, detention houses, and reform-through-labor institutions

Question 42

In China, reform-through-labor institutions are designed for inmates who are not considered a risk outside the facility and who have been sentenced to at least one year of imprisonment

Question 43

In China, the correctional system has not established a policy in which inmates can be released early from a facility

Question 44

When an inmate is granted parole in China, he or she is supervised by probation officers

Question 45

If a person is sentenced to life imprisonment in China, he or she would also be deprived of their political rights for life

Question 46

The sanction of reeducation through labor has been imposed by the people's courts

Question 47

The Chinese view human rights issues from a different set of assumptions from those espoused in the West

Question 48

In China, the death penalty is limited to murder and some rape cases

Question 49

During the period of the Cultural Revolution, juvenile delinquency increased throughout the country

Question 50

The Chinese have established a juvenile court system throughout the country when an offender requires a trial

Question 51

Following the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in China, a political faction known as the Kuomintang emerged that espoused the political views of:

A) Mao Zedong
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Lenin
D) Empress Dowager Cixi

Question 52

Mao Zedong's radical attempt to reform the Chinese Communist Party was known as:

A) the Cultural Revolution
B) the Great Leap Forward
C) the era of warlordism
D) none of these

Question 53

Criticism of Mao Zedong's leadership of China has been directed at:

A) his emphasis on the class struggle and anti-intellectualism
B) his method of economic development through the communal system
C) his isolationist attitude toward the rest of the world
D) all of these

Question 54

The phrase "socialism with Chinese characteristics" refers to China's approach toward creating a modern economy and is attributed to:

A) Chiang Kai-shek
B) Deng Xiaoping
C) Sun Yat-sen
D) Mao Zedong

Question 55

In China, law was traditionally viewed:

A) as the command of a superior to assure conformity
B) as a command that a superior was not bound to conform to
C) as a command that a subordinate could not seek redress from a higher authority
D) all of these

Question 56

The present Constitution of the People's Republic of China was adopted in:

A) 1982
B) 1954
C) 1949
D) 1911

Question 57

The ultimate source of state power in China is:

A) the Standing Committee
B) President of the People's Republic of China
C) the National People's Congress
D) the State Council

Question 58

In China, basic police services are provided by:

A) People's Liberation Army
B) state security police
C) public security police
D) judicial police

Question 59

An operational division that does not exist within the public security police of China is:

A) railway police
B) state security police
C) border control
D) fire control

Question 60

In China, community service commissions are citizens groups that assist police in:

A) crime prevention
B) fire prevention
C) accident prevention
D) all of these

Question 61

To reduce police corruption and enhance police accountability, the Chinese rely on:

A) procuratorial supervision
B) internal police supervisory committees
C) the Ministry of Supervision
D) all of these

Question 62

The principal sources that explain the legal status of police in China are:

A) the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Criminal Procedural Law of the People's Republic of China
B) the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and the Criminal Procedural Law of the People's Republic of China
C) the Police Law 1995 and the Constitution of the People's Republic of China
D) none of these

Question 63

Legal affairs units have been established in public security agencies across China with the goal of:

A) training public security officers about the rule by law
B) providing guidance to police in difficult or dubious cases
C) educating citizens about the renewed importance of the rule by law
D) all of these

Question 64

Candidates who wish to join the public security police of China as a basic uniformed officer must:

A) be a high school graduate
B) be at least 21 years of age
C) served in the People's Liberation Army
D) all of these

Question 65

The emphasis placed on the importance of science and technology has enabled the public security police to improve:

A) urban traffic control systems
B) the national police computer-based information system
C) the national police communication network
D) all of these

Question 66

The crime rate increased significantly in China during the 1980s, and this was primarily attributed to:

A) reactive policing
B) illegal drug use
C) a new economic policy
D) proactive policing

Question 67

A significant order maintenance concern of China's public security police is:

A) unruly soccer fans
B) road traffic accidents
C) teenagers gathering for concerts
D) none of these

Question 68

During the imperial era, a Chinese magistrate functioned as:

A) police chief
B) prosecutor
C) judge
D) all of these

Question 69

Originally, the informal justice system of China was based on:

A) Mao Zedong thought
B) Confucian thought
C) Sun Yat-sen thought
D) Empress Dowager Cixi thought

Question 70

When the Chinese government turned their attention to establish a more formal legal system in the early 1950s, they modeled their system along the lines of:

A) Japan
B) France
C) the Soviet Union
D) none of these

Question 71

Chinese Communist leaders were skeptical about importing the judicial model of the Soviet Union because:

A) the Soviet model was too Western
B) of the political and cultural differences
C) legality and equality before the law were bourgeois concepts
D) all of these

Question 72

The 1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China reintroduced some basic rights in the administration of justice that included:

A) the accused had a right to a defense
B) the procuratorate was reestablished
C) trials were open
D) all of these

Question 73

In China, the Ministry of Justice is responsible for:

A) the administration of courts
B) training legal personnel and improving legal education
C) the administration of procurators
D) none of these

Question 74

According to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China:

A) judicial proceedings are conducted to assure that all people are equal before the law
B) trials are generally open to the public
C) an accused has a right to a defense
D) all of these

Question 75

In China, basic people's courts establish adjudication committees that:

A) practice democratic centralism
B) decide particularly difficult court cases
C) override the decision of a judge
D) all of these

Question 76

In China, counterrevolutionary cases are generally assigned to:

A) the Supreme People's Court
B) Higher People's Courts
C) Intermediate People's Courts
D) special tribunals

Question 77

In China, people's tribunals are authorized:

A) to handle minor criminal matters informally
B) to settle civil disputes
C) to coordinate people's mediation committees
D) all of these

Question 78

In China, the component of the justice system that is responsible for supervising the judicial activities of the courts in order to determine if they are in conformity with the law is:

A) the procuratorate
B) Supreme People's Court
C) adjudication committees
D) judicial police

Question 79

In China, the revised Criminal Procedural Law permits defense counsel to:

A) conduct an independent investigation
B) consult with a client after a first interrogation by investigators
C) consult with a client before any interrogation by investigators
D) none of these

Question 80

For candidates to qualify to practice law in China since 1986, they must:

A) complete a legal education program
B) complete two years of either judicial or other legal work
C) pass a national bar examination
D) all of these