Deck 6: Offenses Against Persons: Sex-Related

Question 1

This is the act of having unlawful carnal knowledge by a man of a woman, forcibly against her will:

A) sodomy
B) statutory rape
C) rape
D) sexual assault

Answer 1

C

Question 2

These laws prohibit the introduction at trial of reputation or opinion evidence of a rape victim's sexual history:

A) rape shield laws
B) Megan's Law
C) mandatory reporting laws
D) Casey's Law

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Under the common law, the carnal copulation by human beings with each other against nature, or with a beast is called ______.

A) deviant sexual intercourse
B) rape
C) sodomy
D) spousal rape

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the MPC, a general term that can encompass sodomy as well as fellatio and cunnilingus is ______.

A) statutory rape
B) sodomy
C) rape
D) deviant sexual intercourse

Question 5

Any touching; of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person; for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire; without consent is considered ______.

A) rape
B) sexual assault
C) indecent exposure
D) public lewdness

Question 6

This is defined as open and public indecency:

A) lewdness
B) public indecency
C) self-exposure
D) rape

Question 7

This is the act of communicating in a sexually explicit manner with a minor, with the intent to arouse or gratify sexual desire and to meet the minor in person.

A) rape
B) prostitution
C) solicitation of a minor
D) assault

Question 8

This is committing trespass or otherwise surreptitiously invading the privacy of another, to spy or eavesdrop on another, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying oneself:

A) seduction
B) importuning
C) voyeurism
D) rape

Question 9

This law required states to set up sex offender registries and provide information to community members regarding whether sex offenders were living in the community if they wanted access to federal funding:

A) Jaycee's Law
B) Chelsea's Law
C) Sabrina's Law
D) Megan's Law

Question 10

In this case that has since been overturned, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Georgia sodomy law:

A) Bowers v. Hardwick
B) Lawrence et al. v. Texas
C) Bowers v. Georgia
D) Hardwick v. Texas

Question 11

Soliciting a person under age 13 to engage in sexual activity when the solicitor is 18 years or older is ______.

A) sexual harassment
B) sodomy
C) prostitution
D) solicitation of a minor

Question 12

The use of camera phones, "spy cameras," or small video recorders to secretly invade the privacy of individuals in stores, locker rooms, bathrooms, and other places is called ______.

A) voyeurism
B) sodomy
C) sexual abuse
D) solicitation of a minor

Question 13

Engaging in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual relations with a person in custody of law enforcement officials or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over him or her is considered ______.

A) voyeurism
B) sodomy
C) intercourse with a person in custody
D) adultery

Question 14

Exposing the body of a victim to bodily fluid in a manner that could result in the transmission of HIV when the victim has no knowledge that the offender has HIV/AIDS is called ______.

A) rape
B) criminal transmission of HIV
C) sodomy
D) adultery

Question 15

In many states, the act of ______ may be considered indecent exposure, even though some states have laws protecting this activity from criminal prosecution.

A) sodomy
B) breastfeeding in public
C) yoga
D) kissing in public

Question 16

Under common law, the marital exemption provided that a man could not rape his wife.

Question 17

The utmost resistance standard referred to the practice of evaluating lack of consent by the degree to which a woman was injured defending herself against a rape.

Question 18

The case of People v. Liberta declared the marital exemption rule unconstitutional.

Question 19

In states where it is a strict liability crime, a defendant will not be permitted to argue that he or she thought the victim was of age as a defense to statutory rape.

Question 20

Lawrence et al. v. Texas upheld the constitutionality of the Georgia sodomy law.