Deck 15: Criminal Law

Question 1

Which is a classification for an individual who assists in an escape or concealment of criminal activity?

A) Accessory after the fact
B) Accessory before the fact
C) Accomplice to the crime
D) Accomplice to the fact

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which occurs when an individual causes another to act by exerting influence over that person?

A) Disposed conduct
B) Duress
C) Entrapment
D) Involuntary conduct

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What type of conduct is it when a law enforcement official,acting in the line of duty,kills someone?

A) Excusable conduct
B) Necessary conduct
C) Pardonable conduct
D) Reasonable conduct

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which are the parties who actually take part in a criminal act?

A) Principal conspirators
B) Principals in the first degree
C) Solicitation in the first degree
D) Voluntary conspirators

Question 5

Which is often established to protect the general good of society?

A) Amorphous codes
B) General codes
C) Sanctuary laws
D) Strict liability laws

Question 6

Usually,the mens rea required for assault/battery is one of what?

A) General intent
B) Obvious intent
C) Specific intent
D) Unmistakable intent

Question 7

In the criminal sense,assault is synonymous with

A) battery.
B) civil battery.
C) civil assault.
D) civil crime.

Question 8

What have a number of states enacted to prevent the sexual history of a rape defendant from being disclosed?

A) Defendant shield statutes
B) Rape victim laws
C) Rape shield statutes
D) Victim non-disclosure laws

Question 9

Which occurs when a death is intentional but there are special circumstances?

A) Murder
B) Involuntary manslaughter
C) Self-defense
D) Voluntary manslaughter

Question 10

What does the Latin phrase mens rea translate to?

A) Act willfully
B) Act wrongfully
C) Guilty person
D) Guilty mind

Question 11

Criminal laws have been established to deter and

A) admonish.
B) extol.
C) laud.
D) punish.

Question 12

In regard to criminal conduct defenses,what are the two types of mistakes?

A) Mistake of fact and mistake of identity
B) Mistake of fact and mistake of law
C) Mistake of intent and mistake of law
D) Mistake of intent and mistake of identity

Question 13

What are the two basic elements included in all crimes?

A) Corporeal conduct and physical conduct
B) Mental conduct and psychological conduct
C) Mental conduct and psychological conduct
D) Mental conduct and physical conduct

Question 14

Under common law,the mens rea of conspiracy requires what?

A) Physical evidence
B) General intent
C) Specific intent
D) Two-party intent

Question 15

The model penal code recognizes which of the following in regard to obstructing governmental operations?

A) Actions,embellishments,significance
B) Accessories,embellishments,significance
C) Accessories,persons,principals
D) Events,persons,principals

Question 16

Crimes that occur prior to,but facilitate or enable other crimes,are known as what?

A) Ample propinquity
B) Enabling transgression
C) Inchoate offenses
D) Prior criminal activity

Question 17

Persons who are actually involved in the primary criminal conduct are known as what?

A) Accomplices
B) Conspirators
C) Defendants
D) Principals

Question 18

For the crime of attempt to occur,the Model Penal Code requires what?

A) Motive and opportunity for the crime to be completed
B) Substantial steps taken toward completion of the crime
C) Substantial steps taken toward completion of the crime
D) Discussion of the plan for criminal conduct with third parties

Question 19

Which is typically the punishment associated with misdemeanor crimes?

A) Fine or detention of less than one year
B) Fine and detention of more than one year
C) Fine of less than $5,000 and less than six months detention
D) Fine of more than $5,000 and detention of more than six months

Question 20

A felony is any offense that is punishable by which of the following?

A) Fine exceeding $10,000 dollars or imprisonment of six months
B) Fine exceeding $100,000 dollars or imprisonment of one year
C) Death or imprisonment of more than one year
D) Death or imprisonment of more than ten years

Question 21

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
The category of crime described in question number 32

Question 22

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
D has managed M's collectibles store for ten years.Over the last two years,D has removed various collectible items and sold them.D kept the money from the sales

Question 23

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
D enters the house of M at night.D intends to steal a valuable baseball card

Question 24

Solicitation is founded on the concept that it is wrong in and of itself to willfully encourage criminal activity.

Question 25

A person cannot be charged with both the completed criminal act and conspiracy with others to commit the crime.

Question 26

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
While D is unlawfully in M's house to steal a valuable baseball card,D encounters M.D pulls a gun on M and D tells M,"Hand over the baseball card or be shot"

Question 27

Mistake is a common defense to the accusations of criminal acts.

Question 28

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
The knowledge that firing a gun toward someone is likely to kill or seriously injure that person

Question 29

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
A separate and distinct crime committed in preparation of a subsequent crime

Question 30

Duress and involuntary conduct are essentially the same concept.

Question 31

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
Z,the wife of Y,hires X to murder Y

Question 32

An attempt to complete a crime is considered a criminal act.

Question 33

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
X is planning to murder Y.X follows Y,prepares descriptions of Y's routines,and obtains items on a list of equipment necessary for Y's murder.X actually carries through the act intended to murder Y,but Y survives

Question 34

Accessories are persons who agree to aid in or actually aid in the completion of a crime.

Question 35

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
D enters the house of M at night and steals a valuable baseball card

Question 36

Under the Model Penal Code,five steps are necessary to establish actus reus.

Question 37

The process of punishing someone for conduct that occurred before it was made illegal is known as accessory before the fact.

Question 38

Justifiable conduct refers to acts that would normally be considered criminal but for the individual's status at the time of the act.

Question 39

The term malice is often used to indicate the various categories of murder.

Question 40

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.embezzlement
b.solicitation
c.sexual assault
d.robbery
e.mens rea
f.attempt
g.theft
h.burglary
i.inchoate
j.principal
Unpermitted sexual contact