Question 1

What is the essential distinction between a felony and a misdemeanor?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the essential distinction between a...

Question 2

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

Accepted Answer

A) Virtually all provisions of the Bill of Rights have been held to apply with equal force to the states and to the national government. 
B) Unlike the state legislatures, Congress does not possess police power, which is the broad authority to enact prohibitions to protect public order, safety, decency, and welfare. 
C) Congress has used its broad power to regulate interstate commerce to criminalize a wide range of offenses. 
D) The U.S.Constitution grants Congress unlimited power to define federal crimes.

Question 3

The framers of the Constitution invested Congress with "police power" so that it would have unlimited authority to enact criminal laws.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What kinds of punishments are typically imposed on persons convicted of felonies?

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The answer of What kinds of punishments are typically imposed...

Question 5

The Model Penal Code was published by the ________, an organization of distinguished judges, lawyers, and academics.

Accepted Answer

A) Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 
B) National Center for State Courts 
C) American Law Institute 
D) Federal Judicial Center

Question 6

Our legal system regards crimes as offenses not just against individual victims, but against society as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which constitutional principle is involved in this hypothetical case?

Accepted Answer

A) federalism 
B) separation of powers 
C) due process of law 
D) strict liability

Question 8

American criminal law is derived largely from the English common law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Retribution refers to an order that an offender compensate his or her victim financially.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Most fundamentally, due process requires fair notice and _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) appeal 
B) fair hearing 
C) swift and certain punishment 
D) just compensation

Question 11

As society becomes more cognizant of the rights of crime victims, courts are increasingly likely to require that persons convicted of crimes ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) make restitution 
B) confront their accusers 
C) be held in custody while their cases are appealed 
D) receive more lenient punishments

Question 12

The ______ Amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals from compulsory self-incrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) Second 
B) Fourth 
C) Fifth 
D) Sixth

Question 13

Article III, Section 3 of the U.S.Constitution defines the crime of ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) counterfeiting 
B) piracy 
C) sedition 
D) treason

Question 14

What are the roles of courts and legislatures in the development of the criminal law?

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The answer of What are the roles of courts and...

Question 15

Carson Pullman's role in the criminal case against Taylor Brady would be that of:

Accepted Answer

A) witness 
B) plaintiff 
C) prosecutor 
D) mediator

Question 16

In rendering interpretations of the law, appellate courts generally follow precedent, in keeping with the common-law doctrine of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) stare decisis 
B) caveat emptor 
C) amicus curiae 
D) lex talionis

Question 17

By 1600, the English common-law judges had defined as felonies the crimes of murder, manslaughter, mayhem, robbery, burglary, arson, larceny, rape, suicide, and ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) stalking 
B) abortion 
C) assault 
D) sodomy

Question 18

All criminal sanctions must be consistent with the 8th Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Napoleonic Code, promulgated in 1804 as a codification of all the civil and criminal laws of France, was based in large part on the ______________.

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The answer of The Napoleonic Code, promulgated in 1804 as...

Question 20

Today the principal actors in defining crimes and punishments are _________________.

Accepted Answer

A) the state courts 
B) county and municipal governments 
C) state legislatures 
D) the federal appellate courts

Exam 1: Fundamentals of Criminal Law

What is the essential distinction between a felony and a misdemeanor?

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

The framers of the Constitution invested Congress with "police power" so that it would have unlimited authority to enact criminal laws.

What kinds of punishments are typically imposed on persons convicted of felonies?

The Model Penal Code was published by the ________, an organization of distinguished judges, lawyers, and academics.

Our legal system regards crimes as offenses not just against individual victims, but against society as a whole.

Which constitutional principle is involved in this hypothetical case?

American criminal law is derived largely from the English common law.

Retribution refers to an order that an offender compensate his or her victim financially.

Most fundamentally, due process requires fair notice and _____________.

As society becomes more cognizant of the rights of crime victims, courts are increasingly likely to require that persons convicted of crimes ____________.

The ______ Amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals from compulsory self-incrimination.

Article III, Section 3 of the U.S.Constitution defines the crime of ____________.

What are the roles of courts and legislatures in the development of the criminal law?

Carson Pullman's role in the criminal case against Taylor Brady would be that of:

In rendering interpretations of the law, appellate courts generally follow precedent, in keeping with the common-law doctrine of ______________.

By 1600, the English common-law judges had defined as felonies the crimes of murder, manslaughter, mayhem, robbery, burglary, arson, larceny, rape, suicide, and ____________.

All criminal sanctions must be consistent with the 8th Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments.

The Napoleonic Code, promulgated in 1804 as a codification of all the civil and criminal laws of France, was based in large part on the ______________.

Today the principal actors in defining crimes and punishments are _________________.