Question 1

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once.
-Protection against excessive bail and fines

Accepted Answer

A) Fourth Amendment 
B) Fifth Amendment 
C) Sixth Amendment 
D) Eighth Amendment 
E) Fourteenth Amendment

Question 2

Which of the following refers to the way in which the criminal law should be enforced?

Accepted Answer

A)  specificity 
B)  uniformity 
C)  politicality 
D)  regularity

Question 3

What is the most important contributing factor to wrongful convictions?

Accepted Answer

A)  inadequate legal representation 
B)  eyewitness misidentification 
C)  guilty pleas made voluntarily by innocent defendants 
D)  judicial errors, bias, or neglect of duty

Question 4

The authors of a study on wrongful convictions conservatively estimated that approximately ____ of all felony convictions are in error.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 percent 
B)  8 percent 
C)  0.5 percent 
D)  2.5 percent

Question 5

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once.
-Right to due process

Accepted Answer

A) Fourth Amendment 
B) Fifth Amendment 
C) Sixth Amendment 
D) Eighth Amendment 
E) Fourteenth Amendment

Question 6

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once.
-Right to speedy and public trial

Accepted Answer

A) Fourth Amendment 
B) Fifth Amendment 
C) Sixth Amendment 
D) Eighth Amendment 
E) Fourteenth Amendment

Question 7

Formal,written laws are an ancient phenomenon of human existence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A warrant is a written order issued by a court that requires a person to appear at a certain time and place to give testimony.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What do the following three Supreme Court cases share in common: United States v.Leon,Massachusetts v.Sheppard,and Nix v.Williams?

Accepted Answer

A)  they define the meaning of seizure 
B)  b. they provide examples of searches incident to an arrest 
C)  c. they provide exceptions to the exclusionary rule 
D)  d. they provide examples of probable cause

Question 10

Which of the following refers to the legitimate source of criminal law?

Accepted Answer

A)  specificity 
B)  uniformity 
C)  politicality 
D)  regularity

Question 11

Which of the following is evidence that more likely than not outweighs the opposing evidence,or sufficient evidence to overcome doubt or speculation?

Accepted Answer

A)  probable cause 
B)  reasonable suspicion 
C)  preponderance of evidence 
D)  mere suspicion

Question 12

Most of the procedural,or due process rights,given to criminal suspects or defendants in the United States are found in:

Accepted Answer

A)  common law. 
B)  the Bill of Rights. 
C)  the First Amendment to the Constitution. 
D)  Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Question 13

The principle of using precedents to guide future decisions in court cases is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  stare decisis. 
B)  ex post facto. 
C)  eyre. 
D)  common law.

Question 14

Your textbook names 10 critical stages during which the right to counsel has been extended.Three are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of these critical stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  questioning by law enforcement officers of suspects not in police custody 
B)  arraignment, under most circumstances 
C)  the plea bargaining process 
D)  preliminary hearings

Question 15

In case law,the decision becomes a potential basis,or ____,for deciding the outcomes of similar cases in the future.

Accepted Answer

A)  stare decisis 
B)  precedent 
C)  ordinance 
D)  common law

Question 16

The institution of the eyre was created to make the dispensing of justice a profitable enterprise for the king and to make sure the local courts remained under his control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once.
-Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

Accepted Answer

A) Fourth Amendment 
B) Fifth Amendment 
C) Sixth Amendment 
D) Eighth Amendment 
E) Fourteenth Amendment

Question 18

In jury trials,when does jeopardy attach?

Accepted Answer

A)  when the first witness has been sworn in 
B)  when the verdict is read 
C)  when the judge passes sentence upon the convicted person 
D)  when the entire jury has been selected and sworn in

Question 19

_____ is a formal means of social control that involves the use of rules that are interpreted,and are enforceable,by the courts of a political community.The function of the rules is to set limits to the conduct of the citizens,to guide the officials (police and other administrators),and to define conditions of deviance or unacceptable behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  substantive law 
B)  procedural law 
C)  civil law 
D)  criminal law

Question 20

In which of the following cases was the exclusionary rule created?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trop v. Dulles 
B)  Weeks v. United States 
C)  Plessey v. Ferguson 
D)  Johnson v. United States

Exam 4: The Rule of Law

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once. -Protection against excessive bail and fines

Which of the following refers to the way in which the criminal law should be enforced?

What is the most important contributing factor to wrongful convictions?

The authors of a study on wrongful convictions conservatively estimated that approximately ____ of all felony convictions are in error.

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once. -Right to due process

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once. -Right to speedy and public trial

Formal,written laws are an ancient phenomenon of human existence.

A warrant is a written order issued by a court that requires a person to appear at a certain time and place to give testimony.

What do the following three Supreme Court cases share in common: United States v.Leon,Massachusetts v.Sheppard,and Nix v.Williams?

Which of the following refers to the legitimate source of criminal law?

Which of the following is evidence that more likely than not outweighs the opposing evidence,or sufficient evidence to overcome doubt or speculation?

Most of the procedural,or due process rights,given to criminal suspects or defendants in the United States are found in:

The principle of using precedents to guide future decisions in court cases is called:

Your textbook names 10 critical stages during which the right to counsel has been extended.Three are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of these critical stages?

In case law,the decision becomes a potential basis,or ____,for deciding the outcomes of similar cases in the future.

The institution of the eyre was created to make the dispensing of justice a profitable enterprise for the king and to make sure the local courts remained under his control.

Match the Amendment with the right or protection listed below.Answers may be used more than once. -Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

In jury trials,when does jeopardy attach?

In which of the following cases was the exclusionary rule created?