Alcoholism, Gambling, and Drug Offenses MCQs

Alcoholism, Gambling, and Drug Offenses MCQs

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1: ______ is the killing of another that results from the grossly negligent operation of an automobile or from driving under the influence of intoxicants.

A.   Vehicular felony

B.   Vehicular manslaughter

C.   Vehicular arson

D.   Grand theft auto

2: The United States has been waging an officially proclaimed ______ for over forty years.

A.   War on terror

B.   War on crime

C.   Warn on drugs

D.   Warn on cars

3: Roughly two million people are nonmedical users of CPDs.

A.   True

B.   False

4: The Boggs Act introduced stiff mandatory minimum penalties for crack and powder cocaine.

A.   True

B.   False

5: ______ possession refers to contraband that is outside of an individual’s physical control over which he or she exercises control as a result of access to the location where the items are stored or through his or her ability to control an individual with physical control over the contraband.

A.   Mere

B.   Constructive

C.   Joint

D.   Multiple

6: When there is an involvement of multiple parties who have access to an automobile or to an apartment in which controlled substances are found, actual possession cases are particularly challenging.

A.   True

B.   False

7: Which of these following factors is not used when courts determine whether an individual possessed narcotics with the intent to distribute or possessed the narcotics for personal use?

A.   Drug type

B.   Value

C.   Quantity

D.   Drug paraphernalia

8: Marijuana may be punished only under state law.

A.   True

B.   False

9: Among the arrests that were made between 2001 and 2010, roughly 9 of 10 were for possession.

A.   True

B.   False

10: The criminal justice system in recent years has become a central component of the effort to combat methamphetamine abuse.

A.   True

B.   False

11: _____ is seizure pursuant to a court order of the “fruits” of illegal narcotics transactions (along with certain other crimes) or of material that was used to engage in such activity.

A.   Vehicular manslaughter

B.   Assets forfeiture

C.   Grand theft auto

D.   None of these

12: _____ is defined as reduction in criminal classification of the possession of small amounts of marijuana, which typically is subject to a small fine.

A.   Decriminalization of marijuana

B.   Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

C.   All of these

D.   Postpartum Depression (PPD)

13: _____ is known as driving while doing acts that may divert an individual’s attention.

A.   All of these

B.   Disclose or abstain doctrine

C.   Crime

D.   Distracted driving

14: Is driving under the influence (DUI) driving while under the influence of liquor or narcotics?

A.   True

B.   False

15: _____ is driving an automobile while intoxicated.

A.   Subjective trickery defense

B.   Subjective test for entrapment

C.   Driving while intoxicated (DWI)

D.   All of these

16: _____ is defined as Driving while one’s blood alcohol level is too high, despite the fact that one’s driving may be unaffected.

A.   People v. Unger

B.   People v. Kaeding

C.   Driving with an unlawful blood alcohol level (DUBAL)

D.   None of these

17: _____ is known as courts in which, rather than sending nonviolent defendants charged with drug possession to prison, judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and court professionals work together to establish goals and targets for defendants to achieve.

A.   Voluntariness

B.   Involuntariness

C.   Drug courts

D.   All of these

18: Is drug enforcement administration (DEA) a “single unified command” established in 1973 by President Richard M. Nixon that conducts and coordinates the national and international War on Drugs?

A.   False

B.   True

19: _____ is items primarily intended or designed for the manufacture, processing, preparing, or concealing of narcotics and items primarily used in injecting, ingesting, and inhaling marijuana, cocaine, and hashish or other controlled substances.

A.   First-degree murder

B.   All of these

C.   Drug paraphernalia

D.   Second-degree murder

20: _____ is defined as the legislature requires judges to sentence an offender to a minimum sentence, regardless of mitigating factors. Prison sentences may be reduced by good-time credits while incarcerated.

A.   Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

B.   Mandatory minimum drug sentences

C.   Schenck v. United States (1919)

D.   None of these

21: _____ is known as marijuana allowed under state law for use based on medical necessity.

A.   All of these

B.   Intent to betray

C.   Medical marijuana

D.   Act of anger

22: Is office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, established by the Anti–Drug Abuse Act of 1988, that directs the efforts of the various federal agencies concerned with narcotics, coordinates the state and national efforts to combat drugs, and sponsors national antinarcotics media campaigns?

A.   True

B.   False

23: _____ is possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell or transfer the narcotic.

A.   Possession with intent to distribute

B.   Interracial marriage

C.   All of these

D.   Concurring opinion

24: _____ is defined as being drunk in public, a misdemeanor offense.

A.   State v. Walden

B.   None of these

C.   Bailey v. United States

D.   Public intoxication

25: _____ is known as traffic laws prohibiting individuals under twenty-one from driving with any measurable amount of blood alcohol.

A.   35%

B.   Zero tolerance laws

C.   All of these

D.   59%