Courts and Crime MCQs
Courts and Crime MCQs
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1: Despite jurisdictional differences, most criminal cases are processed in a similar manner throughout a complex system that involves many actors.
A. True
B. False
2: A witness who says that she or he saw the offender enter the home illegally is providing ______ evidence.
A. Direct
B. Circumstantial
C. Exculpatory
D. Mitigating
3: In which of the following cases did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that police may stop and search a person if they have a reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and is about to engage in a criminal act?
A. Katz v. United States
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Terry v. Ohio
D. Batson v. Kentucky
4: The majority of the immigration cases in ______ involves illegal border entry.
A. Magistrate courts
B. Appellate courts
C. State supreme courts
D. District courts
5: The bulk of the work for U.S. magistrate courts involves ______ cases.
A. Criminal
B. Civil
C. Administrative
D. Military
6: Many U.S. Supreme Court justices serve until death.
A. True
B. False
7: In cases where there is ______ jurisdiction, the federal government gets to decide whether it will prosecute a case or whether it will allow the state to do so.
A. Geographical
B. Concurrent
C. Subject matter
D. Appellate
8: The burden of proof in civil courts, the preponderance of the evidence, is considered to be a lower standard than what is required in a criminal court.
A. True
B. False
9: Federal law and state law never contradict each other
A. True
B. False
10: If a jury is unable to come to a unanimous decision, it results in a hung jury.
A. True
B. False
11: Is geographical Jurisdiction jurisdiction determined by the physical location of a crime?
A. True
B. False
12: _____ is allows a case to be heard in either state or federal court (or adult and juvenile courts).
A. Concurrent Jurisdiction
B. Voice
C. Transparency and openness of process
D. None of these
13: _____ is defined as courts that hear specific types of cases based on their topic.
A. Subject Matter Jurisdiction
B. Smoking violations
C. None
D. All of these
14: _____ is known as courts that handle misdemeanor cases or specific types of cases.
A. Limited Jurisdiction
B. Mitigating
C. Indeterminate
D. None of these
15: Is general Jurisdiction courts that do not have any restrictions on the types of cases that they hear but generally hear the most serious felony cases?
A. True
B. False
16: _____ is courts that hear cases for the first time. Also called trial courts.
A. Original Jurisdiction
B. Tax rolls
C. Telephone directories
D. All of these
17: _____ is defined as a court of original jurisdiction that hears issues of fact and makes decisions based on the law.
A. Trial Court
B. Indictment
C. Information
D. All of these
18: _____ is known as level of the courts that is concerned with issues of law and whether an error was made by the trial court.
A. Appellate Jurisdiction
B. Implementation
C. Evaluation
D. None of these
19: Is dual Court System explains how the state and federal court systems work in separate yet similar fashions?
A. True
B. False
20: _____ is first level of courts in the federal courts system. Courts of limited jurisdiction that generally hear misdemeanor cases.
A. U.S. Magistrate Courts
B. Direct
C. Exculpatory
D. All of these
21: _____ is defined as courts of general jurisdiction in the federal courts system.
A. U.S. District Courts
B. Interrogate individuals
C. Describe vehicles
D. All of these
22: _____ is known as intermediate courts of appeals that hear cases of law from the U.S. district courts or from the federal administrative courts.
A. U.S. Courts of Appeals
B. Eighth Amendment
C. Conflict
D. None of these
23: Is circuit Courts another name for the federal courts of appeals?
A. True
B. False
24: _____ is a hearing of the full bench of a U.S. circuit court.
A. En Banc
B. Work release
C. Community service
D. All of these
25: _____ is defined as highest court that can hear cases. Makes decisions based on issues of law. Decisions are used to establish precedent in subsequent cases.
A. U.S. Supreme Court
B. Consent Search
C. Correctional officer in booking process
D. None of these
26: _____ is known as a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case.
A. Writ of Certiorari
B. Arson
C. Concrete operational
D. All of these
27: Is brief document submitted by a party in an appellate case that outlines her or his legal argument?
A. True
B. False
28: _____ is “Friend of the court” briefs that are submitted to appellate courts in support of a legal argument.
A. Amicus Curiae
B. County board
C. State circuit court
D. None of these
29: _____ is defined as arguments presented by the parties to the court in an appellate case.
A. Oral Arguments
B. Tax rolls
C. Telephone directories
D. All of these
30: _____ is known as legal reasoning that is used to make a decision in a case, which becomes precedent.
A. Majority Opinion
B. Criminal dispositions of individuals
C. Missing bonds between individuals and their society
D. None of these
31: Is concurring Opinion an opinion provided by a justice that agrees with the outcome of the majority but has different reasoning for the decision?
A. True
B. False
32: _____ is a written opinion by a justice who disagrees with the majority decision.
A. Dissenting Opinion
B. Grant
C. Consent
D. None of these
33: _____ is defined as a three-step plan of judicial selection. Candidates are nominated by a citizen committee and one is selected by either the governor or the head of the state’s judicial system. After a year, a retention election is held.
A. Missouri Plan
B. Public operations
C. Model aircraft operations
D. All of these
34: _____ is known as involve cases that the appellate court must hear.
A. Appeals by Right
B. Law
C. Religion
D. None of these
35: Is appeals by Permission involve reviews of lower-level decisions that the court may choose to accept?
A. True
B. False
36: _____ is evidence that is favorable to the defense and may exonerate a defendant from any criminal wrongdoing.
A. Exculpatory Evidence
B. Himself
C. Someone else
D. None of these
37: _____ is defined as any evidence that serves to either explain the defendant’s involvement in the crime or reduce her or his potential sentence.
A. Mitigating Evidence
B. Prosecutors
C. Police officers
D. All of these
38: _____ is known as a group of citizens who review the evidence presented by a prosecutor to determine whether an indictment should be issued.
A. Grand Jury
B. Life course theory
C. Conflict theory
D. None of these
39: Is indictment an official declaration that there is probable cause to charge the accused with a crime?
A. True
B. False
40: _____ is a group of citizens who are charged with listening to the evidence that is presented by the attorneys and making a judgment of whether someone is guilty or liable.
A. Trial Jury
B. Have a 4-year college degree
C. Have the ability to relocate
D. All of these
41: _____ is defined as the process of questioning by the prosecutor and the defense attorney that is used to select a trial jury.
A. Voir Dire
B. Jailhouse Lawyer
C. Prisoned Lawyer
D. All of these
42: _____ is known as allows attorneys to exclude a potential juror in cases where the court believes that the individual may be unfair or biased in her or his decision making
A. Challenge for Cause
B. Exclusion zone policies
C. Registry laws
D. All of these
43: Is peremptory Challenge allows attorneys to reject a juror without having to give a specific reason?
A. True
B. False
44: _____ is a decision in a case.
A. Verdict
B. Courtroom civility
C. Workplace violence
D. All of these
45: _____ is defined as occurs when a jury is unable to make a unanimous decision.
A. Hung Jury
B. Consensus
C. Castle
D. All of these
46: _____ is known as first appearance by a defendant where she or he is officially notified by the court of the charges that are pending against her or him. If the defendant is indigent, it is during this stage that an attorney is appointed for her or him.
A. Initial Appearance
B. Cesare Beccaria
C. Gustave De Beaumont
D. All of these
47: Is initial Appearance first appearance by a defendant where she or he is officially notified by the court of the charges that are pending against her or him. If the defendant is indigent, it is during this stage that an attorney is appointed for her or him?
A. True
B. False
48: _____ is one option for the court to establish whether probable cause exists for the case to move forward.
A. Preliminary Hearing
B. All states have an intermediate court of appeal in addition to a court of last resort.
C. ICAs are also known as courts of last resort.
D. All of these
49: _____ is defined as a promise to return for future court appearances in exchange for one’s release during the pretrial stage.
A. Bail
B. Discretion
C. Continuum of force
D. None of these
50: _____ is known as type of release where the defendant promises to appear for all future court dates but does not have to provide the court with any sort of financial guarantee.
A. Released on Own Recognizance
B. Geographical
C. Concurrent
D. None of these
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