Chapter 4: Inside Criminal Law – Worksheet 2
TRUE/FALSE
1. Criminal law specifies that there must be concurrence between the guilty act and the
guilty intent.
T
F
REF: 111
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2. Inchoate offenses are those committed with an accomplice.
T
F
REF: 113
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3. Insanity is a valid justification defense.
T
F
REF: 114
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4. The necessity defense asserts that circumstances required the defendant to commit the
illegal act.
T
F
REF: 119
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5. Substantive due process mandates that the law must be carried out in a method that is
fair and orderly.
T
F
REF: 120
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6. The Bill of Rights is comprised of the ten Amendments to the Constitution.
T
F
REF: 122
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7. The due process clause basically requires that government not act unfairly or
arbitrarily.
T
F
REF: 123
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8. Substantive due process requires that the laws used in accusing and convicting
offenders be fair.
T
F
REF: 123
OBJ: 9
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The M’Naughten rule is
a. a test for measuring sanity.
b. case law use at pretrial.
c. admission of intoxication test results at trial.
d. evidence exclusions under Mapp v. Ohio.
REF:
114-115
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2. Public backlash against the insanity defense led to enacting
a. the substantial capacity test.
b. the irresistible impulse test.
c. “guilty but mentally ill” statutes.
d. the Durham rule.
REF:
116
OBJ:
6
3. Alcohol intoxication can be used as a defense when
a. it does not involve large amounts.
b. it is involuntary.
c. there is a designated driver.
d. no injuries are sustained by victims.
REF:
116-117
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4. Which of the following is not a justification defense?
a. Duress
b. Involuntary intoxication
c. Necessity
d. Entrapment
REF:
5.
118-120
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All of the following are requirements for the defense of duress, except:
a. the threat must be of serious bodily harm or death
b. the threat must be induced by a public official
c. the threat must be immediate and inescapable
d. the harm threatened must be greater than the harm caused by the crime
REF:
118
OBJ:
7
89
6. Unlawful pressure brought to bear on a person, causing the person to perform an act
that he or she would not otherwise perform is __________________.
a. duress
b. mistake
c. necessity
d. entrapment
REF:
118
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7
7. The _____________ amendment requires states to adhere to the Bill of Rights.
a. First
b. Sixth
c. Ninth
d. Fourteenth
REF:
122
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8
8. The __________ Amendment contains the prohibition against double jeopardy.
a. 4th
b. 5th
c. 6th
d. 8th
REF:
122
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8
9. The ________ amendment protects against double jeopardy.
a. Fourth
b. Sixth
c. Fifth
d. Seventh
REF:
122
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9
10. In criminal law, _____________ prevents unfair practices such as forced confessions,
denial of counsel, or unreasonable searches.
a. substantive due process
b. procedural due process
c. stare decisis
d. Lex talionis
REF:
123
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9
11. The ___________ Amendment provides that no person shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property without due process of law.
a. 4th
b. 5th
c. 6th
d. 8th
REF:
123
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9
90
12. Ultimately, it is the ______________ which determines whether an individual’s due
process has been violated.
a. United States Supreme Court
b. Federal Legislature
c. Prosecutor
d. President
REF:
125
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9
COMPLETION
1. Strict liability allows a finding of guilt even if
REF:
110
OBJ:
is lacking.
5
2. An act that is deemed criminal because it could do harm, which laws try to prevent, is
called a(n)
REF:
.
113
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5
3. Infancy is a defense in which the individual’s wrongdoing is excluded because he/she
is too
to understand the consequences of his/her actions.
REF:
114
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6
4. ______________ is unlawful pressure brought upon a person causing them to perform
an act they would not otherwise have performed.
REF:
118
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7
5. The law that defines the acts the government will punish is called
.
REF:
120
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8
6. The rules that define how the rights and duties of individuals can be enforced is
criminal law.
REF:
134
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8
7. The
Amendment provides that no person should be deprived of life,
liberty, or property without due process of law.
REF:
135
OBJ:
9
91