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WorksheetsLaw I - Chapter 3 - Criminal Law
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A crime is an offense against the public good.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Motive plays no part in proving criminal liability.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Any killing that takes place during a felony is murder.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Robbery is the wrongful and violent taking of personal property.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The unlawful killing of one human being by another, without malice or aforethought, is
a)
justifiable homicide
b)
first degree murder
c)
second degree murder
d)
manslaughter
6.
In a criminal proceeding, the government is referred to as the
a)
defendant
b)
offender
c)
plaintiff
d)
protagonist
7.
A father who uses force to save his child from an attack may claim __________.
a)
self defense
b)
defense of a family member
c)
child abuse
d)
extortion
8.
If a law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime, the accused may claim
a)
self-defense
b)
entrapment
c)
endangerment
d)
insanity
9.
Threatening a person at gunpoint is called
a)
kidnapping
b)
aggravated assault
c)
torture
d)
larceny by false pretenses
10.
The wrongful taking of another's property by a person who has been entrusted with that property is
a)
extortion
b)
robbery
c)
larceny
d)
embezzlement
11.
The person being tried for a crime is the
a)
defendant
b)
victim
c)
prosecutor
d)
villian
12.
A crime that is less serious and has a less severe penalty than a felony is a (n) __________
a)
felony
b)
misdemeanor
c)
complaint
d)
assault
13.
The two elements that define a crime are the criminal act and the _______________.
a)
Required Money accepted
b)
Required Rules of State
c)
Required State of Mind
d)
Required State of Action
14.
A police officer who kills a criminal in the line of duty or in self-defense may claim ____________________.
a)
insanity
b)
self defense
c)
2nd degree murder
d)
justifiable homicide
15.
The removal or restraint of a person against that person's will is ______________.
a)
kidnapping
b)
robbing
c)
attacking
d)
larceny
16.
Shoplifting is a form of ______________.
a)
torture
b)
arson
c)
larceny/stealing
d)
embezzlement
17.
The willful and malicious burning of a house or building is _______________.
a)
mean
b)
stealing
c)
larceny
d)
arson
18.
The malicious and willful damage to property is known as __________?
a)
arson
b)
vandalism
c)
shoplifting
d)
stealing
19.
_____________ is the breaking and entering of a house at night with the intent to commit a misdemeanor. (does not have to be at night and can be a building)
a)
larceny
b)
robbery
c)
burglary
d)
embezzlement
20.
Any wreck-less form of physical/mental abuse with in a family is ______________.
a)
domestic violence
b)
peer violence
c)
sibling rivalry
d)
domestic citizen
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