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CJ Final Exam

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call the police, courts, and prisons set up to deal with people who are accused a crime?

a)

due process

b)

crime

c)

arraignment

d)

criminal justice system

2.

At a crime scene, how should witnesses be handled (treated)?

a)

Take their names

b)

separate them

c)

take their finger prints

d)

take their statement

3.

The 2 types of crime are

mala in se

and

mala prohibita.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are called COMMON LAW.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The procedural protections designed to protect against governmental error in the deprivation of life, liberty, or property are called DUE PROCESS.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Criminal Justice are the laws used to prevent harm to society.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What do we call the quality of being just or fair?

a)

warrent

b)

justice

c)

criminal justice

d)

probable cause

8.

What do we call personal freedoms, protections, and equality under the law that are guaranteed by the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and laws?

a)

individual rights

b)

preliminary hearing

c)

concurrent sentence

d)

criminal justice

9.

From which country did the US get its basic laws?

a)

France

b)

Great Briton

c)

United Kingdom

d)

England

10.

What doe we call it when a person receives prison terms for two offenses to be served one after the other?

a)

consecutive sentence

b)

concurrent sentence

c)

criminal justice

d)

preliminary hearing

11.

What is the first step in a criminal proceeding, in which the defendant is brought before a court to hear the criminal charges enter a plea of guilty or not guilty?

a)

warrent

b)

preliminary hearing

c)

probable cause

d)

arraignment

12.

A reasonable belief, known personally or through reliable sources, that a specific person has committed a crime is called....

a)

probable cause

b)

arraignment

c)

justice

d)

warrent

13.

A step in criminal proceedings used to determined if probable cause exists to believe a crime has been committed by the defendant is called....

a)

criminal justice

b)

individual rights

c)

concurrent sentence

d)

preliminary hearing

14.

A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts is called...

a)

Preliminary hearing

b)

warrent

c)

probable cause

d)

justice

15.

Earliest known penal code system from Old Babylon?

a)

Eye for an Eye

b)

Roman System

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Father's belt or Mother's shoe

16.

Which of the following is true of the Pennsylvania prisons?

a)

One prisoner to a cell in solitary confinement.

b)

Prisoners could not talk and no one talked to them.

c)

Prisoners went insane because of the forced silence.

d)

All the answers are correct.

17.

An act that breaks a law and causes harm to people?

a)

tort

b)

crime

c)

arraignment

d)

warrant

18.

What do we call sentences that run at the same time?

a)

concurrent sentences

b)

consecutive sentences

c)

life sentences

d)

deferred sentences

19.

What is the power that the Tenth Amendment gives STATES to make laws for the safety of their citizens?

a)

prosecution power

b)

crime power

c)

police power

d)

nuclear power

20.

What is the difference between a TORT and a CRIME?

a)

A tort is civil action (someone may go to jail). A crime violates a law (no one is going to jail).

b)

A tort is civil action (some one may go to jail). A crime violates a law (some one may go to jail).

c)

A tort is civil action (no one is going to jail). A crime violates a law (some one may go to jail).

d)

A tort is civil action (no one is going to jail). A crime violates a law (no one is going to jail).

21.

What do we call the accumulation of early English case law which is the origin of American laws?

a)

new law

b)

old law

c)

tort law

d)

common law

22.

What is the Latin term for acts that are wrong in and of themselves, whether prohibited by human laws or not, like rape or murder?

a)

ex post facto

b)

mala in se

c)

habeas corpus

d)

mala prohibita

23.

How must a crime scene search be done?

a)

circular pattern

b)

back-and-forth pattern

c)

grid pattern

d)

any pattern as long as it is orderly and systematic

24.

What is the MAIN purpose of a Crime Scene Sketch?

a)

to help convict the person charged with the crime

b)

to use in court

c)

so the crime scene can be recreated later--in a month, year, or many years

d)

to show where the dead body was

25.

What the system of agencies is designed to handle young offenders usually between the ages of 12-17?

a)

Criminal Justice System

b)

Juvenile Justice System

c)

State Justice System

d)

Municipal Court System

26.

What is the procedure called in which a juvenile is removed from the juvenile justice process and provided with treatment services?

a)

Drug Rehab

b)

Intense Counselling

c)

"Boot Camp" for deliquents

d)

Diversion

27.

What is it called when the Court allows the convicted person to remain in the community as long certain conditions are followed?

a)

Detention

b)

Probation

c)

Community Service

d)

Rehab

28.

In 2005, the Supreme Court declared THIS to be a violation of the 8th and 14th amendments in juvenile cases.

a)

Prison sentences over 25 years in jail

b)

Execution

c)

Not having a lawyer

d)

Parents not being informed of a trial

29.

What is the reason for moving juveniles to adult court for prosecution?

a)

juvenile offenders charged with heinous, violent crimes, partly as a result of community and media pressures

b)

chronic offenders who have exhausted the resources of the juvenile justice system

c)

To impose longer potential sentence than are available within the juvenile justice system

d)

all of the reasons are correct

30.

In a trial, which of the following is a possible outcome of a jury decision? BEST answer.

a)

Not Guilty

b)

Guilty

c)

Hung Jury (cannot decide if Guilty or Not Guilty)

d)

All of the answers are correct

31.

You have been charged with the serious crime of human trafficking. After a Grand Jury finds that there is enough evidence to have a trial, what is the first step in the Trial Process?

a)

Arraignment

b)

Jury Selection

c)

Jail time until the trial

d)

None of the answers is correct

32.

How many Lawyers are you allowed to have if you have to go to trial?

a)

1

b)

2, with Judge approval

c)

3, if from the same law firm

d)

As many as you want and can afford

33.

Which Amendment gives YOU the right to a trial?

a)

5th Amendment

b)

6th Amendment

c)

7th Amendment

d)

8th Amendment

34.

During the Closing Arguments of a trial, who speaks last?

a)

Judge

b)

Prosecuting Attorney

c)

Defense Attorney

d)

The Defendant

35.

What is a main goal of a CSI Team (Crime Scene Investigation)?

a)

prove the guilt or innocence of the accused

b)

to determine if a crime actually occurred

c)

successfully identify and preserve physical evidence.

d)

successfully identify and record and collect all evidence.

36.

What are the 2 types of evidence?

a)

Direct and physical evidence

b)

Physical and fingerprint evidence

c)

Direct and indirect evidence

d)

Physical and non-physical evidence

37.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 major factors affecting an eye witness?

a)

Age

b)

Race

c)

Memory

d)

Distance from the crime

38.

Of the 4 main ways to document a crime scene, which of the following is NOT one of them?

a)

Video Camera

b)

Camera photographs

c)

crime scene sketch

d)

TV News camera footage

39.

What helps a person remember a suspect's face?

a)

It is a good looking or pretty face.

b)

The witness has a few minutes to actually look at the suspect rather than a few seconds.

c)

There is something odd about the face like sunglasses or a scar.

d)

All of the answers are correct

40.

Only after a crime scene has been recorded can evidence be collected.

a)

True

b)

False