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Quiz Bowl

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 17hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What case led to the creation of the Miranda warning?

a)

Terry v. Ohio

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Kent v. United States

2.

Which landmark case established the right to counsel for defendants who cannot afford an attorney?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Katz v. United States

c)

Gideon v. Wainright

d)

New Jersey v. TLO

3.

Which case protected students' right to free speech in schools?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Gideon v. Wainright

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

4.

What case established the exclusionary rule for illegally obtained evidence?

a)

Terry v. Ohio

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

New Jersey v. TLO

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

5.

Which case allowed for "stop and frisk" procedures by police?

a)

Terry v. Ohio

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Tennessee v. Garner

d)

Arizona v. Grant

6.

What case established the "reasonable expectation of privacy" doctrine?

a)

Dulin v. State of Indiana

b)

U.S. v. Carroll

c)

Katz v. United States

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

7.

Which case addressed student searches in schools?

a)

New Jersey v. TLO

b)

Roper v. Simmons

c)

Terry v. Ohio

d)

U.S. v. Carroll

8.

What case extended due process rights to juveniles in delinquency proceedings?

a)

In re Winship

b)

In re Gault

c)

Escobedo v. Illinois

d)

Arizona v. Gant

9.

Which case established the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard for juvenile proceedings?

a)

New Jersey v. TLO

b)

In re Gualt

c)

Katz v. United States

d)

In re Winship

10.

Which case addressed the transfer of juveniles to adult court?

a)

Kent v. U.S.

b)

Terry v. Ohio

c)

New Jersey v. TLO

d)

In re Winship

11.

Which case abolished the death penalty for offenders under 18?

a)

Kent v. U.S.

b)

Roper v. Simmons

c)

U.S. v. Carroll

d)

Mapp v. Ohio

12.

What case limited the use of deadly force by police?

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Gideon v. Wainright

c)

Kent v. U.S.

d)

Tennessee v. Garner

13.

Which case established the right to counsel during police interrogations?

a)

Dulin v. State of Indiana

b)

Tennessee v. Garner

c)

Escobedo v. Illinois

d)

Roper v. Simmons

14.

What case established the automobile exception to the warrant requirement?

a)

California v. Greenwood

b)

U.S. v. Carroll

c)

Boykin v. Alabama

d)

Furman v. Georgia

15.

Which case addressed vehicle searches incident to arrest?

a)

Arizona v. Gant

b)

Batson v. Kentucky

c)

Dulin v. State of Indiana

d)

California v. Greenwood

16.

What case dealt with the admissibility of breathalyzer test results?

a)

Dulin v. State of Indiana

b)

Gregg v. Georgia

c)

Chimel v. California

d)

Florida v. Bostick

17.

Which case prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection?

a)

Furman v. Georgia

b)

Arizona v. Gant

c)

Batson v. Kentucky

d)

Dickerson v. United States

18.

What case ruled there's no exception of privacy in trash left for collection?

a)

California v. Greenwood

b)

Chimel v. California

c)

McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

d)

Florida v. Bostick

19.

Which case established requirements for accepting guilty pleas?

a)

Rasul v. Bush

b)

Payne v. Tennessee

c)

Boykin v. Alabama

d)

McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

20.

What case upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty?

a)

Gregg v. Georgia

b)

Rasul v. Bush

c)

Santobello v. New York

d)

Furman v. Georgia

21.

Which case defined the scope of searches incident to arrest?

a)

Chimel v. California

b)

Weeks v. United States

c)

Payne v. Tennessee

d)

Dickerson v. United States

22.

What case upheld the constitutionality of Miranda warnings?

a)

Furman v. Georgia

b)

Dickerson v. United States

c)

McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

d)

Florida v. Bostick

23.

Which case temporarily halted the death penalty in the United States?

a)

Payne v. Tennessee

b)

Furman v. Georgia

c)

Gregg v. Georgia

d)

Rasul v. Bush

24.

What case addressed consensual police encounters on public transportation?

a)

Chimel v. California

b)

Santobello v. New York

c)

Weeks v. United States

d)

Florida v. Bostick

25.

Which case denied the right to jury trials in juvenile court?

a)

Kent v. U.S.

b)

McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

c)

Roper v. Simmons

d)

Weeks v. United States

26.

What type of guilty plea allows a defendant to maintain innocence while accepting a plea deal

a)

Alford Plea

b)

Actus Reus

c)

Not guilty

d)

Guilty plea

27.

Which case allowed victim impact statements in capital sentencing hearings?

a)

Payne v. Tennessee

b)

Escobedo v. Illinois

c)

Rasul v. Bush

d)

Arizona v. Gant

28.

What case granted habeas corpus rights to Guantanamo detainees?

a)

Kent v. U.S.

b)

Roper v. Simmons

c)

Dickerson v. United States

d)

Rasul v. Bush

29.

Which case addressed plea bargain breaches by prosecutors?

a)

Dickerson v. United States

b)

Santobello v. New York

c)

Florida v. Bostick

d)

New Jersey v. TLO

30.

What case established the exclusionary rule at the federal level?

a)

McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

b)

Weeks v. United States

c)

Gregg v. Georgia

d)

U.S. v. Carroll

31.

What legal term refers to the guilty act in criminal law?

a)

Acquittal

b)

Arraignment

c)

Actus Reus

d)

Appeal

32.

What is a written statement made under oath?

a)

Actus Reus

b)

Affidavit

c)

Arraignment

d)

Bail

33.

What is the formal reading of charges against a defendant called?

a)

Arraignment

b)

Affidavit

c)

Actus Reus

d)

Burden of Proof

34.

What is the term for money paid to secure release from custody?

a)

Diversion

b)

Discretion

c)

Bail

d)

plea bargaining

35.

What document outlines the rights a defendant waives when pleading guilty?

a)

Boykin Form

b)

Burden of Proof

c)

Common Law

d)

corpus delicti

36.

What criminological theory suggests visible signs of crime encourage more crime?

a)

Graffiti Theory

b)

Labeling Theory

c)

Broken Windows Theory

d)

Conflict Theory

37.

What legal principle places the obligation to prove a case on the prosecution?

a)

Entrapment

b)

Common Law

c)

Discovery

d)

Burden of Proof

38.

What type of jury selection challenge is based on specific reasons?

a)

peremptory challenge

b)

challenge for cause

c)

Discretion

d)

Entrapment

39.

What type of evidence indirectly proves a fact?

a)

Direct evidence

b)

Demonstrative evidence

c)

Statistical evidence

d)

Circumstantial evidence

40.

What system of law is based on judicial precedent?

a)

Common Law

b)

Constitutional Law

c)

Civil Law

d)

Canon Law

41.

What branch of law interprets and applies the Constitution?

a)

Customary Law

b)

Canon Law

c)

Constitutional Law

d)

Common Law

42.

What Latin term refers to the body of the crime?

a)

Writ of certiorari

b)

corpus of delicti

c)

Actus reus

d)

Mens rea

43.

What is the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior?

a)

Criminality

b)

Victimology

c)

Forensic Psychology

d)

Criminology

44.

What is the questioning of a witness by the opposing side called?

a)

Diversion

b)

Cross examination

c)

Recusal

d)

Rebuttal

45.

What term refers to the freedom to act within certain limits?

a)

Discretion

b)

Discovery

c)

Hearsay

d)

Entrapment

46.

What program allows offenders to avoid prosecution by completing certain requirements?

a)

Discretion

b)

Discovery

c)

Diversion

d)

Bail

47.

What legal process involves the exchange of evidence between parties before trial?

a)

Cross examination

b)

Discovery

c)

Rebuttal

d)

Discretion

48.

What defense claims the defendant was induced to commit a crime by law enforcement?

a)

police cynicism

b)

Entrapment

c)

Hearsay

d)

Mala in se

49.

What legal action challenges the legality of a person's detention?

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

Just deserts

c)

Mens Rea

d)

Plain View Doctrine

50.

What type of evidence is an out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted?

a)

Qualitative evidence

b)

Direct evidence

c)

Hearsay

d)

Rebuttal

51.

What principle argues that punishment should fit the crime?

a)

mala prohibita

b)

Due process

c)

Mala in se

d)

Just deserts

52.

What Latin term refers to acts that are inherently evil?

a)

parens patriae

b)

Mala in se

c)

mala prohibita

d)

nolo contendere

53.

What Latin term refers to acts that are wrong only because they are prohibited by law?

a)

parens patriae

b)

mala prohibita

c)

nolo contendere

d)

Mens Rea

54.

What legal term refers to the guilty mind in criminal law?

a)

Mens Rea

b)

Mala in se

c)

Habeas Corpus

d)

mala prohibita

55.

What Latin term means "no contest" in a plea?

a)

parens patriae

b)

Mens Rea

c)

Mala in se

d)

nolo contendere

56.

What legal doctrine allows the state to act as a parent or guardian?

a)

parens patriae

b)

nolo contendere

c)

Mens Rea

d)

corpus delicti

57.

What process determines whether a parolee should return to prison?

a)

Preliminary hearing

b)

Parole revocation

c)

Notice

d)

Due process

58.

What type of jury selection required no stated reason?

a)

challenge for cause

b)

peremptory challenge

c)

petit juries

d)

grand juries

59.

What doctrine allows police to seize evidence without a warrant?

a)

Necessity Doctrine

b)

Double Jeopardy

c)

Plain View Doctrine

d)

Strict Liability Doctrine

60.

What process involves negotiating charges or sentences between prosecution and defense

a)

Hearing

b)

plea bargaining

c)

parole revocation

d)

Discover

61.

What attitude among police officers views the public negatively?

a)

Wedding Cakes model

b)

police entitlement

c)

police cynicism

d)

Broken Windows theory

62.

What philosophical approach emphasizes empirical evidence in criminology?

a)

Retribution

b)

Positivism

c)

Analytic philosophy

d)

Incapacitation

63.

What is the presentation of evidence to contradict the opposing side called?

a)

Rebuttal

b)

Cross examination

c)

Due Process

d)

Recusal

64.

What is it called when a judge removes themselves from a case due to potential bias?

a)

Rule of Four

b)

Recusal

c)

voir dire

d)

Entrapment

65.

What Supreme Court procedure requires four justices to agree to hear a case?

a)

Majority Vote

b)

Rule of Four

c)

The Fourth Judge rule

d)

Judicial Review

66.

What legal document orders a person to appear in court?

a)

Affidavit

b)

Warrant

c)

Summons

d)

Subpoena

67.

What is the jury selection process called?

a)

Deliberation

b)

voir dire

c)

Judicial review

d)

Arbitration

68.

What model of criminal justice emphasizes due process and individual rights?

a)

Wedding Cakes model

b)

Justice model

c)

Power model

d)

Crime model

69.

What type of order is issued by a higher court to review a lower court's decision?

a)

writ of certiorari

b)

writ of possession

c)

writ of mandamus

d)

writ of habeas corpus

70.

According to behavioral theory, Criminal behavior is primarily a result of:

a)

Genetic Predisposition

b)

Unconscious psychological conflict

c)

Learned responses to external stimuli

d)

Biological determinism

71.

In behavioral theory, reinforcement plays what role in sharing criminal conduct?

a)

It reduces the likelihood of criminal acts

b)

It strengthens behavior that is rewarded

c)

It only affects minor offenses, not serious crimes.

d)

It has no measurable effect on human behavior

72.

According to social learning theory, individuals become criminals because they:

a)

Are born with antisocial tendencies

b)

Learn values, attitudes, and techniques that favor crime

c)

Experience economic disadvantage

d)

Lack Biological self-control

73.

According to strain theory, crime occurs:

a)

People are biologically predisposed to crime

b)

Social institutions encourage conformity

c)

Individuals cannot achieve socially approved goals through legitimate means

d)

individuals are isolated from social influence