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1.

The right-wrong test is known as the:


a. Products Test.
b. M'Naghten Rule.
c. Wickersham Rule.
d. Durham Rule.

2.The most common classification of crime in the United States is


the division between:
a. substantive and procedural laws.
b. Part I and Part II.
c. property and personal.
d. felonies and misdemeanors.

3.Today, ________ are handled under tort law.


a. personal wrongs and damages
b. crimes against children
c. crimes against the government
d. crimes against the elderly

4.The right to be ________ and equally is known as due process.


a. cross-examined
b. exempted from paying fines or performing community
service
c. sentenced to probation
d. treated fairly

5.The criminal law of a state provides which of the following


functions?
a. sets levels of punishment
b. classifies crime into categories
c. defines and grades offenses
d. all of these choices

6.A ________ is a crime that is punishable in the statute by death


or imprisonment in a state prison for more than one year.
a. felony
b. violation
c. strict liability offense
d. misdemeanor

7.The federal government has adopted a test of ________, known


as the products test.
a. jury appropriateness
b. one's ability to afford an attorney
c. one's ability to defend one's self in court
d. criminal responsibility

8.The Fourth Amendment guarantees one's:


a. right to a jury trial.
b. equal protection under the law.
c. right to privacy.
d. all of these choices.

9.The Fifth Amendment guarantees one's:


a. protection against double jeopardy.
b. all of these choices.
c. right to a jury trial.
d. right to privacy.

10.The Eighth Amendment guarantees one's:


a. protection against double jeopardy.
b. protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
c. all of these choices.
d. right to a jury trial.

11.The English common law developed so that all citizens could


memorize the law.
True
False

12.The most common classification of crime in the United States


is the division between substantive law and procedural law.
True
False

13.The principle of stare decisis is not used in determining


appropriate criminal sentences
True
False
14.The distinction between felonies and misdemeanors is based
primarily on the age of the offender.
True
False

15.The right-wrong test is known as the Durham rule.


True
False

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