Test your basic knowledge |

Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


2. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






3. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






4. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






5. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






6. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






7. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






8. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






9. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






10. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






11. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






12. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






13. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






14. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






15. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






16. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






17. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






18. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






19. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






20. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






21. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






22. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






23. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






24. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






25. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






26. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






27. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






28. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






29. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






30. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?






31. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






32. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






33. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






34. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






35. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






36. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






37. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






38. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






39. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






40. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






41. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






42. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






43. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






44. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






45. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






46. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






47. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






48. Is the Federal or State court system older?






49. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






50. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?