SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Criminal Justice 101
Start Test
Study First
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 does the Court of Appeals not possess?
1899 Illinois
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Original Jurisdiction
Pendelton Act
2. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Lexington - Concord
Generalists
1383
U.S. Federal District Courts
3. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
90 Million
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
50 - 25000
Intermediate Courts
4. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
14th Amendment
14
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Ah Peen
5. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Crime Control - Due Process
F.B.I.
Jurisdiction
6. What Latin term means great paper?
Magna Carta
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Lower Courts
Patronage
7. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Article III of the Constitution
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Secret Service
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
8. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Patronage and Corruption
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
17
8th Amendment
9. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
King John
F.B.I.
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
6th Amendment
10. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Bench Trial
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Complaint
11. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Dual System
National Crime Information Center
1 and 8
12. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Limited
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Loosely Coupled
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
13. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
John Augustus
Articles of Confederation
King Chamberlain's Court
14. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
14
All volunteers
4th Amendment
Stars
15. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Habeas Corpus
Tribal
16. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Infraction
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Vigilantes
17. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Mala Prohibita
Bill of Rights
18. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
John Marshall
Incapaciation
Patronage
Very inactive
19. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Petition
Life
Conditional Sentence
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
20. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
39
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Court of Appeals
The Family Model
21. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Local level
King Chamberlain's Court
Bill of Rights
22. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
23. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Retribution
State Supreme Court
Deterrence
24. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
14
Evaluation
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Lower Courts
25. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Articles of Confederation
Own Recognizance
26. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Patronage
1203(b)(1) - Felony
830.1
90 Million
27. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
1382
Possecomintatus
Stare Decisis
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
28. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Government Attorney
Constitutional Law
Sworn - Non-sworn
1382
29. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Incapaciation
Habeas Corpus
Preliminary Hearing
1383
30. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Loosely Coupled System
County
1977 Dixon Bill
31. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Attorney General
5th Amendment
Felony
Stare Decisis
32. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
1382
Assistant District Attorneys
Due Process Phase
Patrick Colquhoun
33. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
14th Amendment
Secret Service
Community Sensitive Programs
Precedent
34. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Community Sensitive Programs
35. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
36. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Nolo Contendre
1903
U.S. Court of Appeals
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
37. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
F.B.I.
Information
Discretion
Incorrigibles
38. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Body - Amendments
Deterrence
$1.7 million
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
39. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Trials
Precedent
Court Room Work Group
40. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Future laws not passed yet
Yes
Original Jurisdiction
Infraction
41. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Original Jurisdiction
4th Amendment
F.B.I.
1 and 8
42. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
U.S. Federal District Courts
$1.7 million
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
43. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
George Washington - John Adams
Pendelton Act
Government Attorney
County
44. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
45. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Judicial - Executive
State
Crime Control - Due Process
14
46. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
English Common Law
1899 Illinois
All volunteers
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
47. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Judicial System = Institutional System
Original Jurisdiction
Life
48. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
90%
14
Court Administrator
Conditional Sentence
49. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Original Jurisdiction
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
14
1203(b)(1) - Felony
50. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Stamp Act of 1765
Appeal
Constitutional Law
None