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Intro to C.J. Practice Test

A practice test created to prepare for CJ101-Intro to Criminal Justice's midterm exam on 02/13/2014.



1)

A wrong-doing in a civil court is called a ___________.

 
 
 
 

2)

One of the types of inmates that is housed within a state prison are those awaiting Trial.

 
 

3)

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic warrant types?

 
 
 
 

4)

Which of the following is not a function of the Police, or Law Enforcement, component of the Criminal Justice System?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5)

Substantive Law is the name for laws that dictate how the police must enforce and carryout law.

 
 

6)

Reasonable Suspicion affords law enforcement officers the ability to conduct searches of personal property.

 
 

7)

Inmates entered into an early release program, such as parole or probation, waive their _____ Amendment rights.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8)

County Sheriff Departments share which of the following duties with State Police.

 
 
 
 

9)

A concurrent sentence is one or more sentences imposed at the same time and after conviction for more than one offense, are served at the same time.

 
 

10)

A criminal justice perspective that assumes that the system components work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call Justice, is known as the __________ Model.

 
 
 
 
 

11)

Which is not a part of Due Process?

 
 
 
 

12)

A guilty verdict in a civil case is called ____________.

 
 
 
 

13)

The Landmark Decision, or case that set precedent for, laws requiring the reading of Miranda Warnings to suspects was _______________________.

 
 
 
 

14)

The requirements for the reading of Miranda Warnings are _____________.

 
 
 
 

15)

One of the functions of the courts is to uphold the law.

 
 

16)

The burden of proof in a criminal case is the responsibility of the ___________________.

 
 
 
 

17)

One example of a punishment enforced by the court system for a guilty verdict in a civil case is ___________.

 
 
 
 
 

18)

Questioning of an individual and all subsequent findings can be ruled inadmissible as evidence for ____________.

 
 
 
 
 
 

19)

"Preponderance of Evidence" is the term used to describe the burden of proof in the civil courts. Who has to produce a "Preponderance of Evidence"?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

20)

The scales between Public Order and Individual Rights are constantly being balanced by ________________.

 
 
 
 

21)

"A formal, written accusation submitted to the court by a grand jury, alleging that a specified person has committed a specified offense, usually a felony" is the definition for ____________.

 
 
 
 
 
 

22)

Which of the following is not a component of the Criminal Justice System?

 
 
 
 

23)

Which of the following inmates is typically not found in a county jail?

 
 
 
 

24)

The right to remain silent is a provision under which amendment?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

25)

The right to speak and present witness is a provision under which amendment?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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