1. According to your reading, the charge of forgery includes each of the following elements except
a. the false making or altering
b. of a legally significant instrument
c. with intent to defraud
d. a court of law or financial institution
2. According to your reading, the legal term of art most often employed to distinguish murder from manslaughter is
a. causation
b. vicarious liability
c. burden of proof
d. malice aforethought
3. According to your reading, the Model Penal Code considers the solicitor to be as dangerous as the perpetrator of the completed crime.
a. false
b. true
4. According to your reading, the problems with corporate criminal liability include
a. Determining who to charge
b. determining punishment
c. the wording of criminal statutes
d. all of the above
1. Although they are similar, embezzlement differs from larceny in which of the following ways?
a. embezzlement requires asportation
b. the claim of right defense is generally not applicable to larceny
c. embezzlement does not require intent
d. none of the above
2. An abider and abettor or accessory before the fact must
a. be a principal of the crime –
b. discourage the commission of the crime –
c. solicit the commission of the crime –
d. aid or encourage the commission of a crime –
3. An effective abandonment defense to aiding and abetting, or to accessory before the fact, will
vary with aid –
b. depend on the type of solicitation made –
c. all of the above –
d. none of the above –
4. Assault and battery are
a. civil torts, not crimes –
b. handled the same in all jurisdictions –
c. handled the same in civil and criminal proceedings –
d. handled differently from jurisdiction to jurisdiction –
1. At Common Law, which of the following elements is not accurate regarding the crime of Burglary?
a. Trespass orgy breaking and entering
b. Of the dwelling of another
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d. With the intent to commit a misdemeanor
2. Bill says to John, “Give me $50 right now, or the next time I see you I’ll slice your nostrils with a razor blade.” Bill is most likely guilty of
a. robbery
b. extortion
c. A and B
d. None of the above
3. Bill sees a $100 bill lying on the front seat of his friend’s car. He takes the car and the money to the racetrack, intending to return both. After winning $1,000, on a bet he placed using his friend’s $100, he returns the car to its original location and, in gratitude, leaves his friend $200. Bill could be convicted of
a. larceny of the money only
b. larceny of the car only
c. larceny of the money and the car
d. nothing
4. Billy writes a check on his bank account, even though he knows there are insufficient funds to cover the amount of the check. He may be guilty of
a. forgery
b. obtaining property by false pretenses
c. embezzlement
d. none of the above
1. According to your reading, the Model Penal Code promotes:
a. abolition of degrees of murder, in favor of a series of mitigating circumstances to be employed as factors in assessing punishment
b. a single sentence for murder, no matter what the degree onal degrees of murder
c. abolishing the murder charge entirely, in favor of additional degrees of manslaughter
d. abolition of the manslaughter charge, in favor of additional degrees of murder
2. Conspiracy requires which of the following elements?
a. actus reus and mens rea
b. mens rea
c. mens rea and completion of the act
d. actus reus
3. Degrees of Robbery usually depend on
a. value of property
b. the amount of force used
c. the amount of force threatened
d. a and c
e. b and c
4. Generally speaking, an attempt is which of the following?
a. the unintentional engagement in conduct that, if continued, would constitute a crime
b. a substantial but unsuccessful effort to commit a crime
c. the preparation toward commission of a crime
d. none of the above
1. If involuntary abandonment occurs prior to the completion of a crime, the defendant cannot be charged with attempt of the crime.
a. True
b. False
2. If John unintentionally burns down a house while burglarizing it, he would be charged under the Felony Arson rule.
a. false
b. true
3. In a larceny case, the value of the property may be significant because
a. most states increase the degree of larceny based on the value of the property
b. most states won’t prosecute for the theft of property valued below $ 25
c. most states won’t prosecute for the theft of property valued below $ 150
d. most states won’t prosecute for a theft of service
4. In a murder statute the term “willful” is used to describe a specific intent to kill.
a. true
b. false
