QUIZZES-LAW10-FALL2011
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Question1 
Marks: 5
Lara is indicted. Mac, the arresting officer, advises Lara of her right to counsel. Lara waives the right and confesses to the crime. Later, Lara claims that her confession should be excluded as evidence from her trial. Under the ruling in Case 9.1, Fellers v. United States, the statement will most likely be?
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a. admitted because Lara knew she did the crime and confessed. |
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b. admitted because Lara made it after being advised of her rights. |
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c. excluded because a confession is not admissible in a criminal trial. |
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d. excluded because it was elicited before Lara was advised of her rights. |
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Question2
Marks: 5
Karl reaches into Lora's pocket and takes her money without her consent and without her immediate awareness. Unlike robbery, picking pockets does not involve?
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a. breaking and entering. |
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b. large amounts of money. |
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c. weapons. |
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d. force or fear. |
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Question3
Marks: 5
Mike is arrested at a warehouse in North Industrial Park. A government prosecutor issues a formal charge against Mike for receiving stolen property. This charge is?
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a. an indictment. |
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b. an arraignment. |
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c. an information. |
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d. an inquisition. |
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Question4
Marks: 5
According to the United States Supreme Court in Case 9.3, Miranda v. Arizona, an individual must be apprised of certain of his or her rights?
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a. at any time during questioning. |
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b. prior to any questioning. |
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c. after any questioning. |
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d. only in the absence of questioning. |
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Question5
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Doug gains access, over the Internet, to government records and alters certain dates and amounts in his favor. Falsifying public records is?
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a. forgery. |
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b. larceny. |
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c. embezzlement. |
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d. robbery. |
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Question6
Marks: 5
Alan, the president of Beta Investments, Inc., and Colin, Beta's accountant, are charged with a crime, after the police search Beta's offices. Under the exclusionary rule?
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a. illegally obtained evidence must be excluded from a trial. |
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b. certain Beta records are excluded from subpoena by the government. |
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c. certain parties to a criminal action may be excluded from a trial. |
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d. persons who have biases that would prevent them from fairly deciding the case may be excluded from the jury. |
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Question7
Marks: 5
Bait'n Tackle Corporation switches trademarks on products that it buys to sell to consumers. This is?
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a. larceny. |
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b. forgery. |
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c. robbery. |
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d. burglary. |
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Question8
Marks: 5
Dina, a businessperson, is charged with RICO offenses. Dina may be subject to penalties under RICO only if she?
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a. was previously convicted of a crime. |
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b. committed two or more certain federal or state crimes. |
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c. has never been convicted of a crime. |
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d. intends to commit future RICO offenses. |
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Question9
Marks: 5
Ann, an employee of Beta, Inc., pays Curt, an employee of Beta's competitor Delta Company, for a secret Delta pricing schedule. This may be?
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a. money laundering. |
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b. creative legal bookkeeping. |
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c. commercial bribery. |
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d. an effective marketing strategy. |
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Question10
Marks: 5
Earl, driving while intoxicated, causes a car accident that results in the death of Frank. He is arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, a third degree felony. This type of felony is punishable by?
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a. life imprisonment. |
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b. up to ten years' imprisonment |
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c. up to five years' imprisonment |
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d. death. |
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Question11
Marks: 5
In relation to Edie's solicitation of investors in a nonexistent business, she is charged with "Mail Fraud". This requires, among other things?
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a. mailing or causing someone else to mail a writing. |
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b. depositing items in the postal system without proper postage. |
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c. claiming that an item is "in the mail" when it is not. |
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d. deceiving postal authorities as to the content of an item of mail. |
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Question12
Marks: 5
Mary, who is charged with a crime, claims that Nick, a government agent, entrapped her. For entrapment to be a valid defense?
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a. Mary must not have been predisposed to commit the crime. |
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b. Nick must have pressured Mary into committing the crime. |
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c. Nick must have suggested that the crime be committed. |
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d. all of the above. |
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Question13
Marks: 5
Dian points a gun at Edie, threatening to shoot her unless she takes a certain file from Great Pharmaceutical Corporation. Charged with theft, Edie can successfully claim as a defense?
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a. duress. |
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b. entrapment. |
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c. consent. |
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d. self-defense. |
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Question14
Marks: 5
According to the United States Supreme Court in Case 9.3, Miranda v. Arizona, an individual must be apprised of certain of his or her rights whenever the individual is?
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a. sentenced for a crime. |
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b. taken into custody. |
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c. arraigned in a court. |
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d. imprisoned in a jail. |
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Question15
Marks: 5
Sandy, a businessperson, is convicted of RICO offenses. Sandy's penalties may include?
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a. forfeiting business assets but not closing or selling the business. |
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b. closing her business but not forfeiting its assets or selling it. |
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c. closing her business, forfeiting its assets, or selling it. |
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d. selling her business but not closing it or forfeiting its assets. |
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Question16
Marks: 5
Roy owns Roy’s Cafe. A fire destroys the cafe, and Roy is arrested on suspicion of setting it to collect the insurance. At the time of the arrest, Roy is not informed of his rights. Any statement Roy makes will be admissible?
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a. in all circumstances. |
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b. regardless of the circumstances. |
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c. in no circumstances. |
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d. in some circumstances. |
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Question17
Marks: 5
Adam is charged with the commission of a crime. To find criminal liability, most crimes require?
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a. performance of a prohibited act only |
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b. a specified state of mind only |
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c. neither a specified state and performance of a prohibited act |
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d. a specified state of mind and performance of a prohibited act |
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Question18
Marks: 5
Ben wrongfully takes an unopened carton from a City Warehouse loading dock, puts the carton in his car, and drives away. A person who wrongfully or fraudulently takes and carries away another's personal property is guilty of?
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a. larceny. |
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b. robbery. |
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c. burglary. |
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d. forgery. |
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Question19
Marks: 5
Ben is a computer technician with the skills to hack into any unprotected computer. The Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 prohibits Ben from obtaining unauthorized access to?
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a. restricted government information. |
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b. unrestricted government information. |
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c. any government information. |
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d. no government information. |
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Question20
Marks: 5
Jim is indicted. Before he is arrested, he confesses to the crime in a conversation with Kelly, the arresting officer. Kelly then arrests Jim and advises him of the right to counsel. Jim waives the right andrepeats his confession. Later, Jim claims that his initial statement should be excluded as evidence from his trial. Under the ruling in Case 9.1, Fellers v. United States, the statement will most likely be?
Choose one answer.
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a. excluded because a confession is not admissible in a criminal trial. |
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b. admitted because Jim knew he did the crime and confessed. |
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c. excluded because it was elicited before Jim was advised of his rights. |
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d. admitted because Jim repeated it after being advised of his rights. |
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