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Test Bank For Criminal Procedure For The Criminal Justice Professional 12th Edition by John N Ferdico Henry F Fradella Christopher D Totten
Test Bank For Criminal Procedure For The Criminal Justice Professional 12th Edition by John N Ferdico Henry F Fradella Christopher D Totten
2. Which document preceded the current U.S. Constitution in governing the first thirteen states?
a. Articles of Confederation
b. Bill of Rights
c. Magna Carta
d. Declaration of Independence
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
3. Which branch of the government plays the largest role in protection of individual liberties?
a. Legislative
b. Executive
c. President
d. Judicial
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
4. Which doctrine allows the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution?
a. habeas corpus
b. posse comitatus
c. certiorari
d. judicial review
ANSWER: d
5. A person has filed a lawsuit on equal protection grounds claiming racial discrimination. Which standard of review will
be used to resolve the issue of law?
a. Fair and adequate notification test
b. Strict Scrutiny
c. Intermediate scrutiny
d. Rational Basis Test
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.6
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
7. If a person in prison believes he or she is being held in violation of the Constitution, they would most likely seek a
_____.
a. writ of corpus delicti
b. writ of habeas corpus
c. bill of attainder
d. prima facie case
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.4
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
10. Judicial decisions have made it clear that “speech” goes beyond oral communication, including both artistic
expression and _____.
a. violence when warranted
b. symbolic speech
c. unrestrained activity
d. freedom of movement
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
11. The right to freedom of speech is considered a fundamental right. In cases involving a fundamental right, the _____
standard of review is used to resolve the case.
a. legitimate regulation
b. intermediate scrutiny
c. strict scrutiny
d. rational basis
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.6
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Differentiate
14. Which of the following is most consistent with the principles of the crime control model?
a. a strong appellate court system with multiple layers of appeals
b. confidence in the police and prosecutors’ judgments
c. a skepticism toward the decisions of police and prosecutors
d. opposition to additional resources to build more prisons
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Criminal Procedure as the Balance between Due Process and Crime Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
16. The accused is placed in jeopardy (i.e., jeopardy attaches) when _____.
a. (s)he is indicted
b. (s)he is arraigned and enters a plea to the indictment
c. the jury is sworn or, in cases tried without a jury, when the judge begins hearing testimony
d. the jury returns a verdict
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
20. The right to a speedy and public trial is part of the _____ Amendment.
a. First
b. Second
c. Fourth
d. Sixth
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
21. The _____, issued by the Continental Congress in 1776, contains an explicit statement that individuals have rights that
cannot be taken away and that these rights are “self-evident”?
a. Magna Carta
b. Declaration of Independence
c. U.S. Constitution
d. Articles of Confederation
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Summarize
22. The right to be free from excessive bail is guaranteed by the _____ Amendment.
a. Sixth
b. Seventh
c. Eighth
d. Tenth
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ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
23. The primary significance of the Marbury v. Madison decision is that it _____.
a. created the judicial branch of government and asserted its independence
b. declared that it is the duty of the judiciary to expound and interpret the law
c. established the power and authority of the Chief Justice position on the Court
d. applied the provisions in the Bill of Rights to state proceedings
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
24. The most significant effect of the Bail Reform Act of 1984 is to _____.
a. imprison those who cannot afford to post money bail
b. presume that bail should be granted while appeals are in process
c. allow consideration of danger to the community posed by the defendant
d. guarantee the defendant’s appearance at judicial proceedings
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
26. The _____ Amendment has been used to make many of the provisions of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states.
a. Fourteenth
b. Thirteenth
c. Fifth
d. Fourth
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.6
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Differentiate
27. Although there is inherent tension between the crime control and due process models, _____.
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a. criminal justice has consistently focused more on crime control
b. criminal justice has consistently focused more on due process
c. the relative emphasis on crime control or due process has shifted over time
d. activities during the 1960s caused a marked shift towards crime control
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Criminal Procedure as the Balance between Due Process and Crime Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
28. Following the Harmelin v. Michigan (1991) decision, the Eighth Amendment proportionality clause was _____.
a. removed
b. found to be broadly applicable
c. found to prevent only grossly disproportionate sentences
d. restricted to length of sentence and criminal fine issues
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
29. The _____ Amendment emphasizes that the Constitution did not intend, by expressly guaranteeing certain rights of the
people, to grant the government unlimited power to invade other rights of the people.
a. Ninth
b. Third
c. Seventh
d. Tenth
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.6
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Differentiate
30. The absence of _____ was a substantial impediment to the ratification of the Constitution.
a. a separation clause
b. an entitlement statement
c. tort legislation
d. a Bill of Rights
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
31. The Constitution, as originally proposed to the States in 1787, contained the Bill of Rights.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.2
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KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
32. The judicial branch of law expounds and interprets the law.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
34. An advocate of the crime control model would support increased funding for police and prosecutors and to build more
prisons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Procedure as the Balance between Due Process and Crime Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
35. In some situations, a second trial for the same offense is permitted.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
36. Substantive criminal law establishes legal prescriptions and proscriptions, whereas procedural criminal law sets forth
the mechanisms through which substantive criminal laws are implemented.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
37. The concepts of due process and equal protection are the same.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.6
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
38. The main purpose of the original Constitution was to establish individual liberties and freedoms.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Individual Rights in the Original Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Summarize
39. The Sixth Amendment provides a right to be represented by counsel only in criminal prosecutions that may result in
imprisonment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
40. Article III of the Constitution establishes the structure and power of the federal court system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
41. Rules and regulations set forth by a government agency that is empowered through statutory law to make such rules
are categorized as _____________________ law.
ANSWER: administrative
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
42. The _____________________ approach held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies rights
to state proceedings by considering each right on its own to determine whether the right is fundamental or not.
ANSWER: selective incorporation
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
43. The _____________________ branch of government creates most of the law of criminal procedure.
ANSWER: judicial
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
44. The Fourth Amendment’s _____________________ requirement stipulates that before an arrest warrant can be
issued, the applying officer must produce evidence showing by a fair probability that the specific person named
committed a specific offense.
ANSWER: probable cause
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
45. The fundamental privileges and freedoms enjoyed by U.S. citizens are commonly referred to as
_____________________.
ANSWER: civil rights
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
46. The Supreme Court of the 1960s made policing the police, as well as state courts, a distinctly federal concern. Today,
we refer to this shift in policy as the _____________________ revolution of the 1960s.
ANSWER: due process
REFERENCES: Criminal Procedure as the Balance between Due Process and Crime Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
47. The power of the government to acquire private property is called _____________________.
ANSWER: eminent domain
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
48. According to the _____________________ doctrine, double jeopardy does not arise when federal and state courts
both have jurisdiction to prosecute.
ANSWER: dual sovereignty
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
49. Due process is violated if a practice or rule “offends some principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and
conscience or our people as to be ranked as _____________________.”
ANSWER: fundamental
REFERENCES: Criminal Procedure as the Balance between Due Process and Crime Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
50. Law made by judicial interpretation of statutes and regulations is called _____________________ law.
ANSWER: common
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
51. In no less than one paragraph, compare and contrast due process and crime control values.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Criminal Procedure as the Balance between Due Process and Crime Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
52. Convey the concept of proportionality. To what extent does the U.S. Supreme Court currently recognize
proportionality as a component of the Eighth Amendment?
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
53. Briefly relate the history of the early English Common Law, illustrating how it laid the foundation for the United
States Constitution.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: A Brief History of the United States Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
54. Discuss and debate “symbolic speech” as interpreted by the courts under the First Amendment.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
55. Compare and contrast the three standards of judicial review – strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, and the rational
basis test.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.6
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
56. Explain the two different types of freedoms having to do with religion.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
57. Provide an example in which double jeopardy might ‘attach’ in a jury trial and a nonjury trial.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
59. Describe the function of a judicial review. Be sure to include important documents/cases that legitimize the notion of
judicial review.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Select Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
60. Explain the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to due process.
ANSWER: Answer will vary.
REFERENCES: Individual Rights in the Original Constitution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CPCJ.FERD.16.1.4
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember