Phase 1 Exam-- 720 Academy
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is a warrant?
✔✔A legal order allowing police action
What is a search warrant used for?
✔✔To legally search a place
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
What is a criminal charge?
✔✔A formal accusation of a crime
What is a suspect?
✔✔A person believed to be involved in a crime
What is evidence?
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,✔✔Information used to prove facts
What is physical evidence?
✔✔Objects related to a crime
What is testimonial evidence?
✔✔Statements from witnesses
What is circumstantial evidence?
✔✔Evidence that implies a fact
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof someone was elsewhere
What is a plea?
✔✔The defendant’s answer to a charge
What is criminal law mainly concerned with?
✔✔Rules that define crimes and punishments
What is a crime?
✔✔An act that violates the law and harms society
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,What is the purpose of criminal law?
✔✔To protect the public and maintain order
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious crime punishable by long imprisonment
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious crime with lighter penalties
What does “actus reus” mean?
✔✔The physical act of committing a crime
What does “mens rea” mean?
✔✔The mental intent to commit a crime
Why must both act and intent exist for most crimes?
✔✔To prove a person knowingly committed the offense
What is a strict liability crime?
✔✔A crime that does not require intent
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, What is theft?
✔✔Taking someone else’s property without permission
What is burglary?
✔✔Entering a place with intent to commit a crime
What is robbery?
✔✔Taking property by force or threat
What is assault?
✔✔Causing fear of immediate harm
What is battery?
✔✔Actual harmful or offensive touching
What is self-defence?
✔✔Using reasonable force to protect oneself
What is probable cause?
✔✔A reasonable belief a crime was committed
What is a guilty plea?
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is a warrant?
✔✔A legal order allowing police action
What is a search warrant used for?
✔✔To legally search a place
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
What is a criminal charge?
✔✔A formal accusation of a crime
What is a suspect?
✔✔A person believed to be involved in a crime
What is evidence?
1
,✔✔Information used to prove facts
What is physical evidence?
✔✔Objects related to a crime
What is testimonial evidence?
✔✔Statements from witnesses
What is circumstantial evidence?
✔✔Evidence that implies a fact
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof someone was elsewhere
What is a plea?
✔✔The defendant’s answer to a charge
What is criminal law mainly concerned with?
✔✔Rules that define crimes and punishments
What is a crime?
✔✔An act that violates the law and harms society
2
,What is the purpose of criminal law?
✔✔To protect the public and maintain order
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious crime punishable by long imprisonment
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious crime with lighter penalties
What does “actus reus” mean?
✔✔The physical act of committing a crime
What does “mens rea” mean?
✔✔The mental intent to commit a crime
Why must both act and intent exist for most crimes?
✔✔To prove a person knowingly committed the offense
What is a strict liability crime?
✔✔A crime that does not require intent
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, What is theft?
✔✔Taking someone else’s property without permission
What is burglary?
✔✔Entering a place with intent to commit a crime
What is robbery?
✔✔Taking property by force or threat
What is assault?
✔✔Causing fear of immediate harm
What is battery?
✔✔Actual harmful or offensive touching
What is self-defence?
✔✔Using reasonable force to protect oneself
What is probable cause?
✔✔A reasonable belief a crime was committed
What is a guilty plea?
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