CRIMINAL LAW EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION GRADED A+
STUDY GUIDE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1.
What is criminal law?
A. Law about contracts only
B. Law that defines crimes and punishments
C. Sports law
D. Fashion law
Correct Answer: B. Law that defines crimes and punishments
Rationale: Criminal law regulates offenses against the state.
2.
What is a crime?
A. Any mistake
B. An act prohibited by law and punishable by the state
C. A civil dispute
D. A moral opinion
Correct Answer: B. An act prohibited by law and punishable by the state
Rationale: Crimes violate public law.
3.
What is mens rea?
A. Physical act
B. Guilty mind or intention
C. Punishment
D. Evidence
,Correct Answer: B. Guilty mind or intention
Rationale: Criminal liability often requires intent.
4.
What is actus reus?
A. Guilty intention
B. Physical act of the crime
C. Court judgment
D. Police report
Correct Answer: B. Physical act of the crime
Rationale: Actus reus is the criminal act.
5.
What is criminal liability?
A. Civil responsibility
B. Legal responsibility for committing a crime
C. Fashion liability
D. Sports liability
Correct Answer: B. Legal responsibility for committing a crime
Rationale: Liability results in punishment.
6.
What is punishment?
A. Reward
B. Penalty imposed for crime
C. Advice
D. Opinion
Correct Answer: B. Penalty imposed for crime
Rationale: Punishment enforces law.
, 7.
What is homicide?
A. Property damage
B. Killing of a human being
C. Theft
D. Fraud
Correct Answer: B. Killing of a human being
Rationale: Homicide involves unlawful death.
8.
What is murder?
A. Accidental death only
B. Intentional unlawful killing
C. Civil wrong
D. Property crime
Correct Answer: B. Intentional unlawful killing
Rationale: Murder involves intent.
9.
What is manslaughter?
A. Planned murder
B. Unlawful killing without intent to kill
C. Theft
D. Fraud
Correct Answer: B. Unlawful killing without intent to kill
Rationale: Manslaughter lacks malice aforethought.
10.
What is theft?
CORRECT ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION GRADED A+
STUDY GUIDE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1.
What is criminal law?
A. Law about contracts only
B. Law that defines crimes and punishments
C. Sports law
D. Fashion law
Correct Answer: B. Law that defines crimes and punishments
Rationale: Criminal law regulates offenses against the state.
2.
What is a crime?
A. Any mistake
B. An act prohibited by law and punishable by the state
C. A civil dispute
D. A moral opinion
Correct Answer: B. An act prohibited by law and punishable by the state
Rationale: Crimes violate public law.
3.
What is mens rea?
A. Physical act
B. Guilty mind or intention
C. Punishment
D. Evidence
,Correct Answer: B. Guilty mind or intention
Rationale: Criminal liability often requires intent.
4.
What is actus reus?
A. Guilty intention
B. Physical act of the crime
C. Court judgment
D. Police report
Correct Answer: B. Physical act of the crime
Rationale: Actus reus is the criminal act.
5.
What is criminal liability?
A. Civil responsibility
B. Legal responsibility for committing a crime
C. Fashion liability
D. Sports liability
Correct Answer: B. Legal responsibility for committing a crime
Rationale: Liability results in punishment.
6.
What is punishment?
A. Reward
B. Penalty imposed for crime
C. Advice
D. Opinion
Correct Answer: B. Penalty imposed for crime
Rationale: Punishment enforces law.
, 7.
What is homicide?
A. Property damage
B. Killing of a human being
C. Theft
D. Fraud
Correct Answer: B. Killing of a human being
Rationale: Homicide involves unlawful death.
8.
What is murder?
A. Accidental death only
B. Intentional unlawful killing
C. Civil wrong
D. Property crime
Correct Answer: B. Intentional unlawful killing
Rationale: Murder involves intent.
9.
What is manslaughter?
A. Planned murder
B. Unlawful killing without intent to kill
C. Theft
D. Fraud
Correct Answer: B. Unlawful killing without intent to kill
Rationale: Manslaughter lacks malice aforethought.
10.
What is theft?
