OPOTA SPOs Unit 2 Exam Questions and
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Define crime Any act that the law makes punishable
Culpable mental states -Purposely
-Knowing
-Recklessly
-Negligently
Purposely Specific intention to cause a certain result;
or when
the offense is prohibition against certain
conduct
of a certain nature, regardless of what the
offender
intends to accomplish, it is the offender's
specific
intention to engage in the conduct
Knowingly Aware that the conduct will probably cause
a
certain result or will probably be of a
certain
nature, regardless of purpose
,Recklessly With heedless indifference to the
consequences,
perversely disregard a known risk that
conduct is
likely to cause a certain result
Negligently Because of substantial lapse from due
care, fails to
perceive or avoid a risk that conduct may
cause a
certain result.
Define Jurisdiction A government's general power to exercise
authority over all persons and thing within
its
territory.
Statutory Law The body of law derived from statutes
rather than
from constitutions or judicial decisions.
Case Law The law found in the collection of reported
cases
that form all or part of the body of law
within a
given jurisdiction.
Define Force Any violence, compulsion, or constraint
physically
exerted by any means on or against a
person or
thing.
, Define Deadly Force Any force which carries a substantial risk
that it will
proximate lay result in the death of any
person.
Physical Harm to persons Any injury, illness or other physiological
impairment, regardless of its gravity of
duration.
Serious Hysical Harm to persons -Any mental illness or condition of such
gravity as
would normally require hospitalization or
prolonged psychiatric treatment.
-Any physical harm that carries a
substantial risk of
death.
-Any physical harm that involves some
permanent
incapacity, whether partial or total or that
involves
some temporary, substantial incapacity.
-Any physical harm that involves some
permanent
disfigurement or that involves some
temporary,
serious disfigurement.
-Any physical harm that involves acute
pain of such
duration as to result in substantial suffering
or that
involves any degree of prolonged or
intractable
pain.
Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
Updated 2026
Define crime Any act that the law makes punishable
Culpable mental states -Purposely
-Knowing
-Recklessly
-Negligently
Purposely Specific intention to cause a certain result;
or when
the offense is prohibition against certain
conduct
of a certain nature, regardless of what the
offender
intends to accomplish, it is the offender's
specific
intention to engage in the conduct
Knowingly Aware that the conduct will probably cause
a
certain result or will probably be of a
certain
nature, regardless of purpose
,Recklessly With heedless indifference to the
consequences,
perversely disregard a known risk that
conduct is
likely to cause a certain result
Negligently Because of substantial lapse from due
care, fails to
perceive or avoid a risk that conduct may
cause a
certain result.
Define Jurisdiction A government's general power to exercise
authority over all persons and thing within
its
territory.
Statutory Law The body of law derived from statutes
rather than
from constitutions or judicial decisions.
Case Law The law found in the collection of reported
cases
that form all or part of the body of law
within a
given jurisdiction.
Define Force Any violence, compulsion, or constraint
physically
exerted by any means on or against a
person or
thing.
, Define Deadly Force Any force which carries a substantial risk
that it will
proximate lay result in the death of any
person.
Physical Harm to persons Any injury, illness or other physiological
impairment, regardless of its gravity of
duration.
Serious Hysical Harm to persons -Any mental illness or condition of such
gravity as
would normally require hospitalization or
prolonged psychiatric treatment.
-Any physical harm that carries a
substantial risk of
death.
-Any physical harm that involves some
permanent
incapacity, whether partial or total or that
involves
some temporary, substantial incapacity.
-Any physical harm that involves some
permanent
disfigurement or that involves some
temporary,
serious disfigurement.
-Any physical harm that involves acute
pain of such
duration as to result in substantial suffering
or that
involves any degree of prolonged or
intractable
pain.
