CITP Exam 2 | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW 2026
• What is a crime? -✓✓ANSWER: - An act or failure to act
- Intent
- Punishable by gov't
- Typical types of crimes
• Criminal statutes -✓✓ANSWER: - Each element must be proven
- Beyond reasonable doubt
• What does beyond reasonable doubt mean? -✓✓ANSWER: the prosecution
must convince the jury that there is no other reasonable explanation that can
come from the evidence presented at trial
• Criminal intent -✓✓ANSWER: Means the defendant intended to commit the act
and intended to do evil. This is a required state of mind for intent to be proven
• Criminal Act -✓✓ANSWER: Act in furtherance of intent
• What are the two types of intent? -✓✓ANSWER: General
Specific
• General intent -✓✓ANSWER: The desire to commit a wrongful act, with no
ulterior motive or purpose
,Examples: battery, manslaughter, homicide
• Specific intent -✓✓ANSWER: Requires proof the perpetrator desired the
consequences of the actions as set forth in the statute
Examples: Burglary, aggravated battery, murder
• Felony -✓✓ANSWER: anything over 1 year
• Misdemeanor -✓✓ANSWER: 1 year or less
• Infraction -✓✓ANSWER: No more than 5 days
• Jurisdiction and the assimilative crimes act -✓✓ANSWER: Exclusive jurisdiction
Concurrent jurisdiction
Proprietary jurisdiction
ONLY 3!!
• Exclusive jurisdiction -✓✓ANSWER: Only US gov't has jurisdiction
State & local LE has no authority
All policing done by federal gov't
Example: white house
• Assimilative crimes act -✓✓ANSWER: Concurrent jurisdiction
Both US gov't and state gov't have jurisdiction
, Either or both can investigate and prosecute
• Propriety jurisdiction -✓✓ANSWER: US has authority over the area like a private
land owner or a tenant
Fed gov't has no particular right to execute LE activities
Example: Gov't building
• Assimilative Crimes Act -✓✓ANSWER: Assimilate crimes of state where federal
property is located
Example: DUI or MIP
• Assault -✓✓ANSWER: Assault by offer, battery, and assault by authority
• Imminent threats -✓✓ANSWER: Threats that are about to happen
• Resistance: -✓✓ANSWER: No person has right to resist arrest
Even when arrest is unlawful
Unlawfulness of arrest is no defense
• Identify the elements of a criminal statute -✓✓ANSWER: Intent
Act
Liability
• Concurrent Jurisdiction -✓✓ANSWER: Feds and states exercise authority
ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW 2026
• What is a crime? -✓✓ANSWER: - An act or failure to act
- Intent
- Punishable by gov't
- Typical types of crimes
• Criminal statutes -✓✓ANSWER: - Each element must be proven
- Beyond reasonable doubt
• What does beyond reasonable doubt mean? -✓✓ANSWER: the prosecution
must convince the jury that there is no other reasonable explanation that can
come from the evidence presented at trial
• Criminal intent -✓✓ANSWER: Means the defendant intended to commit the act
and intended to do evil. This is a required state of mind for intent to be proven
• Criminal Act -✓✓ANSWER: Act in furtherance of intent
• What are the two types of intent? -✓✓ANSWER: General
Specific
• General intent -✓✓ANSWER: The desire to commit a wrongful act, with no
ulterior motive or purpose
,Examples: battery, manslaughter, homicide
• Specific intent -✓✓ANSWER: Requires proof the perpetrator desired the
consequences of the actions as set forth in the statute
Examples: Burglary, aggravated battery, murder
• Felony -✓✓ANSWER: anything over 1 year
• Misdemeanor -✓✓ANSWER: 1 year or less
• Infraction -✓✓ANSWER: No more than 5 days
• Jurisdiction and the assimilative crimes act -✓✓ANSWER: Exclusive jurisdiction
Concurrent jurisdiction
Proprietary jurisdiction
ONLY 3!!
• Exclusive jurisdiction -✓✓ANSWER: Only US gov't has jurisdiction
State & local LE has no authority
All policing done by federal gov't
Example: white house
• Assimilative crimes act -✓✓ANSWER: Concurrent jurisdiction
Both US gov't and state gov't have jurisdiction
, Either or both can investigate and prosecute
• Propriety jurisdiction -✓✓ANSWER: US has authority over the area like a private
land owner or a tenant
Fed gov't has no particular right to execute LE activities
Example: Gov't building
• Assimilative Crimes Act -✓✓ANSWER: Assimilate crimes of state where federal
property is located
Example: DUI or MIP
• Assault -✓✓ANSWER: Assault by offer, battery, and assault by authority
• Imminent threats -✓✓ANSWER: Threats that are about to happen
• Resistance: -✓✓ANSWER: No person has right to resist arrest
Even when arrest is unlawful
Unlawfulness of arrest is no defense
• Identify the elements of a criminal statute -✓✓ANSWER: Intent
Act
Liability
• Concurrent Jurisdiction -✓✓ANSWER: Feds and states exercise authority
