Practice Rbc 2 test
1. Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man didn't think his friend kn ew what he was talking about and spit at him; the spittle landed on his friend's shi rt.
What crime, if any, occurred?: The first man has committed the crime of battery because he made contact even though he caused no ha rm. - Misd.
2. A woman walked into the local bar and s aw her boyfriend with another woman. She went to the table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool, struck his head on the floor and was kno cked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily inju ry. - Felony
3. Two men were a rguing during a baseball gam e. One man picked up a baseball bat and swung at the other man.
The second man du cked to avoid being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not
actually hit the sec- ond man. True/False: False - assault with
a deadly weapon because he attempted to cause ha rm by using
the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be li kely)
4. During a bar fight, a man stabbed another man in the arm
with a knife. The first man has committed the crime of assault with a dead ly weapon.
True / false: True
5. A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four
other young men. The four shoved him to the ground and kicked him until he was unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a dead ly
weapon. Did the officer act app ropriately?: Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. (the last crime element)
6. A paraplegic adult required home care. The caretaker arrived every morning to dress the paraplegic and clean the apartment. The caretaker s aw a wad of money in the dresser
drawer. One day, after completing the daily tasks, he took the cash and left the apa rtment.
What crime, if any, occurred?: dependent adult a buse - he stole the mon ey. The amount of mon ey will determine whether the crime is a felony or misdemeano r.
7. As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became
more demanding. One d ay she demanded repeated ly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter brushed it again and again and became increasing ly frustrated. Finally, the
daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked her to brush her hair again, that she hit her mother repeated ly with
the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False: False - elder abuse because she caused her mother p hysical pain.
8. A hitchhiker was pi cked up by a passing drive r. As he entered the ca r, the hitchhiker asked the driver to d rop him off at a specific location. The driver agreed initially, but later
drove past the specified location in spite of the hit chhiker's protests. The driver took the hit chhiker to another location against the hit chhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of the car when he asked to le ave.
Has a crime been committed?: kidnapping (felony)
because the hitchhiker's consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the driver refused.
9. A man wanted to date a c oworker. One day in the company parking lot, he saw her next to her car which had a
flat tire. The man offered to give her a ride to the gas station. When she refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into the car, locked the doors, and drove until they entered another stat e.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false: False- kidnapping (felony)
10. During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty elevator. Without warning, the defense attorney pushed the eme rgency but- ton and began to harass the p rosecuting attorn ey about a suspected ethics violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator, the defense attorney refused to reacti vate it.
has a crime occurred?: yes = False imprisonment - m aybe
felony if violence, menace, fraud, or deceit was used
11. A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked
the doors to keep her from leaving. He would not unlo ck the
doors until she p romised to meet him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony: true - deceit
12. A boy lived with his father who had legal custo dy, but
the boy still wanted to see his mother, the man's ex-wife.
The boy's father decided to allow the boy to visit with his
mother and took him to the mother's apartment. When he
came to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the b oy
go home with his fathe r.
What Crime, if any, did the Mother commit?: child abduction without custodial right - Felony
because she pr evented the child from retu rning to his father, the custodial parent.
13. Martinez and his wi fe, in the process of a di vorce, obtained a tempora ry custodial decre e. The decree granted them joint custo dy of their 6-month-old daughte r. Martinez was to have the daughter on weekends. Martinez decided to
go on an extended weekend trip with his daughter and did not tell his
1. Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man didn't think his friend kn ew what he was talking about and spit at him; the spittle landed on his friend's shi rt.
What crime, if any, occurred?: The first man has committed the crime of battery because he made contact even though he caused no ha rm. - Misd.
2. A woman walked into the local bar and s aw her boyfriend with another woman. She went to the table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool, struck his head on the floor and was kno cked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily inju ry. - Felony
3. Two men were a rguing during a baseball gam e. One man picked up a baseball bat and swung at the other man.
The second man du cked to avoid being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not
actually hit the sec- ond man. True/False: False - assault with
a deadly weapon because he attempted to cause ha rm by using
the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be li kely)
4. During a bar fight, a man stabbed another man in the arm
with a knife. The first man has committed the crime of assault with a dead ly weapon.
True / false: True
5. A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four
other young men. The four shoved him to the ground and kicked him until he was unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a dead ly
weapon. Did the officer act app ropriately?: Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. (the last crime element)
6. A paraplegic adult required home care. The caretaker arrived every morning to dress the paraplegic and clean the apartment. The caretaker s aw a wad of money in the dresser
drawer. One day, after completing the daily tasks, he took the cash and left the apa rtment.
What crime, if any, occurred?: dependent adult a buse - he stole the mon ey. The amount of mon ey will determine whether the crime is a felony or misdemeano r.
7. As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became
more demanding. One d ay she demanded repeated ly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter brushed it again and again and became increasing ly frustrated. Finally, the
daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked her to brush her hair again, that she hit her mother repeated ly with
the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False: False - elder abuse because she caused her mother p hysical pain.
8. A hitchhiker was pi cked up by a passing drive r. As he entered the ca r, the hitchhiker asked the driver to d rop him off at a specific location. The driver agreed initially, but later
drove past the specified location in spite of the hit chhiker's protests. The driver took the hit chhiker to another location against the hit chhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of the car when he asked to le ave.
Has a crime been committed?: kidnapping (felony)
because the hitchhiker's consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the driver refused.
9. A man wanted to date a c oworker. One day in the company parking lot, he saw her next to her car which had a
flat tire. The man offered to give her a ride to the gas station. When she refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into the car, locked the doors, and drove until they entered another stat e.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false: False- kidnapping (felony)
10. During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty elevator. Without warning, the defense attorney pushed the eme rgency but- ton and began to harass the p rosecuting attorn ey about a suspected ethics violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator, the defense attorney refused to reacti vate it.
has a crime occurred?: yes = False imprisonment - m aybe
felony if violence, menace, fraud, or deceit was used
11. A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked
the doors to keep her from leaving. He would not unlo ck the
doors until she p romised to meet him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony: true - deceit
12. A boy lived with his father who had legal custo dy, but
the boy still wanted to see his mother, the man's ex-wife.
The boy's father decided to allow the boy to visit with his
mother and took him to the mother's apartment. When he
came to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the b oy
go home with his fathe r.
What Crime, if any, did the Mother commit?: child abduction without custodial right - Felony
because she pr evented the child from retu rning to his father, the custodial parent.
13. Martinez and his wi fe, in the process of a di vorce, obtained a tempora ry custodial decre e. The decree granted them joint custo dy of their 6-month-old daughte r. Martinez was to have the daughter on weekends. Martinez decided to
go on an extended weekend trip with his daughter and did not tell his
