Juvenile Delinquency UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
By being out at 1 a.m., what additional law has Jennifer broken?
A. CHINS law
B. Curfew laws
C. Wayward minor law
D. Bindover law - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Curfew laws
Adults 25 years of age and older with less than a high school diploma earn ______ percent less
than those who have earned a high school diploma.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 20
D. 30 - CORRECT ANSWER - D. 30
The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 created a system of church wardens and overseers who, with
the consent of justices of the peace, identified vagrant, delinquent, and neglected children and
put them to work.
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Educational problems are more likely to affect minority kids. According to the Children's
Defense Fund, which of the following statements are false about African-American children?
A. More than four times as likely to be expelled from school
B. More than likely to be held back or retained in school
C. Half as likely to be placed in a gifted and talented class
D. Suspended at the same rate as white students - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Suspended
at the same rate as white students
,Several events led to reforms and nourished the eventual development of the juvenile justice
system, which of the following is not one of those events?
A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
B. Urbanization
C. The child-saving movement
D. Institutions for the care of delinquent and neglected children, including houses of refuge -
CORRECT ANSWER - A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act
Steven is a 17 year-old male who murdered a fellow classmate while at school with a firearm. He
was arrested by police and is currently in the county jail awaiting charges and a potential trial.
Depending upon case circumstances, Steven's parents may be held civilly responsible for his
conduct because he is a minor, under the concept of:
A. stare decisis
B. osmosis
C. bad apples
D. vicarious liability - CORRECT ANSWER - D. vicarious liability
Which of the following statements is false regarding the initial establishment of juvenile courts?
A. Parens patriae philosophy predominated
B. The process was paternalistic rather than adversarial
C. Verdicts were based on beyond a reasonable doubt
D. Jurisdiction was based primarily on a child's noncriminal actions and status, not strictly on a
violation of criminal law - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Verdicts were based on beyond a
reasonable doubt
Jennifer is a 15 year-old female found in a local park by police at 1 a.m. drinking alcohol. She
was taken into the police station and reported that she ran away from home because of physical
and sexual abuse by her stepfather.
A. 1 million
B. 1.3 million
, C. 250,000
D. 100,000 - CORRECT ANSWER - C. 250,000
According to the text, U.S. children and adolescents experience various health and mortality
problems. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Less than 20% of adolescents meet current physical activity recommendations of 1 hour of
physical activity a day
B. About 10% of youth do not have health care coverage
C. The percent of children born at low birth weight has increased
D. More police officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers - CORRECT ANSWER -
D. More police officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers
By what year did juvenile courts exist in virtually every jurisdiction in every state?
A. 1946
B. 1925
C. 1967
D. 1899 - CORRECT ANSWER - B. 1925
Whereas adults are tried in court, juveniles are:
A. bound
B. disposed
C. adjudicated
D. treated - CORRECT ANSWER - D. treated
States classify status offenders using different terms. Which term listed is false?
A. Delinquent
B. Child in need of supervision
C. Incorrigible child
D. Unruly child - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Delinquent
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
By being out at 1 a.m., what additional law has Jennifer broken?
A. CHINS law
B. Curfew laws
C. Wayward minor law
D. Bindover law - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Curfew laws
Adults 25 years of age and older with less than a high school diploma earn ______ percent less
than those who have earned a high school diploma.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 20
D. 30 - CORRECT ANSWER - D. 30
The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 created a system of church wardens and overseers who, with
the consent of justices of the peace, identified vagrant, delinquent, and neglected children and
put them to work.
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Educational problems are more likely to affect minority kids. According to the Children's
Defense Fund, which of the following statements are false about African-American children?
A. More than four times as likely to be expelled from school
B. More than likely to be held back or retained in school
C. Half as likely to be placed in a gifted and talented class
D. Suspended at the same rate as white students - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Suspended
at the same rate as white students
,Several events led to reforms and nourished the eventual development of the juvenile justice
system, which of the following is not one of those events?
A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
B. Urbanization
C. The child-saving movement
D. Institutions for the care of delinquent and neglected children, including houses of refuge -
CORRECT ANSWER - A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act
Steven is a 17 year-old male who murdered a fellow classmate while at school with a firearm. He
was arrested by police and is currently in the county jail awaiting charges and a potential trial.
Depending upon case circumstances, Steven's parents may be held civilly responsible for his
conduct because he is a minor, under the concept of:
A. stare decisis
B. osmosis
C. bad apples
D. vicarious liability - CORRECT ANSWER - D. vicarious liability
Which of the following statements is false regarding the initial establishment of juvenile courts?
A. Parens patriae philosophy predominated
B. The process was paternalistic rather than adversarial
C. Verdicts were based on beyond a reasonable doubt
D. Jurisdiction was based primarily on a child's noncriminal actions and status, not strictly on a
violation of criminal law - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Verdicts were based on beyond a
reasonable doubt
Jennifer is a 15 year-old female found in a local park by police at 1 a.m. drinking alcohol. She
was taken into the police station and reported that she ran away from home because of physical
and sexual abuse by her stepfather.
A. 1 million
B. 1.3 million
, C. 250,000
D. 100,000 - CORRECT ANSWER - C. 250,000
According to the text, U.S. children and adolescents experience various health and mortality
problems. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Less than 20% of adolescents meet current physical activity recommendations of 1 hour of
physical activity a day
B. About 10% of youth do not have health care coverage
C. The percent of children born at low birth weight has increased
D. More police officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers - CORRECT ANSWER -
D. More police officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers
By what year did juvenile courts exist in virtually every jurisdiction in every state?
A. 1946
B. 1925
C. 1967
D. 1899 - CORRECT ANSWER - B. 1925
Whereas adults are tried in court, juveniles are:
A. bound
B. disposed
C. adjudicated
D. treated - CORRECT ANSWER - D. treated
States classify status offenders using different terms. Which term listed is false?
A. Delinquent
B. Child in need of supervision
C. Incorrigible child
D. Unruly child - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Delinquent
