GPSTC Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Abet - CORRECT ANSWER - (v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something
wrong or unworthy)
Affirmative defense - CORRECT ANSWER - I did it but... or self defense.
A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's
legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Felony - CORRECT ANSWER - Crime punishable by death, life imprisonment or
imprisonment for more than 12 months
Another - CORRECT ANSWER - A person or persons other than the accused
Aggravation - CORRECT ANSWER - n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as
a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
Alibi - CORRECT ANSWER - a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an
act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
Amenable - CORRECT ANSWER - (adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable,
submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
Burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER - the obligation to present evidence to support one's
claim
Coercion - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of persuading someone to do something by
using force or threats
, Conspiracy - CORRECT ANSWER - a secret agreement between two or more people to
perform an unlawful act
Conviction - CORRECT ANSWER - A fixed or strong belief or opinion
Crime - CORRECT ANSWER - An act against the law
Criminal attempt - CORRECT ANSWER - Act or omission constituting a substantial step in a
course of conduct planned to culminate in the commission of a crime.
Culpability - CORRECT ANSWER - a state of guilt
Deadly weapon - CORRECT ANSWER - Any instrument, which by its contemplated design
or by the manner it is used, is readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death.
Delusional compulsion - CORRECT ANSWER -
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWER - (civil law) a law established by following earlier
judicial decisions
Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER - A document which spells out the principles by which a
government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society. 7 Articles
Statutes - CORRECT ANSWER - written laws enacted by legislatures
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWER - the rules of law announced in court decisions
Article 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Legislative Branch
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Abet - CORRECT ANSWER - (v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something
wrong or unworthy)
Affirmative defense - CORRECT ANSWER - I did it but... or self defense.
A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's
legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Felony - CORRECT ANSWER - Crime punishable by death, life imprisonment or
imprisonment for more than 12 months
Another - CORRECT ANSWER - A person or persons other than the accused
Aggravation - CORRECT ANSWER - n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as
a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
Alibi - CORRECT ANSWER - a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an
act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
Amenable - CORRECT ANSWER - (adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable,
submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
Burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER - the obligation to present evidence to support one's
claim
Coercion - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of persuading someone to do something by
using force or threats
, Conspiracy - CORRECT ANSWER - a secret agreement between two or more people to
perform an unlawful act
Conviction - CORRECT ANSWER - A fixed or strong belief or opinion
Crime - CORRECT ANSWER - An act against the law
Criminal attempt - CORRECT ANSWER - Act or omission constituting a substantial step in a
course of conduct planned to culminate in the commission of a crime.
Culpability - CORRECT ANSWER - a state of guilt
Deadly weapon - CORRECT ANSWER - Any instrument, which by its contemplated design
or by the manner it is used, is readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death.
Delusional compulsion - CORRECT ANSWER -
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWER - (civil law) a law established by following earlier
judicial decisions
Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER - A document which spells out the principles by which a
government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society. 7 Articles
Statutes - CORRECT ANSWER - written laws enacted by legislatures
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWER - the rules of law announced in court decisions
Article 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Legislative Branch
