LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
What is a crime? -
correct answer ✅An act, or failure to act, prohibited by law and
punishable by the government
What is a tort? -
correct answer ✅An act, or failure to act, in which the law
provides a remedy for the victim through a civil action (claim
and/or lawsuit)
What is probable cause defined? -
correct answer ✅Facts and circumstances that would lead a
reasonably prudent person to believe that a criminal offense has
probably taken place and the person charged with the offense
probably committed it
What are the Elements of a criminal statute? -
correct answer ✅-criminal intent
-criminal act
-punishment
(Motive is not generally an element of a crime)
What are the two types of criminal intent offenses? -
correct answer ✅-General intent offenses
,LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
-specific intent offenses
What is a general intent offense? -
correct answer ✅Only requires the intent to do the prohibited act.
No specific mental state, evil motive or intent to violate the law is
required. All the government must prove that the perpetrator
committed the act willfully, deliberately, or intentionally and that it
was not an accident
What is a specific intent offense? -
correct answer ✅Requires proof of a particular mental state.
Requires that the perpetrator desired the consequences of the
actions, as set forth in the statute. Intentionally, willfully,
maliciously, purposefully, with intent to, through design, with
malice aforethought, and premeditation
Felony? -
correct answer ✅And offense for which the maximum term of
imprisonment authorized by statute is MORE than ONE year
Misdemeanor? -
correct answer ✅And offense for which the maximum term of
imprisonment authorized by statute is ONE year OR LESS
,LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
Attempts? -
correct answer ✅An act that constitutes a substantial step towards
the commission of a crime
Jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅The power of the government to act when a
criminal offense has been committed
What are the three different types of jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅-exclusive jurisdiction
-concurrent jurisdiction
-proprietary jurisdiction
What is exclusive jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅Only the United States government has criminal
jurisdiction over the area
What is concurrent jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅Both United States government and the state
government were in the property is located have criminal
jurisdiction over the area
, LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
What is proprietary jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅The United States has no more authority over
the area than any other owner of private property
18 USC 13 -
correct answer ✅The assimilative crimes act
What is the assimilative crimes act? -
correct answer ✅When an act occurs on exclusive or concurrent
jurisdictional property, and there is no federal criminal statute that
prohibits the act, the assimilative crimes act allows the federal
government to adopt a state criminal statute that prohibits the act,
and prosecuted in federal court as a federal criminal offense
18 USC 201 -
correct answer ✅Bribery of public officials and witnesses
Public official? -
correct answer ✅An officer or employee or person acting for or on
behalf of the United States, or any department or branch of the
United States government, or a juror
What is a crime? -
correct answer ✅An act, or failure to act, prohibited by law and
punishable by the government
What is a tort? -
correct answer ✅An act, or failure to act, in which the law
provides a remedy for the victim through a civil action (claim
and/or lawsuit)
What is probable cause defined? -
correct answer ✅Facts and circumstances that would lead a
reasonably prudent person to believe that a criminal offense has
probably taken place and the person charged with the offense
probably committed it
What are the Elements of a criminal statute? -
correct answer ✅-criminal intent
-criminal act
-punishment
(Motive is not generally an element of a crime)
What are the two types of criminal intent offenses? -
correct answer ✅-General intent offenses
,LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
-specific intent offenses
What is a general intent offense? -
correct answer ✅Only requires the intent to do the prohibited act.
No specific mental state, evil motive or intent to violate the law is
required. All the government must prove that the perpetrator
committed the act willfully, deliberately, or intentionally and that it
was not an accident
What is a specific intent offense? -
correct answer ✅Requires proof of a particular mental state.
Requires that the perpetrator desired the consequences of the
actions, as set forth in the statute. Intentionally, willfully,
maliciously, purposefully, with intent to, through design, with
malice aforethought, and premeditation
Felony? -
correct answer ✅And offense for which the maximum term of
imprisonment authorized by statute is MORE than ONE year
Misdemeanor? -
correct answer ✅And offense for which the maximum term of
imprisonment authorized by statute is ONE year OR LESS
,LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
Attempts? -
correct answer ✅An act that constitutes a substantial step towards
the commission of a crime
Jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅The power of the government to act when a
criminal offense has been committed
What are the three different types of jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅-exclusive jurisdiction
-concurrent jurisdiction
-proprietary jurisdiction
What is exclusive jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅Only the United States government has criminal
jurisdiction over the area
What is concurrent jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅Both United States government and the state
government were in the property is located have criminal
jurisdiction over the area
, LMPT test 2 Questions And Answers
What is proprietary jurisdiction? -
correct answer ✅The United States has no more authority over
the area than any other owner of private property
18 USC 13 -
correct answer ✅The assimilative crimes act
What is the assimilative crimes act? -
correct answer ✅When an act occurs on exclusive or concurrent
jurisdictional property, and there is no federal criminal statute that
prohibits the act, the assimilative crimes act allows the federal
government to adopt a state criminal statute that prohibits the act,
and prosecuted in federal court as a federal criminal offense
18 USC 201 -
correct answer ✅Bribery of public officials and witnesses
Public official? -
correct answer ✅An officer or employee or person acting for or on
behalf of the United States, or any department or branch of the
United States government, or a juror
