GPSTC Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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1. Abet (v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unwor-
thy)
2. Affirmative de- I did it but... or self defense.
fense
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.
3. Felony Crime punishable by death, life imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 12
months
4. Another A person or persons other than the accused
5. Aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfor-
tune, etc.
6. Alibi a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a
criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
7. Amenable (adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable
to be held responsible
8. Burden of proof the obligation to present evidence to support one's claim
9. Coercion the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats
10. Conspiracy a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
11. Conviction A fixed or strong belief or opinion
12. Crime An act against the law
13. Criminal attempt Act or omission constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to
culminate in the commission of a crime.
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, GPSTC Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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14. Culpability a state of guilt
15. Deadly weapon Any instrument, which by its contemplated design or by the manner it is used, is
readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death.
16. Delusional com-
pulsion
17. Common Law (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
18. Constitution A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the
fundamental laws that govern a society. 7 Articles
19. Statutes written laws enacted by legislatures
20. Case Law the rules of law announced in court decisions
21. Article 1 Legislative Branch
22. Article 2 Executive Branch
23. Article 3 Judicial Branch
24. Article 4 Relations among states, extradition crimes between states
25. Article 5 Amending the Constitution
26. Article 6 Article of the Constitution that sets the status of the Constitution as the supreme
law of the land, to which leaders must be loyal.
27. Article 7 Ratification of the Constitution
28. First amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit-
ing the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
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1. Abet (v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unwor-
thy)
2. Affirmative de- I did it but... or self defense.
fense
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.
3. Felony Crime punishable by death, life imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 12
months
4. Another A person or persons other than the accused
5. Aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfor-
tune, etc.
6. Alibi a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a
criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
7. Amenable (adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable
to be held responsible
8. Burden of proof the obligation to present evidence to support one's claim
9. Coercion the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats
10. Conspiracy a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
11. Conviction A fixed or strong belief or opinion
12. Crime An act against the law
13. Criminal attempt Act or omission constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to
culminate in the commission of a crime.
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, GPSTC Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
14. Culpability a state of guilt
15. Deadly weapon Any instrument, which by its contemplated design or by the manner it is used, is
readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death.
16. Delusional com-
pulsion
17. Common Law (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
18. Constitution A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the
fundamental laws that govern a society. 7 Articles
19. Statutes written laws enacted by legislatures
20. Case Law the rules of law announced in court decisions
21. Article 1 Legislative Branch
22. Article 2 Executive Branch
23. Article 3 Judicial Branch
24. Article 4 Relations among states, extradition crimes between states
25. Article 5 Amending the Constitution
26. Article 6 Article of the Constitution that sets the status of the Constitution as the supreme
law of the land, to which leaders must be loyal.
27. Article 7 Ratification of the Constitution
28. First amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit-
ing the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
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