Question 1 ______________ ruled that Daubert applied to technical and specialized knowledge, not just scientific expert testimony. Selected Answer: Kuhmo Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael Answers: Jenkins v. United States General Electric Co. v. Joiner Kuhmo

 Question 1
______________ ruled that Daubert applied to technical and specialized
knowledge, not just scientific expert testimony.
Selected
Answer:
Kuhmo Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael
Answers:
Jenkins v. United States
General Electric Co. v. Joiner

Kuhmo Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
Response
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 Question 2
Introspection is not a good strategy for clinicians to rely on to minimize their
biases. Why not?
Selected
Answer:
All of the above
Answers:
It is a source of the bias blind spot
It doesn’t work
It backfires and makes bias worse

All of the above
Response
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 Question 3
The most frequently occurring mental health question in criminal law is
_________________.
Selected
Answer:
competency
Answers:
insanity

competency
civil commitment
identification as a sexual predator
Response
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 Question 4

, The Brian David Mitchell case (Elizabeth Smart kidnapper) was a good example
of:
Selected
Answer:
All of the above
Answers:
A defendant found incompetent to stand trial
A defendant who malingered incompetency
A defendant who was found competent to stand trial and who was
tried in court

All of the above
Response
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 Question 5
You are an attorney appointed to represent a poor client accused of rape who
has a history of mental illness. During your first several meetings, the man is
completely incoherent. Which of the following issues should you address first?
Selected
Answer:
competency to stand trial
Answers:

competency to stand trial
possibility of mens rea
a possible insanity defense
possible civil commitment
Response
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 Question 6
Although the Supreme Court did not further define “a reasonable period of time” in which a defendant can be held as
incompetent to stand trial, the term is often equated with __________.


Selected
Answer:
the amount time that would be served if convicted of
the original crime

Answers: < 6 months

only enough time for another evaluation to be
completed

the discretion of the particular judge assigned to the
case



the amount time that would be served if convicted of
the original crime

Response Great
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,  Question 7
How many mental health expert witnesses were part of the Jeffrey Dahmer
trial?
Selected
Answer:
Seven
Answers:
One
Two

Seven
Fifteen
Response
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 Question 8
Which analogy did Brodsky & Gutheil (2016) write a chapter about in the
excerpt from The Expert Expert Witness?
Selected
Answer:
Expert Witness as Master Teacher
Answers:
Expert Witness as Master Performer

Expert Witness as Master Teacher
Expert Witness as Master Magician
Expert Witness as Master Communicator
Response
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 Question 9
Oliver has been charged with murder. Oliver, who has a psychiatric history
doesn’t seem to understand the charge against him. He hasn’t answered any of
the questions that his lawyer has asked him so he hasn’t been assisting with his
defense. Although his IQ has been tested and found to be in the low normal
range, he doesn’t seem to understand that if he pleads guilty, he is going to go
to prison. Which of the following is the crucial issue that will determine whether
or not Oliver is judged as incompetent?
Selected
Answer:
both B and C
Answers:
his psychiatric history
his inability to participate knowingly and meaningfully in the
proceedings
his inability to work with defense counsel