CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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✔✔Which party in the courts most clearly has a primary loyalty to the client, rather than
justice or the truth? - ✔✔Defense attorneys
✔✔Whistleblower Protection Acta - ✔✔federal law prohibiting reprisal against
employees who reveal information concerning a violation of law, rules, or regulations;
gross mismanagement or waste of funds; an abuse of authority; and so on.
✔✔Which of the following provides protection to employees who report illegal or
unethical practices at their place of employment?
A. Moral Code of Conduct
B. Whistleblower Protection Act
C. Code of Silence
D. Enforcement Ethics Act - ✔✔B. Whistleblower Protection Act
✔✔Which action occurs when a judge removes himself or herself from trying a case? -
✔✔recuse
✔✔SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following have been identified as norms of
correctional work?
A. Express sympathy with inmates.
B. Always go to the aid of an officer in distress.
C. Always support an officer in dispute with inmates.
D. Never make another officer look bad in front of the inmates. - ✔✔B, C, & D
✔✔T/F Exposure to external danger significantly decreases group solidarity among
corrections officers. - ✔✔False
✔✔When using the ethical decision-making tool "the bell, the book, and the candle,"
one considers "the candle" when determining ______. - ✔✔whether one's decision can
withstand the light of day
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
Does the act make sense, or would someone look askance at it? - ✔✔Test of common
sense
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
Would you be willing to see what you did highlighted on the front page of the local
newspaper? - ✔✔Test of publicity
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
, Will the act fit the concept of oneself at one's best? - ✔✔Test of one's best self
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
What would one's parents or minister do in this situation? - ✔✔Test of one's most
admired personality
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
Will it cause pain for someone? - ✔✔Test of hurting someone else
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
What is the long-term likely result? - ✔✔Test of foresight
✔✔Exposure to which of the following in the workplace increases group solidarity
among employees? - ✔✔Danger
✔✔What should you ask yourself when conducting a test of publicity? - ✔✔Would I be
willing to see this action in the news?
✔✔Judge Salinas recuses herself from a case that involves a company where her sister
serves as a board member. This is an example of which disqualification requirement
under the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges of the ABA? - ✔✔An immediate family
member has a financial interest in a case's party.
✔✔A colleague of yours destroys evidence of drug paraphernalia at the scene of a
crime. However, under oath, the same colleague produces similar drug paraphernalia
and claims it was what he found at the scene of the crime. Which area of criminal justice
would one likely encounter this ethical scenario? - ✔✔police
✔✔Officer Jones in attempting to secure a search warrant lies and says he saw a large
quantity of weapons inside the suspect's residence. Officer Jones justifies the
dishonesty because without it, the judge will not sign the search warrant. What does this
exemplify? - ✔✔deviant lying
✔✔T/F According to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, a judge who appears to be
doing something wrong is not of concern; the only area of concern is when a judge is
doing something wrong. - ✔✔True
✔✔Why is loyalty a key norm among correctional officers? - ✔✔reliance on one another
for safety
✔✔What should a federal judge do if he or she is assigned a case that involves an
organization of which the judge is a member outside his or her official duties? - ✔✔The
judge must recuse himself or herself from the case.
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✔✔Which party in the courts most clearly has a primary loyalty to the client, rather than
justice or the truth? - ✔✔Defense attorneys
✔✔Whistleblower Protection Acta - ✔✔federal law prohibiting reprisal against
employees who reveal information concerning a violation of law, rules, or regulations;
gross mismanagement or waste of funds; an abuse of authority; and so on.
✔✔Which of the following provides protection to employees who report illegal or
unethical practices at their place of employment?
A. Moral Code of Conduct
B. Whistleblower Protection Act
C. Code of Silence
D. Enforcement Ethics Act - ✔✔B. Whistleblower Protection Act
✔✔Which action occurs when a judge removes himself or herself from trying a case? -
✔✔recuse
✔✔SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following have been identified as norms of
correctional work?
A. Express sympathy with inmates.
B. Always go to the aid of an officer in distress.
C. Always support an officer in dispute with inmates.
D. Never make another officer look bad in front of the inmates. - ✔✔B, C, & D
✔✔T/F Exposure to external danger significantly decreases group solidarity among
corrections officers. - ✔✔False
✔✔When using the ethical decision-making tool "the bell, the book, and the candle,"
one considers "the candle" when determining ______. - ✔✔whether one's decision can
withstand the light of day
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
Does the act make sense, or would someone look askance at it? - ✔✔Test of common
sense
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
Would you be willing to see what you did highlighted on the front page of the local
newspaper? - ✔✔Test of publicity
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
, Will the act fit the concept of oneself at one's best? - ✔✔Test of one's best self
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
What would one's parents or minister do in this situation? - ✔✔Test of one's most
admired personality
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
Will it cause pain for someone? - ✔✔Test of hurting someone else
✔✔What test of ethical behavior does this question fall under:
What is the long-term likely result? - ✔✔Test of foresight
✔✔Exposure to which of the following in the workplace increases group solidarity
among employees? - ✔✔Danger
✔✔What should you ask yourself when conducting a test of publicity? - ✔✔Would I be
willing to see this action in the news?
✔✔Judge Salinas recuses herself from a case that involves a company where her sister
serves as a board member. This is an example of which disqualification requirement
under the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges of the ABA? - ✔✔An immediate family
member has a financial interest in a case's party.
✔✔A colleague of yours destroys evidence of drug paraphernalia at the scene of a
crime. However, under oath, the same colleague produces similar drug paraphernalia
and claims it was what he found at the scene of the crime. Which area of criminal justice
would one likely encounter this ethical scenario? - ✔✔police
✔✔Officer Jones in attempting to secure a search warrant lies and says he saw a large
quantity of weapons inside the suspect's residence. Officer Jones justifies the
dishonesty because without it, the judge will not sign the search warrant. What does this
exemplify? - ✔✔deviant lying
✔✔T/F According to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, a judge who appears to be
doing something wrong is not of concern; the only area of concern is when a judge is
doing something wrong. - ✔✔True
✔✔Why is loyalty a key norm among correctional officers? - ✔✔reliance on one another
for safety
✔✔What should a federal judge do if he or she is assigned a case that involves an
organization of which the judge is a member outside his or her official duties? - ✔✔The
judge must recuse himself or herself from the case.
