GPSTC Final Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is criminal law primarily designed to protect?
✔✔Society and public order
What is a crime?
✔✔An act that violates a law and is punishable by the state
What is the purpose of punishment in criminal law?
✔✔To deter, rehabilitate, and protect society
What does “actus reus” mean?
✔✔The guilty act
What does “mens rea” mean?
✔✔The guilty mind
Why are both actus reus and mens rea required?
✔✔To prove criminal responsibility
What is a felony?
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,✔✔A serious crime punishable by long imprisonment
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious criminal offense
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable grounds to believe a crime occurred
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into legal custody
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment through the legal system
What is a warrant?
✔✔A court order authorising police action
What is a search warrant used for?
✔✔To legally search property
What is reasonable suspicion?
✔✔A belief based on facts that a person may be involved in crime
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,What is self-defense?
✔✔Using reasonable force to protect oneself
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof a suspect was elsewhere
What is bail?
✔✔Money or conditions for release before trial
What is arraignment?
✔✔The first court appearance of a defendant
What is a plea?
✔✔The defendant’s formal response to charges
What is a guilty plea?
✔✔Admission of committing the crime
What is a not guilty plea?
✔✔Denial of the charges
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, What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same offense
What is a trial?
✔✔A legal process to determine guilt
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove facts
What is hearsay?
✔✔Secondhand statements not from direct witness
What is a verdict?
✔✔The jury’s decision
What is sentencing?
✔✔The punishment given after conviction
What is probation?
✔✔Supervised release instead of prison
What is parole?
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Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is criminal law primarily designed to protect?
✔✔Society and public order
What is a crime?
✔✔An act that violates a law and is punishable by the state
What is the purpose of punishment in criminal law?
✔✔To deter, rehabilitate, and protect society
What does “actus reus” mean?
✔✔The guilty act
What does “mens rea” mean?
✔✔The guilty mind
Why are both actus reus and mens rea required?
✔✔To prove criminal responsibility
What is a felony?
1
,✔✔A serious crime punishable by long imprisonment
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious criminal offense
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable grounds to believe a crime occurred
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into legal custody
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment through the legal system
What is a warrant?
✔✔A court order authorising police action
What is a search warrant used for?
✔✔To legally search property
What is reasonable suspicion?
✔✔A belief based on facts that a person may be involved in crime
2
,What is self-defense?
✔✔Using reasonable force to protect oneself
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof a suspect was elsewhere
What is bail?
✔✔Money or conditions for release before trial
What is arraignment?
✔✔The first court appearance of a defendant
What is a plea?
✔✔The defendant’s formal response to charges
What is a guilty plea?
✔✔Admission of committing the crime
What is a not guilty plea?
✔✔Denial of the charges
3
, What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same offense
What is a trial?
✔✔A legal process to determine guilt
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove facts
What is hearsay?
✔✔Secondhand statements not from direct witness
What is a verdict?
✔✔The jury’s decision
What is sentencing?
✔✔The punishment given after conviction
What is probation?
✔✔Supervised release instead of prison
What is parole?
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