Test Bank for Introduction to Criminal Justice IOC Robert M. Bohm, Keith
N. Haley
Chapter 1 Student name:
i) As discussed in yourtextbook. the list afealls for police service in Portland, Oregon, shows
which type ofcall for service 10 be the most common? A) burglar alarms wanted
persons
C] violent offenscs
O) prisoner transportation
2) As an institution ofsocial control, criminal justice differs from tumily, schools, ovganized
religic•m; the media, and the law in that it
A) requires society to abide by passive social values.
B) exists as a single system,
C) is generally society's •last line of defense."
O) is used along with other institutions of social control.
3) Like the family. schools. organized religion. the media, and the law, criminal justice is
agro A) institution of social control. BJ private response to crime.
method Of control.
4) American criminal justice consists of threemain agencies. Which or the following is NOT
one of those three main agencies? A) corrections
C] police
O) courts
S) Which ofthefollowing types ufoffenses maybe punishable by death in the United States?
A) llbcl
B) a misdemeanor
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, O} a felony
6) The tenn "jurisdiction." as used in your means A) the specifie
location in which a court coo 00 jails around the country,
C] a politically defined geographical arca-
O) the system of rank and hierarchy within police agenciesv
7] Duringwhich ofthe following stages is an administrative record ofan arrest nude?
A) Initial
B) Booking
C) Preliminary hearing
Arraignment
8) A suspect becomes a defendant after
A) a grand Jury issues a bill against the suspect,
1B) a eamplainl has been made.
c) an absence ofprobable cause has been established. O)
one or more charges have been tiled.
9) lil the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance Violation, am) _Jnay bc held,
A) summary trial B) Information q arrest warrant
O) grand jury
10) The purpcuse Of is for a judge to determine whether there is probable cause to belie•.'e
that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged,
indictment
C) amug_nment
O) uli'ial appearance
The Of i s to hear the Of "i dictrne:nl and
to allow thc dcfcndant to cntcr a pica,
A) preliminary hearing
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, g) indictment
C) arraignment
D) initial appearance
12) About Of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them in an
arrangement called plea bargaining.
A) 95
8] 75 percent
C) 50 percent O)
25 percent
Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge
in
A) grandjury,
1B) indictment.
C) bench trial_
O) amaignment.
14) One of the main purposes Of an arralgnment is to
A) outline the formal charge or charges against the defendant'
g) allo w the defendant to enter a plea, q
deterrnine whether there is probable cause.
O) ensure that the defendant will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process.
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, Currently; five general types ofpunishment are in use in the Uilited States. Which Ofthe
following is NOT one Of these punishments?
transportation
C) inte runedLute punishments
O) deadl
16) Defendants Can appeal their CO:n'ViCtions o r co Which Of the
following is an example of a constitutional wound on which a dcfcndant may appeal a
A) mistaken interpretations of law BJ defects in jury
selection q improper admission ofevidence at trial O)
17) Defendants can appeal their convictioåls on legal or constitutional grounds. Which of the
is, an Ofa legal Which a defendant A) defects injury
selection
8) invompetcnl assistangc ofcounsel
C) improper questioning of the defendant by the police
O) identification ofthe defendant through a defective police lineup
18) Which of the following statements is true of parole'?
A) unconditional in nature.
1B) It is given before prisoners have served their full sentences, C)
It includes modifying the verdict Of a lower court and reversing it.
O) is granted, by default, by all jurisdictions in the United States.
In the United States. the states that do not utilize preliminary hearings schedule an
arraignment date at the
A) initial appearance
B] •unmary trial
C) Stage Of
O) stage of arrcst
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N. Haley
Chapter 1 Student name:
i) As discussed in yourtextbook. the list afealls for police service in Portland, Oregon, shows
which type ofcall for service 10 be the most common? A) burglar alarms wanted
persons
C] violent offenscs
O) prisoner transportation
2) As an institution ofsocial control, criminal justice differs from tumily, schools, ovganized
religic•m; the media, and the law in that it
A) requires society to abide by passive social values.
B) exists as a single system,
C) is generally society's •last line of defense."
O) is used along with other institutions of social control.
3) Like the family. schools. organized religion. the media, and the law, criminal justice is
agro A) institution of social control. BJ private response to crime.
method Of control.
4) American criminal justice consists of threemain agencies. Which or the following is NOT
one of those three main agencies? A) corrections
C] police
O) courts
S) Which ofthefollowing types ufoffenses maybe punishable by death in the United States?
A) llbcl
B) a misdemeanor
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, O} a felony
6) The tenn "jurisdiction." as used in your means A) the specifie
location in which a court coo 00 jails around the country,
C] a politically defined geographical arca-
O) the system of rank and hierarchy within police agenciesv
7] Duringwhich ofthe following stages is an administrative record ofan arrest nude?
A) Initial
B) Booking
C) Preliminary hearing
Arraignment
8) A suspect becomes a defendant after
A) a grand Jury issues a bill against the suspect,
1B) a eamplainl has been made.
c) an absence ofprobable cause has been established. O)
one or more charges have been tiled.
9) lil the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance Violation, am) _Jnay bc held,
A) summary trial B) Information q arrest warrant
O) grand jury
10) The purpcuse Of is for a judge to determine whether there is probable cause to belie•.'e
that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged,
indictment
C) amug_nment
O) uli'ial appearance
The Of i s to hear the Of "i dictrne:nl and
to allow thc dcfcndant to cntcr a pica,
A) preliminary hearing
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, g) indictment
C) arraignment
D) initial appearance
12) About Of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them in an
arrangement called plea bargaining.
A) 95
8] 75 percent
C) 50 percent O)
25 percent
Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge
in
A) grandjury,
1B) indictment.
C) bench trial_
O) amaignment.
14) One of the main purposes Of an arralgnment is to
A) outline the formal charge or charges against the defendant'
g) allo w the defendant to enter a plea, q
deterrnine whether there is probable cause.
O) ensure that the defendant will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process.
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, Currently; five general types ofpunishment are in use in the Uilited States. Which Ofthe
following is NOT one Of these punishments?
transportation
C) inte runedLute punishments
O) deadl
16) Defendants Can appeal their CO:n'ViCtions o r co Which Of the
following is an example of a constitutional wound on which a dcfcndant may appeal a
A) mistaken interpretations of law BJ defects in jury
selection q improper admission ofevidence at trial O)
17) Defendants can appeal their convictioåls on legal or constitutional grounds. Which of the
is, an Ofa legal Which a defendant A) defects injury
selection
8) invompetcnl assistangc ofcounsel
C) improper questioning of the defendant by the police
O) identification ofthe defendant through a defective police lineup
18) Which of the following statements is true of parole'?
A) unconditional in nature.
1B) It is given before prisoners have served their full sentences, C)
It includes modifying the verdict Of a lower court and reversing it.
O) is granted, by default, by all jurisdictions in the United States.
In the United States. the states that do not utilize preliminary hearings schedule an
arraignment date at the
A) initial appearance
B] •unmary trial
C) Stage Of
O) stage of arrcst
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