CRIJ 1310 TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
1) That which is laid down, ordained, or established...a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed
by controlling authority, and having a binding legal force are ___ - Answers Laws
2) ___ are the unwritten rules that underlie and are inherent in the fabric of our society - Answers
Norms
3) The least serious crime is a(n) ___ - Answers Infraction
4) Burglary is an example of a ___ - Answers Property crime
5) ___ law is in the form of formal written Codes made by a legislature or governing body with the
power to make law. - Answers Statutory
6) ___ ___ is the legal principal that requires that courts be bound by their own earlier decisions and
by those of higher courts having jurisdiction over them regarding subsequent cases on similar issues
and fact. - Answers Stare decisis
7) That part of the law that defines crimes and specifies punishments is ___ ___ ___ - Answers
Substantive criminal law
8) ___ Law originates from the use of custom rather than from written statutes. - Answers Common
9) The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are known as ___ ___ ___ ___ - Answers The bill
of rights
10) The authority of a state to enact and enforce a criminal statute is called ___ ___ - Answers Police
power
11) If the state of Illinois wanted to improve its criminal laws, the state legislators could look at the
___ Penal Code for guidance. - Answers Model
12) ___ law is law that is legitimately created and enforced by governments. - Answers Positive
13) Jury instructions are directions given to the jury by the ___ - Answers Judge
14) Criminal liability is the degree of ___ assigned to a defendant by a criminal court. - Answers
Blameworthiness
15) The basic parts or components of a crime are referred to as the ___ of the crime. - Answers
Elements
16) In criminal law, ___ is considered behavior and the accompanying mental state. - Answers
Conduct
17) The Latin term for "guilty act" is ___ ___ - Answers Actus reus
18) A person who is involved with heroin cannot be arrested for ___ ___ ___ ___ - Answers Being a
heroin addict
19) The Model Penal Code outline four ___ ___ ___: purposely, knowingly, reckless, and negligent. -
Answers States of mind
20) Knowing behavior is action undertaken with ___ - Answers Awareness
21) When Bob gets in his car in the morning, he checks his taillights and sees that they both work.
Two hours later, he is pulled over and given a ticket for the taillight that just burned out. Bob has
committed a(n) ___ ___ offense. - Answers Strict liability
22) The Latin term corpus delicti literally means ___ ___ ___ - Answers Body of crime
23) The Latin meaning of the Latin phrase ___ ___ ___ is "after the fact" - Answers Ex post facto
24) Evidence and arguments offered by the defendant to show why the defendant should not be held
liable for a criminal charge are called ___ - Answers Defenses
25) Bob is charged with a crime and defends himself by arguing that he only committed the crime to
avoid some greater evil. Bob is defending himself with a ___ - Answers Justification
26) ___ are a category of legal defenses in which a defendant claims that some personal condition or
circumstance at the time of the act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the
criminal law. - Answers Excuses
27) A(n) ___ defense is one in which the defendant must take the offense and respond to the charges
against him or her with his or her own assertions being based on legal arguments. - Answers
Affirmative
28) For the defense of ___, the defendant claims that he or she had to commit some unlawful act in
order to prevent or to avoid a greater harm. - Answers Necessity
29) The legal concept of the ___ ___ envisions a person who acts with common sense and who has
the mental capacity of an average, normal, sensible human being. - Answers Reasonable person
30) ___ force-the highest degree of force-is considered reasonable only when used to counter an
immediate threat of death or great bodily harm. - Answers Deadly
1) That which is laid down, ordained, or established...a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed
by controlling authority, and having a binding legal force are ___ - Answers Laws
2) ___ are the unwritten rules that underlie and are inherent in the fabric of our society - Answers
Norms
3) The least serious crime is a(n) ___ - Answers Infraction
4) Burglary is an example of a ___ - Answers Property crime
5) ___ law is in the form of formal written Codes made by a legislature or governing body with the
power to make law. - Answers Statutory
6) ___ ___ is the legal principal that requires that courts be bound by their own earlier decisions and
by those of higher courts having jurisdiction over them regarding subsequent cases on similar issues
and fact. - Answers Stare decisis
7) That part of the law that defines crimes and specifies punishments is ___ ___ ___ - Answers
Substantive criminal law
8) ___ Law originates from the use of custom rather than from written statutes. - Answers Common
9) The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are known as ___ ___ ___ ___ - Answers The bill
of rights
10) The authority of a state to enact and enforce a criminal statute is called ___ ___ - Answers Police
power
11) If the state of Illinois wanted to improve its criminal laws, the state legislators could look at the
___ Penal Code for guidance. - Answers Model
12) ___ law is law that is legitimately created and enforced by governments. - Answers Positive
13) Jury instructions are directions given to the jury by the ___ - Answers Judge
14) Criminal liability is the degree of ___ assigned to a defendant by a criminal court. - Answers
Blameworthiness
15) The basic parts or components of a crime are referred to as the ___ of the crime. - Answers
Elements
16) In criminal law, ___ is considered behavior and the accompanying mental state. - Answers
Conduct
17) The Latin term for "guilty act" is ___ ___ - Answers Actus reus
18) A person who is involved with heroin cannot be arrested for ___ ___ ___ ___ - Answers Being a
heroin addict
19) The Model Penal Code outline four ___ ___ ___: purposely, knowingly, reckless, and negligent. -
Answers States of mind
20) Knowing behavior is action undertaken with ___ - Answers Awareness
21) When Bob gets in his car in the morning, he checks his taillights and sees that they both work.
Two hours later, he is pulled over and given a ticket for the taillight that just burned out. Bob has
committed a(n) ___ ___ offense. - Answers Strict liability
22) The Latin term corpus delicti literally means ___ ___ ___ - Answers Body of crime
23) The Latin meaning of the Latin phrase ___ ___ ___ is "after the fact" - Answers Ex post facto
24) Evidence and arguments offered by the defendant to show why the defendant should not be held
liable for a criminal charge are called ___ - Answers Defenses
25) Bob is charged with a crime and defends himself by arguing that he only committed the crime to
avoid some greater evil. Bob is defending himself with a ___ - Answers Justification
26) ___ are a category of legal defenses in which a defendant claims that some personal condition or
circumstance at the time of the act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the
criminal law. - Answers Excuses
27) A(n) ___ defense is one in which the defendant must take the offense and respond to the charges
against him or her with his or her own assertions being based on legal arguments. - Answers
Affirmative
28) For the defense of ___, the defendant claims that he or she had to commit some unlawful act in
order to prevent or to avoid a greater harm. - Answers Necessity
29) The legal concept of the ___ ___ envisions a person who acts with common sense and who has
the mental capacity of an average, normal, sensible human being. - Answers Reasonable person
30) ___ force-the highest degree of force-is considered reasonable only when used to counter an
immediate threat of death or great bodily harm. - Answers Deadly
