Question 1:
Which of the following
does not take place during an arraignment?
Answer:
The accused is booked, fingerprinted, and photographed
Question 2:
When evaluating the
Answer:
d. The case against the defendant lacks evidence and
Question 3:
evidence at arraignment,
Answer:
is weak.
Question 4:
the prosecutor may drop
Answer:
the prosecutor may drop
Question 5:
the charges against the
Answer:
the charges against the
Question 6:
accused. One reason for
Answer:
accused. One reason for
Question 7:
this is jail overcrowding.
Answer:
this is jail overcrowding.
Question 8:
Among the following
Answer:
Among the following
,Question 9:
other reasons, which one
Answer:
other reasons, which one
Question 10:
is most related to the
Answer:
is most related to the
Question 11:
prosecutor's belief that he
Answer:
prosecutor's belief that he
Question 12:
or she will not be able to
Answer:
or she will not be able to
Question 13:
prove the case in court?
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 14:
According to the authors of this text, during the pretrial process, many judges and attorneys appear to
pursue the primary goal of moving cases through court as rapidly as possible. What is the purpose of
this
priority?
Answer:
c. To avoid a full trial in view of the courts' limited resources
Question 15:
Which of the following is most accurate regarding
bail following arrest?
Answer:
b. In the wake of 9/11, more people were held without bail if suspected of associations with terrorism.
Question 16:
Regarding payment of bail as a condition of pretrial release, which statement is
correct?
, Answer:
a. People are entitled to a bail hearing as included in their rights to due process of law.
Question 17:
According to the text, which of these is one of the realities of the bail
system?
Answer:
b. Prosecutors are allowed very little time or information for determining bail.
Question 18:
Under federal law, federal judges in criminal cases can hold bail hearings to identify a defendant's
violent crime or one punishable by death sentence or life in prison; high flight risk; and/or high risk of
obstructing justice. Confirming any of these authorizes which bail reform alternative to using bail
bondsmen?
Answer:
d. Legally ordering preventive detention
Question 19:
In 2012, jails in America contained about how
many people?
Answer:
a. More than half a million
Question 20:
Michael Welch (1994) coined the term social sanitation to describe which of the following
processes?
Answer:
c. People who are found socially offensive are removed from communities and put in jails.
Question 21:
Which of these statements about pretrial detention is
the most accurate?
Answer:
b. People arrested who are younger are more likely to be physically or psychologically hurt.
Question 22:
Plea bargaining offers benefits for defendants, private defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges.
Which of the following benefits is applicable to
all of these parties?
Answer:
d. Greater speed and certainty as to the outcome