MCJA PHASE 1 CORE REVIEWS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A civil violation of Title 29-A is referred to in the statute as a motor vehicle violation,
and is also defined in penalty terms as a _________.
Traffic infraction
Crime
Juvenile crime
Civil offense - ✔✔Traffic infraction
✔✔A violation of Title 29-A for which points may be assessed is referred to in the
statute as a ___________.
Motor vehicle violation
Traffic infraction
Crime
Moving violation - ✔✔Moving violation
✔✔In order to stop a motor vehicle, a law enforcement officer must have:
Probable cause.
Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Preponderance of the evidence. - ✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion.
✔✔Failing to register a motor vehicle/operating with an expired registration of 60 days
is: (Select all that apply.)
A traffic infraction
A Class E crime
A Class D crime - ✔✔A traffic infraction
,✔✔A person commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle without a license if s/he
operates a motor vehicle on a public way or parking area:
Without being licensed.
Without a Maine license and has been a resident for over 30 days.
In violation of a condition or restriction on the license.
All of the above. - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔Violation of the mandatory motor vehicle insurance statute is a ____________.
(Select all that apply.)
Traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $100-$500.
Traffic infraction punishable by suspension of the license and registration.
Moving violation. - ✔✔Traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $100-$500.
Traffic infraction punishable by suspension of the license and registration.
✔✔Motor vehicle inspection sticker violations include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Display or use of a fictitious or counterfeit inspection sticker.
Operation of a defective vehicle.
Inspecting a motor vehicle more often than annually.
Operation of the vehicle without an inspection sticker. - ✔✔Inspecting a motor vehicle
more often than annually.
✔✔In Title 17-A, drugs are addressed in which chapter?
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 45
Chapter 55 - ✔✔Chapter 45
✔✔For the purposes of defining crimes under this chapter and of determining penalties
for those crimes, the Maine Criminal Code establishes four schedules, designated
_____________ by which individual drugs are classified.
A, B, C, D
F, G, H, I
W, X, Y, Z
None of the above - ✔✔W, X, Y, Z
✔✔Elements of acquiring drugs by deception include: A person, as a result of
deception, obtains or exercises control over a prescription for a scheduled drug or what
that person knows or believes to be a scheduled drug, which is in fact a scheduled drug.
True
,False - ✔✔True
✔✔Terms of imprisonment and fine amounts vary in Title 17-A according to the class of
crime committed.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔The crime with the highest possible term of imprisonment is:
Murder
Gross sexual assault
Arson
Elevated aggravated assault on a pregnant person - ✔✔Murder
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class A crimes are:
Not to exceed 30 years.
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year. - ✔✔Not to exceed 30 years.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class B crimes are:
Not to exceed 30 years.
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year. - ✔✔Not to exceed 10 years.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class C crimes are:
Not to exceed 30 years.
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year. - ✔✔Not to exceed 5 years.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class D crimes are:
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year.
Not to exceed 6 months. - ✔✔Not to exceed 1 year.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class E crimes are:
, Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year.
Not to exceed 6 months. - ✔✔Not to exceed 6 months.
✔✔Domestic violence involves ALL BUT ONE of the following:
A pattern of behavior by one person whose goal is to gain and maintain power and
control over a current or former partner or family member.
Most often includes more physical abuse than emotional abuse.
Can include verbal, emotional, financial, sexual and physical abuse.
Can also include destruction of property and threats or injury to children and animals in
the home. - ✔✔Most often includes more physical abuse than emotional abuse.
✔✔The only time in Maine when we see true _______________ is in cases resulting in
a charge of disorderly conduct, when both parties are agreeing to "take it outside" for
example. This is obviously not what we are talking about with __________________.
Mutual combat / Domestic violence
Mutual abuse / Domestic violence
Need for dual arrests / Mutual combat
Need for arrest / Mutual combat - ✔✔Mutual combat / Domestic violence
✔✔The negative consequences of dual arrests include all of the following EXCEPT:
Victims are not protected.
Batterers gain more power.
Dual arrests are always successfully prosecuted.
Children are removed from their protective parents. - ✔✔Dual arrests are always
successfully prosecuted.
✔✔Controlling what the victim does, who she sees and talks to, what the victim reads,
where the victim goes, and limiting the victim's outside involvement is the power and
control tactic called:
Isolation
Economic abuse
Intimidation
Male privilege - ✔✔Isolation
✔✔Prosecution is a method of intervention that can significantly increase abuser
accountability. Aggressive investigation and thorough documentation greatly improves
the chances for successful prosecution. In most cases this involves follow-up by law
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A civil violation of Title 29-A is referred to in the statute as a motor vehicle violation,
and is also defined in penalty terms as a _________.
Traffic infraction
Crime
Juvenile crime
Civil offense - ✔✔Traffic infraction
✔✔A violation of Title 29-A for which points may be assessed is referred to in the
statute as a ___________.
Motor vehicle violation
Traffic infraction
Crime
Moving violation - ✔✔Moving violation
✔✔In order to stop a motor vehicle, a law enforcement officer must have:
Probable cause.
Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Preponderance of the evidence. - ✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion.
✔✔Failing to register a motor vehicle/operating with an expired registration of 60 days
is: (Select all that apply.)
A traffic infraction
A Class E crime
A Class D crime - ✔✔A traffic infraction
,✔✔A person commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle without a license if s/he
operates a motor vehicle on a public way or parking area:
Without being licensed.
Without a Maine license and has been a resident for over 30 days.
In violation of a condition or restriction on the license.
All of the above. - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔Violation of the mandatory motor vehicle insurance statute is a ____________.
(Select all that apply.)
Traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $100-$500.
Traffic infraction punishable by suspension of the license and registration.
Moving violation. - ✔✔Traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $100-$500.
Traffic infraction punishable by suspension of the license and registration.
✔✔Motor vehicle inspection sticker violations include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Display or use of a fictitious or counterfeit inspection sticker.
Operation of a defective vehicle.
Inspecting a motor vehicle more often than annually.
Operation of the vehicle without an inspection sticker. - ✔✔Inspecting a motor vehicle
more often than annually.
✔✔In Title 17-A, drugs are addressed in which chapter?
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 45
Chapter 55 - ✔✔Chapter 45
✔✔For the purposes of defining crimes under this chapter and of determining penalties
for those crimes, the Maine Criminal Code establishes four schedules, designated
_____________ by which individual drugs are classified.
A, B, C, D
F, G, H, I
W, X, Y, Z
None of the above - ✔✔W, X, Y, Z
✔✔Elements of acquiring drugs by deception include: A person, as a result of
deception, obtains or exercises control over a prescription for a scheduled drug or what
that person knows or believes to be a scheduled drug, which is in fact a scheduled drug.
True
,False - ✔✔True
✔✔Terms of imprisonment and fine amounts vary in Title 17-A according to the class of
crime committed.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔The crime with the highest possible term of imprisonment is:
Murder
Gross sexual assault
Arson
Elevated aggravated assault on a pregnant person - ✔✔Murder
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class A crimes are:
Not to exceed 30 years.
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year. - ✔✔Not to exceed 30 years.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class B crimes are:
Not to exceed 30 years.
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year. - ✔✔Not to exceed 10 years.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class C crimes are:
Not to exceed 30 years.
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year. - ✔✔Not to exceed 5 years.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class D crimes are:
Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year.
Not to exceed 6 months. - ✔✔Not to exceed 1 year.
✔✔The terms of imprisonment for Class E crimes are:
, Not to exceed 10 years.
Not to exceed 5 years.
Not to exceed 1 year.
Not to exceed 6 months. - ✔✔Not to exceed 6 months.
✔✔Domestic violence involves ALL BUT ONE of the following:
A pattern of behavior by one person whose goal is to gain and maintain power and
control over a current or former partner or family member.
Most often includes more physical abuse than emotional abuse.
Can include verbal, emotional, financial, sexual and physical abuse.
Can also include destruction of property and threats or injury to children and animals in
the home. - ✔✔Most often includes more physical abuse than emotional abuse.
✔✔The only time in Maine when we see true _______________ is in cases resulting in
a charge of disorderly conduct, when both parties are agreeing to "take it outside" for
example. This is obviously not what we are talking about with __________________.
Mutual combat / Domestic violence
Mutual abuse / Domestic violence
Need for dual arrests / Mutual combat
Need for arrest / Mutual combat - ✔✔Mutual combat / Domestic violence
✔✔The negative consequences of dual arrests include all of the following EXCEPT:
Victims are not protected.
Batterers gain more power.
Dual arrests are always successfully prosecuted.
Children are removed from their protective parents. - ✔✔Dual arrests are always
successfully prosecuted.
✔✔Controlling what the victim does, who she sees and talks to, what the victim reads,
where the victim goes, and limiting the victim's outside involvement is the power and
control tactic called:
Isolation
Economic abuse
Intimidation
Male privilege - ✔✔Isolation
✔✔Prosecution is a method of intervention that can significantly increase abuser
accountability. Aggressive investigation and thorough documentation greatly improves
the chances for successful prosecution. In most cases this involves follow-up by law
