CITP Exam 2 | UPDATED REVIEW 2026 | ACCURATE
ANSWERS | STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTIONS
• FRE -✓✓ANSWER: Federal Rules of Evidence
• Forms of Evidence -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Testimonial
2.Real
3.Demonstrative
• Voir Dire -✓✓ANSWER: Jury Selection
• Stages of a criminal trial -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Pre-trial suppression hearings
2. Voir Dire
3. Opening statements from counsel
4. The Case-in-Chief
5. The defense case
6. The rebuttal case
7. Closing arguements
8. the charge to the jury
9. sentencing
10. Post-Trial proceedings
• what must evidence be in order to be admissable? -✓✓ANSWER: Relevant
, • Direct evidence -✓✓ANSWER: proves a fact directly and without the need to
draw an inference or a conclusion about what the evidence implies or suggests
may also be true or false.
• Circumstantial evidence -✓✓ANSWER: tends to prove a fact indirectly through
an inference, deduction, or a conclusion.
• how do you attack the credibility of a witness? -✓✓ANSWER: Impeachment
• Factors that affect a witness credibility -✓✓ANSWER: Bias, motive to fabricate
testimony, inability to observe or accurately remember, contradiction, prior
inconsistent statements, specific instances of conduct that indicate a witness is
untruthful, prior convictions to show untruthfulness
• Laying a foundation for evidence -✓✓ANSWER: A proper foundation consists of
evidence usually in the form of testimony, that the item is what the party offering
it claims it to be
• Can witnesses testify from their reports or notes -✓✓ANSWER: No, except for
some expert witnesses and in a few other limited circumstances. Memory can be
"refreshed" if a witness forgets a fact while testifying.
• How many drug schedules are there? -✓✓ANSWER: 5
• 21 USC 844 -✓✓ANSWER: it is unlawful for any person knowingly or
intentionally to possess a controlled substance.
ANSWERS | STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTIONS
• FRE -✓✓ANSWER: Federal Rules of Evidence
• Forms of Evidence -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Testimonial
2.Real
3.Demonstrative
• Voir Dire -✓✓ANSWER: Jury Selection
• Stages of a criminal trial -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Pre-trial suppression hearings
2. Voir Dire
3. Opening statements from counsel
4. The Case-in-Chief
5. The defense case
6. The rebuttal case
7. Closing arguements
8. the charge to the jury
9. sentencing
10. Post-Trial proceedings
• what must evidence be in order to be admissable? -✓✓ANSWER: Relevant
, • Direct evidence -✓✓ANSWER: proves a fact directly and without the need to
draw an inference or a conclusion about what the evidence implies or suggests
may also be true or false.
• Circumstantial evidence -✓✓ANSWER: tends to prove a fact indirectly through
an inference, deduction, or a conclusion.
• how do you attack the credibility of a witness? -✓✓ANSWER: Impeachment
• Factors that affect a witness credibility -✓✓ANSWER: Bias, motive to fabricate
testimony, inability to observe or accurately remember, contradiction, prior
inconsistent statements, specific instances of conduct that indicate a witness is
untruthful, prior convictions to show untruthfulness
• Laying a foundation for evidence -✓✓ANSWER: A proper foundation consists of
evidence usually in the form of testimony, that the item is what the party offering
it claims it to be
• Can witnesses testify from their reports or notes -✓✓ANSWER: No, except for
some expert witnesses and in a few other limited circumstances. Memory can be
"refreshed" if a witness forgets a fact while testifying.
• How many drug schedules are there? -✓✓ANSWER: 5
• 21 USC 844 -✓✓ANSWER: it is unlawful for any person knowingly or
intentionally to possess a controlled substance.
