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SCCJA Pre-Academy Block 1-Domestic
Violence, Juvenile Procedures, Victimology,
Harassment and Stalking, Criminal Gang
Overview. Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
Deadly weapon - Answer✔Any pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, or other instrument
which can be used to inflict deadly force
great bodily injury - Answer✔bodily injury which causes substantial risk of death or which
causes serious, permanent disfigurement or impairment of the function of a bodily member or
organ
moderate bodily injury - Answer✔physical injury that involves prolonged loss of consciousness
or that causes temporary or moderate disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a
bodily member or organ or injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires
the use of regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation; does
not include one-time treatment and subsequent observations of scratches, cuts, abrasions,
bruises, burns, splinters, or any other minor injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive
medical care
prior conviction of domestic violence - Answer✔conviction of any crime, in any state,
containing among its elements the same elements or similar to those of SC law
Protection order - Answer✔Any order of protection, restraining order, condition of bond, or
any other similar order issued in this state or another sate or foreign jurisdiction for the
purpose of protecting a household member
Firearm - Answer✔Pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun. or an assault
rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition
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"Household member" means - Answer✔Spouse
Former spouse
Persons who have a child in common
A male and female who are cohabitating or have previously cohabitated
Obergefell v. Hodges - Answer✔States obligated to recognize same-sex marriage from other
states.
Domestic violence third degree - Answer✔-To cause, offer, or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
Domestic violence second degree - Answer✔-To cause, offer, or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Moderate bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has a prior conviction for DV in the past 10 years
OR
-In the process of committing DV third:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling emergency services
Domestic violence first degree - Answer✔-To cause, offer, or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
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-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Great bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has two prior convictions for DV in the past 10 years
-the offender uses or presents a firearm
OR
-In the process of committing DV second:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling emergency services
Domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature - Answer✔-To offer or attempt physical
harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-the offender manifests extreme indifference to the value of human life and great bodily injury
results or causes the victim to fear great bodily injury or death
-the offender violates a protection order in the process of committing DV first
Circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life - Answer✔-the
offender uses a deadly weapon
-the offender knowingly and intentionally impedes the normal breathing or circulation of blood
of a household member by applying pressure to the throat or neck or by obstructing the nose
or mouth of a household member and thereby causing stupor or loss of consciousness for any
period of time
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SCCJA Pre-Academy Block 1-Domestic
Violence, Juvenile Procedures, Victimology,
Harassment and Stalking, Criminal Gang
Overview. Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
Deadly weapon - Answer✔Any pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, or other instrument
which can be used to inflict deadly force
great bodily injury - Answer✔bodily injury which causes substantial risk of death or which
causes serious, permanent disfigurement or impairment of the function of a bodily member or
organ
moderate bodily injury - Answer✔physical injury that involves prolonged loss of consciousness
or that causes temporary or moderate disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a
bodily member or organ or injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires
the use of regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation; does
not include one-time treatment and subsequent observations of scratches, cuts, abrasions,
bruises, burns, splinters, or any other minor injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive
medical care
prior conviction of domestic violence - Answer✔conviction of any crime, in any state,
containing among its elements the same elements or similar to those of SC law
Protection order - Answer✔Any order of protection, restraining order, condition of bond, or
any other similar order issued in this state or another sate or foreign jurisdiction for the
purpose of protecting a household member
Firearm - Answer✔Pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun. or an assault
rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition
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"Household member" means - Answer✔Spouse
Former spouse
Persons who have a child in common
A male and female who are cohabitating or have previously cohabitated
Obergefell v. Hodges - Answer✔States obligated to recognize same-sex marriage from other
states.
Domestic violence third degree - Answer✔-To cause, offer, or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
Domestic violence second degree - Answer✔-To cause, offer, or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Moderate bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has a prior conviction for DV in the past 10 years
OR
-In the process of committing DV third:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling emergency services
Domestic violence first degree - Answer✔-To cause, offer, or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
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-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Great bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has two prior convictions for DV in the past 10 years
-the offender uses or presents a firearm
OR
-In the process of committing DV second:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling emergency services
Domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature - Answer✔-To offer or attempt physical
harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-the offender manifests extreme indifference to the value of human life and great bodily injury
results or causes the victim to fear great bodily injury or death
-the offender violates a protection order in the process of committing DV first
Circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life - Answer✔-the
offender uses a deadly weapon
-the offender knowingly and intentionally impedes the normal breathing or circulation of blood
of a household member by applying pressure to the throat or neck or by obstructing the nose
or mouth of a household member and thereby causing stupor or loss of consciousness for any
period of time
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