Practice RBC 2 Test (examples)
1. Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man
didn't think his friend knew what he was talking about and spit at him; the
spittle landed on his friend's shirt.
What crime, if any, occurred?: The first man has committed the crime of battery
because he made contact even though he caused no harm. - Misd.
2. A woman walked into the local bar and saw her boyfriend with another
woman. She went to the table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool,
struck his head on the floor and was knocked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily injury. –
Felony
3. Two men were arguing during a baseball game. One man picked up a
baseball bat and swung at the other man. The second man ducked to avoid
being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not actually hit the
second man. True/False: False - assault with a deadly weapon because he
attempted to cause harm by using the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be likely)
4. During a bar fight, a man stabbed another man in the arm with a knife.
The first man has committed the crime of assault with a deadly weapon.
True / false: True
5. A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four other young
men. The four shoved him to the ground and kicked him until he was
unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a deadly weapon. Did the
officer act appropriately?: Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to
produce great bodily injury. (the last crime element)
6. A paraplegic adult required home care. The caretaker arrived every
morning to dress the paraplegic and clean the apartment. The caretaker saw
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a wad of money in the dresser drawer. One day, after completing the daily
tasks, he took the cash and left the apartment.
What crime, if any, occurred?: dependent adult abuse - he stole the money. The
amount of money will determine whether the crime is a felony or misdemeanor.
7. As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became more demanding.
One day she demanded repeatedly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter
brushed it again and again and became increasingly frustrated. Finally, the
daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked her to brush her hair again,
that she hit her mother repeatedly with the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False: False - elder abuse
because she caused her mother physical pain.
8. A hitchhiker was picked up by a passing driver. As he entered the car,
the hitchhiker asked the driver to drop him off at a specific location. The
driver agreed initially, but later drove past the specified location in spite of
the hitchhiker's protests. The driver took the hitchhiker to another location
against the hitchhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of
the car when he asked to leave.
Has a crime been committed?: kidnapping (felony) because the hitchhiker's
consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the driver refused.
9. A man wanted to date a coworker. One day in the company parking lot,
he saw her next to her car which had a flat tire. The man offered to give her
a ride to the gas station. When she refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into
the car, locked the doors, and drove until they entered another state.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false: False- kidnapping (felony)
10. During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty
elevator. Without warning, the defense attorney pushed the emergency button
and began to harass the prosecuting attorney about a suspected ethics
violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator, the defense
attorney refused to reactivate it.
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has a crime occurred?: yes = False imprisonment - maybe felony if violence,
menace, fraud, or deceit was used
11. A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked the doors to
keep her from leaving. He would not unlock the doors until she promised to
meet him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony: true – deceit
12. A boy lived with his father who had legal custody, but the boy still wanted
to see his mother, the man's ex-wife. The boy's father decided to allow the
boy to visit with his mother and took him to the mother's apartment. When he
came to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the boy go home with his
father.
What Crime, if any, did the Mother commit?: child abduction without custodial
right - Felony
because she prevented the child from returning to his father, the custodial parent.
13. Martinez and his wife, in the process of a divorce, obtained a temporary
custodial decree. The decree granted them joint custody of their 6-month-
old daughter. Martinez was to have the daughter on weekends. Martinez
decided to go on an extended weekend trip with his daughter and did not tell
his wife. When he did not arrive with their daughter at the normal time his
wife frantically called him. He told his wife that she did not need to worry
and indicated he would bring their daughter back in a few days. Martinez
further stated to his wife that since she had never treated him right during
their marriage, he felt that she deserved to know how it felt to be mistreated.
Martinez committed the crime of child abduction without custodial right.
True/False: False - child abduction with custodial right – Felony
14. A woman cashed a check at a liquor store for $100. As she walked away,
a man approached her and demanded her handbag. She refused and
clutched the handbag tightly in her arms. The man grabbed the handbag,
but the woman wouldn't let go. The man pulled the handbag away from her
1. Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man
didn't think his friend knew what he was talking about and spit at him; the
spittle landed on his friend's shirt.
What crime, if any, occurred?: The first man has committed the crime of battery
because he made contact even though he caused no harm. - Misd.
2. A woman walked into the local bar and saw her boyfriend with another
woman. She went to the table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool,
struck his head on the floor and was knocked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily injury. –
Felony
3. Two men were arguing during a baseball game. One man picked up a
baseball bat and swung at the other man. The second man ducked to avoid
being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not actually hit the
second man. True/False: False - assault with a deadly weapon because he
attempted to cause harm by using the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be likely)
4. During a bar fight, a man stabbed another man in the arm with a knife.
The first man has committed the crime of assault with a deadly weapon.
True / false: True
5. A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four other young
men. The four shoved him to the ground and kicked him until he was
unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a deadly weapon. Did the
officer act appropriately?: Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to
produce great bodily injury. (the last crime element)
6. A paraplegic adult required home care. The caretaker arrived every
morning to dress the paraplegic and clean the apartment. The caretaker saw
, Practice RBC 2 Test (examples)
a wad of money in the dresser drawer. One day, after completing the daily
tasks, he took the cash and left the apartment.
What crime, if any, occurred?: dependent adult abuse - he stole the money. The
amount of money will determine whether the crime is a felony or misdemeanor.
7. As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became more demanding.
One day she demanded repeatedly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter
brushed it again and again and became increasingly frustrated. Finally, the
daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked her to brush her hair again,
that she hit her mother repeatedly with the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False: False - elder abuse
because she caused her mother physical pain.
8. A hitchhiker was picked up by a passing driver. As he entered the car,
the hitchhiker asked the driver to drop him off at a specific location. The
driver agreed initially, but later drove past the specified location in spite of
the hitchhiker's protests. The driver took the hitchhiker to another location
against the hitchhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of
the car when he asked to leave.
Has a crime been committed?: kidnapping (felony) because the hitchhiker's
consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the driver refused.
9. A man wanted to date a coworker. One day in the company parking lot,
he saw her next to her car which had a flat tire. The man offered to give her
a ride to the gas station. When she refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into
the car, locked the doors, and drove until they entered another state.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false: False- kidnapping (felony)
10. During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty
elevator. Without warning, the defense attorney pushed the emergency button
and began to harass the prosecuting attorney about a suspected ethics
violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator, the defense
attorney refused to reactivate it.
, Practice RBC 2 Test (examples)
has a crime occurred?: yes = False imprisonment - maybe felony if violence,
menace, fraud, or deceit was used
11. A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked the doors to
keep her from leaving. He would not unlock the doors until she promised to
meet him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony: true – deceit
12. A boy lived with his father who had legal custody, but the boy still wanted
to see his mother, the man's ex-wife. The boy's father decided to allow the
boy to visit with his mother and took him to the mother's apartment. When he
came to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the boy go home with his
father.
What Crime, if any, did the Mother commit?: child abduction without custodial
right - Felony
because she prevented the child from returning to his father, the custodial parent.
13. Martinez and his wife, in the process of a divorce, obtained a temporary
custodial decree. The decree granted them joint custody of their 6-month-
old daughter. Martinez was to have the daughter on weekends. Martinez
decided to go on an extended weekend trip with his daughter and did not tell
his wife. When he did not arrive with their daughter at the normal time his
wife frantically called him. He told his wife that she did not need to worry
and indicated he would bring their daughter back in a few days. Martinez
further stated to his wife that since she had never treated him right during
their marriage, he felt that she deserved to know how it felt to be mistreated.
Martinez committed the crime of child abduction without custodial right.
True/False: False - child abduction with custodial right – Felony
14. A woman cashed a check at a liquor store for $100. As she walked away,
a man approached her and demanded her handbag. She refused and
clutched the handbag tightly in her arms. The man grabbed the handbag,
but the woman wouldn't let go. The man pulled the handbag away from her
