EXAMS WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
1. What is a constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️- a written document that embodies the
basic laws of a nation or state
- Identifies the powers and duties of the government
- Identifies the rights afforded to ALL individuals in our country or state
2. 3 branches of government - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️Executive, Legislative, Judicial
3. Freedoms under the US Constitution - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️-HIGHEST law of the land
4. -Basic rights and freedoms stated in the U.S. Constitution apply to ALL individuals in the
5. United States regardless of citizenship
6. What is the Bill of Rights? - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔T️ he first 10 amendments of the
Constitution
7. -place limits on those powers, thus guaranteeing individual rights
8. What powers does the criminal justice system give to L.E.? - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️- The
power to arrest
- The power to use deadly force
9. 1st Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔F️ reedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
Petition
10. 4th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔F️ reedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
11. 5th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ Freedom from being tried for the same
12. crime twice - "double jeopardy"
,13. -Freedom from self-incrimination
14. 6th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ Right to be told of charges when arrested
15. Right to speedy trial
16. Right to a public trial by an impartial jury
17. Right to confront witnesses
18. Right to counsel
19. 8th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ Freedom from excessive bail
- Freedom from cruel and unusual
20. punishments
21. 14th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ Basic right of a defendant in a judicial
proceeding
- Right to equal protection of the laws
- The requisites for trial (due process)
22. Components of the Criminal Justice System - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️law enforcement,
judicial, corrections
23. Primary goals of criminal justice system - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ guarantee due process of
the law
24. -prevent crime
25. -protect life and property
26. -uphold and enforce the law
27. -dispense equal justice
28. -apprehend offenders
29. -assure victims' rights
30. primary federal agencies - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔U ️ S Dept of Homeland Security, FBI, DEA,
U.S. Marshals, ICE, ATF, Secret Service, US Postal Inspectors (USPS), Armed Forces Police
31. primary state agencies - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️o Youth and Adult Correctional Agency
CHP
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
Department of Fish and Game (F&G)
Department of Forestry and Protection (DOF)
, Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Insurance (DOI)
32. primary local agencies - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️o Airport Police
County Marshals
Housing Police
Municipal Police
School District Police
Sherriff's Department
Transportation Police
Port Authority Police
33. objectives of the Judicial component of the criminal justice system - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️
Providing due process of the law
- Rendering fair judgement
- Dispensing just punishment
- Assuring victim's rights
34. Organization of the california court system - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️-Lower (trial courts)
35. -Higher (appellate courts)
36. positions in the judicial system - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️-judges
37. -prosecuting attorneys
38. -defense attorneys
39. judicial process in criminal cases - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ The process begins once an
offender has been arrested or indicted for a crime
- Function of the judicial system is to determine a defendant's guilt or innocence
- Before a criminal case reaches trial, several preliminary proceedings MUST occur
40. Steps in a felony prosecution - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔-️ Arrest
- Arraignment
- Right to Bail
- Bail
- Preliminary Hearing
- Indictment
- Trial
- Sentencing