Instructor Training – GPSTC
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is a crime?
✔✔An act or omission punishable by law
What does mens rea mean?
✔✔The guilty mind
What does actus reus mean?
✔✔The guilty act
Why are both actus reus and mens rea required?
✔✔To prove criminal liability
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious criminal offence
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious criminal offence
What is probable cause?
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,✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime has occurred
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into custody by legal authority
What is a warrant?
✔✔A court order allowing specific law enforcement action
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is a defendant?
✔✔A person accused of a crime
What is a prosecutor?
✔✔A lawyer who represents the government
What is a plea?
✔✔A defendant’s formal response to charges
What does “beyond a reasonable doubt” mean?
✔✔The highest standard of proof in criminal cases
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,What is self-defense?
✔✔Using reasonable force to protect oneself
What is a crime of intent?
✔✔A crime that requires purposeful action
What is strict liability?
✔✔Liability without proof of intent
What is a search?
✔✔An examination for evidence
What is a seizure?
✔✔Taking control of property or a person
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove or disprove facts
What is chain of custody?
✔✔Documentation tracking evidence handling
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, What is Miranda warning?
✔✔Notification of a suspect’s rights
What is a confession?
✔✔A statement admitting guilt
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof of being elsewhere during a crime
What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same offence
What is a jury?
✔✔A group deciding facts in a trial
What is a verdict?
✔✔The jury’s decision
What is a mistrial?
✔✔A trial declared invalid
What is an appeal?
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is a crime?
✔✔An act or omission punishable by law
What does mens rea mean?
✔✔The guilty mind
What does actus reus mean?
✔✔The guilty act
Why are both actus reus and mens rea required?
✔✔To prove criminal liability
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious criminal offence
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious criminal offence
What is probable cause?
1
,✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime has occurred
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into custody by legal authority
What is a warrant?
✔✔A court order allowing specific law enforcement action
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is a defendant?
✔✔A person accused of a crime
What is a prosecutor?
✔✔A lawyer who represents the government
What is a plea?
✔✔A defendant’s formal response to charges
What does “beyond a reasonable doubt” mean?
✔✔The highest standard of proof in criminal cases
2
,What is self-defense?
✔✔Using reasonable force to protect oneself
What is a crime of intent?
✔✔A crime that requires purposeful action
What is strict liability?
✔✔Liability without proof of intent
What is a search?
✔✔An examination for evidence
What is a seizure?
✔✔Taking control of property or a person
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove or disprove facts
What is chain of custody?
✔✔Documentation tracking evidence handling
3
, What is Miranda warning?
✔✔Notification of a suspect’s rights
What is a confession?
✔✔A statement admitting guilt
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof of being elsewhere during a crime
What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same offence
What is a jury?
✔✔A group deciding facts in a trial
What is a verdict?
✔✔The jury’s decision
What is a mistrial?
✔✔A trial declared invalid
What is an appeal?
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