COURT SYSTEMS EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
There is no uniformity in the courts and the sentencing structures they employ among
the jurisdictions across the country.
T or F - Correct Answers -t
The Dred Scott case determined that citizenship of slaves was a state issue, not a
federal one.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Social control is the idea that society can control the minds of its citizens.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the types of cases courts hear.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
Courts of general jurisdiction cannot hear civil cases.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
The value of stolen property determines which court has jurisdiction.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
When witnesses are interviewed prior to a criminal trial, the process is known as a
deposition.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
If a prosecutor has exculpatory evidence against the accused, there is a tacit obligation
to share such information with the defense.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
Grand juries are convened for the purpose of determining a defendant's guilt or
innocence.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Repulsive defendants who have committed heinous crimes are not entitled to court-
appointed counsel if defense counsel does not want to represent them.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
, All criminal defendants are entitled to counsel.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
The right to counsel is governed by the Eighth Amendment.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
The attorney-client privilege refers to confidentiality
T or F - Correct Answers -T
An affirmative defense is typically treated as an admission of guilt.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Eyewitness testimony is direct evidence of a crime.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
Polygraph test results are almost always admissible in court as valid evidence of one's
guilt or innocence.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
The system of justice which pits the prosecution against the defense in a search for the
truth is called:
A) procedural law.
B) statutory law.
C) adversary system.
D) inquisitorial system. - Correct Answers -adversary system
The body of rules of specific conduct, prescribed by existing authority, is called:
A) law.
B) blaming.
C) social change.
D) social control. - Correct Answers -law
Efforts by a society to regulate the behavior of its members is:
A) social control
B) mind control.
C) social contact.
D) social contract. - Correct Answers -social control
When judges are aggressively involved in social change through their decision making,
this is called:
A) judicial claiming.
B) blaming.
C) judicial activism.
D) naming. - Correct Answers -judicial activism
The final stage in the dispute process, where damages are sought, is:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
There is no uniformity in the courts and the sentencing structures they employ among
the jurisdictions across the country.
T or F - Correct Answers -t
The Dred Scott case determined that citizenship of slaves was a state issue, not a
federal one.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Social control is the idea that society can control the minds of its citizens.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the types of cases courts hear.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
Courts of general jurisdiction cannot hear civil cases.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
The value of stolen property determines which court has jurisdiction.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
When witnesses are interviewed prior to a criminal trial, the process is known as a
deposition.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
If a prosecutor has exculpatory evidence against the accused, there is a tacit obligation
to share such information with the defense.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
Grand juries are convened for the purpose of determining a defendant's guilt or
innocence.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Repulsive defendants who have committed heinous crimes are not entitled to court-
appointed counsel if defense counsel does not want to represent them.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
, All criminal defendants are entitled to counsel.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
The right to counsel is governed by the Eighth Amendment.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
The attorney-client privilege refers to confidentiality
T or F - Correct Answers -T
An affirmative defense is typically treated as an admission of guilt.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
Eyewitness testimony is direct evidence of a crime.
T or F - Correct Answers -T
Polygraph test results are almost always admissible in court as valid evidence of one's
guilt or innocence.
T or F - Correct Answers -F
The system of justice which pits the prosecution against the defense in a search for the
truth is called:
A) procedural law.
B) statutory law.
C) adversary system.
D) inquisitorial system. - Correct Answers -adversary system
The body of rules of specific conduct, prescribed by existing authority, is called:
A) law.
B) blaming.
C) social change.
D) social control. - Correct Answers -law
Efforts by a society to regulate the behavior of its members is:
A) social control
B) mind control.
C) social contact.
D) social contract. - Correct Answers -social control
When judges are aggressively involved in social change through their decision making,
this is called:
A) judicial claiming.
B) blaming.
C) judicial activism.
D) naming. - Correct Answers -judicial activism
The final stage in the dispute process, where damages are sought, is:
