BLETC Midterm questions with verified
answers already passed
3 Components to the criminal justice system - correct answer ✔✔1. Law
Enforcement
2. Courts
3. Corrections
The criminal justice system was created for 2 reasons: - correct answer ✔✔1.
Control Crime
2. Punish Violators
The amendment that made the Bill of Rights applicable to the States - correct
answer ✔✔14th
Grand juries can make two decisions on a case: - correct answer ✔✔1. True Bill
(probable cause is found)
2. No Bill (case is dismissed)
3 Types of Law - correct answer ✔✔1. Constitutional
2. Statutory
3. Administrative
, The amendment that provides the right to trial by jury in civil cases - correct
answer ✔✔7th Amendment
The decision to grant parole is made by ______________ - correct answer
✔✔Board of Pardons and Parole
An authority conferred by law to act in certain conditions or situations in
accordance with an official's or an official agency's own considered judgment and
conscience - correct answer ✔✔Discretion
3 Responsibilities of a Sheriff's Office - correct answer ✔✔1. Court Security
2. Jail
3. Serving Warrants
Superior Courts have GENERAL/LIMITED jurisdiction - correct answer ✔✔General
Georgia's court that has exclusive authority to hear felony cases - correct answer
✔✔Superior Court
The highest court in which trials are held in Georgia - correct answer ✔✔Superior
Court
The 3 States that made up the 11th Federal Circuit - correct answer ✔✔Georgia,
Florida, and Alabama
answers already passed
3 Components to the criminal justice system - correct answer ✔✔1. Law
Enforcement
2. Courts
3. Corrections
The criminal justice system was created for 2 reasons: - correct answer ✔✔1.
Control Crime
2. Punish Violators
The amendment that made the Bill of Rights applicable to the States - correct
answer ✔✔14th
Grand juries can make two decisions on a case: - correct answer ✔✔1. True Bill
(probable cause is found)
2. No Bill (case is dismissed)
3 Types of Law - correct answer ✔✔1. Constitutional
2. Statutory
3. Administrative
, The amendment that provides the right to trial by jury in civil cases - correct
answer ✔✔7th Amendment
The decision to grant parole is made by ______________ - correct answer
✔✔Board of Pardons and Parole
An authority conferred by law to act in certain conditions or situations in
accordance with an official's or an official agency's own considered judgment and
conscience - correct answer ✔✔Discretion
3 Responsibilities of a Sheriff's Office - correct answer ✔✔1. Court Security
2. Jail
3. Serving Warrants
Superior Courts have GENERAL/LIMITED jurisdiction - correct answer ✔✔General
Georgia's court that has exclusive authority to hear felony cases - correct answer
✔✔Superior Court
The highest court in which trials are held in Georgia - correct answer ✔✔Superior
Court
The 3 States that made up the 11th Federal Circuit - correct answer ✔✔Georgia,
Florida, and Alabama
