CJUS TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
The 2 major advisory actors in criminal justice systems are - Answer- prosecutors and
defense attorney
The obligations of a party to produce evidence to put facts in issue is called - Answer-
burden of production
Criminal trial starts with 2 presumptions - Answer- presumption of innocence and
insanity
Supreme court’s decision in the brown V Mississippi was based on - Answer- 14
amendment due process clause
Importance of supreme court was measured in terms of - Answer- the wide ranging
impact their decisions have on all stages of process
During preliminary hearing the prosecutor must prove to a judge that - Answer- the
crime was committed and there is probable cause to believe the defendant is guilty.
Prisoner law suits claiming conditions of confinement constitute cruel and unusual
punishment are being violating - Answer- 8th amendment
The 2 amendments that mentions due process - Answer- 5 and 14
The rights to council - Answer- 6th amendment
The united states has a duel court system consisting of - Answer- state and federal
courts
The most influential actor in the courthouse - Answer- prosecutor
trial by judge without jury - Answer- bench trial
police practice against - Answer- fundamental fairness
key goal, crime continue model - Answer- repression personal conduc
, 3 components of american crime system - Answer- police, court, corrections
federal district courts are - Answer- federal trial courts
courts classified according to fundamental court - Answer- trial and appellate courts
contrast to federal judges, state judges are - Answer- elected
around 90% of felony convictions result - Answer- plea bargain
overall convict rate at trial for felony - Answer- an upward 90%
criminal defendants are usually - Answer- young, uneducated, male, member of minority
group
grand jury issue - Answer- an indictment in most cases
terms of national policy, most important court in the country is - Answer- the US
supreme court
US today, around 7.3 million people - Answer- is under some form of correctional
confinement or supervision
after booking, arrestees are - Answer- brought before a judge and advised of rights, the
charges against them and given the chances to make bail at initial appearance
burden approved in victory of civil case - Answer- free ponderance of evidence
much of the bill of rights has been made applicable to the states through - Answer- 14th
amendment
Corpus delicti is latin phrase meaning - Answer- body of the crime
mens ray refers to the - Answer- guilty mind
victims of crime are increasingly resorting to - Answer- civil litigation (suing after case)
court ordered directing a specific action is known as an - Answer- injunction
primary justification for providing constitutional safe guards is to insure that - Answer-
innocent persons is not harassed or wrongfully convicted
highest burden of proof - Answer- proof beyond a reasonable doubt
most civil cases involve a request for - Answer- monitory damages (primary)
CORRECT ANSWERS
The 2 major advisory actors in criminal justice systems are - Answer- prosecutors and
defense attorney
The obligations of a party to produce evidence to put facts in issue is called - Answer-
burden of production
Criminal trial starts with 2 presumptions - Answer- presumption of innocence and
insanity
Supreme court’s decision in the brown V Mississippi was based on - Answer- 14
amendment due process clause
Importance of supreme court was measured in terms of - Answer- the wide ranging
impact their decisions have on all stages of process
During preliminary hearing the prosecutor must prove to a judge that - Answer- the
crime was committed and there is probable cause to believe the defendant is guilty.
Prisoner law suits claiming conditions of confinement constitute cruel and unusual
punishment are being violating - Answer- 8th amendment
The 2 amendments that mentions due process - Answer- 5 and 14
The rights to council - Answer- 6th amendment
The united states has a duel court system consisting of - Answer- state and federal
courts
The most influential actor in the courthouse - Answer- prosecutor
trial by judge without jury - Answer- bench trial
police practice against - Answer- fundamental fairness
key goal, crime continue model - Answer- repression personal conduc
, 3 components of american crime system - Answer- police, court, corrections
federal district courts are - Answer- federal trial courts
courts classified according to fundamental court - Answer- trial and appellate courts
contrast to federal judges, state judges are - Answer- elected
around 90% of felony convictions result - Answer- plea bargain
overall convict rate at trial for felony - Answer- an upward 90%
criminal defendants are usually - Answer- young, uneducated, male, member of minority
group
grand jury issue - Answer- an indictment in most cases
terms of national policy, most important court in the country is - Answer- the US
supreme court
US today, around 7.3 million people - Answer- is under some form of correctional
confinement or supervision
after booking, arrestees are - Answer- brought before a judge and advised of rights, the
charges against them and given the chances to make bail at initial appearance
burden approved in victory of civil case - Answer- free ponderance of evidence
much of the bill of rights has been made applicable to the states through - Answer- 14th
amendment
Corpus delicti is latin phrase meaning - Answer- body of the crime
mens ray refers to the - Answer- guilty mind
victims of crime are increasingly resorting to - Answer- civil litigation (suing after case)
court ordered directing a specific action is known as an - Answer- injunction
primary justification for providing constitutional safe guards is to insure that - Answer-
innocent persons is not harassed or wrongfully convicted
highest burden of proof - Answer- proof beyond a reasonable doubt
most civil cases involve a request for - Answer- monitory damages (primary)
