Test Bank – Criminal Procedure (10th Edition) by Joel Samaha | Multiple Choice Questions & Answers | Updated 2025/2026 | A+ Grade Guaranteed

,1. What federal agency called on Ferguson, Missouri, to overhaul its criminal justice system, declaring that the city’s
actions had violated the Constitution?
a. the U.S. Justice Department
b. the Central Intelligence Agency
c. the Drug Enforcement Agency
d. the U.S. Marshals
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC CRPR.SAMA.18.01.01 - Understand the read-about–talk-about–write-about approach to
TIVES: “interrogating” criminal procedure in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 12:32 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM


2. Six members of what terrorist organization attacked entertainment sites in Paris on November 13, 2015?
a. Islamic State of Iraq
b. Boko Haram
c. al Jazeera
d. Islamic Jihad Union
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC CRPR.SAMA.18.01.01 - Understand the read-about–talk-about–write-about approach to
TIVES: “interrogating” criminal procedure in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:04 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM


3. In February 2016, which company wrote a letter to its customers, stating its commitment to protecting their personal
information?
a. Apple
b. Sony
c. Verizon
d. AT&T
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False

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,LEARNING OBJEC CRPR.SAMA.18.01.01 - Understand the read-about–talk-about–write-about approach to
TIVES: “interrogating” criminal procedure in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:10 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM


4. Which of the following refers to the concept of using no more state power and resources than are needed to prevent,
investigate, prosecute, sentence, and review official actions taken to provide for the ideals of public safety and individual
autonomy?
a. proportionality
b. equal justice
c. empirical justice
d. balancing
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIV CRPR.SAMA.18.01.02 - Know, understand, and appreciate the five ideals of criminal procedure
ES: in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:13 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM

5. What refers to securing public safety for the whole community, while protecting the liberty and privacy of every
individual in the community?
a. balancing
b. proportionality
c. equal justice
d. accuracy
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIV CRPR.SAMA.18.01.02 - Know, understand, and appreciate the five ideals of criminal procedure
ES: in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:17 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM

6. The equal justice ideal in criminal procedure refers to the impartial treatment of innocent and guilty individuals by:
a. law enforcement officers.
b. prosecutors.
c. judges.
d. law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges.
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, ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIV CRPR.SAMA.18.01.02 - Know, understand, and appreciate the five ideals of criminal procedure
ES: in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:19 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 12:01 PM

7. What criminal procedure ideal is best stated as avoiding two “errors of justice?”
a. accuracy
b. proportionality
c. balancing
d. equal justice
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Welcome to Criminal Procedure 10!
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIV CRPR.SAMA.18.01.02 - Know, understand, and appreciate the five ideals of criminal procedure
ES: in the Digital Age.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:21 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM

8. How many levels are there in the federal court system?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: U.S. v. Apple
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIV CRPR.SAMA.18.01.03 - Appreciate the balancing ideal as it is applied to the real world of
ES: criminal procedure.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/3/2017 2:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/6/2017 4:33 AM

9. What courts are the general trial courts of the U.S. court system?
a. U.S. Courts of Appeals
b. U.S. Tribunal Courts
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