1. What is a necessary element of the crime of bigamy?
A. Prostitution
B. Malice
C. Intent
D. Polygamy
2. Which one of the following elements is required for an act to be the crime of receiving stolen property?
A. The offender must have knowledge that the property was stolen.
B. The offender must be negligent about the origin of the property.
C. The offender must have bought the property for an unreasonably low price.
D. The property must be sold by the offender.
3. Unlawfully presenting a forged check for payment is best described as
A. false pretenses.
B. malicious presentation.
C. uttering.
D. money laundering.
4. Steve buys a case of beer, takes it home, and drinks it all in one hour. The police knock on his door, see how drunk Steve is, but don't arrest him. Why?
A. Steve purchased the alcohol legally.
B. Steve demonstrated he could still function soberly enough by answering the door.
C. Steve isn't in a public place.
D. The police know Steve is an alcoholic who can't help himself.
5. Public morals offenses include which of the following crimes?
A. Prostitution, obscenity, pornography, gambling, and crimes involving games of chance
B. Prostitution, obscenity, gambling, and crimes involving public corruption
C. Obscenity, prostitution, pornography, gambling, games of chance, and crimes involving public corruption
D. Obscenity, gambling, pornography, and crimes involving public corruption
6. Zeke decides to burn a pile of trash on a windy day. He purposefully starts the fire dangerously close to his neighbor's house, causing it to catch on fire. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The element of malice has been met.
B. The element of motive has been met.
C. The element of motive is missing.
D. The element of malice is missing.
7. The practice of segmenting large cash transactions into smaller transactions to avoid federal reporting laws is called
A. integration.
B. layering.
C. structuring.
D. placement.
8. If a man has sex with his adult daughter, then the man is guilty of
A. statutory rape.
B. polygamy.
C. prostitution.
D. incest.
9. Which of the following statements about obscenity is true?
A. The state doesn't have to define the prohibited acts for material to be deemed obscene.
B. It can't be punished under a criminal statute.
C. Material that has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value has never been subject to an obscenity statute.
D. It's not protected by the First Amendment.
10. To determine whether sexual material appeals to a prurient interest, what is the material judged against?
A. Whether the material promotes a crime against nature
B. The moral rectitude of the material
C. A person's gut reaction
D. How the average person applying national standards would feel
11. Jaysen fills out an application for a credit card, unlawfully using Mike's name and Social Security number. In doing so, Jaysen has committed the crime of
A. robbery.
B. identity theft.
C. embezzlement.
D. money laundering.
12. When must the mens rea for burglary occur?
A. Before entering the building or dwelling
B. Mens rea isn't a required element of burglary.
C. After the crime has been committed
D. While in the building or dwelling
13. The value of the item taken during a robbery is
A. immaterial in establishing the seriousness of the crime.
B. determined by the opinion of the victim.
C. determined by its fair market value on the date of the crime.
D. determined by the jury.
14. What is the primary vehicle used to prohibit Internet gambling in the United States?
A. Federal law, such as the Wire Act, the Travel Act, and the Illegal Gambling Business Act
B. State and local laws, because they already regulate state gambling activity
C. Common law, because it's a recent phenomenon and precedent is still developing
D. Blockage of credit card use for Internet gambling by financial institutions
15. If Sam gives a prohibited controlled substance to Mark without asking for money and without saying anything, Sam would
A. not be convicted of any crime since he didn't take money and didn't say anything.
B. be able to use the defense that he never had possession of the controlled substance.
C. still be convicted of the crime of sale of a controlled substance.
D. not be convicted of any crime since he transferred the controlled substance to Mark.
16. When must force or fear be present for the crime to be robbery
? A. Before the theft of property
B. During theft of property
C. Before, during, or after the theft of property
D. After the theft of property
17. Which one of the following types of theft requires asportation?
A. False pretenses
B. Larceny
C. Robbery
D. Embezzlement
18. A person who unlawfully takes money that was lawfully entrusted to him or her is guilty of the crime of
A. embezzlement.
B. fraud.
C. robbery.
D. extortion.
19. Lisa plans to steal from the house of her neighbor, Jane. Lisa goes to a bar and drinks heavily first to muster the courage to commit the crime. She returns from the bar, opens a window with a crowbar, and falls into the house. It turns out that she's in her own house, not Jane's. In this scenario, Lisa is guilty of
A. nothing.
B. robbery.
C. burglary.
D. trespass.
20. The only type of structure that could be burglarized under common law was a
A. dwelling house and buildings in the curettage.
B. business or home open to the public.
C. public building.
D. structure that belonged to the king.