QUESTION 1: In the absence of a confession, mens rea is usually proven by circumstantial evidence
True
False
QUESTION 2: In the absence of a confession, intent must generally be proven by __________ evidence.
A. peremptory
B. exclusive
C. referential
D. circumstantial
QUESTION 3: The objective determination that the defendant's act triggered a chain of events that ended as the bad result is called the
A. cause in fact
B. negligent cause
C. subsequent cause
D. total cause
QUESTION 4: Different levels of blameworthiness are indicated by different types of intent.
True
False
QUESTION 5: Fault that requires a "bad mind" in the actor is called
A. objective fault
B. subjective fault
C. no fault
D. concurrent fault
QUESTION 6: Liability without fault or in the absence of mens rea is called:
A. strict liability
B. harm causation
C. offending behavior
D. wanton liability
QUESTION 7: In strict liability cases, the prosecution has to prove only that the defendants committed a
A. voluntary act that caused the harm
B. voluntary civil act that caused harm
C. voluntary criminal act that caused harm
D. voluntary mistake that caused harm
QUESTION 8: General intent is the intent to...
A. commit a criminal act
B. cause harm
C. make the act cause the harm
D. have the mens rea
QUESTION 9: The mental element of a crime is called the:
A. mens rea
B. harm
C. actus reus
D. concurrence
QUESTION 10: Intent to commit a criminal act as defined in a statute is called
A. general intent
B. personal intent
C. blameless intent
D. negligent intent
QUESTION 11: Which of the following is not a type of culpability in the Model Penal Code?
A. purpose
B. knowledge
C. negligence
D. willfulness
QUESTION 12: What is the ONLY crime defined in the US Constitution?
A. murder
B. rape
C. treason
D. forgery
QUESTION 13: Another term for a criminal act is
A. mens rea
B. actus reus
C. de novo
D. pro bono
QUESTION 14: What is the only direct evidence of a defendant's mens rea?
A. a confession
B. a motive
C. a signed statement
D. polygraph examination
QUESTION 15: Mistake is a defense whenever the mistake prevents the formation of any fault-based
A. prejudice
B. hate
C. animus
D. mens rea
QUESTION 16: Factual cause is also known as which of the folowing?
A. "but for" cause
B. legal cause
C. proximate cause
D. intervening cause
QUESTION 17: Proximate cause is a subjective question of fairness that appeals to the jury's sense of:
A. justice
B. duty
C. fairness
D. guilt
QUESTION 18: Recklessness requires awareness of substantial and unjustifiable risks.
True
False
QUESTION 19: Ignorance of facts and law _____________ create a reasonable doubt that the prosecution has proved the element of criminal intent.
A. can
B. cannot
C. always
D. never
QUESTION 20: Mens rea translated means "evil state of mind."
True
False