1. _____ is defined as common law requirement, being abandoned by many states, that prevents a defendant from being held liable for murder when the victim dies a year and a day or more after the event that caused the injury.
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year-and-a-day rule
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2. _____ is knowledge is imputed to individuals who consciously avoid awareness in order to avoid criminal responsibility.
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willful blindness
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3. Is transferred intent what occurs when the intent to harm one individual is transferred to another?
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True
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4. _____ is known as a crime that does not require a criminal intent.
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strict liability
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5. _____ is defined as a mental determination to accomplish a specific result.
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specific intent
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6. _____ is guilty knowledge.
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scienter
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7. Is responsive intervening acts a defendant’s criminal act leads to an act undertaken by the victim in reaction to the threat. An unforeseeable and abnormal responsive act limits the defendant’s criminal liability?
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True
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8. _____ is known as conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a law-abiding person would observe in the defendant’s situation.
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Recklessly
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9. _____ is defined as a conscious intent to cause a particular result.
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purposely
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10. _____ is regulatory offenses carrying fines that typically do not require a criminal intent.
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public welfare offenses
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11. Is proximate cause the legally responsible cause of a criminal harm; may involve policy considerations?
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True
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12. _____ is known as a failure to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the actor’s situation.
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negligently
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13. _____ is defined as the mental element of a crime.
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mens rea
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14. _____ is awareness that conduct is practically certain to cause a result.
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knowingly
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15. Is intervening cause a cause that occurs between the defendant’s criminal act and a social harm?
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True
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16. _____ is known as an intent to commit an actus reus.
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general intent
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17. _____ is defined as the intent to achieve a specific result.
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crimes of cause and result
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18. _____ is individuals who act in a gross and wantonly reckless fashion are considered to intend the natural consequences of their actions and are guilty of willful and intentional battery or homicide.
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constructive intent
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19. Is concurrence a criminal intent must trigger and coincide with a criminal act?
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True
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20. _____ is known as a defendant’s criminal act results in the victim being at a particular place at a particular time and being impacted by an independent intervening act. The defendant is responsible for foreseeable coincidental intervening acts.
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coincidental intervening acts
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21. _____ is defined as evidence that indirectly establishes that the defendant possessed a criminal intent or committed a criminal act.
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circumstantial evidence
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22. _____ is the defendant must be shown to be the “but for” cause of the harm or injury.
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Cause in fact
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23. Is causation there must be a connection between an act and the resulting prohibited harm?
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True
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24. Causation must be legal for which of the following causes of harm?
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Proximate
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25. Which of the following involves engaging in harmful and dangerous conduct while being unaware of a risk that a reasonable person would appreciate?
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Negligently
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26. Strict liability offenses are offense that require ______.
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A criminal act, but no criminal intent
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27. The defendant bares the burden of establishing mens rea beyond a reasonable doubt.
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False
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28. General intent crimes are often referred to as crimes of cause and result because the offender possesses the intent to cause a particular result.
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False
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29. Which of the following would most likely be classified as a strict liability offense?
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Driving while intoxicated
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30. When a defendant’s act places a victim in a particular place where the victim is harmed by an unforeseeable event it may be considered a coincidental intervening act.
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True
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31. Concurrence must be proved ______.
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Beyond a reasonable doubt
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32. Strict liability crimes require proof of a mens rea but no actus reus.
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False
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33. A man is in a bar when the patron next to him insulted his wife, calling her ugly. In response he swung his fist at the second man. The second man ducked and instead the bartender was struck. Can the man be charged with battery of the bartender?
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Yes, the intent to hit the man was transferred to the bartender.
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34. Chronological concurrence requires that the intent exist ______.
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At the same time as the act
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35. Causation must be proved ______.
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Beyond a reasonable doubt
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36. The “but for” test essentially states that “but for the criminal act ______.”
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The harm would not have occurred
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37. Means rea contains two categories: general and specific intent.
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True
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38. The test for recklessness is subjective and based on what the individual believed in his or her specific circumstances.
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False
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Contemporary Criminal Law (U.S.) MCQs | Topic-wise
