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The Pretrial and Trial Process MCQ

The Pretrial and Trial Process MCQ

 

1. _____ is examination of potential jurors.

Answer

Correct Answer: Voir dire

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2. Is vicinage selection of the jury from the area in which the crime is committed?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. _____ is known as location of the trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Venue

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4. _____ is defined as group of individuals from which a jury is selected.

Answer

Correct Answer: Venire

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5. _____ is a witness may not be prosecuted based on information derived from his or her testimony.

Answer

Correct Answer: Use and derivative use immunity

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6. Is true bill records the names of the grand jurors issuing an indictment?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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7. _____ is known as exemption from prosecution for any offense arising out of the act or transaction that is the subject of a witness’s testimony.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transactional immunity

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8. _____ is defined as a court order to produce documents.

Answer

Correct Answer: Subpoena duces tecum

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9. _____ is a court order to produce a tangible object.

Answer

Correct Answer: Subpoena ad testificandum

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10. Is speedy trial sixth Amendment right to a trial without unreasonable delay?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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11. _____ is known as substantial underrepresentation of a group on the jury venire.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rule of exclusion

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12. _____ is defined as judge should remove himself or herself from a case based on a conflict of interest or bias.

Answer

Correct Answer: Recusal

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13. _____ is the defense case at trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rebuttal

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14. Is reasonable doubt the standard for a criminal conviction?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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15. _____ is known as selecting the grand jury.

Answer

Correct Answer: Purging the grand jury

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16. _____ is defined as motions filed before the beginning of a criminal trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pretrial motions

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17. _____ is A report filed by a grand jury with the court on criminal activity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Presentment

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18. Is preliminary hearing determination whether a defendant should be bound over for trial?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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19. _____ is known as agreement to plead guilty in return for a reduction in charges or other considerations.

Answer

Correct Answer: Plea bargain

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20. _____ is defined as the jury.

Answer

Correct Answer: Petit jury

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21. _____ is removal of jurors without an obligation to state a reason.

Answer

Correct Answer: Peremptory challenge

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22. Is pattern jury instructions standard jury instructions?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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23. _____ is known as the prosecutor and defense attorney each indicate at the beginning of the trial the evidence that they plan to introduce during the trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Opening statement

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24. _____ is defined as “No contest”; requires the permission of the court. This plea is used when a defendant, while not admitting guilt, does not dispute the charge.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nolo contendere

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25. _____ is testimony from jurors about internal jury decision making will not be used to attack a jury verdict.

Answer

Correct Answer: No-impeachment rule

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26. Is no bill the grand jury refuses to indict an individual?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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27. _____ is known as motion based on contention that “no reasonable juror could conclude that guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Answer

Correct Answer: Motion for a judgment of acquittal

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28. _____ is defined as four states require indictments for felonies punishable by capital punishment and life imprisonment.

Answer

Correct Answer: Modified indictment states

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29. _____ is a fundamental error that causes cancellation of a trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mistrial

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30. Is miscarriage an individual may be subjected to a second trial despite the fact that jeopardy has attached?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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31. _____ is known as a mistrial based on the conclusion that public justice will not be served by continuing with the trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Manifest necessity

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32. _____ is defined as potential jurors are selected by a small group of individuals.

Answer

Correct Answer: Key man

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33. _____ is a questioning of individual jurors regarding whether they support the jury verdict.

Answer

Correct Answer: Jury poll

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34. Is jury nullification a jury’s refusal to follow the law and acquittal of a defendant?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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35. _____ is known as a judge’s direction to the jury regarding the law.

Answer

Correct Answer: Jury instructions

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36. _____ is defined as a prosecutor’s closing statement that responds to a statement by the defense attorney.

Answer

Correct Answer: Invited response

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37. _____ is a jury unable to reach a verdict.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hung jury

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38. Is hearsay a witness’s testimony about what someone else said that is introduced to prove the “truth” of a fact or facts?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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39. _____ is known as the jury must be selected from a group of individuals that fairly represents the community.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fair cross section of the community

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40. _____ is defined as the judge instructs jurors who are in the minority to reconsider the reasonableness of their views.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dynamite charge

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41. _____ is an individual may be prosecuted twice for the same offense by different jurisdictions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dual sovereignty doctrine

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42. Is double jeopardy prosecuting a defendant in the same jurisdiction on two occasions for the same offense?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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43. _____ is known as questions regarding the direct testimony of a witness.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cross-examination

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44. _____ is defined as sixth Amendment right of a defendant to confront his or her accusers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Confrontation Clause

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45. _____ is sixth Amendment right to compel the appearance of witnesses.

Answer

Correct Answer: Compulsory Process Clause

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46. Is collateral estoppel a fact established in a trial is assumed to be established in other prosecutions?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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47. _____ is known as summary of the evidence by the prosecutor and defense.

Answer

Correct Answer: Closing arguments

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48. _____ is defined as a juror may be excluded from the jury based on an actual or presumed inability to impartially evaluate the evidence.

Answer

Correct Answer: Challenge for cause

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49. _____ is the presentation of the prosecution’s evidence at trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: Case-in-chief

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50. Is burden of proof prosecution must prove every element of a criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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51. _____ is known as The prosecution is required to turn over exculpatory information to the accused.

Answer

Correct Answer: Brady rule

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52. _____ is defined as Double jeopardy prohibits prosecuting individu­als for criminal offenses that have the same elements.

Answer

Correct Answer: Blockburger test

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53. _____ is each element of a criminal offense must be established beyond a reasonable doubt.

Answer

Correct Answer: Beyond a reasonable doubt

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54. Is arraignment the defendant is informed of the charges against him or her and is required to enter a plea?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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55. The method by which an attorney may remove a prospective juror without providing an explanation is the ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Peremptory challenge

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56. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, what is the minimum number of jurors allowed for a federal criminal trial?

Answer

Correct Answer: 12

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57. All of the following are known as motion practice EXCEPT ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Change of defense attorney

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58. At which stage in the criminal process is the defendant formally indicted?

Answer

Correct Answer: The arraignment

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59. The primary purpose of the grand jury is to ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Return an indictment

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60. Motions for acquittal are rarely granted.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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61. Even if only one juror disagrees with the others, should a jury become deadlocked, the judge cannot interfere or even ask the jury to attempt to convince the lone dissenter.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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62. In order to convict a defendant, the jury (or judge in a bench trial) must find the defendant guilty beyond all doubt.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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63. In order to convict a defendant, the prosecution must establish every necessary element of the crime in question beyond a reasonable doubt.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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64. Individuals selected from a jury pool for the venire are to be selected randomly.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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65. The purpose of discovery is to ensure both sides have all of the available evidence.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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66. Perhaps the most common justification for a motion for a change of venue is pervasive and disruptive media coverage.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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67. Protection against double jeopardy is found in the Fifth Amendment.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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68. All states are required to use a grand jury to indict all felonies.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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69. Most states follow the probable cause standard to bind a defendant for trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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