Understanding The Courts: Key Exam Questions & Concepts

[03] The Courts Exam - Results Attempt 1 of 2 Written Nov 21, 2023 1:48 PM - Nov 21, 2023 2:08 PM Attempt Score / - 90 % Overall Grade (Highest Attempt) / - 90 % Question 1 5 / 5 points _______ is the process in which the suspects' names, charges, fingerprints, and photographs are entered in police records. Question options: A) Arraignment B) Preliminary hearing C) Booking D) Information Hide question 1 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 2 5 / 5 points Identify a true statement about merit selection of judges. Question options:

A) It involves the president appointing judges. B) It's sometimes referred to as the "Mississippi Plan." C) It doesn't entirely eliminate political influence from the selection process. D) It doesn't include citizens in its nominating commission. Hide question 2 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 3 5 / 5 points The decision on whether to charge and prosecute is made by Question options: A) a panel of experts. B) the judge. C) the defendant. D) the prosecutor. Hide question 3 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 4 5 / 5 points Which of the following is an effort to do something for victims and their survivors—to return them, as much as possible, to their previous state and to make them "whole" again?

Question options: A) Retribution B) Restoration C) Rehabilitation D) Deterrence Hide question 4 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 5 5 / 5 points When defendants plead nolo contendere, they Question options: A) don't admit guilt and aren't willing to accept punishment. B) don't admit guilt but are willing to accept punishment. C) admit guilt and are willing to accept punishment. D) admit guilt but aren't willing to accept punishment. Hide question 5 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 6 5 / 5 points In a/an _______ system the judge questions the witnesses at trial.

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Question options: A) adversarial B) informal C) expedited D) inquisitorial Hide question 6 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 7 5 / 5 points The philosophy of _______ justifies punishment as a way to discourage future crimes. Question options: A) revenge B) deterrence C) retribution D) just deserts Hide question 7 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 8 0 / 5 points

One reason that determinate sentencing laws are criticized is that Question options: A) the actual time in prison can be reduced. B) they're too detailed and cumbersome to apply. C) they exclude the possibility of parole. D) they produce an unusually harsh prison system. Hide question 8 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 9 5 / 5 points Which of the following was the US Supreme Court's ruling in Payne v. Tennessee in 1991? Question options: A) Judges and juries may consider victim-impact statements in their sentencing decisions. B) New evidence of innocence is no reason for a federal court to order a new state trial in the absence of constitutional grounds. C) It's cruel and unusual punishment to execute the intellectually challenged. D) State death penalty statutes are constitutional even when statistics indicate that they've been applied in racially biased ways. Hide question 9 feedback The Courts, Section 2

Question 10 5 / 5 points Sentencing guidelines are developed by sentencing commissions comprised of Question options: A) police and court personnel. B) legislators and appellate courts. C) private citizens, including victims and advocacy groups. D) both criminal justice professionals and private citizens. Hide question 10 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 11 5 / 5 points In highly controversial cases, all the judges in a circuit may sit together and hear a case in what's known as a/an Question options: A) circuit court. B) en banc hearing. C) bench trial. D) grand jury.

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Hide question 11 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 12 5 / 5 points Approximately _______ percent of state trial court decisions are affirmed on appeal. Question options: A) 80 B) 40 C) 20 D) 60 Hide question 12 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 13 5 / 5 points The term _______ is defined as the attempt to correct the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational, vocational, or therapeutic treatment and to return them to society as law-abiding citizens. Question options: A) retribution B) rehabilitation C) deterrence

D) incapacitation Hide question 13 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 14 5 / 5 points The longest prison sentence in the United States was for _______ years. Question options: A) 5,000 B) 30,000 C) 500 D) 100 Hide question 14 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 15 5 / 5 points Which of the following statements about active drug court participants is true? Question options: A) They're more likely to commit self-acknowledged criminal acts.

B) They're more likely to be rearrested after completing the program. C) They're more likely to reap psychosocial benefits not related to drug use or criminal behavior, such as less family conflict and being enrolled in school. D) They're more likely to relapse to drug use, and when they do relapse, they use drugs significantly more often than they did before participating in the program. Hide question 15 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 16 5 / 5 points Reductions in sentences for death row inmates, which are granted by a state's governor, are called Question options: A) habeas corpus petitions. B) proportionality reviews. C) commutations. D) appellate reviews. Hide question 16 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 17 5 / 5 points Indigent defendants are most likely to be defended by Question options:

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A) private defense attorneys. B) public defenders. C) court-appointed attorneys. D) special defenders. Hide question 17 feedback The Courts, Section 1 Question 18 5 / 5 points In which of the following landmark cases did the Supreme Court set aside death sentences? Question options: A) Gregg v. Georgia B) Roper v. Simmons C) Powell v. Alabama D) Furman v. Georgia Hide question 18 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 19 0 / 5 points The "three strikes and you're out" rule is a form of _______ sentencing.

Question options: A) truth-in- B) presumptive C) mandatory D) determinate Hide question 19 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Question 20 5 / 5 points What sentence requires the defendant to pay for damage caused by the crime? Question options: A) Indeterminate sentencing B) Determinate sentencing C) Restitution D) Flat-time sentencing Hide question 20 feedback The Courts, Section 2 Done

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