Final Exam Chap.8
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Final Exam for Justice class
- 1.The professional courtroom actors, including judes, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, public defenders, and others who earn a living serving the court
- A.
Prosecutor
- B.
Prodecutorial discretion
- C.
Courtroom work group
- D.
Judge
- 2.An elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law and who is authorized to hear and sometimes to dto conduct decide cases and to conduct trials.
- A.
Prosecutor
- B.
Prosecutorial discretion
- C.
Judge
- D.
Baliff
- 3.An attorney whose official duty is to conduct crimninal proceedings on behalf of the state or the people against those accused of having committed criminal offenses
- A.
Judge
- B.
Prosecutor
- C.
Bailiff
- D.
Expert witness
- 4.The decision making power of prosecutors, based on the wide range of choices avalible to them
- A.
Prosecutorial discretion
- B.
Exculpatory evidence
- C.
Defense attorney
- D.
Public defender
- 5.Any information having a tendency to clear a person of guilt or blame
- A.
Prosecutorial discretion
- B.
Adversarial system
- C.
Change of venue
- D.
Expulpatory evidence
- 6.What are the three major categoires of defense attorneys assist crimnial crimnal defendants in the U.S
- A.
1.) Lawers 2.) Jury 3.) Judge
- B.
1.) Private attorneys, court appointed consel and public defenders
- C.
1.) Privat attorneys, Jury, Public defenders
- 7.An attorney employed by a government agency or subagency for the purpose of providing defense services to indigents, or an attorney who has volunteered such service
- A.
Public Defender
- B.
Baliff
- C.
Expert witness
- D.
Lay witness
- 8.The court officer whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom, to secure witnesses, and to maintain physical cutody of the Jury
- A.
Judge
- B.
Prosecutor
- C.
Juror
- D.
Bailiff
- 9.A person who has special knowlege and skills recogized by the court as relevant to the determination of guilt or innocence. May express opinions or draw conclusions in ther testimony
- A.
Subpoena
- B.
Lay Witness
- C.
Expert Witness
- D.
Bailiff
- 10.An eyewitness, Character witness, or other person called on to tesify who is not considered an expert. Must only testify to facts only.
- A.
Bailiff
- B.
Expert Witness
- C.
Lay Witness
- D.
Juror
- 11.A written order issued by a judicial officer or grand jury requiring an individual to appear in court and to give testimony or to bring material to be used as evidence.
- A.
Lay witness
- B.
Change of venue
- C.
Rules of evidence
- D.
Subpoena
- 12.A member of a trial or grand dury who has been selected for jury duty and is required to serve as an arbiter of the facts in a court of law
- A.
Judge
- B.
Juror
- C.
Prosecutor
- D.
Baillif
- 13.The movement of a trial or lawsuit from one jurisdiction to another or from one location to another within the same jurisdiction
- A.
Change of venue
- B.
Rules of evidence
- C.
Adversarial System
- D.
Jury Challenges
- 14.How many stages are there in a criminal trial
- A.
96
- B.
291
- C.
36
- D.
12
- 15.The court rules that govern the admissibility of evidence at criminal hearings and trials
- A.
Change of venue
- B.
Rules of evidence
- C.
Adversarial System
- D.
Jury Challenges
- 16.The two sided structure under which American crimnal trial courts operate that pits the prosecution against the defense
- A.
Prosecutorial discretion
- B.
Adversarial System
- C.
Plea bargaining
- D.
Exculpatory evidence
- 17.What are the 3 types of jury challenges that are recognized in criminal courts
- A.
1.)Challenge to provide explanation 2.)challenge to ask questions 3.) challenge to testify
- B.
1) challegng to the array, 2.)challenge to plea, 3.) Peremtory challenges
- C.
1)peremtory challenges, Challenge to ask questions, challenge to plea
- D.
1.) challenge to the array, 2.)challenges for cause, and peremtory challenges,
- 18.The process wherby, according to law and precedent, members of a particular trial jury are chosen.
- A.
Jury selection
- B.
Jury Challenges
- C.
Scientific Jury selection
- D.
Subpoena
- 19.The use of correlational techniques from the social sciences to guage the likelihood that potential juror will vote for conviciton or for acquittal
- A.
Jury Challenges
- B.
Jury Selection
- C.
Scientific Jury selection
- D.
Subpoena
- 20.The initial statement of the prosecutuion or for the defense describing the facts that he or she intends to present during trial to prove the case
- A.
Arragnment
- B.
Plea Bargaining
- C.
Opening statement
- D.
Public defender
- 21.Anything useful to a jude or jury in deciding the facts of a case. May take form of witness testimony, written documnets, videotapes, etc.
- A.
Evidence
- B.
Bail
- C.
Probative value
- D.
Appeal
- 22.The evidence that , if believed, directly proves a fact. Eye witness testimony and videtaped documentation account for the majority of this type of evidence.
- A.
Real evidence
- B.
Circumstantial Evidence
- C.
Direct Evidence
- 23.The evidence that requires interpretation or that requires a judge or jury to reach a conclusion based on what the evidence indicates
- A.
Real Evidence
- B.
Circumstantial Evidence
- C.
Direct Evidence
- 24.Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity.
- A.
Real Evidence
- B.
Circumstantial Evidence
- C.
Direct Evidence
- 25.The oral evidence offered by a sworn witness on the witness stand during a criminal trial
- A.
Perjury
- B.
Testimony
- C.
Subpoena
- D.
Deterrence
- 26.The intential making of a false statement as part of the testimony by a sworn witness in a judical proceeding on a matter relevant to the case at hand
- A.
Testimony
- B.
Perjury
- C.
White collar crime
- D.
Capital offense
- 27.An oral summation of a case presented to a judge, or to a judge and jury, by the prosecution or by the defense in a criminal trial
- A.
Closing argument
- B.
Verdict
- C.
Perjury
- D.
Captial Offense
- 28.The decision of the jury in a jury trial or of a judicial officer in a nonjury trial
- A.
Perjury
- B.
Captial Offense
- C.
Clsoing argument
- D.
Verdict
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