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