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Understand the basic elements of a crime and the relationship among the elements is essential to a study in criminal law. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Model Penal Code is a proposed criminal code drafted by the American Law Institute. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An act involves physical behavior by a defendant. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Possession is considered an act within the meaning of section 2.01 of the Model Penal Code if the possessor knowingly procured or received the thing possessed or was aware of his control of the thing. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A specific intent crime is one in which the characterization of the crime includes that the defendant must have intent to achieve some consequence that goes beyond the conduct that constituted the crime. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Actus rea and mens rea must occur at the same time. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The "guilty mind;" or criminal intent in committing the act is known as: |
| | A) | concurrence |
| | B) | mens rea |
| | C) | causation |
| | D) | the crime |
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________________ is an intentional act resulting in harm or injury to a complaining plaintiff. |
| | A) | concurrence |
| | B) | causation |
| | C) | element |
| | D) | recommendation |
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A degree of knowledge that makes a person legally responsible for his/her act or omission is ______________. |
| | A) | scienter |
| | B) | homework |
| | C) | testimony |
| | D) | preponderance of the evidence |
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The Model Penal Code established four states of mind that rise to the level of criminal culpability. Those states of mind are: |
| | A) | social, sensitivity, carelessness and forgetfulness |
| | B) | purposely, knowingly, recklessly, negligently |
| | C) | negligently, social, purposely, naive |
| | D) | recklessly, caring, negligent, social |
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