CJS 251 Week 2 Quiz

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CJS 251 Week 2 Quiz

Week 2 Quiz: Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13

 

 

1) Per __________, Section 2 of the Constitution, federal judges are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.

 

  1. A) Article I

  2. B) Article IV

  3. C) Article III

  4. D) Article II

 

2) The __________ Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to trial by an impartial judge.

 

  1. A) Fourteenth

  2. B) Fifth

  3. C) Tenth

  4. D) Eighth

 

3) The __________ is the chief local prosecutor at the county level.

 

  1. A) District Attorney

  2. B) U.S. Attorney General

  3. C) General Prosecutor

  4. D) Solicitor General

 

4) __________ is an approach intended to improve cooperation and collaboration between prosecutors and individuals outside the criminal justice system.

 

  1. A) Community prosecution

  2. B) Social norm prosecution

  3. C) Neighborhood prosecution

  4. D) Community policing

 

5) Conviction rates for indigent defendants and those with their own lawyers were about the same in Federal and State courts. About __________% of Federal defendants and __________% of the defendants in the most populous counties were found guilty regardless of the type of their attorneys.

 

  1. A) 80, 60

  2. B) 90, 75

  3. C) 50, 35

  4. D) 100, 100

 

 

6) The first public defender program in the United States opened in __________ in 1913.

 

  1. A) Providence

  2. B) New York City

  3. C) Boston

  4. D) Los Angeles

 

7) In __________, the Court extended the right to counsel to misdemeanor cases.

 

  1. A) Gideon v. Wainwright

  2. B) Powell v. Alabama

  3. C) Betts v. Brady

  4. D) Argersinger v. Hamlin

 

8) The __________ Amendment provides that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.”

 

  1. A) Sixth

  2. B) Fifth

  3. C) Fourteenth

  4. D) Twelfth

 

9) The right to a jury trial has always been recognized in the federal courts, but this right was not extended to the states until 1968 in the case of __________.

 

  1. A) Patton v. United States

  2. B) McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

  3. C) Ristaino v. Ross

  4. D) Duncan v. Louisiana

 

10) The appropriate size for a jury is anywhere between __________ and __________ members.

 

  1. A) six, sixteen

  2. B) four, sixteen

  3. C) six , twelve

  4. D) two, twelve