POST EOT UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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POST EOT
POST EOT UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Where does law enforcement function fall in government? - CORRECT ANSWERExecutive branch of government
What are the two types of crimes in Georgia? - CORRECT ANSWER- Misdemeanor and
Felony
What defines a misdemeanor? - CORRECT ANSWER- Crim...
POST EOT UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Where does law enforcement function fall in government? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Executive branch of government
What are the two types of crimes in Georgia? - CORRECT ANSWER- Misdemeanor and
Felony
What defines a misdemeanor? - CORRECT ANSWER- Crime punishable by incarceration
for a period of 12 months or less
What defines a felony? - CORRECT ANSWER- Crime punishable by incarceration for more
than one year
What court hears misdemeanor cases? - CORRECT ANSWER- State court
What court hears felony cases? - CORRECT ANSWER- Superior court
What are the four sources in which criminal law can be found in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Constitution, Common Law, Statutes, Administrative or Regulatory
agency decisions
What is the primary reason for rules of evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- To prevent the
jury from hearing improper evidence
What is the definition of evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- Anything that can be used to
prove or disprove a fact
What is the definition of testimony? - CORRECT ANSWER- Evidence in an oral form
What is admissibility? - CORRECT ANSWER- Rules which protect the trier of fact from
hearing improper evidence which may be untrustworthy or unreliable, which may prejudice
the case against the defendant
,What is relevance? - CORRECT ANSWER- A rule of admissibility that requires the evidence
relevant and have bearing on the issues in the case.
What is materiality? - CORRECT ANSWER- The a rule of admissibility that deals with the
importance of the evidence item in question
What is the hearsay rule? - CORRECT ANSWER- Prohibits the introduction of secondhand
information because its reliability and trustworthiness cannot be established
What is the level of proof in a criminal case? - CORRECT ANSWER- Beyond a reasonable
doubt
What is the level of proof in a civil case? - CORRECT ANSWER- Preponderance of the
evidence
Who is responsible for proving a criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt? - CORRECT
ANSWER- The prosecution
Who has the presumption of innocence in a criminal case? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
defendant
In a civil case, what is the alleged wronged person called? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
plaintiff
What is a corpus delicti? - CORRECT ANSWER- The combination of all the elements of a
crime
What are the exceptions to the hearsay rule? - CORRECT ANSWER- Confessions,
admissions, spontaneous and excited utterances, dying declarations, former testimony
What is the element required for a confession to be admissible? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Voluntary
,What is the requirement for former testimony to be admissible? - CORRECT ANSWER-
same defendant, same crime, same circumstances
Define entrapment. - CORRECT ANSWER- Officer of the law induces an otherwise innocent
person to commit a crime in order to have him punished
What is the required element of entrapment? - CORRECT ANSWER- Inducement
What is the statue of limitations for murder? - CORRECT ANSWER- None
What is the statue of limitations for rape? - CORRECT ANSWER- 15 years
What is the statue of limitations for crimes involving capital offenses or life imprisonment? -
CORRECT ANSWER- 7 years
What is the statue of limitations for misdemeanors? - CORRECT ANSWER- 2 years
What is the statue of limitations for most felonies? - CORRECT ANSWER- 4 years
What is the statue of limitations for felonies committed against a person under the age of 18?
- CORRECT ANSWER- 7 years
What does direct evidence usually refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER- testimony of witness
Real evidence is sometimes referred to as what? - CORRECT ANSWER- physical evidence
What is real evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- Items connected with the commission of
crime
What are some examples of real evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- fingerprints, tools,
weapons
, What is demonstrative or illustrative evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- tangible items that
which are produced for purpose of assisting witnesses in their testimony
What are some examples of demonstrative evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- photographs,
tape recordings, maps,
What is circumstantial evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER- All other types of evidence, other
than direct, that logically tend to link the defendant to the crime
What is an expert witness? - CORRECT ANSWER- One who possesses special skills or
knowledge not ordinarily possessed by others
What is an evidentiary privilege? - CORRECT ANSWER- A right of the defendant to have
certain matters of communication barred from court
What are some examples of evidentiary privilege? - CORRECT ANSWER- attorney/client,
husband/wife, grand jury proceedings
With whom does the burden of proof always rest? - CORRECT ANSWER- The State
What are the three components of the criminal justice system? - CORRECT ANSWER-
police, courts, corrections
What right is found in the fifth amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER- Right to grand jury
indictment, due process and double jeopardy
What right is found in the fourth amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER- Right to freedom
from unreasonable search and seizure
What right is found in the eighth amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER- Right to freedom
from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
What right is found in the sixth amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER- Right to speedy trial
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