1. Ivana has an unanticipated seizure while driving a car and causes an accident that kills two persons. Ivana may be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

True or false

2. Cyberbullying causes severe psychological impact on the victim and, hence, is considered an especially vicious crime.

True or false

3. A single act may be either a tort or a crime, but not both.

True or false

4. Building code violations are generally considered felonies.

True or false

5. A conviction under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act requires that the defendant

a. will commit an illegal action that crosses state lines.

b. must commit a racketeering offense.

c. will pass himself off as another.

d. must use a computer to commit identity theft.

6. Recklessness involves a person being indifferent to a serious risk that they know exists.

True or false

7. Some courts consider the battered spouse syndrome defense to be a form of self-defense.

True or false

8. Individuals who wrongfully take property entrusted to their care have committed larceny.

True or false

9. A felony is a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding __________.

a. twenty years

b. ten years

c. five years

d. three years

e. one year

10. __________ involves offering, promising, or actually giving something of value to a public official with the goal of influencing that official in the discharge of his or her public duties.

a. Embezzlement

b. Bribery

c. Battery

d. Misappropriation

e. Entrapment

11. Some states have separate categories for their most serious crimes.

True or false

12. Embezzlement is defined as

a. offering, promising, or actually giving something of value to a public official with the goal of influencing him/her in the discharge of his/her public duties.

b. the crime of removing, hiding, destroying, giving away, or transferring any person's property with the intent to defraud.

c. wrongfully taking property or funds that have been entrusted to the care of the offender.

d. the false making or changing of a writing without proper authorization with the intent to defraud.

13. Refusal to act can sometimes be considered criminal.

True or false

14. Using the doctrine of __________ liability, the courts can hold corporations liable for the criminal acts of their employees.

a. model penal

b. criminal

c. strict

d. vicarious

15. Anyone convicted of felony is punishable only by means of imprisonment.

True or false

16. The American system does not allow the federal government power in the Constitution to enact criminal law statutes or establish a national police force.

True or false

17. __________ refers to the failure to see the possible negative consequences of an action.

a. Assault

b. Battery

c. Felony

d. Negligence

e. Recklessness

18. In criminal law, "purpose" is the same as "premeditation."

True or false

19. Most states include involuntary actions within the definition of criminal act.

True or false

20. __________ involves a perverse disregard of a known risk of negative consequences.

a, Intent

b, Negligence

c, Recklessness

d, Purpose