CRJU CHAPTER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What do lower courts handle? - Answer-Misdemeanors and preliminary hearings
What are trial courts responsible for? - Answer-Conducting felony trials with judges and
juries
Role of appellate courts - Answer-Review legal errors from lower courts and set legal
precedents
Role of judges - Answer-Rule on legal matters and impose sentences
Role of prosecutors - Answer-Represent the state, decide charges, present evidence of
guilt
Role of defense attorneys - Answer-Protect defendants' rights and challenge
prosecution evidence
Role of juries - Answer-Decide questions of fact and deliver verdicts
What percentage of criminal cases end in plea bargains? - Answer-About 95%
What percentage reach jury trials? - Answer-About 2%
Average case processing time from arrest - Answer-50+ days
Purpose of corrections - Answer-Supervise convicted offenders
Difference between prisons and jails - Answer-Prisons house felony offenders (over 1
year); jails hold detainees and misdemeanants
What is probation? - Answer-Court-ordered community supervision instead of
incarceration
What is parole? - Answer-Conditional early release from prison with supervision
What does the Wedding Cake Model illustrate? - Answer-How criminal cases are
processed based on seriousness and visibility
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What do lower courts handle? - Answer-Misdemeanors and preliminary hearings
What are trial courts responsible for? - Answer-Conducting felony trials with judges and
juries
Role of appellate courts - Answer-Review legal errors from lower courts and set legal
precedents
Role of judges - Answer-Rule on legal matters and impose sentences
Role of prosecutors - Answer-Represent the state, decide charges, present evidence of
guilt
Role of defense attorneys - Answer-Protect defendants' rights and challenge
prosecution evidence
Role of juries - Answer-Decide questions of fact and deliver verdicts
What percentage of criminal cases end in plea bargains? - Answer-About 95%
What percentage reach jury trials? - Answer-About 2%
Average case processing time from arrest - Answer-50+ days
Purpose of corrections - Answer-Supervise convicted offenders
Difference between prisons and jails - Answer-Prisons house felony offenders (over 1
year); jails hold detainees and misdemeanants
What is probation? - Answer-Court-ordered community supervision instead of
incarceration
What is parole? - Answer-Conditional early release from prison with supervision
What does the Wedding Cake Model illustrate? - Answer-How criminal cases are
processed based on seriousness and visibility
