CRW2601 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2026 - DUE 2026

CRW2601 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2026 - DUE 2026; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and explanations. For assistance, Whats-App 0.8.1..2.7.8..3.3.7.2... Ensure your success with us.. Read the following facts and then choose the correct option: X1 and X2 belong to a criminal syndicate which hijacks cars. X1and X2 decide to hijack Z’s car as he is about to enter his home complex gate. X1 and X2 inflict a lethal wound upon Z, takehis car and drive off. While Z is still alive, X3, who does not know X1 and X2, appears on the scene. X3 has a grudge against Zand stabs Z in his chest. This wound does not however hasten Z’s death. Z dies shortly thereafter. Select one: A. X3 may be convicted of murder because there is a causal connection between X3’s act and Z’s death. B. X3 may be convicted of murder because he is a co-perpetrator. C. X3 may be guilty of murder by virtue of the doctrine of common purpose. D. X3 may not be convicted of murder because he is a joiner-in. Clear my choice Time left 0:35:40 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts and then choose the correct option below: X intends on shooting Y who is sitting in a restaurant withother people. X is aware that there is a possibility that he might shoot the other customers but reconciles himself with thispossibility. X goes ahead and shoots and injures some customers. Which form/s of intention does X have in respect of Y andthe customers? Select one: A. Direct intention. B. Indirect intention. C. Dolus eventualis . D. Direct intention and dolus eventualis . Clear my choice Time left 0:35:03 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 3 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts and then choose the correct option: X and Y are orphans who live in a township. X and Y stronglybelieve that Z – their neighbour – killed their parents for ritual purposes. One night, X and Y invite Z over to their home fordrinks as they intend on avenging their parents’ death. X poisons Z’s drink and Z immediately dies. X needs help to get rid ofZ’s body and calls Y who has been playing video games in his room to assist him in getting rid of the corpse. Y had agreedbefore the poisoning that he would help X get rid of Z’s corpse. Together they drag the body outside the house and bury it intheir yard. Select one: A. Y will be held liable as a co-perpetrator. B. Y will be held liable as a joiner-in. C. Y will be held liable as an accessory after the fact. D. Y will be held liable as an accomplice. Clear my choice Time left 0:33:58 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 4 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts and then choose the correct option below: X, a 16-year-old schoolboy, committed culpable homicidewhen he stabbed a fellow schoolboy during an altercation. The test for negligence in this case will be: Select one: A. that of a reasonable person. B. that of a reasonable 16-year-old schoolboy. C. an objective test. D. the foreseeability of the result or circumstance by the reasonable person. Clear my choice Time left 0:33:17 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 5 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Which one of the following scenarios does NOT constitute a punishable impossible attempt? Select one: A. X wants to steal a cell phone from Y’s pocket, but Y’s pocket is empty. B. X fires a shot into Y’s bed believing him to be there, but in actual fact Y is somewhere else and no one is in the bed. C. X thinks that Zimbabwe has banned the importation of fuel from South Africa and attempts to smuggle some“banned” fuel into Zimbabwe. D. X, a 20-year-old man, knows that it is an offence to engage in any sexual activity with a child under the age of 16. Xhas consensual sexual intercourse with Y whom X believes is 15 years old, but Y is in fact 18 years old. Clear my choice Time left 0:32:18 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 6 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ The cognitive element of intention consists in X’s knowledge/awareness of: Select one: A. the act, existence of definition elements and the unlawfulness of the act. B. the act, voluntariness of an act and intention. C. X directing his will towards a certain act/result. D. the unlawfulness of the act. Clear my choice Time left 0:31:25 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 7 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X goes hunting with his friend Y at dusk. Whilst X is taking anap, Y goes back to the car to get his water bottle that he left in the car. X wakes up from his nap and hears a sound at anearby bush. X shoots at a figure he believes is B whom he bears a grudge against. It later turns out that X has killed Yinstead. Select one: A. X will not be guilty of murder, since he did not have the intention to kill Y. B. X will be guilty of murder since his act is unlawful. C. X will not be guilty as it is an error in objecto . D. X will be guilty as this is a mistake relating to the identity of the human being. Clear my choice Time left 0:30:51 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 8 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts and then choose the correct option: A bomb explodes in a building in the city centre, injuring severalpeople inside. X, the driver of an ambulance, drives as fast as he can through a busy street to reach the building in time tosave people inside the building. In the course of doing so, he drives through an intersection while the robot is red, collidingwith another vehicle. Select one: A. X’s conduct is negligent because he drove through an intersection while the robot is red. B. X’s conduct is negligent because he should have foreseen that crossing a red robot might result in him colliding withother vehicles and he reconciled himself with that possibility. C. X’s conduct is not negligent because although he did foresee that the conduct may result in injury to other people onthe street, a reasonable person in these circumstances would decide it is not necessary take steps to guard againstcausing injury. D. X’s conduct is negligent because a reasonable person would have foreseen that the conduct may result in injury andtaken steps to guard against causing injury. Clear my choice Time left 0:30:06 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 9 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts and then choose the correct option below: X commits culpable homicide. Evidence reveals that Xwas intoxicated when he committed the act. What is the legal position in this situation? Select one: A. X will be guilty of culpable homicide as his intoxication does not exclude his negligence. B. X will not be guilty of culpable homicide as he was so intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing. C. X will be in contravention of section 1 of Act 1 of 1998. D. X will not be guilty of culpable homicide, nor will he be convicted of being in contravention of section 1 of Act 1 of1998. Clear my choice Time left 0:29:27 UNISA  2026  CRW2601-26-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 10 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ In the case of Mtshiza 1970 (3) SA 747 (A), the judgment confirms that a factual situation in which there is an abberatio ictus should be judged as follows: Select one: A. X will normally always be guilty of attempted murder in respect of Y (the person X intended on killing). B. X will not be guilty of any offence as the person he intended on killing (Y) did not die. C. X will be guilty of culpable homicide in respect of Z (the person actually killed by X) if he (X) did foresee thepossibility that his blow might strike and kill someone other than Y. D. X will be guilty of murder in respect of Z (the person actually killed by X) as this is a material mistake. Clear my choice Time left 0:28:44 CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 1 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X intends to assault his friend Y, but does nothave the courage to do so, and takes to drink to generate the necessary courage. While intoxicated, X kicks Y. Select one: A. X will not be guilty of assault because he did not have criminal capacity to commit the crime. B. X will not be guilty of assault because of delirium tremens . C. X will not be guilty of assault because he committed a crime whilst involuntarily intoxicated. D. X will be guilty of assault because when X was completely sober, he already had the necessaryculpability. X's inebriated body merely becomes an instrument used for the purpose of committing thecrime. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X robs a bank. X’s friend, Y, hides X in his hometo help him (X) avoid arrest. Y is: Select one: A. A joiner-in. B. An accessory after the fact. C. A perpetrator. D. An accomplice. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 3 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X's merchandise is insured and is stored in Y'sbuilding. To obtain the insurance money, X sets the merchandise on fire, fully realising that the building itself willnecessarily catch alight. When this happens, the building burns down. On a charge of arson: Select one: A. X may be charged with arson because he had intention in the form of dolus directus. B. X may not be charged with arson because he did not have intention to burn the building. C. X may be charged with arson because he had intention in the form of dolus indirectus . D. X may be charged with arson because he had intention in the form of dolus eventualis. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 4 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X is hunting a buck. In the dusk he sees a figurewhich he thinks is a buck, and shoots at it. It turns out to be a human being, Y, who has been killed. Select one: A. X is guilty of murder because mistake is not an excuse. B. X is not guilty of murder as his mistake relates to unlawfulness. C. X is not guilty of murder because he was mistaken in respect of one of the definitional elements of thecrime of murder. D. X is not guilty of murder as his mistake relates to an act. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 5 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: Y leaves his home in the evening to attend afunction. When he returns late at night, he discovers that he has lost his front-door key. He decides to climbthrough an open window. X, his wife, is woken by a sound at the window. In the darkness, she sees a figureclimbing through it. She believes the figure to be either a burglar or the man who has recently raped severalwomen in the neighbourhood. She shoots and kills the person, only to discover that it is her own husband thatshe has killed. Select one: A. X will be guilty of culpable homicide because she acted negligently. B. X will be guilty of murder because she intended to kill a human being. C. X will not be guilty of murder because she acted in private defence. D. X will not be guilty of murder because her intention (knowledge) did not extend to include theunlawfulness of her act. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 6 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X fires at Y and strikes Y, but Y's life is fortunatelysaved by prompt medical intervention. Which type of attempt is applicable? Select one: A. Interrupted attempt. B. Attempt to commit the impossible. C. Voluntary withdrawal. D. Completed attempt. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 7 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: A fire breaks out in a college building in a citycentre, trapping students inside. Their lives are in danger. The fire brigade is summoned. With the fire engine'ssirens blaring, X, the driver of the fire engine, drives as fast as he can through busy streets to reach the fire intime. While doing so, he drives through an intersection while the robot is red, colliding with another vehicle. Select one: A. X’s conduct is negligent because he drove through an intersection whilst the robot was red. B. X’s conduct is not negligent because although a reasonable person would have foreseen that conductsuch as this may result in damage or injury to other people in the street, the reasonable person in thesecircumstances would decide that it is not necessary to take steps to guard against causing damage orinjury. C. X’s conduct is negligent because a reasonable person would have taken steps to guard against theresult ensuring. D. X’s conduct is not negligent because he had no intention to drive through the red robot and collide withanother vehicle. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 8 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X hires Z to murder Y. Z executes the assignmentand fires a shot at Y, killing Y. Select one: A. Only Z will be guilty of murder as she fired the deadly shot. B. Both X and Z will be guilty of murder even though X did not further the commission of the crime. C. Both X and Z will be guilty of murder as they are co-perpetrators. D. Only X will be guilty of murder as he is the mastermind, and Z is only an instrument used to commit thecrime. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 9 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X and Y undertake a joint robbery. X knows that Yis armed with a loaded revolver. He also knows that Y may use this weapon if the people whom they want to roboffer resistance. They go to a shop which Y enters while X stands watch outside. The proprietor of the shop (Z)resists Y, causing Y to shoot and kill Z. On a charge of murder, which form of culpability is applicable for X? Select one: A. Dolus directus . B. Dolus eventualis. C. Dolus indirectus. D. Negligence. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 10 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ In De Blom 1977 (3) SA 513 (A), the court held that: Select one: A. The cliché "every person is presumed to know the law" no longer had any foundation, and the view that"ignorance of the law is no excuse" could, in the light of the present-day view of culpability, no longerhave any application in our law. B. It is only in respect of crimes requiring intention that actual knowledge of the legal provisions is requiredfor liability. C. A mistake with regard to the chain of causation may indeed exclude intention, provided the actual chainof events differed materially from that envisaged by the perpetrator. D. The test for putative private defence is purely subjective, whereas the test for private defence isobjective. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 1 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X intends to assault his friend Y, but does nothave the courage to do so, and takes to drink to generate the necessary courage. While intoxicated, X kicks Y. Select one: A. X will not be guilty of assault because of delirium tremens . B. X will not be guilty of assault because he did not have criminal capacity to commit the crime. C. X will not be guilty of assault because he committed a crime whilst involuntarily intoxicated. D. X will be guilty of assault because when X was completely sober, he already had the necessaryculpability. X's inebriated body merely becomes an instrument used for the purpose of committing thecrime. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X and Y undertake a joint robbery. X knows that Yis armed with a loaded revolver. He also knows that Y may use this weapon if the people whom they want to roboffer resistance. They go to a shop which Y enters while X stands watch outside. The proprietor of the shop (Z)resists Y, causing Y to shoot and kill Z. On a charge of murder, which form of culpability is applicable for X? Select one: A. Dolus indirectus. B. Dolus eventualis. C. Negligence. D. Dolus directus . Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 3 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: A fire breaks out in a college building in a citycentre, trapping students inside. Their lives are in danger. The fire brigade is summoned. With the fire engine'ssirens blaring, X, the driver of the fire engine, drives as fast as he can through busy streets to reach the fire intime. While doing so, he drives through an intersection while the robot is red, colliding with another vehicle. Select one: A. X’s conduct is negligent because he drove through an intersection whilst the robot was red. B. X’s conduct is not negligent because although a reasonable person would have foreseen that conductsuch as this may result in damage or injury to other people in the street, the reasonable person in thesecircumstances would decide that it is not necessary to take steps to guard against causing damage orinjury. C. X’s conduct is not negligent because he had no intention to drive through the red robot and collide withanother vehicle. D. X’s conduct is negligent because a reasonable person would have taken steps to guard against theresult ensuring. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 4 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X is hunting a buck. In the dusk he sees a figurewhich he thinks is a buck, and shoots at it. It turns out to be a human being, Y, who has been killed. Select one: A. X is not guilty of murder as his mistake relates to an act. B. X is guilty of murder because mistake is not an excuse. C. X is not guilty of murder because he was mistaken in respect of one of the definitional elements of thecrime of murder. D. X is not guilty of murder as his mistake relates to unlawfulness. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 5 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X fires at Y and strikes Y, but Y's life is fortunatelysaved by prompt medical intervention. Which type of attempt is applicable? Select one: A. Attempt to commit the impossible. B. Voluntary withdrawal. C. Completed attempt. D. Interrupted attempt. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 6 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X's merchandise is insured and is stored in Y'sbuilding. To obtain the insurance money, X sets the merchandise on fire, fully realising that the building itself willnecessarily catch alight. When this happens, the building burns down. On a charge of arson: Select one: A. X may be charged with arson because he had intention in the form of dolus indirectus . B. X may be charged with arson because he had intention in the form of dolus directus. C. X may not be charged with arson because he did not have intention to burn the building. D. X may be charged with arson because he had intention in the form of dolus eventualis. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 7 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: Y leaves his home in the evening to attend afunction. When he returns late at night, he discovers that he has lost his front-door key. He decides to climbthrough an open window. X, his wife, is woken by a sound at the window. In the darkness, she sees a figureclimbing through it. She believes the figure to be either a burglar or the man who has recently raped severalwomen in the neighbourhood. She shoots and kills the person, only to discover that it is her own husband thatshe has killed. Select one: A. X will be guilty of murder because she intended to kill a human being. B. X will not be guilty of murder because she acted in private defence. C. X will not be guilty of murder because her intention (knowledge) did not extend to include theunlawfulness of her act. D. X will be guilty of culpable homicide because she acted negligently. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 8 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ In De Blom 1977 (3) SA 513 (A), the court held that: Select one: A. The test for putative private defence is purely subjective, whereas the test for private defence isobjective. B. A mistake with regard to the chain of causation may indeed exclude intention, provided the actual chainof events differed materially from that envisaged by the perpetrator. C. It is only in respect of crimes requiring intention that actual knowledge of the legal provisions is requiredfor liability. D. The cliché "every person is presumed to know the law" no longer had any foundation, and the view that"ignorance of the law is no excuse" could, in the light of the present-day view of culpability, no longerhave any application in our law. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 9 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X robs a bank. X’s friend, Y, hides X in his hometo help him (X) avoid arrest. Y is: Select one: A. A perpetrator. B. A joiner-in. C. An accessory after the fact. D. An accomplice. Clear my choice Font size A- A A+ Site color R A A A CRW2601-25-S1  Welcome Message  Assessment 2 Question 10 Not yet answered Marked out of 10.00 QUIZ Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X hires Z to murder Y. Z executes the assignmentand fires a shot at Y, killing Y. Select one: A. Both X and Z will be guilty of murder as they are co-perpetrators. B. Only Z will be guilty of murder as she fired the deadly shot. C. Only X will be guilty of murder as he is the mastermind, and Z is only an instrument used to commit thecrime. D. Both X and Z will be guilty of murder even though X did not further the commission of the crime.