Practice RBC 2 Test (examples)
1. Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man
didn't think his friend knew what he was talking about and spit at him; the
spittle landed on his friend's shirt.
What crime, if any, occurred?: The first man has committed the crime of battery
because he made contact even though he caused no harm. - Misd.
2. A woman walked into the local bar and saw her boyfriend with another
woman. She went to the table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool,
struck his head on the floor and was knocked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily injury. -
Felony
3. Two men were arguing during a baseball game. One man picked up a
baseball bat and swung at the other man. The second man ducked to avoid
being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not actually hit the sec-
ond man. True/False: False - assault with a deadly weapon because he attempted
to cause harm by using the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be likely)
4. During a bar fight, a man stabbed another man in the arm with a knife. The
first man has committed the crime of assault with a deadly weapon.
True / false: True
5. A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four other young men.
The four shoved him to the ground and kicked him until he was unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a deadly weapon. Did the
officer act appropriately?: Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to
produce great bodily injury. (the last crime element)
6. A paraplegic adult required home care. The caretaker arrived every morning
to dress the paraplegic and clean the apartment. The caretaker saw a wad of
money in the dresser drawer. One day, after completing the daily tasks, he took
the cash and left the apartment.
What crime, if any, occurred?: dependent adult abuse - he stole the money. The
amount of money will determine whether the crime is a felony or misdemeanor.
7. As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became more demanding.
One day she demanded repeatedly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter
brushed it again and again and became increasingly frustrated. Finally, the
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daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked her to brush her hair again,
that she hit her mother repeatedly with the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False: False - elder abuse because
she caused her mother physical pain.
8. A hitchhiker was picked up by a passing driver. As he entered the car,
the hitchhiker asked the driver to drop him off at a specific location. The
driver agreed initially, but later drove past the specified location in spite of
the hitchhiker's protests. The driver took the hitchhiker to another location
against the hitchhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of the
car when he asked to leave.
Has a crime been committed?: kidnapping (felony)
because the hitchhiker's consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the
driver refused.
9. A man wanted to date a coworker. One day in the company parking lot, he
saw her next to her car which had a flat tire. The man offered to give her a ride
to the gas station. When she refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into the car,
locked the doors, and drove until they entered another state.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false: False- kidnapping (felony)
10. During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty
elevator. Without warning, the defense attorney pushed the emergency but-
ton and began to harass the prosecuting attorney about a suspected ethics
violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator, the defense
attorney refused to reactivate it.
has a crime occurred?: yes = False imprisonment - maybe felony if violence,
menace, fraud, or deceit was used
11. A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked the doors to keep
her from leaving. He would not unlock the doors until she promised to meet
him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony: true - deceit
12. A boy lived with his father who had legal custody, but the boy still wanted
to see his mother, the man's ex-wife. The boy's father decided to allow the boy
to visit with his mother and took him to the mother's apartment. When he came
to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the boy go home with his father.
1. Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man
didn't think his friend knew what he was talking about and spit at him; the
spittle landed on his friend's shirt.
What crime, if any, occurred?: The first man has committed the crime of battery
because he made contact even though he caused no harm. - Misd.
2. A woman walked into the local bar and saw her boyfriend with another
woman. She went to the table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool,
struck his head on the floor and was knocked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily injury. -
Felony
3. Two men were arguing during a baseball game. One man picked up a
baseball bat and swung at the other man. The second man ducked to avoid
being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not actually hit the sec-
ond man. True/False: False - assault with a deadly weapon because he attempted
to cause harm by using the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be likely)
4. During a bar fight, a man stabbed another man in the arm with a knife. The
first man has committed the crime of assault with a deadly weapon.
True / false: True
5. A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four other young men.
The four shoved him to the ground and kicked him until he was unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a deadly weapon. Did the
officer act appropriately?: Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to
produce great bodily injury. (the last crime element)
6. A paraplegic adult required home care. The caretaker arrived every morning
to dress the paraplegic and clean the apartment. The caretaker saw a wad of
money in the dresser drawer. One day, after completing the daily tasks, he took
the cash and left the apartment.
What crime, if any, occurred?: dependent adult abuse - he stole the money. The
amount of money will determine whether the crime is a felony or misdemeanor.
7. As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became more demanding.
One day she demanded repeatedly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter
brushed it again and again and became increasingly frustrated. Finally, the
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daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked her to brush her hair again,
that she hit her mother repeatedly with the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False: False - elder abuse because
she caused her mother physical pain.
8. A hitchhiker was picked up by a passing driver. As he entered the car,
the hitchhiker asked the driver to drop him off at a specific location. The
driver agreed initially, but later drove past the specified location in spite of
the hitchhiker's protests. The driver took the hitchhiker to another location
against the hitchhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of the
car when he asked to leave.
Has a crime been committed?: kidnapping (felony)
because the hitchhiker's consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the
driver refused.
9. A man wanted to date a coworker. One day in the company parking lot, he
saw her next to her car which had a flat tire. The man offered to give her a ride
to the gas station. When she refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into the car,
locked the doors, and drove until they entered another state.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false: False- kidnapping (felony)
10. During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty
elevator. Without warning, the defense attorney pushed the emergency but-
ton and began to harass the prosecuting attorney about a suspected ethics
violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator, the defense
attorney refused to reactivate it.
has a crime occurred?: yes = False imprisonment - maybe felony if violence,
menace, fraud, or deceit was used
11. A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked the doors to keep
her from leaving. He would not unlock the doors until she promised to meet
him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony: true - deceit
12. A boy lived with his father who had legal custody, but the boy still wanted
to see his mother, the man's ex-wife. The boy's father decided to allow the boy
to visit with his mother and took him to the mother's apartment. When he came
to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the boy go home with his father.
