POST RBC TEST #1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
All of the following are origins of law except:
A. Constitutional law
B. Statutory law
C. Case law
D. Presidential law - Answers - D. Presidential law
Where did the constitutional law originate from?
A. Legislative body
B. Federal/state constitutions
C. Appellate court - Answers - B. Federal/state constitutions
Which of the following are elements of a crime?
A. Commission of a prohibited act, or an omission of a required act.
B. Presence of a designated state of mind (intent)
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B - Answers - C. A & B
True or false: Intent is the mental state of mind that person knowingly committed a
crime. - Answers - True
Which best describes general intent?
A. A person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
B. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was
intended to affect. - Answers - B. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to
be a crime.
Which best describes transferred intent?
A. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
B. A person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was
intended to affect. - Answers - C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in
addition to, the person it was intended to affect.
Which best describes specific intent?
A. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was
intended to affect.
, B. A Person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
C. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime. - Answers - B. A
person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
All of these define a felony, except:
A. Most serious crime.
B. Public offense punishable by a fine only.
C. Punishable by fine and/or imprisonment in state prison.
D. Punishable by removal from office. - Answers - B. Public offense punishable by a fine
only.
All of these define a felony, except:
A. A crime of lesser gravity than a felony.
B. Punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment in county jail.
C. Punishable by death. - Answers - C. Punishable by death.
True or False: An infraction is a public offense punishable by imprisonment. - Answers -
False
Which is not one of the three parties to a crime?
A. Principal.
B. Accomplice.
C. Accessory.
D. Criminal. - Answers - D. Criminal
Which custody/mandatory supervision status has a different scope of search permitted?
A. PC Section 1170 Supervision
B. Parole
C. PRCS (Post Release Community Supervision) - Answers - A. PC Section 1170
Supervision
Which of the following is not considered an incapable person?
A. Mentally incapacitated
B. Children under 14 years of age.
C. Physically disabled.
D. Persons who committed the act or omission under ignorance or mistake of fact. -
Answers - C. Physically disabled.
Which amendment expresses "freedom of being tried twice for the same crime, from
self-incrimination"?
A. 3rd
All of the following are origins of law except:
A. Constitutional law
B. Statutory law
C. Case law
D. Presidential law - Answers - D. Presidential law
Where did the constitutional law originate from?
A. Legislative body
B. Federal/state constitutions
C. Appellate court - Answers - B. Federal/state constitutions
Which of the following are elements of a crime?
A. Commission of a prohibited act, or an omission of a required act.
B. Presence of a designated state of mind (intent)
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B - Answers - C. A & B
True or false: Intent is the mental state of mind that person knowingly committed a
crime. - Answers - True
Which best describes general intent?
A. A person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
B. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was
intended to affect. - Answers - B. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to
be a crime.
Which best describes transferred intent?
A. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
B. A person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was
intended to affect. - Answers - C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in
addition to, the person it was intended to affect.
Which best describes specific intent?
A. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was
intended to affect.
, B. A Person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
C. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime. - Answers - B. A
person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
All of these define a felony, except:
A. Most serious crime.
B. Public offense punishable by a fine only.
C. Punishable by fine and/or imprisonment in state prison.
D. Punishable by removal from office. - Answers - B. Public offense punishable by a fine
only.
All of these define a felony, except:
A. A crime of lesser gravity than a felony.
B. Punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment in county jail.
C. Punishable by death. - Answers - C. Punishable by death.
True or False: An infraction is a public offense punishable by imprisonment. - Answers -
False
Which is not one of the three parties to a crime?
A. Principal.
B. Accomplice.
C. Accessory.
D. Criminal. - Answers - D. Criminal
Which custody/mandatory supervision status has a different scope of search permitted?
A. PC Section 1170 Supervision
B. Parole
C. PRCS (Post Release Community Supervision) - Answers - A. PC Section 1170
Supervision
Which of the following is not considered an incapable person?
A. Mentally incapacitated
B. Children under 14 years of age.
C. Physically disabled.
D. Persons who committed the act or omission under ignorance or mistake of fact. -
Answers - C. Physically disabled.
Which amendment expresses "freedom of being tried twice for the same crime, from
self-incrimination"?
A. 3rd
