1st Semester 2022 – CRW2601 Multiple choice Questions - Exam revision
1. Which of the following is NOT an element of criminal liability
(a) Act or conduct
(b) Unlawfulness
(c) Culpability
(d) Cognitive
2. According to S v De Blom 1977 (3) SA 513 (A), the effect of a mistake of law is the
same as a mistake regarding a material fact and it excludes:
BM
Unlawfulness
Negligence
Intention
Culpability
3. The general defence is also known as
(a) the defence of non-pathological criminal incapacity
(b) dolus
(c) nullum crimen sine lege principle
(d) consequence crimes
4. The appellant in De Oliveira 1993 (2) SACR 59 (A):
,Did not succeed with his plea of private defence.
Succeeded with plea of putative self-defence.
Succeeded with his plea of private defence.
Did not succeed with his plea of putative self-defence.
5. Different forms of intention are
Direct intention
Indirect intention
Dolus eventualis
All of the above
6. If X’s mental illness was of a temporary nature in that X was only mentally ill
before and after the unlawful act was committed, X may:
Plead a lucid interval of mental illness.
Not plead the defence of mental illness.
Plead a temporary period of mental illness.
Plead a chronic period of mental illness.
7. X wants to kill Y. He realises that Y is sitting behind a glass window. In order to
shoot and kill Y he will have to shoot Y through the window and damage the window
pane. X shatters the window pane in the process of shooting Y. M
Direct intention
, Dolus eventualis
Indirect intention
Legal intention
8. After putting poison into Z's porridge, but before giving it to Z, Y has second
thoughts and decides to throw the porridge away. Such attempt is regarded as
Completed attempt
Interrupted attempt
Attempt to commit the impossible
Voluntary withdrawal
9. Conduct must be recognised by the law as a crime
Nulla poena
Ius certum
Ius acceptum
Ius praevium
10. Which one is the test of theories to determine legal causation?
Novus Actus interveineins
Adequate causation
Individualisation
All above are correct
1. Which of the following is NOT an element of criminal liability
(a) Act or conduct
(b) Unlawfulness
(c) Culpability
(d) Cognitive
2. According to S v De Blom 1977 (3) SA 513 (A), the effect of a mistake of law is the
same as a mistake regarding a material fact and it excludes:
BM
Unlawfulness
Negligence
Intention
Culpability
3. The general defence is also known as
(a) the defence of non-pathological criminal incapacity
(b) dolus
(c) nullum crimen sine lege principle
(d) consequence crimes
4. The appellant in De Oliveira 1993 (2) SACR 59 (A):
,Did not succeed with his plea of private defence.
Succeeded with plea of putative self-defence.
Succeeded with his plea of private defence.
Did not succeed with his plea of putative self-defence.
5. Different forms of intention are
Direct intention
Indirect intention
Dolus eventualis
All of the above
6. If X’s mental illness was of a temporary nature in that X was only mentally ill
before and after the unlawful act was committed, X may:
Plead a lucid interval of mental illness.
Not plead the defence of mental illness.
Plead a temporary period of mental illness.
Plead a chronic period of mental illness.
7. X wants to kill Y. He realises that Y is sitting behind a glass window. In order to
shoot and kill Y he will have to shoot Y through the window and damage the window
pane. X shatters the window pane in the process of shooting Y. M
Direct intention
, Dolus eventualis
Indirect intention
Legal intention
8. After putting poison into Z's porridge, but before giving it to Z, Y has second
thoughts and decides to throw the porridge away. Such attempt is regarded as
Completed attempt
Interrupted attempt
Attempt to commit the impossible
Voluntary withdrawal
9. Conduct must be recognised by the law as a crime
Nulla poena
Ius certum
Ius acceptum
Ius praevium
10. Which one is the test of theories to determine legal causation?
Novus Actus interveineins
Adequate causation
Individualisation
All above are correct
