MCOLES Investigation Objectives 2023 /370
Questions With Complete Solutions (A+)
Quiz :U.S. Constitution - √Answer :The document written in 1787 and ratified
in 1788 that sets forth the institutional structure of the U.S. government and
the tasks these institutions perform. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.
Quiz :relationship between the U.S. Constitution to the Declaration of
Independence and the Bill of Rights - √Answer :The Declaration of
Independence is the underlying text of the Constitution (declared the
foundational principles of the government), but the Constitution is the law of
the land. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution.
Quiz :Three main provisions of the Constitution - √Answer :1. Establish a
framework of government
2. Delegate and assign powers to the government
3. restrain the exercise of powers of agents of government to preserve
individual rights
Quiz :Judicial Branch - √Answer :Consists of the Supreme Court and all lower
courts. They determine the legality of a law or action. They are nominated by
the President and advise and consent by the Senate. Judicial review was also
established in Marbury v Madison (1803)
Quiz :Executive Branch - √Answer :Executes existing laws. The President is the
Chief Executive. It is tasked with carrying out and enforcing laws and is
responsible for making treaties and appointing federal judges.
, Quiz :Legistlative Branch - √Answer :Is bicameral in nature (made up of two
chambers called Congress) and enacts laws.
Quiz :Ex Post Facto Laws - √Answer :"After the fact" laws. They're
unconstitutional because they violate the right to have notice.
Quiz :Bills of Attainder Laws - √Answer :a legislative act that punishes without
the benefit of a trial. They're unconstitutional because they violate the
separation of powers and they violate due process
Quiz :procedural due process - √Answer :The procedures the government has
to take to ensure that a person's constitutional rights are maintained
Quiz :substantive due process - √Answer :This deals with the government's
ability to deprive a person of a right regardless of due process by which the
matter is heard
Quiz :political participation - √Answer :1st and 14th Amendments provide
certain rights related to engaging in political activities and participation in the
political process
Quiz :privacy - √Answer :The words "right to privacy" are NOT found in the
text of the Constitution or Bill of Rights but it has been found to exist implicitly
within Constitution.
Quiz :equal protection - √Answer :No person or class of persons shall be
denied the same protection of the laws that is enjoyed by other persons or
other classes in like circumstances
Quiz :Article I, Section 11 - √Answer :protection from illegal search or seizures
Quiz :Article I, Section 17 - √Answer :No person shall be compelled in any
criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or
property, without due process of law
Quiz :felony (MCL 750.7) - √Answer :Life Imprisonment or more than 1 year in
prison
Quiz :misdemeanor (MCL 750.8) - √Answer :Imprisonment of up to 1 year in
jail
,Quiz :mens rea - √Answer :"Guilty Mind"
Quiz :actus rea - √Answer :"Guilty Act"
Quiz :intent - √Answer :the actor's state of mind at the time the crime was
committed
Quiz :lesser included offenses - √Answer :Some crimes may have different
levels of seriousness
- An accused may be acquitted of a more serious charged offense but still be
found guilty of a lesser included offense
- An accused cannot be punished for a more serious offense and also for the
lesser included offense under the merger doctrine
Quiz :principles and accessories - √Answer :Michigan has no separate aiding
and abetting charge for principal and accessory participants in crimes
Quiz :inchoate offenses - √Answer :a crime that might not be completed or is
left unfinished
Quiz :attempt - √Answer :There is intent to commit a crime
With an act toward the commission of that crime
But there is a failure to complete that crime
Quiz :conspiracy - √Answer :an agreement between two or more persons to
commit a crime
Quiz :solicitation - √Answer :to encourage or persuade, through words or
actions, another individual to commit a crime
Quiz :National Human Trafficking Resource Center - √Answer :available 24
hours a day by calling 1-888-373-7888
Quiz :Assault (felony) - √Answer :Includes:
~Assault with a Dangerous Weapon-Intent to commit a battery; or the threat
of an imminent battery with a dangerous weapon
~Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm-Assault or Assault and Battery;
with intent to do great bodily harm
, ~Assault by Strangulation-An intentional battery committed by strangulation or
suffocation
~Assault with Intent to Rob (while armed/thought to be armed or unarmed)
~Assault with Intent to Murder-Assault with the ability to cause an injury with
the specific intent to kill the victim
Quiz :Assault (misdemeanor) - √Answer :Includes:
~Aggravated Assault (and Battery)-A harmful touching that causes serious or
aggravated injury
Quiz :Car Jacking - √Answer :The taking of a motor vehicle with intent to
permanently deprive by using force or show of force or placing in fear a person
who is lawfully present
Quiz :Child Abandonment - √Answer :a father or mother of a child under the
age of 6 years, or another individual, who exposes the child in any street, field,
house, or other place, with intent to injure or wholly to abandon the child
Quiz :Child Abuse - √Answer :1st- A parent, guardian, or custodian of a child
who knowingly or intentionally causes serious physical or mental harm to a
child
2nd- A parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who through an omission of an
act causes serious physical or mental harm; or through a reckless act that
causes serious physical or mental harm; or commits a knowing and intentional
act that is likely to cause serious physical or mental harm
3rd- A parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who knowingly or intentionally
causes physical harm to a child (i.e. the harm is intended); or performed an act
likely to cause physical harm and physical harm actually resulted (i.e. the act is
intended, not the harm)
4th- A parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who through the omission of an
act causes physical harm to a child; or through a knowing and intentional act
that under the circumstances posed an unreasonable risk of harm to a child,
regardless of whether physical harm actually resulted
Quiz :Child Neglect - √Answer :harm or threatened harm to a child's health or
welfare by a parent, legal guardian, or any other person responsible for the
child's health or welfare that occurs through either of the following: negligence
or placing a child at an unreasonable risk
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