CJ 110 Chapter 7 and 8
This court is the highest in the United States.
Select one:
a. U.S. Court of Appeals
b. State Supreme Court
c. U.S. Supreme Court
d. Court of General Jurisdiction - ANS-c. U.S. Supreme Court
This federal law enforcement agency oversees taking into custody suspects charged with a
federal offense.
Select one:
a. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
b. U.S. Secret Service
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation
d. U.S. Marshals - ANS-d. U.S. Marshals
What are the three types of jurisdiction?
Select one:
a. subject-matter, federal, and judicial
b. subject-matter, geographic, and hierarchical
c. state, federal, and local
d. judicial, federal, and legislative - ANS-b. subject-matter, geographic, and hierarchical
This type of jurisdiction allows the authority of a court to hear a case based on the location of
the offense.
Select one:
a. Limited
b. General
c. Geographic
d. Hierarchical - ANS-c. Geographic
The U.S. district courts, U.S. courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court all compose this.
Select one:
a. appeals courts
b. circuit courts
c. state courts
d. federal courts - ANS-d. federal courts?
Federal law enforcement agencies are rarely the source of criminal investigations referred to the
U.S. Attorneys.
Select one:
, True
False - ANS-False
What are the major divisions of the court system in the United States?
Select one:
a. federal courts; local courts
b. circuit courts; appellate courts
c. geographic courts; hierarchical courts
d. federal courts; state courts - ANS-d. federal courts; state courts
This is a trial heard by a judge and not a jury.
Select one:
a. hearing
b. grand jury
c. bench trial
d. arraignment - ANS-c. bench trial
Adversarial Process - ANS-A term describing the manner in which U.S. criminal trial courts
operate; a system that requires two sides, a prosecution and a defense
Amicus Curiae - ANS-brief in which someone who is not a part of a case gives advice or
testimony
Assize of Clarendon - ANS-12th century English law that established judicial procedure and the
grand jury system
Bench Trial - ANS-A trial in which a defendant waives the right to a jury trial and instead agrees
to a trial in which the judge hears and decides the case
Blood Feud - ANS-A disagreement whose settlement is based on personal vengeance and
physical violence
Charge - ANS-Formal statement of the criminal offense the defendant is accused of
Circuit Court - ANS-A court that holds sessions at intervals within different areas of a judicial
district
Court of the Star Chamber - ANS-An old English court comprising the king's councilors that was
separate from common-law courts
Docket - ANS-A schedule of cases in a court
General-Jurisdiction Court - ANS-A court that may hear all types of cases except for those
prohibited by law.
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