Unit 1 Test Review

1. Unit 1 Test Review

2. Criminal or civil
• Each statement is an example of a criminal or
civil action.

3. • Tyrone doesn’t pay for his Powerade at Wawa

4. • Ben deliberately hit a pedestrian with his car

5. • Charles find his wife cheating on him and files
for divorce

6. • Carlos loses control of his car on the ice and
hits a pedestrian, badly injuring her

7. • For no apparent reason, the police stopped
Rita while she was driving and began to search
through the trunk and her personal luggage.

8. • Jennie got caught taking expensive video
equipment from her job

9. • Joe has to go to court for not stopping at a stop
sign

10. True or False
• The following statements are either true or
false

11. • Jurisprudence is the study of law and legal
philosophyts

12. • A US representative prohibited a local
newspaper from printing an editorial that was
critical of her voting record.

13. • Only the president is above the law.

14. • Everything that is immoral is also illegal

15. • The penalty for a misdemeanor is a prison term
over one year

16. • The two major groups that laws fall under are
civil and criminal

17. • In a criminal case, charges may only be
brought by plaintiff

18. • Murder and armed robbery are considered
felonies

19. • In a criminal case, the plaintiff may sue the
defendant for damages obtained during a car
accident

20. • If the jury in OJ Simpson’s civil trial is 60%
sure that he is guilty of murder, they can find
him liable

21. • In a criminal case the jury can only find the
defendant guilty if they are beyond a
reasonable doubt that they committed the
crime

22. • A civil action is also known as a lawsuit
brought by one person who feels wronged by
another person

23. • OJ Simpson was found not guilty in both civil
and criminal court for the death of Nicole
Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman