Social Order & Drug Crimes Test Bank Chapter 12 - Complete Test Bank Essential Criminal Law 3e with Answers by Matthew Lippman. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 12: Crimes Against Social Order and Morality: Alcohol and Drug Offenses
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. What is the dominant factor that must predominate skill when determining whether or not an activity involves gambling?
A. money
B. profit
C. luck
D. ratio of the bet to the winnings
Learning Objective: 12-5: Recreational and medical marijuana, though lawful in every state, remains criminal under federal law.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gambling
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which of the following acts accounts for the most drug-related arrests?
A. manufacture of narcotics
B. sale of narcotics to juveniles
C. possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to sell
D. possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell
Learning Objective: 12-8: An individual charged with a narcotics offense may be subject to assets forfeiture of any money or goods in his or her possession whether or not the money or goods were obtained as a result of the criminal activity with which the individual is charged.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: State Antidrug Laws
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Laws that hold adults liable for providing liquor in their home to minors in the event that an accident or injury occurs are known as ______.
A. parental vicarious liability laws
B. social host liability laws
C. public intoxication laws
D. parental responsibility laws
Learning Objective: 12-1: The drinking age differs in various states and ranges between seventeen and twenty-one.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Alcohol Offenses and Juveniles
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Punishing an individual for driving with a blood alcohol level that is too high, regardless of whether his or her driving is affected, is punished as which of the following?
A. driving while intoxicated
B. driving while inebriated
C. driving under the influence
D. driving with an unlawful blood alcohol content
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. An inebriated individual who causes an accident that results in death will be held liable for which of the following?
A. reckless driving
B. voluntary manslaughter
C. vehicular manslaughter
D. reckless manslaughter
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. An activity or wagering that is prohibited under criminal law is known as ______.
A. gaming
B. gambling
C. profit sharing
D. deviant gaming
Learning Objective: 12-5: Recreational and medical marijuana, though lawful in every state, remains criminal under federal law.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gambling
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. ______ can be manufactured with available over-the-counter drugs but requires the use of highly unstable chemicals.
A. Crystal meth
B. Crack cocaine
C. Powder cocaine
D. THC
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crystal Meth
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. An estimated 120,000 individuals participate in this alternative approach that involves the treatment rather than punishment of nonviolent drug offenders:
A. compassionate rehabilitation
B. drug testing
C. drug forfeiture
D. drug courts
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Which of the following laws prohibits individuals convicted of drug possession from receiving financial aid?
A. Uniform Controlled Substances Act
B. Higher Education Act of 1998
C. Anti-Drug Education Act
D. Controlled Substances Act
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Evolution of American Antinarcotics Strategy
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. In the interest of public safety and welfare, in Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld which of the following governmental acts?
A. asset forfeiture
B. indiscriminate sentencing
C. drug testing
D. imposition of restitution for drug-related accidents
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Drug Testing
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which of the following crimes is not deemed to be a crime against morality and social order?
A. alcoholism
B. simple assault
C. drugs
D. gambling
Learning Objective:
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Approximately ______ million American adults are addicted to alcohol or report that they drink to excess.
A. 10
B. 13
C. 18
D. 25
Learning Objective:
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Which court case confronted whether alcoholism is a disease and whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment to convict an individual for being intoxicated in public?
A. State v. Rea
B. Missouri v. McNeely
C. Powell v. Texas
D. Birchfield v. North Dakota
Learning Objective:
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Public Intoxication
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. ______ prohibits an individual from driving an automobile while intoxicated.
A. DWI
B. DUI
C. DUBAL
D. HGN
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. ______ hold individuals liable for driving while their blood alcohol content level was too high, despite the fact that their driving may be unaffected.
A. DWI
B. DUI
C. DUBAL
D. HGN
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Lance was pulled over a police officer because he had broken taillight. As soon Lance rolled his window down, the officer noticed the smell of alcohol. The officer tested his blood alcohol level, but it was below the level of the states DUBAL. In this case, what can the officer do?
A. The officer cannot do anything about the alcohol-related matter.
B. The officer can charge Lance with DUI.
C. The officer can charge Lance with DWI.
D. The officer can let Lance go.
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Which court case held that a nonconsensual drawing of blood ordinarily requires a warrant other than in emergency circumstances?
A. State v. Sims
B. Missouri v. McNeely
C. State v. Owen
D. Birchfield v. North Dakota
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. What are the two illicit drugs that attract the greatest number of users?
A. heroin and cocaine
B. marijuana and heroin
C. marijuana and cocaine
D. marijuana and controlled prescription drugs (CPDs)
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Controlled Substances
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Which city’s ordinance prohibiting the smoking of opium became the most important early antinarcotics law in the United States?
A. San Francisco
B. Los Angels
C. Seattle
D. Portland
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Evolution of American Antinarcotics Strategy
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. Which one of the following acts is known as Controlled Substances Act?
A. Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
B. Narcotics Control Act of 1956
C. the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937
D. the Boggs Act of 1951
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Evolution of American Antinarcotics Strategy
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. Under what act dose a group of experts formulate a set of “model laws” intended to guide state legislatures in addressing?
A. Anti-Drug Abuse Act
B. Narcotics Control Act of 1956
C. Uniform Controlled Substances Act
D. Controlled Substances Act
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Evolution of American Antinarcotics Strategy
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. State criminal statutes incorporate the knowingly or ______ mens rea requirement of federal law.
A. recklessly
B. intentionally
C. deliberately
D. irresponsibly
Learning Objective: 12-8: An individual charged with a narcotics offense may be subject to assets forfeiture of any money or goods in his or her possession whether or not the money or goods were obtained as a result of the criminal activity with which the individual is charged.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Evolution of American Antinarcotics Strategy
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. Which of the following conditions is NOT a requirement of an actual possession for a defendant?
A. having knowledge of the narcotic’s unlawful character
B. having more than the legal limit
C. exercising dominion and control over the object
D. knowing of the presence of the object
Learning Objective: 12-8: An individual charged with a narcotics offense may be subject to assets forfeiture of any money or goods in his or her possession whether or not the money or goods were obtained as a result of the criminal activity with which the individual is charged.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Under the new mandatory minimum sentence in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and its 1988 amendments, 10-year mandatory minimum senesce is required if an individual was in a possession of ______.
A. 5 g of crack and 500 g of powder cocaine.
B. 28 g of crack and 500 g of powder cocaine.
C. 50 g of crack and 5,000 g of powder cocaine.
D. 280 g of crack and 5,000 g of powder cocaine
Learning Objective: 12-9: Understand the constitutional status of mandatory minimum sentences and the debate over mandatory minimum sentences.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. Which of the following quantities are punishable by 5 years in prison under the federal law?
A. 10 g of heroin
B. 100 kg of marijuana
C. 50 g of powder cocaine
D. 100 g of methamphetamine
Learning Objective: 12-9: Understand the constitutional status of mandatory minimum sentences and the debate over mandatory minimum sentences.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession with Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Easy
26. As of 2018, ______ states and the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico recognize medical marijuana.
A. 13
B. 23
C. 33
D. 43
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Easy
27. Which U.S. President was a strong opponent of the legalization of medical or recreational marijuana?
A. Bill Clinton
B. George W. Bush
C. Barack Obama
D. Donald Trump
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. Under the federal law, what type of sentence can be imposed if a defendant has been found guilty of manufacturing, importing, or distributing a controlled substance if the act was committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise in those instances in which the defendant is a central leader; the quantity of the controlled substance is 6,000 kg or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana, or 60,000, or more marijuana plants?
A. fine
B. jail
C. prison
D. death
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. ______ percent of individuals imprisoned for marijuana possession have no history of violence.
A. Twenty
B. Fifty
C. Eighty
D. Ninty
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. The penalties imposed to smuggling and distributing methamphetamine have ______.
A. decreased
B. been stable
C. increased
D. none of these
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Crystal Meth
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. The United States is described as being in an opioid epidemic with nearly ______ million Americans either addicted to pain killers or to street drugs.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prescription Drugs
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. Which one of the drugs can NOT be legally prescribed?
A. heroin
B. hydrocodone
C. oxycodone
D. opioid
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prescription Drugs
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. Which of the following type of forfeiture proceedings accounts the majority?
A. criminal forfeiture
B. civil forfeiture
C. assets forfeiture
D. none of these
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. The Supreme Court has upheld ______ as a method for detecting and for deterring drug use among public employees and high school students.
A. random drug testing
b panel drug testing
C. urine testing
D. breathalyzer testing
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. Which court case resulted in which the government may not seize funds unconnected with criminal activity that a defendant requires in order to hire a lawyer?
A. United States v. Moore
B. Luis v. United States
C. Caplin & Drysdale Chartered v. United States
D. United States v. Ursery
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. Which court case held that it was unconstitutional to strip search a student suspected of the unlawful possession of small amounts of a prescription drug?
A. Safford Unified School District v. Redding
B. Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
C. Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
D. National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Testing
Difficulty Level: Easy
37. Which court case upheld the constitutionality of the random drug testing of athletes?
A. Safford Unified School District v. Redding
B. Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
C. Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
D. National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Testing
Difficulty Level: Easy
38. Studies indicate that individuals in the drug court program have ______ rates than individuals who are imprisoned for drug offenses and that drug court programs are less expensive than imprisonment.
A. lower recidivism
B. higher recidivism
C. lower relapse rate
D. high relapse rate
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Easy
39. Of the following groups, which one is not considered to be associated with drug courts?
A. judges
B. defense attorney
C. police officers
D. social workers
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Easy
40. Which of the following objectives is not associated with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)?
A. to counter drug-related crime and violence
B. to combat domestic and international drug trafficking
C. to reduce illegal drug use and manufacturing
D. to target users of illegal drugs
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. Upon receiving a driver’s license, an individual is consenting to the administration of a urine or blood test or a breathalyzer test to determine his or her blood alcohol content.
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Any conviction for drug possession requires that the defendant be in actual possession of the drugs.
Learning Objective: 12-8: An individual charged with a narcotics offense may be subject to assets forfeiture of any money or goods in his or her possession whether or not the money or goods were obtained as a result of the criminal activity with which the individual is charged.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession with Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Most states have established a .20% limit for blood alcohol content as the required blood alcohol level for proving DUBAL.
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Schedule V drugs have no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, but they have low potential for addiction.
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 12.1 Schedules of Controlled Substances Under the Controlled Substances Act
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses take into account the type and quantity of drugs in the defendant’s possession.
Learning Objective: 12-9: Understand the constitutional status of mandatory minimum sentences and the debate over mandatory minimum sentences.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Criminal Law and Public Policy
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Like the standard required for a criminal conviction, the forfeiture of criminal assets is subject to a reasonable doubt standard.
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. The U.S. Supreme Court has the power to restrict gambling across state lines by regulating interstate commerce.
Learning Objective: 12-5: Recreational and medical marijuana, though lawful in every state, remains criminal under federal law.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Internet Gambling
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Individuals who participate in drug courts have been found to have lower recidivism rates than individuals who are imprisoned for drug offenses.
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The majority of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana.
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. The key requirement for participation in drug courts that use the pretrial approach is that the offender must first plead guilty to a drug offense before entering a drug court program.
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Minors are prohibited from possessing or purchasing alcoholic beverages almost all states.
Learning Objective: 12-1: The drinking age differs in various states and ranges between seventeen and twenty-one.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Alcoholism
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Social host liability laws hold adults liable for providing liquor in their home to minors in the event that an accident or injury occurs.
Learning Objective: 12-1: The drinking age differs in various states and ranges between seventeen and twenty-one.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. All states have gradually increased the required blood alcohol level since1960s.
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Mandatory minimum drug sentence occurs when the state legislature provides judges with little discretion in sentencing and specifies that the offender is to receive a specific sentence.
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. An individual who is inebriated and causes an accident that results in death will generally be held liable for vehicular manslaughter.
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The possession of narcotics and the possession of narcotics with the intent to sell are the drug offenses that account for most arrests.
Learning Objective: 12-8: An individual charged with a narcotics offense may be subject to assets forfeiture of any money or goods in his or her possession whether or not the money or goods were obtained as a result of the criminal activity with which the individual is charged.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State Antidrug Laws
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. In recent years, many states and cities have decriminalized the possession of small amount of marijuana.
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Whites and African Americans use marijuana at comparable rates. However, whites are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested than African Americans.
Learning Objective: 12-7: Possession of drug paraphernalia without possession of narcotics is not a criminal offense in any state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Marijuana
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Oxycodone is a synthetic opioid developed as an anesthetic in surgery and to alleviate severe pain.
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prescription Drugs
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. There is no federal law that prohibits the possession of syringes.
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Paraphernalia
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. Under a public intoxication law, where is a public place?
Learning Objective:
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Public Intoxication
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. What are some of the methods used by the police to determine whether an individual is DUI?
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. What do controlled substances mean?
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Evolution of American Antinarcotics Strategy
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Distinguish the difference between actual possession and constructive possession.
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. List all of the factors associated with when courts determine whether an individual possessed narcotics with the intent to distribute or possessed the narcotics for personal use.
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. What are some of the existing arguments when considering amending the mandatory minimum narcotics laws?
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Possession of Narcotics and Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotics
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. What is drug paraphernalia?
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Drug Paraphernalia
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Why do some commentators criticize the criminalization of drug paraphernalia?
Learning Objective: 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Drug Paraphernalia
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Why has assess forfeiture been criticized?
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. What is the primary objective of drug courts?
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Essay
1. What are the differences between DWI, DUI, and DUBAL?
Learning Objective: 12-4: Important factors in determining whether an individual is criminally liable for possession with intent to distribute narcotics are the quantity of the narcotics, the value of the narcotics, and whether the individual is in possession of items associated with the manufacture and distribution of narcotics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Driving and Alcohol Offenses
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. What types of acts do state drug laws typically prohibit?
Learning Objective: 12-8: An individual charged with a narcotics offense may be subject to assets forfeiture of any money or goods in his or her possession whether or not the money or goods were obtained as a result of the criminal activity with which the individual is charged. | 12-10: Know the elements of the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia and why the possession of drug paraphernalia is a crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: State Antidrug Laws
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. What are the two approaches to drug courts?
Learning Objective: 12-12: Know how drug courts differ from ordinary criminal courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Drug Courts
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Crystal meth is a growing drug of choice for youth. Discuss how the law is attempting to regulate the manufacture of crystal meth.
Learning Objective: 12-6: Mandatory minimum sentences are criticized for providing judges with too great a degree of discretion in sentencing defendants.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crystal Meth
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. What is criminal forfeiture? Compare and contrast criminal forfeiture with civil forfeiture.
Learning Objective: 12-11: Understand assets forfeiture and the difference between civil and criminal assets forfeiture.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assets Forfeiture
Difficulty Level: Medium
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