Criminal Liability

The term mens rea is defined as:

a. A criminal act
b. Knowingly
c. A guilty mind
d. Mental culpability

1. The term actus reus is defined as:

a. A criminal act
b. Knowingly
c. A guilty mind
d. Mental culpability

2. Statutory rape and selling alcohol to a minor are both considered what type of liability?

a. Vicarious liability
b. Strict liability
c. Enterprise liability
d. Negligence

3. Deductions or inferences may be drawn concerning the facts in dispute is called

____________________ evidence.

a. Circumstantial
b. Critical
c. Credible
d. Character

4. Reflexes or convulsions, movements made during sleep or unconsciousness, and

conduct engaged in while a person is under hypnosis are all examples of
________________ acts.

a. Voluntary
b. Intentional
c. Involuntary
d. Unintentional

5. A(n) ______________ act that occurs after an alleged criminal act and the resulting
injury; may be considered the legal cause, or at least a contributing cause, of the harm.
a. Intervening
b. Circumstantial
c. Prior
d. Intentional

6. Sexual intercourse, or, in some jurisdictions, other sexual acts as well, with an
underage person even though that person allegedly consented is:
 a. Rape
b. Forcible sodomy
c. Statutory rape
d. Molestation

7. Which of the following is an element that must be present in order for an act to be
considered a crime?

a. Causation
b. Attendant circumstances
c. Inference
d. Negligence

8. Parents of minor children have a(n) _________ to come to the aid of their minor
children.
a. Right
b. Culpable
c. Legal duty to act
d. Intention

9. What does it mean to say that the elements of an offence must correspond with one
another?
a. They must be the same
b. That mens rea elements must apply to actus reus elements
c. The actus reus elements must all happen at the same time
d. Every offence element requires mens rea

10. What is strict liability?

a. An actus reus element that does not require mens rea
b. Particularly harsh legal rules
c. Liability where defences are not available
d. Mens rea elements without corresponding actus reus

11. What is transferred malice?

a. Where D convinces someone else to commit a crime
b. Where D intends to commit one crime, but comits another
c. Where D's mens rea towards one object is transferred to another
d. Where D uses a computer to commit an offence

12. What are the limits on transferred malice?

a. There is a remoteness principle
b. Mens rea cannot be transferred where it is less than intention
c. Mens rea cannot be transferred where D has a defence
d. Mens rea cannot be transferred between categories of offence, and not
across multiple objects

13. What is coincidence of actus reus and mens rea?

a. D's mens rea must be present at the time she completes the conduct
element of the actus reus
 b. D's mens rea must be present at the time she completes any element of
the actus reus
c. D's mens rea must be subjective
d. D's actus reus must be intended

14. Should you consider coincidence separately within every problem question?
a. No, it should never be considered
b. Yes, it should always be considered as a separate question from actus
reus and mens rea
c. No, the specific rules should only be discussed where there is a problem
with coincidence
d. Yes, but only for more serious offences