Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System 6th Edition Test Bank
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1.
The Thirteenth
Amendment:
2.
a. deals with the
right to due process of
3.
abolished slavery.
4.
c. established
5.
guarantees equal
protection.
ANSWER:
b
REFERENCES:
78
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1
2.
Among other things,
the Fourteenth Amendment:
3.
a. permitted blacks to
be citizens of the United
4.
permitted states to
determine the citizenship status of blacks.
5.
c. abolished slavery
in the
6.
overturned the
Emancipation Proclamation.
ANSWER:
a
REFERENCES:
80
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1
3.
After the Plessy decision, the concept of “separate but equal”
became entrenched in the Southern states through the enactment of:
4.
a. the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. school desegregation.
5.
c. Jim Crow laws. the
Fourteenth Amendment.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
92
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.31 – 4, 5
4. The case of Dred Scott v.
Sandford held that:
5. a. blacks had equal rights with
6. the concept of “separate but equal” was
unconstitutional.
7. c. freed slaves did not have the right to
remain free in territory where slavery was still
8. states could determine whether ex-slaves could
be citizens.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
92
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.20 – 3
5.
“Due process of law”
means:
6.
a. all state citizens
have the right to a grand jury
7.
fairness of government
actions.
8.
c. states must treat
all citizens
9.
federal law cannot
usurp state rights.
ANSWER:
b
REFERENCES:
80
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1
6. The fundamental provisions of the Bill of
Rights have been applied to the states through the process of:
7. a. stare decisis judicial activism
8. c. summary judgment selective incorporation
ANSWER:
d
REFERENCES: 81
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.10 – 11
7. Which of the following has not been enacted to
outlaw discrimination?
8. a. the Civil Rights Act. the Equal Rights
Amendment.
9. c. the Voting Rights Act. the Equal Pay Act.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES:
94
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.32 – 2, 6
8. Which of the following was not one of the
pressing issues that led to the Civil War?
9. a. state banks and money versus national banks
and
10. freedom versus slavery in the territories.
11. c. federal aid versus state aid for improving
highways and
12. racial segregation in the South.
ANSWER:
d
REFERENCES:
78
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1
9. Title VII prohibits policies or practices that
are not intended to discriminate but, in fact, have a disproportionately
negative effect on minorities, also known as:
10. a. disparate treatment. disparate impact.
11. c. reverse discrimination. preemption.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES:
98
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.15.1 – 6
10. 10. The Court acknowledged that virtual
exclusion of African-Americans from juries constituted an equal protection
violation in:
11. a. Adarand v. Pena. Norris v. Alabama.
12. c. Swain v. Alabama. Batson v. Kentucky.
ANSWER:
b
REFERENCES:
109
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.2 – 8
11. 11. A situation in which racial minorities are
treated more harshly at some points and in some places in the criminal justice
system, but no differently than whites at other points and in other places best
describes:
12. a. pure discrimination. systematic
discrimination.
13. c. contextual discrimination. discretionary
discrimination.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
106
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.2 – 8
12. 12. Sentencing guidelines have reduced:
13. a. racial disparity. ethnic disparity.
14. c. death sentences. sentence disparity.
ANSWER:
d
REFERENCES:
110
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.2 – 8
13. 13. Which of the following holds that only the
provisions of the Bill of Rights that are fundamental to the American legal
system are applied to the states through the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment?
14. a. The incorporation doctrine The equal
justice clause
15. c. The selective preemption doctrine The civil
liberties proclamation
ANSWER:
a
REFERENCES:
81
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.10 – 11
14. 14. The Supreme Court ruling in United States Virginia, which held that exclusion of females was
unconstitutional, involved denial of admission to a:
15. a. medical school. golf tournament.
16. c. NASA astronaut training program. military
institute.
ANSWER:
d
REFERENCES:
94
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.15.1 – 6
15. 15. Perhaps one of the most fundamental
constitutional rights of prisoners is:
16. a. access to the courts freedom of religion
17. c. due process in disciplinary hearings
freedom of speech
ANSWER:
a
REFERENCES:
113
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.17 – 10
16. 16. Discrimination is:
17. a. an
18. not punishable by law.
19. c. a
20. an unconscious bias learned through
socialization.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
92
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.13 – 2
17. 17. Which of the following amendments has most
recently been held applicable to the states?
18. a. Second Amendment right to bear
19. Fifth Amendment guarantee of criminal
prosecution only on a grand jury indictment.
20. c. Seventh Amendment guarantee of a jury trial
in a civil
21. Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable
searches and seizures.
ANSWER:
a
REFERENCES:
83
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.10 – 11
18. 18. Plessy v. Ferguson held that:
19. a. our Constitution must be color
20. discrimination was outside the realm of the
Court.
21. c. it is up to legislation to eradicate
22. the economic cost of segregation would be
staggering.
ANSWER:
b
REFERENCES:
92
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.15 – 4
19. 19. The Constitution was originally drafted to
limit the power of:
20. a. the federal
21. governments of the 13 independent colonial
states.
22. c. British rule over the
23. Congress.
ANSWER:
a
REFERENCES:
78
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.10 – 11
20. 20. A major issue facing the criminal justice
system today is the growing population of and rising crime rates associated
with:
21. a. juveniles crack dealers
22. c. illegal immigrants organized biker gangs.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
100
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.33 – 2, 8
21. 21. In which case did the plaintiffs claim
that they were being denied their right to equal protection of the law and that
the laws of “separate
but equal” were, in fact, not equal?
1. a. Marbury v. Madison
2. Dred Scott v. Sanford
3. c. Regents of the University of California v.
Bakke
4. Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka
ANSWER:
d
REFERENCES:
92-93
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.34 – 5, 11
22. 22. State constitutions serve all of the
following purposes except to:
23. a. impose limitations on the exercise of state
government’s
24. affirm the existence of certain powers.
25. c. establish the supremacy of the state
constitution over all federal laws and
26. establish the organization of a state’s
governing bodies.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
105
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.10 – 11
23. 23. The Court’s 1964 ruling in Cooper v. Pate held that:
24. a. inmates retained all of their civil
25. inmates lost all of their civil rights.
26. c. inmates could sue the warden for
deprivation of basic
27. discarding inmates’ petitions to the court was
unconstitutional.
ANSWER:
c
REFERENCES:
112
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.17 – 10
24. 24. The section of the Civil Rights Act
prohibits intentional acts of employment discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex, and national origin is:
25. a. USC Section 1983 Title VII
26. c. Section 287(g) Title IX
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES:
98
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.15.1 – 6
25. 25. Prejudice is:
26. a. an
27. punishable by law.
28. c. a
29. deemed unconstitutional under the Fourteenth
Amendment.
ANSWER:
a
REFERENCES:
97
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CLCJ.HAHE.14.13 – 2
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