CJ-207 Module 7-0 Check Your Knowledge Quiz
Course: The United States Judicial System
1. In what year was decided? Select one.Gregg v. Georgia
a. 1975
b. 1974
c. 1973
d. 1976
Answer: D-1976
2. Under which system of sentencing does the judge sentence the offender, taking into
consideration the binding or nonbinding sentencing recommendations created by
sentencing commissions? Select one.
a. Sentencing guidelines.
b. Intermediate sentencing.
c. Mandatory sentencing.
d. Determinate sentencing.
Answer: A- Sentencing guidelines.
3. Who was the Chief Justice in the decision? Select one.Gregg
a. Burger
b. Weinberg
c. Gorsuch
d. Kavanaugh
Answer: A- Burger.
4. The argument against the death penalty on the grounds that it is “cruel and unusual”
stems from which Constitutional Amendment? Select one.
