Unit 4 Assessment Criminal Law

           Question 1         How many U.S. states outlaw assisting a suicide?                   One 

Three 

Twenty 

Thirty-five
   
           Question 2         What is the difference between murder and involuntary manslaughter?            

     Murder requires intent, manslaughter does not 

Manslaughter requires intent, murder does not 

Murder requires recklessness, manslaughter does not 

Manslaughter requires negligence, murder does not
   
           Question 3         Which type of manslaughter involves provocation?                   Involuntary manslaughter 

Voluntary manslaughter 

Gross negligence 

Ordinary negligence
 
           Question 4          Which type of homicide can be a misdemeanor in some states in the United States?            

Murder 

Voluntary manslaughter 

Involuntary manslaughter

 None
 
           Question 5         What is another name used in criminal justice for "physician-assisted suicide"?         

   Death with dignity 

Murder – Premeditated 

Criminal suicide 

Homocide
   
           Question 6         What is the definition of death as per the common law?                  The state when a person is not responsive 

The state when a person's heart beat and respiration cease 

The state when rigor mortis sets in 

The state when a person's brain functions cease
   
           Question 7         Which type of criminal homicide is caused by a failure to exercise reasonable care?          

    Murder 

Manslaughter 

Negligent homicide

 Justifiable homicide
   
           Question 8         Which type of criminal homicide does not involve malice?                   Murder

 Manslaughter 

Negligent homicide 

Justifiable homicide
   
           Question 9         What is the legal definition of death in most states in the United States?                  

Cessation of respiration

 Cessation of the heart beat 

Cessation of brain functions

 Cessation of response

           Question 10         Which type of criminal homicide involves premeditation?           

 First degree

 Second degree

 Depraved heart

 Felony murder