EXAM 2, CITP QUESTIONS

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EXAM 2, CITP QUESTIONS &

ANSWERS

Question: What are the forms of evidence under the

Federal Rules of Evidence?

CORRECT ANSWER : Testimonial, Real,

Demonstrative

Question: What is Voir Dire?

CORRECT ANSWER : Jury Selection

Question: What are the stages of a criminal trial?

CORRECT ANSWER : Pre-trial suppression hearings,

Voir Dire, Opening statements from counsel, The Case- in-Chief, The defense case, The rebuttal case, Closing arguments, The charge to the jury, Sentencing, Post-Trial proceedings

Question: What must evidence be in order to be

admissible?

CORRECT ANSWER : Relevant

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Question: What is direct evidence?

CORRECT ANSWER : Proves a fact directly and

without the need to draw an inference or a conclusion about what the evidence implies or suggests may also be true or false

Question: What is circumstantial evidence?

CORRECT ANSWER : Tends to prove a fact indirectly

through an inference, deduction, or a conclusion

Question: How do you attack the credibility of a witness?

CORRECT ANSWER : Impeachment

Question: What are the factors that affect a witness's

credibility?

CORRECT ANSWER : Bias, motive to fabricate

testimony, inability to observe or accurately remember, contradiction, prior inconsistent statements, specific

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instances of conduct that indicate a witness is untruthful, prior convictions to show untruthfulness

Question: What is laying a foundation for evidence?

CORRECT ANSWER : A proper foundation consists of

evidence usually in the form of testimony, that the item is what the party offering it claims it to be

Question: Can witnesses testify from their reports or

notes?

CORRECT ANSWER : No, except for some expert

witnesses and in a few other limited circumstances.Memory can be "refreshed" if a witness forgets a fact while testifying

Question: How many drug schedules are there?

CORRECT ANSWER : 5

Question: What does 21 USC 844 state?

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CORRECT ANSWER : It is unlawful for any person

knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance

Question: What does 21 USC 841 state?

CORRECT ANSWER : Knowingly or intentionally

manufacture, distribute or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance

Question: What is entrapment?

CORRECT ANSWER : The act of government officers

or their agents inducing a person to commit a crime not contemplated by that person, for the purpose of prosecuting that individual. If predisposition is established, there is no entrapment

Question: What is the FOIA of 1966?

CORRECT ANSWER : Records maintained by the

government that are available for public review