Question 1

When a solicitation evolves into a more active role, though still short of actual commission, then the criminal agent may also be convicted under attempt statutes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

An individual's desire to commit an offense must be matched by a personal capacity to carry out the deed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

To be guilty of an attempt requires the capacity to commit the target felony.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Inchoate crimes are called "incomplete crime" because they may be mentally complete, but substantially incomplete in their execution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Solicitation is basically enlisting others to do the dirty work of a crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The establishment of an agreement between co-conspirators only need show discussion or debate to establish the conspiratorial intent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Racketeering is the extortion of money or advantage by threat or ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Force
B)   Bribery
C)   Command
D)   All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is true concerning the crime of solicitation?

Accepted Answer

A)   To sustain the crime of solicitation the crime must have been actually committed
B)   The solicitor entices another to commit the crime but the crime never actually is carried out
C)   The solicitor must actually entice someone who was actually intended to commit the crime, negating prosecution for solicitation when the person solicited was an undercover police officer
D)   The person solicited must actually make some attempt or overt act toward committing the crime

Question 9

What is the legal term for a circumstance where there is an agreement between two or more parties to commit a criminal act?

Accepted Answer

A)   Solicitation
B)   Conspiracy
C)   Criminal Scheme, Second Degree
D)   Criminal Enticement

Question 10

What are the elements of the crime of conspiracy?

Accepted Answer

The crime of conspiracy generally involv...

Question 11

The crime of conspiracy requires in addition to the agreement to commit a crime, an overt act toward the furtherance of the crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

If a person solicits another to commit a crime and that person refuses the solicitor has still committed the crime of solicitation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

People can be charged with conspiracy relating to which types of crimes

Accepted Answer

A)   Felony crimes only
B)   Misdemeanor crimes only
C)   Federal crimes only
D)   Any crime

Question 14

Once caught, criminals involved in conspiracy will sacrifice one another for their own self interest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

To be guilty of criminal attempt, the offender does not have to have the capacity to commit the underlying felony, only the intent to do so.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is required to establish criminal intent for the crime of criminal attempt?

Accepted Answer

A)   The offender must say the words he intends to attempt and express hope of success
B)   The intentionality is anchored in the underlying felony that the offender actually attempted to commit
C)   The offender attempts through mental conceptualization without substantial action toward commission of the crime
D)   There is no requirement for showing intent because it is a strict liability crime

Question 17

Membership in an organized crime operation is incriminating enough to support a conviction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is one of the requirements to establish the crime of criminal attempt?

Accepted Answer

A)   Criminal attempt is strictly a mental crime, not steps need be taken toward committing the crime just conceptualizing the crime is sufficient
B)   This crime requires multiple offenders, one of which must make an overt act toward committing the crime
C)   A person intents to commit a crime, he makes a substantial step toward the commission of the act, coming close to actually committing the act
D)   The offender commits the act intended but does not actually achieve the desired result

Question 19

Which of the following negates the charge of criminal attempt?

Accepted Answer

A)   Impossibility that the crime could be carried out, such trying to kill a person who in fact is already dead
B)   An plan that where success is improbable
C)   A plan to commit the offense where the offender fails to carry out the entire plan, such as leaving the bullets out of a gun during robbery
D)   A crime stopped in progress by the police

Question 20

Impossibility of committing a crime, relative to criminal attempt, is gauged from the mind of the offender under reasonable circumstances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Inchoate Offenses

Which of the following is one of the requirements to establish the crime of criminal attempt?

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If a person solicits another to commit a crime and that person refuses the solicitor has still committed the crime of solicitation.

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Solicitation is basically enlisting others to do the dirty work of a crime.

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Which of the following negates the charge of criminal attempt?

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Which of the following is true concerning the crime of solicitation?

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The crime of conspiracy requires in addition to the agreement to commit a crime, an overt act toward the furtherance of the crime.

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The establishment of an agreement between co-conspirators only need show discussion or debate to establish the conspiratorial intent.

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Once caught, criminals involved in conspiracy will sacrifice one another for their own self interest.

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Impossibility of committing a crime, relative to criminal attempt, is gauged from the mind of the offender under reasonable circumstances.

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What are the elements of the crime of conspiracy?

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To be guilty of criminal attempt, the offender does not have to have the capacity to commit the underlying felony, only the intent to do so.

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An individual's desire to commit an offense must be matched by a personal capacity to carry out the deed.

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When a solicitation evolves into a more active role, though still short of actual commission, then the criminal agent may also be convicted under attempt statutes.

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Racketeering is the extortion of money or advantage by threat or ____________.

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Membership in an organized crime operation is incriminating enough to support a conviction.

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What is the legal term for a circumstance where there is an agreement between two or more parties to commit a criminal act?

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People can be charged with conspiracy relating to which types of crimes

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Which of the following is required to establish criminal intent for the crime of criminal attempt?

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To be guilty of an attempt requires the capacity to commit the target felony.

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Inchoate crimes are called "incomplete crime" because they may be mentally complete, but substantially incomplete in their execution.

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