The American System Of Criminal Justice 15th Edition By Cole – Test Bank

True / False

1. Values and norms do not affect the functioning of a courtroom.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Courtroom: How It Functions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.01 – Describe the courtroom workgroup and how it functions
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. Judges are part of the local legal culture.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Courtroom: How It Functions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.01 – Describe the courtroom workgroup and how it functions
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

3. In a workgroup, the participants share the same duties and responsibilities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Courtroom: How It Functions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.01 – Describe the courtroom workgroup and how it functions
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. The behavior of the defendant in the courtroom has no impact on how he or she is treated by the judge. Courtrooms are fact-based environments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Courtroom: How It Functions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.01 – Describe the courtroom workgroup and how it functions
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Plea bargaining is also referred to as “copping out.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Plea Bargaining
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.02 – Discuss how and why plea bargaining occurs
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. A decision by the jury in a case concludes the trial process.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Trial: The Exceptional Case
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.04 – Identify the stages of a criminal trial The Law of Corrections
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. The substantial majority of cases go to trial.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Trial: The Exceptional Case
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.04 – Identify the stages of a criminal trial The Law of Corrections
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

8. Plea bargaining was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court but it is still practiced informally.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Plea Bargaining
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.02 – Discuss how and why plea bargaining occurs
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. Prosecutors are being “soft on crime” when they engage in plea bargains.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Plea Bargaining
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.02 – Discuss how and why plea bargaining occurs
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

10. Plea bargaining has always been publicly acknowledged by the legal community.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Plea Bargaining
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.17.11.02 – Discuss how and why plea bargaining occurs
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember