Question 1

The preferred position doctrine is a means of interpreting the Second Amendment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following activities is covered under the right to privacy?

Accepted Answer

A) Same-sex marriage 
B) Physician-assisted suicide 
C) Abortion 
D) None of the above 
E) All of the above 
A) Same-sex marriage 
B) Physician-assisted suicide 
C) Abortion 
D) None of the above 
E) All of the above

Question 3

A general definition of obscenity is that it lacks correct connotations with respect to a particular object being addressed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which amendment states the following: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized?"

Accepted Answer

A) Fourteenth 
B) Fourth 
C) First 
D) Third 
E) Fifth 
A) Fourteenth 
B) Fourth 
C) First 
D) Third 
E) Fifth

Question 5

An individual's ability to own, use, rent, invest in, buy, and sell property is associated with

Accepted Answer

A) eminent domain. 
B) regulatory taking. 
C) property rights. 
D) land rights. 
E) domain limitations. 
A) eminent domain. 
B) regulatory taking. 
C) property rights. 
D) land rights. 
E) domain limitations.

Question 6

The U.S.Constitution gives national and state governments the power to take private property from the public, but requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.What are we referring to?

Accepted Answer

A) Eminent domain 
B) Regulatory taking 
C) Property rights 
D) Land rights 
E) Domain limitations 
A) Eminent domain 
B) Regulatory taking 
C) Property rights 
D) Land rights 
E) Domain limitations

Question 7

The Supreme Court acts on the premise that although people are free to believe what they want, they are not always free to act on their religious beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Civil disobedience is breaking the law but in a nonviolent manner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Rehnquist Court made it harder to impose death sentences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which amendment protects persons from being compelled to testify against themselves in criminal prosecutions?

Accepted Answer

A) Fourteenth 
B) Fourth 
C) First 
D) Third 
E) Fifth 
A) Fourteenth 
B) Fourth 
C) First 
D) Third 
E) Fifth

Question 11

An impartial jury must

Accepted Answer

A) consist of persons who represent a fair cross-section of the community. 
B) be appointed by the prosecution. 
C) consist of people that have a high school education. 
D) be experts to consider testimony. 
E) None of the above 
A) consist of persons who represent a fair cross-section of the community. 
B) be appointed by the prosecution. 
C) consist of people that have a high school education. 
D) be experts to consider testimony. 
E) None of the above

Question 12

Habeas corpus refers to the retroactive law making an act a crime, though it was not a crime when the individual committed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Hamdan v.Rumsfeld underscored the fundamental nature of

Accepted Answer

A) due process. 
B) ex post facto laws. 
C) writs of habeas corpus. 
D) the free exercise clause. 
E) the establishment clause. 
A) due process. 
B) ex post facto laws. 
C) writs of habeas corpus. 
D) the free exercise clause. 
E) the establishment clause.

Question 14

Originally, the Bill of Rights was intended to limit the power of ___________________ governments.

Accepted Answer

A) state 
B) local 
C) national 
D) both the state and national 
E) foreign 
A) state 
B) local 
C) national 
D) both the state and national 
E) foreign

Question 15

According to the Constitution ex post facto laws cannot

Accepted Answer

A) increase the punishment for a crime after it was committed. 
B) reduce the proof necessary to convict for a crime after it was committed. 
C) decrease the punishment for a particular crime. 
D) be applied to civil laws. 
E) All of these are true of ex post facto laws 
A) increase the punishment for a crime after it was committed. 
B) reduce the proof necessary to convict for a crime after it was committed. 
C) decrease the punishment for a particular crime. 
D) be applied to civil laws. 
E) All of these are true of ex post facto laws

Question 16

What is it called when censorship is imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published?

Accepted Answer

A) Prior restraint 
B) Bad tendency test 
C) Clear and present danger test 
D) Non-protected speech 
E) Preferred position doctrine 
A) Prior restraint 
B) Bad tendency test 
C) Clear and present danger test 
D) Non-protected speech 
E) Preferred position doctrine

Question 17

What type of speech are we talking about when we address the quality or state of a work that taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex by depicting sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value?

Accepted Answer

A) Commercial speech 
B) Fighting words 
C) Libel 
D) Free assembly 
E) Obscenity 
A) Commercial speech 
B) Fighting words 
C) Libel 
D) Free assembly 
E) Obscenity

Question 18

The Reno v.ACLU (1997) ruling dealt with First Amendment protection for the

Accepted Answer

A) Internet. 
B) clergy. 
C) press. 
D) right of protest. 
E) radio. 
A) Internet. 
B) clergy. 
C) press. 
D) right of protest. 
E) radio.

Question 19

The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local government is known as

Accepted Answer

A) blanket incorporation. 
B) retroactive incorporation. 
C) proactive incorporation. 
D) selective incorporation. 
E) prescript incorporation. 
A) blanket incorporation. 
B) retroactive incorporation. 
C) proactive incorporation. 
D) selective incorporation. 
E) prescript incorporation.

Question 20

According to the Constitution, ex post facto laws can be applied to civil laws.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Civil Liberties

The preferred position doctrine is a means of interpreting the Second Amendment.

Which of the following activities is covered under the right to privacy?

A general definition of obscenity is that it lacks correct connotations with respect to a particular object being addressed.

An individual's ability to own, use, rent, invest in, buy, and sell property is associated with

The U.S.Constitution gives national and state governments the power to take private property from the public, but requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.What are we referring to?

The Supreme Court acts on the premise that although people are free to believe what they want, they are not always free to act on their religious beliefs.

Civil disobedience is breaking the law but in a nonviolent manner.

The Rehnquist Court made it harder to impose death sentences.

Which amendment protects persons from being compelled to testify against themselves in criminal prosecutions?

An impartial jury must

Habeas corpus refers to the retroactive law making an act a crime, though it was not a crime when the individual committed.

Hamdan v.Rumsfeld underscored the fundamental nature of

Originally, the Bill of Rights was intended to limit the power of ___________________ governments.

According to the Constitution ex post facto laws cannot

What is it called when censorship is imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published?

What type of speech are we talking about when we address the quality or state of a work that taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex by depicting sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value?

The Reno v.ACLU (1997) ruling dealt with First Amendment protection for the

The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local government is known as

According to the Constitution, ex post facto laws can be applied to civil laws.

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