Privileges MCQs
Privileges MCQs
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1: Which party is the holder of the attorney-client privilege?
A. Lawyer
B. Client
C. Whoever pays for the representation
D. The parents, if the client is a minor
2: A client visits his lawyer to discuss an upcoming trial. The client admittedly committed the crime as charged and wishes to testify but informs the lawyer that he will not testify truthfully and will commit perjury on the witness stan Would this statement be protected by the attorney-client privilege?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Only after the client takes the stand and makes the statement
D. Not unless a third party was present
3: A woman confessed her recent criminal involvement to her priest. She then confessed the same involvement to nearly the entire congregation. The clergy-penitent privilege still applies.
A. True
B. False
4: Regardless of the privilege, many jurisdictions require clergy to report child abuse.
A. True
B. False
5: The physician-patient privilege applies in state and federal courts alike.
A. True
B. False
6: A state law requires physicians to report any gunshot wounds encountere A woman enters the emergency room after having been shot. The physician asks for permission to disclose her wound to the authorities, but she refuses. He reports the information as required by the statute. Have his actions violated the physician-patient privilege?
A. Yes
B. Yes, but only because she refused to consent
C. No
D. No, because doctors can always disclose information relating to patients’ injuries
7: The psychotherapist-patient privilege extends to social workers.
A. True
B. False
8: A psychologist is in a session with a long-term patient where he repeatedly threatened to kill his supervisor at work. May the psychologist disclose these threats without breaking the privilege?
A. Yes, provided the jurisdiction recognizes the duty to warn
B. No, nothing can be said until a violent attempt has been made by the patient
C. Yes, providing disclosure is made to law enforcement
D. No, there is a 96 hour waiting requirement before disclosure
9: A man and women met each other during a crime spree in the 1990s. The woman was part of a group of bank robbers that successfully operated all over the city. The man was a fan of true crime. The two met during one of the woman’s crime sprees. She would tell the man all about her crazy lifestyle and it made him love her more. They immediately marrie , and divorced 2 months later. She is now on trial, and the prosecution wishes to call the man as a witness. May he testify as to the stories she told him before marriage?
A. No, the marital communications privilege allows spouses and former spouses to refuse to disclose communications with one another.
B. Yes, the marital communication privilege applies to statements made during but not before marriage.
C. No, he may not testify in a criminal case but may in a later civil case.
D. No, his status as a former spouse automatically prevents testimony.
10: Two friends engaged in robberies across the city. They went a significant amount of time without being caught. They marry in the hopes that if caught they can prevent one another from testifying. They will be protected as a married couple.
A. True
B. False
11: The executive privilege applies to the president, department heads, and agency heads.
A. True
B. False
12: The government may require individuals serving on a grand jury to keep their deliberations secret, and any disclosure may subject them to criminal punishments.
A. True
B. False
13: Which is not a reason for grand jury confidentiality?
A. The protection of independence and free deliberation of the grand jury
B. The protection of individuals required to testify without fear of retribution
C. To ensure individuals who may be indicted do not flee the jurisdiction to avoid charges
D. To prevent cross-examination of the witnesses
14: Police may not seize news material from any newspaper, even with a probable cause warrant, because of their first amendment protection.
A. True
B. False
15: In determining whether to recognize the privilege, a judge will consider:
A. The relevancy of the information.
B. Whether the information can be obtained by alternate means.
C. Whether there is a compelling interest in the information.
D. All of the above
16: Is attorney-client privilege a client can prevent his or her attorney from testifying about information revealed by the client in confidence?
A. True
B. False
17: _____ is penitent may prevent clergy from testifying about information revealed by penitent in confidence.
A. clergy-penitent privilege
B. None of these
C. Exemplar prints
D. Plastic prints
18: _____ is defined as the prosecution is not required to reveal the identity of an informant.
A. Both are used when a witness cannot recall details
B. All of these
C. confidential informant privilege
D. demonstrative evidence
19: _____ is known as the attorney-client privilege does not require a lawyer to maintain information about a future crime or fraud confidential.
A. Both are used when a witness cannot recall details
B. All of these
C. confidential informant privilege
D. crime-fraud exception
20: Is dangerous patient exception a psychotherapist is obligated to reveal reasonable grounds to believe a patient poses a danger to others?
A. False
B. True
21: _____ is the president has the right to refuse to reveal the confidential decision-making process.
A. All of these
B. past recollection recorded
C. executive privilege
D. No, because he was not confronted with the coercion of police interrogation.
22: _____ is defined as grand jury proceedings are required to remain secret.
A. grand jury confidentiality
B. There is no burden of proof because the case is automatically thrown out due to police misconduct
C. None of these
D. The defendant regardless of the warrant
23: _____ is known as a law allowing journalists to refuse to reveal their sources.
A. Criminal history
B. Seriousness of the offense
C. All of these
D. journalist shield law
24: Is news media privilege a journalist is not required to reveal the identity of his or her sources or provide information gathered as a journalist?
A. False
B. True
25: _____ is information regarding criminal investigation, military plans and diplomacy, and other matters.
A. All of these
B. No, the warrant was only to search for firearms, nothing additional.
C. official information privilege
D. Yes, after calling a judge to get plain view permission.
26: _____ is defined as a patient may prevent a doctor from revealing confidential information communicated during an examination for diagnosis or treatment.
A. A leading question
B. An argumentative question
C. None of these
D. physician-patient privilege
27: _____ is known as a patient may prevent a psychotherapist from revealing information conveyed during treatment.
A. psychotherapist-patient privilege
B. An illegal questioning
C. Custodial arrest
D. All of these
28: Is state secrets privilege the government may refuse to give evidence and to prevent any person from giving evidence upon a showing of a reasonable likelihood of danger that the evidence will disclose a state secret or official information?
A. True
B. False
29: _____ is individuals in various confidential relationships may not testify about information communicated during the relationship.
A. Recorded recollection
B. testimonial privilege
C. Statement made for medical diagnosis
D. All of these
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