Types of Evidence MCQs
Types of Evidence MCQs
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1: A defendant is charged with criminal trespass. The prosecution seeks to introduce evidence that the defendant’s daughter is a frequent runaway. The defense objects to the admission of the testimony on what grounds?
A. Relevance
B. Prejudice
C. Fabrication
D. Consequentiality
2: A defendant is charged with armed robbery. The prosecution presents very little evidence to tie the defendant to the crime, yet the jury still finds him guilty because he is a gang member. This may be an example of what type of prejudice?
A. State of mind prejudice
B. Punishing/rewarding prejudice
C. Bad logic prejudice
D. Slight prejudice
3: An unlawfully obtained confession relied upon by the prosecution during the cross-examination may be admitted not for the truth of the matter asserted but for evaluating the credibility of the defendant.
A. True
B. False
4: A battery takes place in a busy park. There are multiple eyewitnesses. The prosecution seeks to introduce eight witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the events. All witnesses saw the same events from the same angle. How will this evidence be classified?
A. Corroborative
B. Cumulative
C. Irrelevant
D. Circumstantial
5: Direct evidence is given more weight than circumstantial evidence.
A. True
B. False
6: Which of the following is circumstantial evidence?
A. An eyewitness account of a murder
B. Blood and DNA at a crime scene
C. A defendant confessing to police
D. Video footage of the defendant showing the commission of a crime
7: A witness who testifies at trial regarding the good nature of her father is what type of a witness?
A. Fact witness
B. Expert witness
C. Character witness
D. Family witness
8: Opposing parties at trial may voluntarily agree to accept certain facts as true.
A. True
B. False
9: In a criminal case, the defense presents evidence of a fact of which the judge takes judicial notice. How does this judicial notice impact the jury?
A. The jury must accept the fact as true.
B. The jury may accept the fact as true.
C. The jury may consult outside resources to come to its own determination about the fact.
D. Judicial notice only impacts the judge.
10: A rebuttable presumption occurs when jurors have the option to decide whether or not an established basic fact is proof of the presumed fact.
A. True
B. False
11: A statute requiring a jury to find a fraudulent theft if a rental car is not returned within 20 days following a demand to return the car is an example of what type of presumption?
A. Rebuttable
B. Permissive
C. Conclusive
D. Demonstrative
12: Which one of the following is not a rebuttable presumption?
A. Presumption of sanity
B. Presumption of innocence
C. Presumption against suicide
D. Presumption of good intentions
13: Competent evidence is that which is:
A. Relevant, material, and probative
B. Probative, material, and not cumulative
C. Relevant, material, and admissible in court
D. Relevant, material, and judicially noted
14: Evidence may be excluded from trial if it causes:
A. Undue delay
B. Confusion of the issues
C. Misleading the jury
D. All of the above
15: Of which of the following facts would a court typically not take judicial notice?
A. Religious practices
B. Character of local neighborhoods
C. Knowledge of hurricanes in a hurricane plagued area
D. Names and locations of local highways
16: _____ is known as the party that wants to admit a document or object at trial has the burden of establishing the document or object is genuine, meaning the document or object is what the moving party claims it to be
A. During the investigative stage, police should not be required to slow their investigation.
B. None of these
C. Once the government has decided to prosecute the accused, he or she is in need of protection, advice, and assistance.
D. Authentication
17: Is circumstantial evidence indirectly proves a fact and requires the fact finder to use an inference or presumption?
A. True
B. False
18: _____ is relevant and material evidence admissible in court.
A. All of these
B. competent evidence
C. European
D. New Age
19: _____ is defined as the jury is required to reach a conclusion from fact established at trial.
A. conclusive presumption
B. No, because he was not confronted with the coercion of police interrogation.
C. None of these
D. Yes, because he was in prison and his freedom of movement was restricte
20: _____ is known as evidence that adds new information that confirms prior testimony.
A. Incriminating statements
B. corroborative evidence
C. Instrumentalities of crime
D. None of these
21: Is cumulative evidence evidence that repeats evidence already admitted at trial?
A. False
B. True
22: _____ is graphs, maps, charts, or models designed to assist the jury to visualize the facts of the case, such as a crime scene.
A. Both may be introduced into evidence by the adverse party
B. None of these
C. Both are used when a witness cannot recall details
D. demonstrative evidence
23: _____ is defined as evidence based on personal knowledge or observation of a witness and conclusively establishes fact or facts.
A. direct evidence
B. Lay opinion must help the fact finder to understand the witness’s testimony.
C. subpoena duces tecum
D. All of these
24: _____ is known as documents and writings as well as photographs, medical images, and videos.
A. No
B. documentary evidence
C. Yes, but only because she refused to consent
D. All of these
25: Is inference logical deduction of one fact from another fact?
A. True
B. False
26: _____ is the jury is required to reach a conclusion from a fact established at trial.
A. All of these
B. Whether the display of photographs singled out a particular individual
C. irrebuttable presumption
D. Whether a particular photograph was sufficiently different in size, color, and the suspects appearing to influence the selection of the eyewitness
27: _____ is defined as a judge accepts fact as true without following the normal rules of evidence.
A. All of these
B. judicial notice
C. No, the test to consider is how long it would take the suspects to dispose of the evidence not how long it would take them to reach the door.
D. Yes, the house was rather large, which requires the allowance of additional time beyond the standard 60 seconds.
28: _____ is known as facts relating to the larger social context of a case.
A. Yes, providing the officer had a reasonable belief of dangerousness and the search was limited only to areas where a weapon could be hidden.
B. Yes, providing a reasonable belief of dangerousness, an officer can search the entire vehicle.
C. None of these
D. legislative facts
29: Is limiting instruction judicial instruction restricting the purposes that evidence may be considered by the jury?
A. True
B. False
30: _____ is relevant to a fact at issue in the case.
A. material fact
B. None of these
C. No, absent a psychiatric report to the contrary.
D. It depends on the age of the witness and the amount of time spent in treatment.
31: _____ is defined as the jury may reach a conclusion from a fact established at trial.
A. Whether the equipment was accurate
B. None of these
C. Whether the test was scientifically valid
D. permissive presumption
32: _____ is known as evidence whose probative value substantially outweighed by danger will impact objective evaluation of evidence by the jury.
A. Whether a particular photograph was sufficiently different in size, color, and the suspects appearing to influence the selection of the eyewitness
B. None of these
C. Whether the words, gestures, or actions of the police pointed to a particular photograph
D. prejudicial evidence
33: Is probative value an item of evidence that tends to prove or disprove a fact at issue in the case?
A. True
B. False
34: _____ is physical evidence other than testimonial evidence introduced to prove a fact at issue.
A. Yes, that behavior shocks the conscience and violates the due process.
B. All of these
C. real evidence
D. Yes, because Antonin gave the police probable cause
35: _____ is defined as federal Rule of Evidence 402 provides that “[a]ll relevant evidence is admissible . . . Evidence which is not relevant is not admissible.”
A. relevant evidence
B. All of these
C. A certified copy of a birth certificate
D. A copy of the New York Times
36: _____ is known as agreement between the parties that a fact or facts exist.
A. None of these
B. Stipulations
C. Not without additional authentication
D. Yes, in any jurisdiction following the Federal Rules
37: Is testimonial evidence statements from a witness under oath or affirmation in a court proceeding?
A. True
B. False
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