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Quiz about Texas Criminal Law 101
Quiz about Texas Criminal Law 101

Texas Criminal Law 101 Trivia Quiz


Police Law 101. Guess the crime with the situation.

A multiple-choice quiz by uclafan84. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
uclafan84
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
264,494
Updated
Apr 13 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2509
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Ely79 (7/10), lolleyjay (10/10), Guest 69 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. If you break into a house with the intent to steal something, what crime are you most closely committing? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. If you are robbing a bank and you intentionally shoot and kill a bank teller, what crime have you most closely committed? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. If you light your neighbor's house on fire with the intent to destroy their house, what crime is most closely being committed? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. If you are at home in Texas and a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot and kill him/her, what crime have you most closely committed? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In Texas, if you are driving while intoxicated and you hit a car on the way to your home and you kill the person you hit, what crime have you most closely committed? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. If your friend wants to commit suicide and he/she asks you to help them do so, what crime have you most closely done? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. It is considered capital murder if you kill a police officer.


Question 8 of 10
8. It is a crime to lie to the police about your identity when they ask for it.


Question 9 of 10
9. What is it called when you tell a false statement while under oath in a courtroom? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is entrapment? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. If you break into a house with the intent to steal something, what crime are you most closely committing?

Answer: Burglary

Burglary has to have the components of entering an establishment with the intent to steal something. Robbery is stealing from someone directly while making a physical threat.

Theft is essentially just stealing from property or someone. Embezzlement is stealing money from a business for personal gain (i.e. The Enron Scandal).
2. If you are robbing a bank and you intentionally shoot and kill a bank teller, what crime have you most closely committed?

Answer: Capital Murder

Capital murder consists of murdering someone while committing a felony, killing an infant, and elderly person, or an officer of the law. Murder is the killing of a person with the intent or knowledge of committing the murder.

Robbery is the stealing of personal property from someone with a threat of bodily injury. Aggravated Robbery is stealing of personal property from someone with the use of a weapon and a threat or act of committing bodily injury.
3. If you light your neighbor's house on fire with the intent to destroy their house, what crime is most closely being committed?

Answer: Arson

Arson is the act of setting something on fire that is or is not yours with the intent to destroy it. Criminal Mischief is the act of damaging or destroying someone's property.

Larceny is another word for theft. Vandalism is defacing or damaging someone's property.
4. If you are at home in Texas and a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot and kill him/her, what crime have you most closely committed?

Answer: No crime

It would be nothing because in Texas, if someone you don't know enters your home uninvited with the intent to commit a crime, you can legally shoot them. Murder is explained in the above questions. Manslaughter is killing someone without any culpable mental states (intent or knowledge)
5. In Texas, if you are driving while intoxicated and you hit a car on the way to your home and you kill the person you hit, what crime have you most closely committed?

Answer: Manslaughter

Manslaughter is killing someone without the intent to kill them. Capital Murder is the intentional or knowledge of killing someone who is either an infant, elderly person, peace officer or political official.
6. If your friend wants to commit suicide and he/she asks you to help them do so, what crime have you most closely done?

Answer: Aiding in Suicide

Aiding in Suicide because you didn't commit the murder yourself, you helped the person kill himself or attempt to kill himself. Criminal Negligent Homicide is carelessly acting in a dangerous manner and unintentionally or unknowingly killing someone (i.e. shooting a gun in the air and ignoring the possibilities of the bullet killing someone).
7. It is considered capital murder if you kill a police officer.

Answer: True

A police officer makes this crime Capital Murder, as well as any political figure, judge, child or elderly person.
8. It is a crime to lie to the police about your identity when they ask for it.

Answer: True

It is considered to be Failure to Identify.
9. What is it called when you tell a false statement while under oath in a courtroom?

Answer: Perjury

Perjury is when someone states a false statement under oath, this is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. Forgery is the act of signing something to obtain a good or money illegally (i.e. a stolen check or credit card). Dishonesty by Probable Cause is a made up answer.
10. What is entrapment?

Answer: When a police officer induces you into doing something unlawful to obtain an arrest.

Many people assume, for example, that if a man is looking for a prostitute and he asks if she is a police officer and she says no, she is entrapping him. This is not the case. It is only entrapment if she says she's a police officer and induces him into doing something unlawful.
e.g. the key to entrapment is whether the idea for the commission or encouragement of the criminal act originated with the police or government agents instead of with the suspect.
Source: Author uclafan84

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