A Canadian Criminal

Jury Consists of How

Many Citizens?
A) 6

B) 10
C) 12
D) 13

In Canada, who prosecutes

drug trafficking charges?

A) RCMP
B) Provincial Police
Services
C) Provincial Crown
Attorneys
D) Federal Crown
Attorneys

What is the maximum penalty for first degree murder in

Canada?
A) 20 Years
B) Life
C) 25 Years
D) 35 Years

What is a difference between a charge of

first-degree and a charge of seconddegree murder?
A) First-degree murder is
not culpable homicide
B) First-degree murder is
planned and deliberate
C) Second-degree is planned
and deliberate
D) Second-degree murder is

not culpable homicide

Who has authority to create

criminal laws in Canada?

A) Canadas
Parliament
B) The Senate
C) The House of
Commons
D) Provincial
Governments

Youth Crimes are dealt with

under what act?
A) Youth Criminal
Justice Act
B) Juvenile
Delinquents Act
C) Young Offenders 'Act
D) Canadian Youth
Criminals Act

What is the minimum number

of jurors that must be present
in court to begin a criminal
trial?
A) 7
B) 6
C) 11
D) 10

What is an accuseds first

appearance in court called?
A) First-hearing
B) Arraignment

C) Bail-hearing
D) Arrest

What is not a legal reason for

an appeal in court?
A) Mistake of Fact
B) Mistake of Law

C) A Murder Charge
D) Unsatisfactory
Verdict

Where are criminal offences

listed and coded in legislation?

A) The Canadian
Crimes and Offences Act
B) Canada Act 1982
C) Criminal Code of Canada
D) The Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedoms

Which are defenses that may be

raised in a criminal trial?
A) Ignorance of the Law
B) Duress
C) B & D
D) Self-Defense

Actus Reus is what?

A) The physical action of
committing a crime
B) The intent to commit a
crime
C) The criminal action AND
intent resulting in a crime
D) An action committed to
prevent a crime

Means Rea is what?

A) The physical action of
committing a crime
B) The accused's intent or
knowledge of wrongdoing
C) The criminal action AND
intent resulting in a crime
D) An action committed to
prevent a crime

When a jury is deciding on a

verdict, what condition applies?
A) The verdict must be agreed
upon by a majority of jurors
B) The judges decisions can
be a tie-breaker should the
jury reach a tie vote
C) Juries must decide on a
verdict and an appropriate
sentence for the accused
D) The verdict must be unanimous

What are the 3 types of Criminal

Offences in Canada?
A) Minor, Major and Mixed
B) There are no types of
offences
C) Summary, Indictable and
Hybrid
D) Summary, High Profile,
Mixed

What standard of evidence must

prosecution prove in order for an
accused person to be convicted of a
criminal charge?
A) Balance of Probabilities
B) No doubts in question
C) Beyond the shadow of a
Doubt
D) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt