Chapter 10 Multiple choice questions

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. Which of the following statements is false?

No physical harm is required for an assault correct incorrect

Words may amount to an assault correct incorrect

Silence may not amount to an assault correct incorrect

Words may negate an assault correct incorrect

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. What is the mens rea of assault?

Intention to harm the victim correct incorrect

Recklessness as to whether harm is caused to the victim correct incorrect

Intention to frighten the victim correct incorrect

An intention to cause the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful personal violence or recklessness as to whether such apprehension is caused. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following touchings that might occur in ordinary everyday life could amount to battery?

A police officer tapping a person on the shoulder correct incorrect

Ahmed bumps into Rick in a busy supermarket correct incorrect

Fred shakes hands with Sara correct incorrect

Micky inadvertently stops his bicycle on Rita's foot but then refuses to move off it correct incorrect

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. Which of the following cases involved the issue of consent in the context of sado-masochistic activities?

Clarence (1988) correct incorrect

Attorney-General's Reference (No.6 of 1980) correct incorrect

Brown (1993) correct incorrect

Jones (1986) correct incorrect

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. Can a defendant be convicted of inflicting GBH where he recklessly infects V with a disease, even where V has chosen to consent to the risk of being infected by the disease?

No correct incorrect

Yes correct incorrect

Only if the defendant is HIV positive correct incorrect

Only if the victim is caused significant long term damage to their health correct incorrect

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. In which of the following situations would the defendant not be able to plead necessity in his defence to a charge of a non-fatal offence against the person?

V, who is deaf, steps into the road without looking. D grabs him and forcibly pushes him out of the way of an oncoming vehicle. correct incorrect

D, a surgeon, performs an operation on V to extend his life by several months although V has refused the operation and asked only for pain relief. correct incorrect

V is involved in a serious accident and rendered unconscious and unable to breathe. D, a paramedic, performs an emergency tracheotomy on V to facilitate his breathing thereby saving his life. correct incorrect

V is involved in a serious accident and rendered unconscious. V urgently requires a blood transfusion to save his life. D, a doctor, administers such a transfusion unaware of the fact the V is a Jehovah's Witness who would not have consented to this procedure. correct incorrect

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. Which section of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 deals with maliciously wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm?

Section 14 correct incorrect

Section 16 correct incorrect

Section 18 correct incorrect

Section 20 correct incorrect

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. What is the mens rea of wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent?

The defendant must 'maliciously' wound or cause grievous bodily harm and he must do so with an ulterior intent either to cause grievous bodily harm or to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of any person. correct incorrect

The defendant must wound or inflict grievous bodily harm 'maliciously' correct incorrect

The defendant must wound or cause grievous bodily harm and he must do so being reckless whether he causes grievous bodily harm or prevents the lawful apprehension or detainer of any person correct incorrect

The defendant must intentionally wound or cause grievous bodily harm. correct incorrect