Chapter 2 Multiple choice questions

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. What does the term 'actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea' mean?

An act will not give rise to criminal liability unless it is done with a guilty mind correct incorrect

An act is considered to be criminal if it is prohibited by statute or common law correct incorrect

The defendants mental state is far more important than the actual act correct incorrect

An act which is prohibited by statute or common law will always give rise to criminal liability, irrespective of the defendants state of mind correct incorrect

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. The accused may be able to rely on some justification to excuse criminal liability, also known as a...

Security correct incorrect

Protection correct incorrect

Guard correct incorrect

Defence correct incorrect

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. Where the actus reus of an offence requires conduct on the part of the accused, liability will only accrue where the conduct is...

Forced correct incorrect

Voluntary correct incorrect

Compulsory correct incorrect

Necessary correct incorrect

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. What is an omission?

Where a duty to act is present, the defendant failed to act and the prohibited result ensued correct incorrect

Where the defendant failed to act, but no duty was necessary correct incorrect

Where the defendant acted, but not in the correct a manner correct incorrect

A principle which can be committed in all offences correct incorrect

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. Which of the following cannot give rise to criminal liability for an omission to act?

A duty arising out of contract correct incorrect

A duty arising out of a relationship correct incorrect

A duty arising out of a sense of religious obligation correct incorrect

A duty arising from the assumption of care for another correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the correct definition of causation?

Where an accused is charged with a result crime, it is necessary for the defendant to prove that his acts or omissions did not cause the prohibited consequence correct incorrect

Where an accused is charged with a conduct crime, it is necessary for the defendant to prove that his acts or omissions did not cause the prohibited consequence correct incorrect

Where an accused is charged with a conduct crime, it is necessary for the prosecution to prove that his acts or omissions caused the prohibited consequence correct incorrect

Where an accused is charged with a result crime, it is necessary for the prosecution to prove that his acts or omissions caused the prohibited consequence correct incorrect

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. Causation has two aspects:

Factual and Statutory correct incorrect

Factual and Legal correct incorrect

Legal and Official correct incorrect

Official and Presumptive correct incorrect

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. What is the principle governing an intervening act which breaks the chain of causation?

Actus reus correct incorrect

Mens rea correct incorrect

Novus actus interveniens correct incorrect

Actus nova intervenes correct incorrect

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. In which of the following cases did Lord Hoffman draw no distinction between deliberate acts of third parties and interventions of nature?

Gomez [1992] correct incorrect

Environment Agency v Empress Car Co. (Abertillery) [1999] correct incorrect

Woollin [1997] correct incorrect

Nottingham County Council v Amin [2000] correct incorrect

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. Which of the following principles has arisen in a number of murder cases?

The transaction principle correct incorrect

The contract principle correct incorrect

The convention principle correct incorrect

The operation principle correct incorrect