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Practice Test True/False Questions Circle true or false: 1. T F Both the government and the victim are entitled to prosecute a crime. 3. T F In all criminal cases, the prosecution must prove actus reus. 5. T F An affidavit is the government’s formal charge of criminal wrongdoing. Multiple-Choice Questions 7. Probable cause means (a) substantial evidence that the person signing the affidavit has legitimate reasons for requesting the warrant. (b) substantial similarity between the items sought and the items found. (c) substantial likelihood that a crime has taken place or is about to take place. (d) trustworthy evidence that the victim of the search is known to have criminal tendencies. (e) that based on all of the information presented it is likely that evidence of crime will be found in the place mentioned. 9. A prosecutor concerned that he may lack sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction may agree to (a) An affidavit. (b) A warrant. (c) An appeal. (d) An indictment. (e) A plea bargain. Short-Answer Questions 11. Arnie owns a two-family house in a poor section of the city. A fire breaks out, destroying the building and causing $150,000 damage to an adjacent store. The state charges Arnie with arson. Simultaneously, Vickie, the storeowner, sues Arnie for the damage to her property. Both cases are tried to juries, and the two juries hear identical evidence of Arnie’s actions. However, the criminal jury acquits Arnie, while the civil jury awards Vickie $150,000. How did that happen? The different verdicts are due to different burdens of proof. The state had to prove Arnie's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and evidently could not do so. But that same evidence, used in the civil trial, might well prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Arnie caused the injury to Vickie's store. 13. Federal law requires that all banks file reports with the IRS any time a customer engages in a cash transaction in an amount over $10,000. It is a crime for a bank to “structure