Court Processing-

Question 1 - The _____________ is responsible for transporting detained defendants from the jail to the courthouse.

	bailiff
	bail bondsman
	sheriff's deputy
	clerk of court

Question 2 - Which of the following is not a duty of the clerk of court?

	overseeing jury selection
	creating a shorthand record of court proceedings
	docketing cases
	collecting fees

Question 3 - Which of the following is not a duty of a court administrator?

	prepare written opinions for trial cases
	summarize caseload data
	prepare budgets
	prepare nnual reports

Question 4 - The duties of a court administrator include which of the following?

	prepare budgets
	maintain order in the courtroom
	transport pretrial detainees from jail to the courtroom
	make verbatim transcripts of court proceedings

Question 5 - Which of the following is not a member of the courtroom work group?

	prosecutor
	defendant
	Judge
	defense attorney

Question 6 - According to the chapter, which of the following best explains why few cases receive individual treatment?

	discretion
	speedy-trial laws
	assembly-line justice
	the dynamics of the courtroom work group

Question 7 - An example of assembly-line justice in a big-city public defender's office may include which of the following?

	One assistant public defender will conduct the defendant's initial interview but may not necessarily represent him or her at trial.
	One assistant public defender will represent the defendant at the initial appearance but may not necessarily represent him or her at trial.
	One assistant public defender will conduct the defendant's initial interview but may not necessarily negotiate the defendant's plea deal.
	All of these are examples of assembly-line justice.

Question 8 - Feeley (1979) compared two courts in Connecticut???one with a heavy caseload and another with a light caseload. He found that

	defense attorneys were more likely to pitch battles with prosecutors in the court with the heavy caseload.
	each court spent the same amount of time per case.
	judges set significantly higher bails in the court with the heavy caseload.
	None of these answers is correct.

Question 9 - Which of the following is not a major subcomponent of discretion?

	legal judgments
	policy priorities
	judicial restraints
	personal philosophies

Question 10 - A discretionary decision based on decision makers' values and attitudes reflects

	legal judgments.
	policy priorities.
	personal philosophies.
	judicial restraints.

Question 11 - Although a prosecutor may believe that a given defendant violated the law, s/he may decide against moving forward with prosecution based on a belief that no jury would come back with a guilty verdict. This represents a discretionary decision based on

	legal judgment.
	policy priority.
	personal philosophy.
	judicial restraint.

Question 12 - Prosecutors exercise discretion every day. Which of the following is not an example of prosecutorial discretion?

	A prosecutor decides not to prosecute because of a lack of evidence to prove the offense charged.
	The policy priority of the office is to devote more resources to personal crimes such as murder and assault than to disorderly conduct.
	The prosecutor decides to drop a case because s/he believes that a jury is unlikely to come back with a guilty verdict.
	The prosecutor sets the trial date to accommodate an out-of-state witness.

Question 13 - A judge who accepts a guilty plea agreement reached by the defense attorney and the prosecutor provides an example of

	discretion.
	mutual interdependence.
	routine administration of justice.
	assembly-line justice.

Question 14 - Maverick defense attorneys

	most often get the best plea bargains for their clients.
	work cooperatively with prosecutors to resolve cases quickly.
	generally have few sanctions imposed on them.
	are seldom able to negotiate the most lenient sentences.

Question 15 - Thirty-six states have created task forces to investigate gender bias in the legal system. These task forces have found that

	female lawyers, more so than their male counterparts, were addressed by their first names.
	judges addressed female lawyers in a demeaning manner; terms like "sweetie," "little lady lawyer," "pretty eyes," and "dear" were used.
	Female lawyers perceive that it is harder to get hired.
	All of these answers are correct.

Question 16 - The American Bar Association recommends that all felony cases reach disposition within

	six months of arrest.
	six months of filing.
	one year of arrest.
	one year of filing.

Question 17 - In the thirteenth century the nobles forced King John to sign the ____________________ and promise not to "deny or delay right or justice."

	Declaration of the Rights of Man
	Magna Carta
	English Constitution
	Code of Wales

Question 18 - The ____________________ Amendment provides for the right to a speedy and public trial.

	Fourth
	Fifth
	Sixth
	Seventh

Question 19 - "Justice delayed is justice denied" means what?

	State and federal speedy-trial laws must always be enforced.
	Delay in reaching case disposition undermines the values and guarantees associated with the legal system.
	Delay is an inevitable consequence of any already burdened criminal justice system.
	Prosecutor discretion causes deterioration of cases and pressures prosecutors to offer lenient plea bargains.

Question 20 - What concept stresses the importance of the patterned interactions of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys?

	The courthouse dynamics concept.
	The courtroom workgroup concept.
	The plea bargaining concept.
	The assembly-line justice concept.

Question 21 - The law on the books approach to delay focuses on

	courthouse dynamics.
	the courtroom work group.
	plea bargaining.
	resources and procedures.

Question 22 - The National Center for State Courts studied 21 courts across the nation and found that

	the relative size of court caseloads bore little relationship to case-processing time.
	the level of court resources was not associated with court delay.
	courts that emphasized plea bargaining processed cases as slowly as courts that emphasized trying cases.
	All of these answers are correct.

Question 23 - In Barker v. Wingo, the Court held that the right to a speedy trial

	was violated by a five year delay.
	is a relative, not an absolute, right.
	was an absolute constitutional mandate.
	is a right of the prosecution but not the defense.

Question 24 - The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (amended in 1979) allows how many days from arrest to indictment in federal courts?

	30
	45
	60
	75

Question 25 - The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (amended in 1979) allows how many days from indictment to trial?

	23
	30
	50
	70

Question 26 - Most state speedy trial laws are designed to protect

	defendants.
	the state.
	the prosecutor.
	judicial integrity.

Question 27 - Various researchers have found that the passage of speedy trial laws in many states has led to

	a much more rapid handling of cases.
	a decrease in the speed of case flow.
	little change in disposition time.
	the hiring of considerably more judges and attorneys.

Question 28 - Which of the following is a law in action approach to court delay?

	implementing speedy trial laws
	adding court resources
	streamlining court procedures
	trying to achieve better coordination among members of the courtroom work group

Question 29 - Researchers agree that law in action approaches to court delay are

	less effective than law on the books approaches.
	more effective than law on the books approaches.
	equally effective as law on the books approaches.
	not comparable to law on the books approaches.

Question 30 - Which of the following statements is true regarding legal ethics?

	Lawyers are not allowed to mislead the court.
	Lawyers cannot knowingly allow witnesses for their side to perjure themselves.
	Before an individual may be admitted to the bar, s/he must pass a separate test on legal ethics.
	All of these statements are true.