Answer questions 67–71 using the information provided below and in the questions.
Assault: A person commits the offense of assault if the person:
(1) Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to a human being, including the person’s spouse;
(2) Intentionally or knowingly threatens a human being with imminent bodily injury, including the person’s spouse; or
(3) Intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with a human being when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.
Aggravated Assault: A person commits aggravated assault if the person commits an assault as defined above and the person:
(1) Causes serious bodily injury to a human being, including the person’s spouse; or
(2) Uses or exhibits a deadly weapon during the commission of an assault.
John sees his wife talking to Bill, a man who plays softball with John. He becomes enraged and approaches the two, while pulling up his sleeves. His wife notes that John’s face is dark red and his expression is very angry. When John reaches his wife and Bill, he gets two inches from her face and says in a threatening voice, “I am going to kill you.” Then John turns to Bill and thumps Bill on the chest with his finger twice and says, “Stay away from my wife.”
67. Which of the following crimes has John committed against his wife?
(A) Assault type (2)
(B) Assault type (3)
(C) Aggravated assault type (1)
(D) No assault type crime
68. Which of the following crimes has John committed against Bill?
(A) Assault type (1)
(B) Assault type (3)
(C) Aggravated assault type (1)
(D) No assault type crime
Ben is being driven crazy by his neighbor’s barking dog. He grabs his shotgun and walks to the fence that separates their property. He points the gun at the dog and tells his neighbor he is going to kill it. The neighbor steps between Ben and the dog and says, “Put your gun down, Ben.” Ben says, “I’ll shoot you if I have to. Get out of the way!” Ben’s wife, seeing this exchange, races out and yells, “Ben put down the gun!” Ben tells her, “Shut up! I can’t take all this noise anymore.”
69. What crime has Ben committed against his neighbor?
(A) Assault type (2)
(B) Aggravated assault type (1)
(C) Aggravated assault type (2)
(D) No assault type crime
70. What crime has Ben committed against his neighbor’s dog?
(A) Assault type (2)
(B) Aggravated assault type (1)
(C) Aggravated assault type (2)
(D) No assault type crime
71. What crime has Ben committed against his wife?
(A) Assault type (2)
(B) Assault type (3)
(C) Aggravated assault type (2)
(D) No assault type crime
Answer question 72 based on the following information.
Criminal Mischief: A person commits the offense of criminal mischief if, without the effective consent of the owner:
(1) He intentionally or knowingly damages or destroys the property of another;
(2) He intentionally or knowingly tampers with the property of the owner and causes either financial loss or substantial inconvenience to the owner or a third person; or
(3) He intentionally or knowingly marks upon the property of another, including inscriptions, slogans, drawings, or paintings, on the tangible property of the owner.
72. Which of the following scenarios best represents an example of “criminal mischief”?
(A) Mylo sneaks onto his neighbor’s property without permission to use it as a short cut to his best friend’s house.
(B) Mylo takes the pool furniture from his neighbor’s back yard and sells it to get money to buy drugs.
(C) Mylo is tired of hearing the neighbor’s dog barking. He has complained to the neighbor, but because the animal is a valuable stud dog, the neighbors don’t want to cause it additional stress by muzzling it. Late at night, Mylo sneaks into his neighbors’ back yard and releases the dog from its kennel. The dog runs off and is never seen again.
(D) Mylo loves to annoy his neighbors, so he parks his car on the street in front of their house and turns his music up as loud as it will go.
Answer question 73 based on the following information.
Theft: A person commits the offense of theft if he unlawfully appropriates the property of another with intent to permanently deprive the owner of the use of the property.
73. Which of the following scenarios best represents an example of “theft”?
(A) Tara takes her neighbor’s lawn chairs without asking to use during her dinner party.
(B) Tara takes her neighbor’s child because she wants one of her own.
(C) Tara finds a $100 bill lying on the sidewalk near her house. She picks it up and keeps it.
(D) Tara finds her neighbor’s poodle that has wandered into Tara’s backyard. She brings the poodle into her house and keeps it.
Answer question 74 based on the following information.
Mayhem: A person commits the offense of mayhem if he acts with intent to cause harm or disfigure, cuts out or maims the tongue, puts out or destroys an eye, cuts or tears off an ear, cuts, slits or mutilates the nose or lip, or cuts off or disables a limb or member, of another person.
74. Which of the following scenarios best represents an example of mayhem?
(A) Clevon is driving too fast and hits a pedestrian. The pedestrian loses his eye.
(B) Clevon is playing with a knife, seeing how fast he can move it between his fingers, when suddenly he slices off his little finger.
(C) Clevon hates Maury. He waits until Maury is alone and then jumps him from behind and beats Maury’s face until Maury is unconscious. Maury suffers a split lip, broken nose, two black eyes and a concussion.
(D) Clevon is pitching for his college baseball team, when the pitcher from the other team steps up to the plate. Clevon throws a fastball and it hits the other player in the face, destroying his eye.
STOP. THIS IS THE END OF SECTION 7.