Multiple Choice Quiz

Take the quiz to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in the chapter. Try testing yourself before you read the chapter to see where your strengths and weaknesses are, then test yourself again once you’ve read the chapter to see how well you’ve understood.

1. Consider the following propositions concerning CPS decisions over whether to prosecute alleged offenders and decide which one is correct

  1. Such decisions can never be judicially reviewed
  2. Such decisions can always be judicially reviewed
  3. Such decisions may be judicially reviewable if the CPS has failed to apply its own policy such as that set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors
  4. Such decisions can only be judicially reviewed if the Attorney General was not consulted

Answer:

c. Such decisions may be judicially reviewable if the CPS has failed to apply its own policy such as that set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors

2. With reference to the CPS full code test, which one of the followings propositions is correct?

  1. The first part of the test involves the CPS being satisfied beyond reasonable doubt about the guilt of the alleged offender
  2. The first part of the test involves the CPS being satisfied that all the evidence collected by police is admissible in court
  3. The first part of the test involves the CPS being satisfied that a guilty verdict is likely to lead to a custodial sentence
  4. The first part of the test involves the CPS being satisfied that there is a realistic prospect of conviction

Answer:

d. The first part of the test involves the CPS being satisfied that there is a realistic prospect of conviction

3. Who answers in Parliament for the performance of the CPS?

  1. The Chief Crown Prosecutor
  2. The Attorney General
  3. The Director of Public Prosecutions
  4. None of the above

Answer:

b. The Attorney General

4. The CPS is the principal prosecuting agency for

  1. The United Kingdom
  2. England and Scotland
  3. England and Northern Ireland
  4. England and Wales

Answer:

d. England and Wales

5. In relation to the choice of charge the CPS must

  1. Select the most serious charge that could be proven against the alleged offender
  2. Select the charge carrying the longest maximum prison term
  3. Select the right charge because it cannot be amended at a later date
  4. Select a charge that reflects the seriousness and extent of the offending and also gives the court sufficient sentencing power

Answer:

d. Select a charge that reflects the seriousness and extent of the offending and also gives the court sufficient sentencing power