General Exceptions — MCQs 40 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/40 Subscribe 1. Which test is used to determine criminal insanity? (A) Woollin test (B) M’Naghten rules (C) Reasonable person test (D) Strict liability testShow All Answers 2. Under the M’Naghten rules, a person is insane if: (A) They do not know the nature and quality of the act, or do not know it was wrong (B) They cannot form any intention (C) They are under duress (D) They are intoxicated voluntarilyShow All Answers 3. Voluntary intoxication is generally: (A) A defence to all crimes (B) A complete defence to strict liability (C) A defence to murder (D) A defence only to crimes requiring specific intentShow All Answers 4. If a person is suffering from a mental disorder but understands the nature of the act, they are: (A) Liable for strict liability only (B) Automatically acquitted (C) Not criminally insane (D) Only liable for omissionsShow All Answers 5. Automatism refers to: (A) Intentional act (B) Involuntary act due to mental disorder or external factor (C) Negligent act (D) Reckless actShow All Answers 6. A genuine mistake of fact is: (A) A defence if it negates mens rea (B) Always a defence (C) Never a defence (D) Only applies in strict liability casesShow All Answers 7. Mistake of law is: (A) A general defence (B) A defence if reasonable (C) Never a defence (D) Only for strict liabilityShow All Answers 8. Believing property is yours when taking it is: (A) Theft (B) Duress (C) Strict liability (D) Not theft due to mistake of factShow All Answers 9. Ignorance of law: (A) Excuses criminal liability (B) Always reduces punishment (C) Only works in strict liability (D) Is irrelevantShow All Answers 10. Mistake must be: (A) Only honest (B) Honest and reasonable (C) Only reasonable (D) Both irrelevantShow All Answers 11. An accident occurs when: (A) There is intent but no result (B) There is recklessness (C) There is no mens rea and actus reus occurs involuntarily (D) There is strict liabilityShow All Answers 12. Accident is a defence because: (A) It negates actus reus (B) It negates mens rea (C) Both A and B (D) Only works in strict liability offencesShow All Answers 13. Shooting a person accidentally without negligence is: (A) Murder (B) Manslaughter (C) Defence by accident (D) Strict liabilityShow All Answers 14. For accident to succeed as a defence, the act must be: (A) Intentional (B) Involuntary and without negligence (C) Reckless (D) Strictly liableShow All Answers 15. If death occurs by unforeseeable accident, D is: (A) Liable (B) Strictly liable (C) Not liable (D) Only liable under duressShow All Answers 16. Necessity is a defence when: (A) D is insane (B) D acts under duress (C) D commits a crime to prevent greater harm (D) D is intoxicatedShow All Answers 17. Necessity differs from duress because: (A) Duress involves threat from another person (B) Necessity involves moral choice (C) Duress never excuses liability (D) Both are identicalShow All Answers 18. Stealing food to save life may be excused under: (A) Necessity (B) Insanity (C) Strict liability (D) RecklessnessShow All Answers 19. In necessity, harm caused must be: (A) Greater than harm avoided (B) Strictly intentional (C) Irrelevant (D) Less than harm avoidedShow All Answers 20. Which is a requirement of necessity? (A) No reasonable alternative (B) D is negligent (C) D intended harm (D) Mens rea presentShow All Answers 21. Acts done under lawful authority are: (A) Always offences (B) Not offences (C) Strict liability only (D) Never recognisedShow All Answers 22. Consent is a defence in: (A) Murder (B) Bodily harm in sports or medical procedures (C) Theft (D) Strict liability offencesShow All Answers 23. Police using force within authority: (A) Can be criminally liable (B) Depends on intoxication (C) Always liable (D) Exempt under lawful authorityShow All Answers 24. Consent must be: (A) Only verbal (B) Only implied (C) Informed and voluntary (D) OptionalShow All Answers 25. Acts done under parental authority are: (A) Always unlawful (B) Always excused (C) Strictly liable (D) Recognised as lawful unless excessiveShow All Answers 26. Children under 7 are: (A) Fully liable (B) Presumed incapable of crime (doli incapax) (C) Strictly liable (D) Liable for strict liability onlyShow All Answers 27. Children aged 7–14: (A) Always liable (B) Strictly liable (C) Presumed incapable but presumption rebuttable (D) Fully excusedShow All Answers 28. Infancy defence is based on: (A) Strict liability (B) Actus reus inability (C) Mens rea inability (D) DuressShow All Answers 29. A 6-year-old accidentally hitting someone: (A) Can be prosecuted (B) Strictly liable (C) Cannot be prosecuted (D) Excusable only under duressShow All Answers 30. The term doli incapax refers to: (A) Full criminal responsibility (B) Strict liability (C) Lawful authority (D) Presumed incapacity of young children to form mens reaShow All Answers 31. Duress is a defence when: (A) D commits crime under threat of death or serious injury (B) D is negligent (C) D is intoxicated (D) D intends crimeShow All Answers 32. Duress cannot be used as a defence for: (A) Theft (B) Robbery (C) Murder (D) Bodily harmShow All Answers 33. Threat must be: (A) Strictly legal (B) Possible in future (C) Moral only (D) Real and imminentShow All Answers 34. Voluntary exposure to threat: (A) Allows duress (B) Only mitigates punishment (C) Always excused (D) Does not allow duressShow All Answers 35. Duress negates: (A) Actus reus (B) Strict liability (C) Mens rea (D) Moral blame onlyShow All Answers 36. Accident, necessity, lawful authority, and consent are: (A) Specific defences (B) Ignored in court (C) Strict liability defences (D) General exceptionsShow All Answers 37. If D acts under an honest and reasonable mistake of fact, he may: (A) Be convicted (B) Be fully excused (C) Only liable under strict liability (D) Automatically insaneShow All Answers 38. General exceptions can be applied: (A) Only to murder (B) To all offences unless statute excludes (C) Only to strict liability (D) Only to omissionsShow All Answers 39. Necessity and duress differ mainly in: (A) Mens rea required (B) Type of threat (C) Actus reus required (D) Strict liabilityShow All Answers 40. Which is not a general exception? (A) Strict liability (B) Accident (C) Mistake of fact (D) InfancyShow All Answers