- 1. According to this rule on cross examination of the witness, cross-examination must be confined to the matters inquired upon in the direct examination.
A) English rule B) American rule
- 2. When there is difficulty in getting direct and intelligible answers from a witness who is ignorant, a child of ). tender years, is of feeble mind, or a deaf-mute, this question may be allowed.
A) Misleading question B) Leading question
- 3. The right against self-incrimination, which may be invoked by the a witness, may be with reference:
A) Re-cross examination B) the offense involved is one for which he may be tried in another case.
- 4. The judge may propound questions on the witness during:
A) Direct examination B) Direct examination C) Re direct examination D) Cross examination E) All of these.
- 5. It is the examination conducted by the proponent counsel on the witness to explain or supplement his or her answers given during the cross-examination.
A) Cross examination B) Direct examination Direct examination C) Re-direct examination D) Re-cross examanation
- 6. When cross-examination is not and cannot be done or completed due to causes attributable to the party who offered the witness, the uncompleted testimony is thereby rendered incompetent and should be:
A) None of these B) Stricken off the record C) Considered void D) Declared null E) Objected to
- 7. When the question which assumes facts not on record is asked on cross-examination, it is objectionable for being:
A) Leading B) Contradicting C) lack of basis D) Assuming E) misleading
- 8. After the examination of a witness by both sides has been concluded, the witness may be:
A) Impeached by leave of court B) Excluded by leave of court C) Incarcerated by leave of court D) Recalled by leave of court E) None of these.
- 9. It is the examination conducted by the adverse party on any relevant matter, with sufficient fullness and freedom to test his or her accuracy and truthfulness and freedom from interest or bias, or the reverse, and to elicit all important facts bearing upon the issue.
A) Cross examination B) Cross examination C) Direct examination
- 10. It refers to other testimony of the same witness, or other evidence presented by him in the same case, but not the testimony of another witness.
A) None of these. B) Contradictory evidence C) Rebuttal evidence
- 11. A witness who is antagonistic to the party calling them and, being unwilling to tell the truth.
A) Antagonistic witness B) Hostile witness C) None of these. D) Conspiring witness
- 12. It is the process of challenging a witness's credibility in court to show they are not trustworthy.
A) Challenging the witness B) None of these. C) Impeachment of a witness
- 13. the course of the examination of a witness that the questions being propounded are of the same class as those to which objection has been made, whether such objection was sustained or overruled, it shall not be necessary to repeat the objection, it being sufficient for the adverse party to record his or her:
A) determinative objection to such class of questions B) final objection to such class of questions C) continuing objection to such class of questions objection to such class of questions nermanent hiection to such class nf
- 14. before the adverse party had the opportunity to voice fully its objection to the same, or where a question is not objectionable, but the answer is not responsive, or where a witness testifies without a question being posed or testifies beyond limits set by the court, or when the witness does a narration instead of answering the question, and such objection is found to be meritorious, the court shall sustain the objection and order such answer, testimony or narration to be :
A) Stricken off the record B) All of these. C) Removed from the record D) Excluded from the record E) All of these.
- 15. writing or record, though he or she retains no recollection of the particular facts, if he or she is able to swear that the writing or record correctly stated the transaction when made; but such evidence must be received with caution. This is known as:
A) 'revival of the past' B) 'revival of past recollection'
- 16. If documents or things offered in evidence are denied admission by the court, the offeror may have the same attached to or made part of the record. This refers to:
A) Attachment of denied evidence B) Tender of excluded evidence C) Attachment of excluded evidence
- 17. It is the process of challenging a witness's credibility in court to show they are not trustworthy.
A) Challenging the witness B) Impeachment of a witness C) None of these.
- 18. A witness may be allowed to refresh his or her memory respecting a fact by anything written or recorded by himself or herself, or under his or her direction, at the time when the fact occurred, or immediately thereafter, or at any other time when the fact was fresh in his or her memory and he or she knew that the same was correctly written ol recorded. This is known as:
A) 'revival of past recollection' B) None of these. C) 'revival of present memory'
- 19. Before a witness is examined by the proponent counsel, there should first be:
A) Offer of his testimony B) Presentation of his testimony C) Examination of his testimony D) Summation of his testimony E) MAMA
- 20. It is the examination-in-chief of a witness by the party presenting him or her on the facts relevant to the issue. Cross examination
A) It is the examination-in-chief of a witness by the party presenting him or her on the facts relevant to the issue. Cross examination B) MMAMA C) none of these
- 21. After the examination of a witness by both sides has been concluded, the witness may be:
A) Recalled by leave of court B) Impeached by leave of court C) none of these
- 22. It refers to other testimony of the same witness, or other evidence presented by him in the same case, but not the testimony of another witness.
A) Contradictory evidence B) • Contradictory evidence
- 23. It is the process of challenging a witness's credibility in court to show they are not trustworthy.
A) Impeachment of a witness B) Cross examining a witness
- 24. They refer to statements, oral or documentary, made by the witness sought to be impeached on occasions other than the trial in which he is testifying.
A) Previous conduct rule B) Impeachment of a witness C) Prior inconsistent statements
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