NPPF Sergeants' Legal Exam (Step Two) Practice Quiz

Question 1

AMY takes £5 from her flatmate's purse to pay the milkman, believing that her flatmate would consent if she knew of the taking and the circumstances of it. Under section 2(1) of the Theft Act 1968, Amy's appropriation is:

Accepted Answer

not to be regarded as dishonest

Question 2

CARL borrows a friend's drill with permission. A month later he decides to keep it and treat it as his own. Under section 3(1) of the Theft Act 1968, which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

His later assumption of a right to the drill by keeping it as owner can amount to an appropriation

Question 3

ED picks mushrooms growing wild on a farmer's land, which he does not occupy, and sells them to a restaurant, as he planned to when picking them. Which statement reflects section 4(3) of the Theft Act 1968?

Accepted Answer

He can steal what he picks, because he picks them for sale

Question 4

To get a woman's handbag, HAL tells her that unless she hands it over he will come back next week and beat her. He uses no force and threatens nothing sooner. She hands it over. Considering only section 8(1) of the Theft Act 1968, which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

It is not robbery, because she was not put in fear of being then and there subjected to force