What is the definition of Design?

• A. The act of creating a plan for emergency response.
• B. The specific intent to commit a crime or the general intent to commit any act that constitutes or may result in the commission of a crime.
• C. The physical design of an airport terminal.
• D. A standard operating procedure for designating aircraft types.

Answer: (B)

Design here refers to the mental state behind an action—the intent to commit wrongdoing. It covers both specific intent (a clear plan to achieve a crime) and general intent (awareness that actions could constitute or lead to a crime). That focus on intentionality is what makes the option describing specific or general criminal intent the best match.

The other ideas describe design in non-criminal senses: planning an emergency response is about operational planning, not criminal intention; the physical design of an airport terminal is architectural design; and a standard operating procedure for designating aircraft types is a procedural rule. None of these capture the meaning of design as the intent to commit a crime, which is why they aren’t correct in this context.