Incest is defined as sexual contact with a second cousin or closer.

• A. Sexual contact with a cousin more distant than a second degree
• B. Sexual contact with a second cousin or closer
• C. Sexual contact with a non-relative
• D. Consent obtained through coercion

Answer: (B)

Incest hinges on how closely you’re related by blood. The statement being tested defines incest as sexual contact with someone who is a second cousin or closer, meaning relationships up to and including second cousins fall under incest. That includes parent/child, siblings, aunts/uncles with nieces/nephews, first cousins, and second cousins. Sexual contact with someone who isn’t related, or with a more distant relative than a second cousin, isn’t considered incest under this definition. Consent or coercion is about whether the act is voluntary and criminal in other ways, but it doesn’t change the kinship-based definition of incest itself. So the option describing sexual contact with a second cousin or closer matches the law.