MISSOURI POST UPDATED 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Any infraction must be filed within: - ✔✔6 months
✔✔What is considered a prior offender? - ✔✔one who has been found guilty of one
felony
✔✔What is considered a persistent offender? - ✔✔one who has been found guilty or
two or more felonies committed at different times
✔✔Is booking a administrative procedure? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is a bill of indictment? - ✔✔1. Written by the prosecutor
2. States the facts of the case and the charges that will be pressed if grand jury agrees
that PC exists.
3.If the grand jury agrees that PC exists then they find the indictment to be a true bill.
✔✔What did the Terry v Ohio case cover? - ✔✔Search incident to arrest and ability to
search if reasonable belief the suspect is armed and dangerous regardless of probable
cause to arrest.
✔✔What is a frisk? - ✔✔Limited search of the outer clothing for the purpose of finding
weapons.
✔✔What is 'Fresh pursuit?' - ✔✔A legal doctrine that permits a Law-Enforcement
Officer to arrest a fleeing suspect who crosses jurisdictional lines.
✔✔When does fresh pursuit stop? - ✔✔When the officer looses sight of the fleeing
suspect and is out of their jurisdiction.
✔✔What are the four types of abuse? - ✔✔physical, emotional, financial, sexual
✔✔What is physical injury? - ✔✔slight impairment of any function of the body or
temporary loss of use of any part of the body
✔✔What is serious physical injury? - ✔✔A physical injury which creates a substantial
risk of death, or which causes death or serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted
impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ
✔✔What is an admission? - ✔✔Agreement to a fact or facts that tends to suggest guilt
without actually confessing to a crime.
,✔✔What is an confession? - ✔✔A voluntary admission of guilt about a persons
involvement in a crime.
✔✔How do you determine Abandoned Property? - ✔✔A person who relinquishes
interest in personal property has no expectation of privacy in it.
✔✔What is open field? - ✔✔Any area of public or private property in which the owner
has no expectation of privacy. An area that is not curtilage.
✔✔What is curtilage? - ✔✔The grounds and area immediately surrounding a house or
other living space which are commonly used for family or other home life activity.
✔✔What is the plain view doctrine? - ✔✔Officer must be lawfully present at the time of
the sighting. The item must be immediately recognizable as evidence of a crime or
contraband. Officer must have legal access to the area in order to seize the item.
✔✔What age is considered an adult? - ✔✔18+ years of age
✔✔What age is considered an juvenile? - ✔✔Anything under 17 years of age.
✔✔What is search incident to arrest? - ✔✔1. To prevent the destruction of evidence.
2. To locate potential weapons
3. To locate evidence
✔✔Officers must secure what before entering a jail? - ✔✔Secure all weapons in sally
port
✔✔Can a jailer refuse to take an inmate if they seek medical attention? - ✔✔Yes, the
jailer can require a fit for confinement.
✔✔What are the two types of searches? - ✔✔Frisk (outer clothing, not entering
pockets), Full (entering pockets
✔✔When do strip searches occur? - ✔✔When it is a felony charge or if they have been
found guilty.
✔✔Juveniles must be seperated by: - ✔✔Sight and sound
✔✔Where is the most effective radio placement when speaking on the radio? - ✔✔45
degrees, approximately 1 inch from mouth.
✔✔All civil disturbance responders should be trained as: - ✔✔Squad leaders
, ✔✔If an officer acts beyond the bounds of their training they could face: - ✔✔criminal
and civil charges/lawsuits.
✔✔What is direct medical control? - ✔✔On the phone or online access with a physician.
✔✔What is indirect medical control? - ✔✔All other types aside from direct or offline
medical control.
✔✔What is implied consent? - ✔✔Is assumed when treating unresponsive patients who
have potentially life threatening injuries or illness.
✔✔What is consent? - ✔✔Voluntarily agreement.
✔✔What is expressed consent? - ✔✔Verbal consent
✔✔What are the normal respiratory breaths for an adult? - ✔✔12-20 per minute.
✔✔What are the normal respiratory breaths for an child? - ✔✔15-40 per minute
✔✔What are the normal respiratory breaths for an infant? - ✔✔30-60
✔✔What is the normal heart rate for an adult? - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔What do arteries do? - ✔✔Take blood away from the heart
✔✔What do veins do? - ✔✔Takes blood to the heart
✔✔What are the 3 types of blood vessels? - ✔✔arteries, veins, and capillaries
✔✔What is signs of a shock? - ✔✔Restlessness and anxiety
Weak and rapid pulse
Pale skin
Irregular breathing
Cold and wet skin
Dilation of the pupils
Thirst
Nausea and/or vomiting
✔✔What will a first responder be charged with if they treat a patient without consent? -
✔✔Assault, battery or false imprisonment.
✔✔What is profussion? - ✔✔Delivery of 02 to blood/organs
✔✔What is the recommended reactionary/defensive gap distance? - ✔✔6-10 ft
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Any infraction must be filed within: - ✔✔6 months
✔✔What is considered a prior offender? - ✔✔one who has been found guilty of one
felony
✔✔What is considered a persistent offender? - ✔✔one who has been found guilty or
two or more felonies committed at different times
✔✔Is booking a administrative procedure? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is a bill of indictment? - ✔✔1. Written by the prosecutor
2. States the facts of the case and the charges that will be pressed if grand jury agrees
that PC exists.
3.If the grand jury agrees that PC exists then they find the indictment to be a true bill.
✔✔What did the Terry v Ohio case cover? - ✔✔Search incident to arrest and ability to
search if reasonable belief the suspect is armed and dangerous regardless of probable
cause to arrest.
✔✔What is a frisk? - ✔✔Limited search of the outer clothing for the purpose of finding
weapons.
✔✔What is 'Fresh pursuit?' - ✔✔A legal doctrine that permits a Law-Enforcement
Officer to arrest a fleeing suspect who crosses jurisdictional lines.
✔✔When does fresh pursuit stop? - ✔✔When the officer looses sight of the fleeing
suspect and is out of their jurisdiction.
✔✔What are the four types of abuse? - ✔✔physical, emotional, financial, sexual
✔✔What is physical injury? - ✔✔slight impairment of any function of the body or
temporary loss of use of any part of the body
✔✔What is serious physical injury? - ✔✔A physical injury which creates a substantial
risk of death, or which causes death or serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted
impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ
✔✔What is an admission? - ✔✔Agreement to a fact or facts that tends to suggest guilt
without actually confessing to a crime.
,✔✔What is an confession? - ✔✔A voluntary admission of guilt about a persons
involvement in a crime.
✔✔How do you determine Abandoned Property? - ✔✔A person who relinquishes
interest in personal property has no expectation of privacy in it.
✔✔What is open field? - ✔✔Any area of public or private property in which the owner
has no expectation of privacy. An area that is not curtilage.
✔✔What is curtilage? - ✔✔The grounds and area immediately surrounding a house or
other living space which are commonly used for family or other home life activity.
✔✔What is the plain view doctrine? - ✔✔Officer must be lawfully present at the time of
the sighting. The item must be immediately recognizable as evidence of a crime or
contraband. Officer must have legal access to the area in order to seize the item.
✔✔What age is considered an adult? - ✔✔18+ years of age
✔✔What age is considered an juvenile? - ✔✔Anything under 17 years of age.
✔✔What is search incident to arrest? - ✔✔1. To prevent the destruction of evidence.
2. To locate potential weapons
3. To locate evidence
✔✔Officers must secure what before entering a jail? - ✔✔Secure all weapons in sally
port
✔✔Can a jailer refuse to take an inmate if they seek medical attention? - ✔✔Yes, the
jailer can require a fit for confinement.
✔✔What are the two types of searches? - ✔✔Frisk (outer clothing, not entering
pockets), Full (entering pockets
✔✔When do strip searches occur? - ✔✔When it is a felony charge or if they have been
found guilty.
✔✔Juveniles must be seperated by: - ✔✔Sight and sound
✔✔Where is the most effective radio placement when speaking on the radio? - ✔✔45
degrees, approximately 1 inch from mouth.
✔✔All civil disturbance responders should be trained as: - ✔✔Squad leaders
, ✔✔If an officer acts beyond the bounds of their training they could face: - ✔✔criminal
and civil charges/lawsuits.
✔✔What is direct medical control? - ✔✔On the phone or online access with a physician.
✔✔What is indirect medical control? - ✔✔All other types aside from direct or offline
medical control.
✔✔What is implied consent? - ✔✔Is assumed when treating unresponsive patients who
have potentially life threatening injuries or illness.
✔✔What is consent? - ✔✔Voluntarily agreement.
✔✔What is expressed consent? - ✔✔Verbal consent
✔✔What are the normal respiratory breaths for an adult? - ✔✔12-20 per minute.
✔✔What are the normal respiratory breaths for an child? - ✔✔15-40 per minute
✔✔What are the normal respiratory breaths for an infant? - ✔✔30-60
✔✔What is the normal heart rate for an adult? - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔What do arteries do? - ✔✔Take blood away from the heart
✔✔What do veins do? - ✔✔Takes blood to the heart
✔✔What are the 3 types of blood vessels? - ✔✔arteries, veins, and capillaries
✔✔What is signs of a shock? - ✔✔Restlessness and anxiety
Weak and rapid pulse
Pale skin
Irregular breathing
Cold and wet skin
Dilation of the pupils
Thirst
Nausea and/or vomiting
✔✔What will a first responder be charged with if they treat a patient without consent? -
✔✔Assault, battery or false imprisonment.
✔✔What is profussion? - ✔✔Delivery of 02 to blood/organs
✔✔What is the recommended reactionary/defensive gap distance? - ✔✔6-10 ft
