Police Academy Test 2 – Legal
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is criminal law concerned with?
✔✔Crimes against the state or public
What is the purpose of an arrest?
✔✔To lawfully detain a person suspected of a crime
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime has been committed
What is reasonable suspicion?
✔✔A lower standard that allows brief investigation
What is a search warrant?
✔✔A court order allowing police to search
Who issues a search warrant?
✔✔A judge or magistrate
What does the Fourth Amendment protect against?
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,✔✔Unreasonable searches and seizures
What is Miranda warning?
✔✔A statement of rights read to a suspect
When must Miranda rights be given?
✔✔Before custodial interrogation
What is custodial interrogation?
✔✔Questioning when a person is not free to leave
What is the exclusionary rule?
✔✔Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used
What is chain of custody?
✔✔Documentation of who handled evidence
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious crime punishable by more than one year
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious crime
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,What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is a lawful detention?
✔✔Temporary stop based on reasonable suspicion
What is an arrest warrant?
✔✔Court order to arrest a person
What is self-incrimination?
✔✔Providing evidence against oneself
What is the Fifth Amendment right?
✔✔Protection against self-incrimination
What is the Sixth Amendment right?
✔✔Right to a lawyer
What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
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, What is an affidavit?
✔✔A sworn written statement
What is jurisdiction?
✔✔Authority to enforce the law in an area
What is a subpoena?
✔✔Order to appear in court
What is contempt of court?
✔✔Disobeying a court order
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove a fact
What is direct evidence?
✔✔Evidence that proves a fact without inference
What is circumstantial evidence?
✔✔Evidence that implies a fact
What is an alibi?
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is criminal law concerned with?
✔✔Crimes against the state or public
What is the purpose of an arrest?
✔✔To lawfully detain a person suspected of a crime
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime has been committed
What is reasonable suspicion?
✔✔A lower standard that allows brief investigation
What is a search warrant?
✔✔A court order allowing police to search
Who issues a search warrant?
✔✔A judge or magistrate
What does the Fourth Amendment protect against?
1
,✔✔Unreasonable searches and seizures
What is Miranda warning?
✔✔A statement of rights read to a suspect
When must Miranda rights be given?
✔✔Before custodial interrogation
What is custodial interrogation?
✔✔Questioning when a person is not free to leave
What is the exclusionary rule?
✔✔Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used
What is chain of custody?
✔✔Documentation of who handled evidence
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious crime punishable by more than one year
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious crime
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,What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is a lawful detention?
✔✔Temporary stop based on reasonable suspicion
What is an arrest warrant?
✔✔Court order to arrest a person
What is self-incrimination?
✔✔Providing evidence against oneself
What is the Fifth Amendment right?
✔✔Protection against self-incrimination
What is the Sixth Amendment right?
✔✔Right to a lawyer
What is double jeopardy?
✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
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, What is an affidavit?
✔✔A sworn written statement
What is jurisdiction?
✔✔Authority to enforce the law in an area
What is a subpoena?
✔✔Order to appear in court
What is contempt of court?
✔✔Disobeying a court order
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove a fact
What is direct evidence?
✔✔Evidence that proves a fact without inference
What is circumstantial evidence?
✔✔Evidence that implies a fact
What is an alibi?
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