Police Academy Test 3 Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is justifiable homicide?
✔✔A killing allowed by law
What is an alibi?
✔✔A claim of being elsewhere
What is a confession?
✔✔An admission of guilt
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove facts
What is hearsay?
✔✔Second-hand statements
What is a plea?
✔✔A defendant’s response to charges
What is double jeopardy?
1
,✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
What is a subpoena?
✔✔A court order to appear
What is a trial?
✔✔A court proceeding to determine guilt
What is a verdict?
✔✔The jury’s decision
What is sentencing?
✔✔Determining punishment
What is parole?
✔✔Conditional release from prison
What is probation?
✔✔Supervised freedom instead of jail
What is criminal law mainly concerned with?
✔✔Defining crimes and their punishments
2
,What does the term “actus reus” mean?
✔✔The physical act of committing a crime
What is “mens rea”?
✔✔The mental intent behind a crime
Why is intent important in criminal law?
✔✔It helps determine guilt
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious criminal offense
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious criminal offense
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime was committed
What does burden of proof mean?
✔✔The responsibility to prove guilt
3
, What standard of proof is required in criminal cases?
✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into legal custody
What is a warrant?
✔✔A legal order issued by a judge
What is search and seizure?
✔✔Looking for and taking evidence
What is an unlawful search?
✔✔A search without legal authority
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is self-defense?
✔✔Protecting oneself from harm
What is a crime scene?
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is justifiable homicide?
✔✔A killing allowed by law
What is an alibi?
✔✔A claim of being elsewhere
What is a confession?
✔✔An admission of guilt
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove facts
What is hearsay?
✔✔Second-hand statements
What is a plea?
✔✔A defendant’s response to charges
What is double jeopardy?
1
,✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
What is a subpoena?
✔✔A court order to appear
What is a trial?
✔✔A court proceeding to determine guilt
What is a verdict?
✔✔The jury’s decision
What is sentencing?
✔✔Determining punishment
What is parole?
✔✔Conditional release from prison
What is probation?
✔✔Supervised freedom instead of jail
What is criminal law mainly concerned with?
✔✔Defining crimes and their punishments
2
,What does the term “actus reus” mean?
✔✔The physical act of committing a crime
What is “mens rea”?
✔✔The mental intent behind a crime
Why is intent important in criminal law?
✔✔It helps determine guilt
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious criminal offense
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious criminal offense
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime was committed
What does burden of proof mean?
✔✔The responsibility to prove guilt
3
, What standard of proof is required in criminal cases?
✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into legal custody
What is a warrant?
✔✔A legal order issued by a judge
What is search and seizure?
✔✔Looking for and taking evidence
What is an unlawful search?
✔✔A search without legal authority
What is due process?
✔✔Fair treatment under the law
What is self-defense?
✔✔Protecting oneself from harm
What is a crime scene?
4
