FINAL MPOETC EXAM QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
\Q\.What statute allows citizens to use force? - ANSWERS✔-> 505
\Q\.What statute allows law enforcement to use force? - ANSWERS✔-> 508
\Q\.Statute of Limitations - ANSWERS✔-> Time you were made aware of charges
\Q\.What are the four types of culpability? - ANSWERS✔-> Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
\Q\.What is not a defense of culpability? (304) - ANSWERS✔-> Ignorance of the law
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
\Q\.What is a defense for culpability? - ANSWERS✔-> Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
,\Q\.What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the public? - ANSWERS✔->
Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
> Custodial detention/arrest
\Q\.What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention? - ANSWERS✔-> Reasonable
suspicion
\Q\.What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention? - ANSWERS✔-> Probable Cause
\Q\.What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System? - ANSWERS✔-> Law
enforcement
> Courts
> Corrections
\Q\.Level of Government - ANSWERS✔-> Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
\Q\.Courts (court system) - ANSWERS✔-> Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
, \Q\.Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment) - ANSWERS✔-> Defendant is brought before a
judge to hear charges & a bail decision
\Q\.Preliminary Hearing - ANSWERS✔-> show the court the prosecution has a "prima facie"
case (on the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a prosecution & using the state's
resources to pursue the matter)
\Q\.Formal Arraignment - ANSWERS✔-> Defendant hears charges to be tried & enters plea
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to determine penalty or
may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
\Q\.Common Pleas Court (criminal court) - ANSWERS✔-> Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
\Q\.Bail - ANSWERS✔-> A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in court if they are
not to be held in custody until trial
\Q\.ROR ( released on recognizance) - ANSWERS✔-> Their word they will appear in court is their
bond
\Q\.PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what? - ANSWERS✔-> No authority to indict
\Q\.Pre-motion Trial - ANSWERS✔-> These motions may address the admissibility of evidence,
or venue changes
COMPLETE WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\Q\.What statute allows citizens to use force? - ANSWERS✔-> 505
\Q\.What statute allows law enforcement to use force? - ANSWERS✔-> 508
\Q\.Statute of Limitations - ANSWERS✔-> Time you were made aware of charges
\Q\.What are the four types of culpability? - ANSWERS✔-> Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
\Q\.What is not a defense of culpability? (304) - ANSWERS✔-> Ignorance of the law
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
\Q\.What is a defense for culpability? - ANSWERS✔-> Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
,\Q\.What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the public? - ANSWERS✔->
Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
> Custodial detention/arrest
\Q\.What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention? - ANSWERS✔-> Reasonable
suspicion
\Q\.What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention? - ANSWERS✔-> Probable Cause
\Q\.What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System? - ANSWERS✔-> Law
enforcement
> Courts
> Corrections
\Q\.Level of Government - ANSWERS✔-> Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
\Q\.Courts (court system) - ANSWERS✔-> Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
, \Q\.Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment) - ANSWERS✔-> Defendant is brought before a
judge to hear charges & a bail decision
\Q\.Preliminary Hearing - ANSWERS✔-> show the court the prosecution has a "prima facie"
case (on the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a prosecution & using the state's
resources to pursue the matter)
\Q\.Formal Arraignment - ANSWERS✔-> Defendant hears charges to be tried & enters plea
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to determine penalty or
may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
\Q\.Common Pleas Court (criminal court) - ANSWERS✔-> Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
\Q\.Bail - ANSWERS✔-> A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in court if they are
not to be held in custody until trial
\Q\.ROR ( released on recognizance) - ANSWERS✔-> Their word they will appear in court is their
bond
\Q\.PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what? - ANSWERS✔-> No authority to indict
\Q\.Pre-motion Trial - ANSWERS✔-> These motions may address the admissibility of evidence,
or venue changes
