BLE IL PTI TESTS CUMULATIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT !!!
Community Policing Strategy
Question 1: The U.S. Department of Justice defines community policing as a
strategy that focuses on the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving
techniques. Which of the following correctly lists the three core pillars of
community policing?
A) Increased arrests, high-speed patrols, and tactical military training
B) Developing community partnerships, engaging in problem-solving using
the SARA model, and implementing organizational transformation ✔✔
C) Federal oversight, automated surveillance, and strict administrative
isolation
D) Public relations campaigns, political fundraising, and judicial
reorganization
The SARA Problem-Solving Model
Question 2: In the context of the SARA problem-solving model used extensively
in community policing, what occurs during the Scanning phase?
A) Evaluating whether a previously implemented plan successfully lowered
crime rates
B) Researching the underlying social and economic data tied to an offender's
background
C) Identifying, prioritizing, and defining specific recurring problems within
a neighborhood and developing initial goals ✔✔
D) Deploying tactical units to a location to make immediate arrests
,Question 3: Which phase of the SARA model focuses on gathering data to identify
and understand the specific events, actors, and environmental conditions that
precede and accompany a recurring community problem?
A) Scanning
B) Analysis ✔✔
C) Response
D) Assessment
Question 4: During which step of the SARA process do law enforcement and
community stakeholders brainstorm new interventions, outline a comprehensive
action plan, and carry out the chosen activities?
A) Scanning
B) Analysis
C) Response ✔✔
D) Assessment
Question 5: What is the primary objective of the Assessment phase of the SARA
model?
A) Setting up the initial budget for the community police precinct
B) Conducting ongoing evaluations to determine if the response plan was
properly implemented and measuring its actual impact on the problem ✔✔
C) Transferring structural management duties to state prosecutors
D) Scanning a crime scene for physical or forensic evidence
Criminal Procedure: Felony Case Lifecycles
Question 6: In standard criminal procedure (reflecting common statutory rules like
those in Illinois), what is the typical statute of limitations for the state to formally
file charges for most standard felony offenses?
A) 1 year
B) 3 years ✔✔
, C) 5 years
D) There is no statute of limitations for any felony
Question 7: Before a felony case can proceed to trial, the government must
formally charge the defendant. Which two legal instruments are used to bring
formal felony charges?
A) A citation or a parking summons
B) A deposition or an affidavit of merit
C) An information (following a preliminary hearing) or an indictment
(issued by a grand jury) ✔✔
D) A writ of execution or a subpoena duces tecum
Outline the process of a felony case. -ANSWER ✔✔Statute of Limitations= 3
years for most felonies
Charged via an info. or indictment
Preliminary hearing
Indictment by grand jury
Arraignment
Pleas
Plea agreements and plea bargains
Forcible Felony -ANSWER ✔✔Murder, Agg sex assault, criminal sex assault,
kidnapping, predatory sex assault, burglary, arson, robbery, treason.
Defenses -ANSWER ✔✔Ignorance, Defense of person, Insanity, Defense of
dwelling, Necessity, Infancy, Compulsion, Entrapment, Drugs and Intoxicants.
, aggravating factors- assault -ANSWER ✔✔location (public), status of victim, use
of firearm/other weapon.
Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child -ANSWER ✔✔Accused is 17 or
over and victim is under 13
Class X Felony (6-60 years)
If convicted of two or more, natural life in prison
Sexual Conduct -ANSWER ✔✔any knowing, touching, or fondling by the victim
of the accused, either directly or through clothing.
Criminal Sexual Assault -ANSWER ✔✔the act of sexual penetration and the use
of force or threat of force.
act of sexual penetration and the accused knew the victim is unable to give
knowing consent.
act of penetration and victim is under 18 and the accused is family.
age 13-17 victim or accused is 17 or over but the person is authority or family.
Defenses to Criminal Sexual Assault/Abuse -ANSWER ✔✔consensual
lack of verbal or physical resistance
Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) -ANSWER ✔✔over $500- felony
less than $500= misdemeanor
Retail Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) -ANSWER ✔✔greater than $300= Felony
Less than $300= misdemeanor
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT !!!
Community Policing Strategy
Question 1: The U.S. Department of Justice defines community policing as a
strategy that focuses on the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving
techniques. Which of the following correctly lists the three core pillars of
community policing?
A) Increased arrests, high-speed patrols, and tactical military training
B) Developing community partnerships, engaging in problem-solving using
the SARA model, and implementing organizational transformation ✔✔
C) Federal oversight, automated surveillance, and strict administrative
isolation
D) Public relations campaigns, political fundraising, and judicial
reorganization
The SARA Problem-Solving Model
Question 2: In the context of the SARA problem-solving model used extensively
in community policing, what occurs during the Scanning phase?
A) Evaluating whether a previously implemented plan successfully lowered
crime rates
B) Researching the underlying social and economic data tied to an offender's
background
C) Identifying, prioritizing, and defining specific recurring problems within
a neighborhood and developing initial goals ✔✔
D) Deploying tactical units to a location to make immediate arrests
,Question 3: Which phase of the SARA model focuses on gathering data to identify
and understand the specific events, actors, and environmental conditions that
precede and accompany a recurring community problem?
A) Scanning
B) Analysis ✔✔
C) Response
D) Assessment
Question 4: During which step of the SARA process do law enforcement and
community stakeholders brainstorm new interventions, outline a comprehensive
action plan, and carry out the chosen activities?
A) Scanning
B) Analysis
C) Response ✔✔
D) Assessment
Question 5: What is the primary objective of the Assessment phase of the SARA
model?
A) Setting up the initial budget for the community police precinct
B) Conducting ongoing evaluations to determine if the response plan was
properly implemented and measuring its actual impact on the problem ✔✔
C) Transferring structural management duties to state prosecutors
D) Scanning a crime scene for physical or forensic evidence
Criminal Procedure: Felony Case Lifecycles
Question 6: In standard criminal procedure (reflecting common statutory rules like
those in Illinois), what is the typical statute of limitations for the state to formally
file charges for most standard felony offenses?
A) 1 year
B) 3 years ✔✔
, C) 5 years
D) There is no statute of limitations for any felony
Question 7: Before a felony case can proceed to trial, the government must
formally charge the defendant. Which two legal instruments are used to bring
formal felony charges?
A) A citation or a parking summons
B) A deposition or an affidavit of merit
C) An information (following a preliminary hearing) or an indictment
(issued by a grand jury) ✔✔
D) A writ of execution or a subpoena duces tecum
Outline the process of a felony case. -ANSWER ✔✔Statute of Limitations= 3
years for most felonies
Charged via an info. or indictment
Preliminary hearing
Indictment by grand jury
Arraignment
Pleas
Plea agreements and plea bargains
Forcible Felony -ANSWER ✔✔Murder, Agg sex assault, criminal sex assault,
kidnapping, predatory sex assault, burglary, arson, robbery, treason.
Defenses -ANSWER ✔✔Ignorance, Defense of person, Insanity, Defense of
dwelling, Necessity, Infancy, Compulsion, Entrapment, Drugs and Intoxicants.
, aggravating factors- assault -ANSWER ✔✔location (public), status of victim, use
of firearm/other weapon.
Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child -ANSWER ✔✔Accused is 17 or
over and victim is under 13
Class X Felony (6-60 years)
If convicted of two or more, natural life in prison
Sexual Conduct -ANSWER ✔✔any knowing, touching, or fondling by the victim
of the accused, either directly or through clothing.
Criminal Sexual Assault -ANSWER ✔✔the act of sexual penetration and the use
of force or threat of force.
act of sexual penetration and the accused knew the victim is unable to give
knowing consent.
act of penetration and victim is under 18 and the accused is family.
age 13-17 victim or accused is 17 or over but the person is authority or family.
Defenses to Criminal Sexual Assault/Abuse -ANSWER ✔✔consensual
lack of verbal or physical resistance
Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) -ANSWER ✔✔over $500- felony
less than $500= misdemeanor
Retail Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) -ANSWER ✔✔greater than $300= Felony
Less than $300= misdemeanor
