PTI LEVEL 1 AND 2 EXAM FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ Define the components of the SARA Model..
Answer: Scanning- identify and prioritize problems develop goals.
Analysis- identify and understand the events that precede and
accompany the problem.
Response- Brainstorm for new interventions, outline a response plan,
carry out planned activities.
Assessment- determine whether the plan was implemented conduct
ongoing assess.
⩥ 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
⩥ Deceptive Practice (Misdemeanor/Felony).
Answer: greater than $150= felony
Less than $150= misdemeanor
, ⩥ Criminal Damage to Property.
Answer: Greater than $500= Felony
Less than $500= Misdemeanor
⩥ Weeks vs. US.
Answer: Exclusionary rule at federal level- 1914
⩥ Gideon v. Wainwright.
Answer: A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one
appointed by the government. 1963
⩥ Graham v. Connor.
Answer: objective reasonableness. 1989
⩥ Mapp v. Ohio (1961).
Answer: Extended the Exclusionary Rule to the states, increasing the
protections for defendants
⩥ Tennessee v. Garner (1985).
Answer: Deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and fleeing
suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the officer has
probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of
death or serious injury to the officers or others.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ Define the components of the SARA Model..
Answer: Scanning- identify and prioritize problems develop goals.
Analysis- identify and understand the events that precede and
accompany the problem.
Response- Brainstorm for new interventions, outline a response plan,
carry out planned activities.
Assessment- determine whether the plan was implemented conduct
ongoing assess.
⩥ 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
⩥ Deceptive Practice (Misdemeanor/Felony).
Answer: greater than $150= felony
Less than $150= misdemeanor
, ⩥ Criminal Damage to Property.
Answer: Greater than $500= Felony
Less than $500= Misdemeanor
⩥ Weeks vs. US.
Answer: Exclusionary rule at federal level- 1914
⩥ Gideon v. Wainwright.
Answer: A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one
appointed by the government. 1963
⩥ Graham v. Connor.
Answer: objective reasonableness. 1989
⩥ Mapp v. Ohio (1961).
Answer: Extended the Exclusionary Rule to the states, increasing the
protections for defendants
⩥ Tennessee v. Garner (1985).
Answer: Deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and fleeing
suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the officer has
probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of
death or serious injury to the officers or others.
