RBC TEST BANK COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+
●● circumstantial evidence
Answer: Evidence that does not prove a fact directly, but rather is
personal knowledge or observations from which deductions are drawn
●● consent search
Answer: Search conducted with consent that is voluntary and obtained
from a person with the authority to give that consent
●● contemporaneous
Answer: Search conducted at or near the time of arrest, although either
can precede the other, at or near the place of the arrest, and while the
arrestee is still on the scene
●● curtilage
Answer: Relatively small and usually well-defined area immediately
around a residence to which the private activities of the home extend,
and in which the owner has an expectation of privacy
●● custodial arrest
,Answer: Arrest in which the suspect will be transported to a station, jail,
detox center, juvenile hall, or school
●● custodial lineup
Answer: Identification procedure in which the victim or witness to a
crime is asked to look at a number of individuals within a custodial
environment in an attempt to identify the suspect (also known as a
physical lineup)
●● direct evidence
Answer: Evidence that proves a fact directly, without an inference or
presumption (e.g., the sale of a controlled substance to an undercover
officer)
●● evanescent evidence
Answer: Evidence that will change or be lost over time
●● exigent circumstances
Answer: An emergency situation requiring swift action to prevent
imminent danger to life, serious danger to property, imminent escape of
a suspect, or the
destruction of evidence
●● field showup
,Answer: Viewing of a suspect by the victim or witness that commonly
occurs in the field shortly after a crime has been committed
●● implied consent
Answer: By obtaining a driver's license in California a person has agreed
to chemical testing without a warrant (i.e., blood, breath, urine)
●● knock and notice
Answer: Before entering a dwelling to serve a search warrant, officers
must give notice to persons inside through certain actions
●● motor vehicle
Answer: Self-propelled vehicle (e.g., automobiles, airplanes, buses,
recreational vehicles, carts, etc.)
●● nexus
Answer: A reasonable connection or link between two or more items
●● objective reasonableness
Answer: Whether society is prepared to recognize an individual's
expectation of privacy as reasonable
●● open fields
, Answer: Outdoor real property, outside the curtilage of the residence
●● overflight
Answer: Flight of a plane or helicopter over a given area
●● parole
Answer: Extension of a felon's sentence, that is, an additional specific
period of time (usually three years) which a person must serve on the
"outside" after having completed the actual prison sentence
●● passenger compartment
Answer: Passenger Compartment can be considered to include all areas
accessible to occupants within the vehicle
●● photographic spread
Answer: Identification procedure in which the victim or witness to a
crime is asked to look at a number of photographs in an attempt to
identify the suspect (also known as a photographic lineup)
●● plain view
Answer: Objects in the line of sight of an officer who has the right to be
in that position are subject to seizure without a warrant if the officer has
lawful access to the object(s)
AND SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+
●● circumstantial evidence
Answer: Evidence that does not prove a fact directly, but rather is
personal knowledge or observations from which deductions are drawn
●● consent search
Answer: Search conducted with consent that is voluntary and obtained
from a person with the authority to give that consent
●● contemporaneous
Answer: Search conducted at or near the time of arrest, although either
can precede the other, at or near the place of the arrest, and while the
arrestee is still on the scene
●● curtilage
Answer: Relatively small and usually well-defined area immediately
around a residence to which the private activities of the home extend,
and in which the owner has an expectation of privacy
●● custodial arrest
,Answer: Arrest in which the suspect will be transported to a station, jail,
detox center, juvenile hall, or school
●● custodial lineup
Answer: Identification procedure in which the victim or witness to a
crime is asked to look at a number of individuals within a custodial
environment in an attempt to identify the suspect (also known as a
physical lineup)
●● direct evidence
Answer: Evidence that proves a fact directly, without an inference or
presumption (e.g., the sale of a controlled substance to an undercover
officer)
●● evanescent evidence
Answer: Evidence that will change or be lost over time
●● exigent circumstances
Answer: An emergency situation requiring swift action to prevent
imminent danger to life, serious danger to property, imminent escape of
a suspect, or the
destruction of evidence
●● field showup
,Answer: Viewing of a suspect by the victim or witness that commonly
occurs in the field shortly after a crime has been committed
●● implied consent
Answer: By obtaining a driver's license in California a person has agreed
to chemical testing without a warrant (i.e., blood, breath, urine)
●● knock and notice
Answer: Before entering a dwelling to serve a search warrant, officers
must give notice to persons inside through certain actions
●● motor vehicle
Answer: Self-propelled vehicle (e.g., automobiles, airplanes, buses,
recreational vehicles, carts, etc.)
●● nexus
Answer: A reasonable connection or link between two or more items
●● objective reasonableness
Answer: Whether society is prepared to recognize an individual's
expectation of privacy as reasonable
●● open fields
, Answer: Outdoor real property, outside the curtilage of the residence
●● overflight
Answer: Flight of a plane or helicopter over a given area
●● parole
Answer: Extension of a felon's sentence, that is, an additional specific
period of time (usually three years) which a person must serve on the
"outside" after having completed the actual prison sentence
●● passenger compartment
Answer: Passenger Compartment can be considered to include all areas
accessible to occupants within the vehicle
●● photographic spread
Answer: Identification procedure in which the victim or witness to a
crime is asked to look at a number of photographs in an attempt to
identify the suspect (also known as a photographic lineup)
●● plain view
Answer: Objects in the line of sight of an officer who has the right to be
in that position are subject to seizure without a warrant if the officer has
lawful access to the object(s)
