TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative Exam Study
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Questions & Answers
1st Amendment - Correct answer Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - Correct answer Search and seizure
5th Amendment - Correct answer The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - Correct answer Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - Correct answer Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - Correct answer Three Branches
Executive Branch - Correct answer Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - Correct answer Makes laws
,Judicial Branch - Correct answer Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - Correct answer Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial
review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they
must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of
approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins
the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process - Correct answer No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious
and the means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial
relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - Correct answer Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or
tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - Correct answer Forms of speech that are
not protected
,Texas v. Johnson - Correct answer A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck
down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action
was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - Correct answer Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or
travel aid
Despondent - Correct answer Persons who are severely depressed individuals or
persons contemplating suicide
View Enhancement - Correct answer Type of strategy occurs when the lost person
climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
16 - Correct answer SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - Correct answer Definition of a child
, Jeb v. Alabama - Correct answer Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - Correct answer SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - Correct answer When was Megans Law passed?
94 - Correct answer How many federal district courts are there?
13 - Correct answer How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - Correct answer Two branches of a circuit
court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - Correct answer Court case that established fighting
words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - Correct answer 3 phases of rape trauma
syndrome
Guide (Latest )100% Correct
Questions & Answers
1st Amendment - Correct answer Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - Correct answer Search and seizure
5th Amendment - Correct answer The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - Correct answer Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - Correct answer Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - Correct answer Three Branches
Executive Branch - Correct answer Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - Correct answer Makes laws
,Judicial Branch - Correct answer Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - Correct answer Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial
review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they
must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of
approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins
the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process - Correct answer No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious
and the means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial
relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - Correct answer Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or
tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - Correct answer Forms of speech that are
not protected
,Texas v. Johnson - Correct answer A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck
down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action
was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - Correct answer Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or
travel aid
Despondent - Correct answer Persons who are severely depressed individuals or
persons contemplating suicide
View Enhancement - Correct answer Type of strategy occurs when the lost person
climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
16 - Correct answer SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - Correct answer Definition of a child
, Jeb v. Alabama - Correct answer Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - Correct answer SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - Correct answer When was Megans Law passed?
94 - Correct answer How many federal district courts are there?
13 - Correct answer How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - Correct answer Two branches of a circuit
court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - Correct answer Court case that established fighting
words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - Correct answer 3 phases of rape trauma
syndrome
