TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative
Exam Study Guide
comprehensive questions
and verified answers
( detailed & elaborated)
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 TEST!!
1st Amendment - answer-Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - answer-Search and seizure
5th Amendment - answer-The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - answer-Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - answer-Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - answer-Three Branches
Executive Branch - answer-Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - answer-Makes laws
Judicial Branch - answer-Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - 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 - 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 - answer-Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite
an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - answer-Forms of speech that are not
protected
Texas v. Johnson - 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 - answer-Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - answer-Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons
contemplating suicide
View Enhancement - 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 - answer-SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - answer-Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - answer-Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - answer-SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - answer-When was Megans Law passed?
94 - answer-How many federal district courts are there?
13 - answer-How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - answer-Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - answer-Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - answer-3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - answer-Characteristics
of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear -
answer-5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
, Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - answer-What are three security checks officers to look
for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to
searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids - answer-Abnormal
behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - answer-Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other person
responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or
engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical or mental
injury to the child
Family - answer-A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
Household member - answer-A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common,
someone who has or formerly has cohabitation
Going from family to general sessions - answer-What is transfer of jurisdiction
Situational Child Molester - answer-Does not have sexual preference for children but
will engage in sex with a child for complex reasons
Preferential Child Molester - answer-Has a sexual preference for children
Child Advocacy Center - answer-Agency that provides for law enforcement a forensic
interviewer, an opportunity for medical protocol to be done, and counseling services for
child abuse
Rapport, Anatomy Identification, Touch Inquiry, Abuse Scenario, Closure - answer-
Elements of a forensic interview
Mutual Combat - answer-A condition or circumstance in which the parties involved
agree to a voluntary confrontation
24 hours - answer-How long does a department have to begin a preliminary
investigation once a child has been taken into EPC?
Sextortion - answer-MCMEC says that this is the new form of sexual exploitation that
occurs online using non-physical forms to encourage victims to provide sexual content
of a child
Exam Study Guide
comprehensive questions
and verified answers
( detailed & elaborated)
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 TEST!!
1st Amendment - answer-Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - answer-Search and seizure
5th Amendment - answer-The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - answer-Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - answer-Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - answer-Three Branches
Executive Branch - answer-Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - answer-Makes laws
Judicial Branch - answer-Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - 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 - 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 - answer-Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite
an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - answer-Forms of speech that are not
protected
Texas v. Johnson - 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 - answer-Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - answer-Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons
contemplating suicide
View Enhancement - 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 - answer-SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - answer-Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - answer-Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - answer-SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - answer-When was Megans Law passed?
94 - answer-How many federal district courts are there?
13 - answer-How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - answer-Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - answer-Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - answer-3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - answer-Characteristics
of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear -
answer-5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
, Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - answer-What are three security checks officers to look
for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to
searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids - answer-Abnormal
behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - answer-Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other person
responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or
engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical or mental
injury to the child
Family - answer-A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
Household member - answer-A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common,
someone who has or formerly has cohabitation
Going from family to general sessions - answer-What is transfer of jurisdiction
Situational Child Molester - answer-Does not have sexual preference for children but
will engage in sex with a child for complex reasons
Preferential Child Molester - answer-Has a sexual preference for children
Child Advocacy Center - answer-Agency that provides for law enforcement a forensic
interviewer, an opportunity for medical protocol to be done, and counseling services for
child abuse
Rapport, Anatomy Identification, Touch Inquiry, Abuse Scenario, Closure - answer-
Elements of a forensic interview
Mutual Combat - answer-A condition or circumstance in which the parties involved
agree to a voluntary confrontation
24 hours - answer-How long does a department have to begin a preliminary
investigation once a child has been taken into EPC?
Sextortion - answer-MCMEC says that this is the new form of sexual exploitation that
occurs online using non-physical forms to encourage victims to provide sexual content
of a child
