MCOLES LICENSING STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Difference between a tort and an intentional tort? - ✔✔- A tort is a civil rights
violation against another person.
- An intentional tort is a form of liability facing police officers, intentionally or negligently
causing injury to another person.
✔✔You arrest a subject for OWI. He refuses to take a breath test. he wants to take
blood test at his doctor's office. You should:
(A) Take him to his doctor's office
(B) Charge him with a felony
(C) Classify it as a refusal - ✔✔(C) Classify it as a refusal
✔✔A county sheriff is traveling through a city in his county where he observes a traffic
violation. He can do which of the following:
(A) Issue a civil infraction
(B) Stop violator and request local police officer
(C) Let the violator go - ✔✔(A) Issue a civil infraction
✔✔A woman's ex-boyfriend forces her to have intercourse. What action can be taken?
(A) None because they had a prior sexual relationship
(B) Investigate a CSC
(C) Nothing, as it did not happen in your presence - ✔✔(B) Investigate a CSC
✔✔You respond to a call of a domestic dispute. During the investigation of the dispute,
a 10 year of child tells you his genitals were fondled by the mother's live-in boyfriend.
What do you do?
,(A) Make a report
(B) Identify suspect and request an arrest warrant
(C) Arrest suspect - ✔✔(A) Make a report
✔✔You respond to a call of a shooting. At the scene, a witness states they saw which
way the suspect ran. What is your first response?
(A) Chase shooter and radio dispatch
(B) Take a report
(C) Aid the injured - ✔✔(C) Aid the injured
✔✔You respond to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival you see a suspect running down
an alley. What is your next response?
(A) Chase shooter
(B) Immediately notify dispatch
(C) Shoot the shooter - ✔✔(B) Immediately notify dispatch
✔✔You arrive at the scene of an accident. What is the first evidence you should collect?
(A) Liquids
(B) Skids
(C) Glass - ✔✔(A) Liquids
✔✔You respond to a possible domestic violence call. The wife tells you that during the
argument the husband cleaned and loaded a shotgun and then put it away. Can you
arrest?
(A) Yes, if he points the gun at her and threatens her (also would be illegal)
(B) Yes, if the gun is found loaded and operational
(C) No, there is nothing wrong with that - ✔✔(C) No, there is nothing wrong with that
✔✔You watch a subject break into a store, steal a TV, then run back down the street.
You observe and watch him run into a house and then back out with a TV. You arrest
him. Can you go into the house and retrieve the TV?
(A) Yes, search incident to lawful arrest
(B) No, you need a search warrant
(C) Yes, hot pursuit - ✔✔(B) No, you need a search warrant
✔✔General Sessions Court - ✔✔Small claims at a max of $15,000
,✔✔You arrest a subject for OWI and transport to the station. Once you remove them
from your vehicle you observe a small gun on the back seat. You should do which of the
following?
(A) Apply it to the suspect because your vehicle was clean prior to the arrest
(B) No probable cause if it is the suspect, therefore unable to apply to suspect
(C) Apply it to the suspect because he looks like someone who would have a gun -
✔✔(A) Apply it to the suspect because your vehicle was clean prior to the arrest
✔✔Circuit Courts - ✔✔Intermediate federal appellate courts. Cover 13 "circuits" across
America. Hear appeals from District Courts in their jurisdiction. They handle felonies or
misdemeanors. Circuit courts are above the district courts for criminal cases.
✔✔You respond to a robbery at a party store and the suspect left a gun behind. You
should do which of the following?
(A) Don't touch it
(B) Make the weapon safe
(C) Collect the weapon - ✔✔(A) Don't touch it
✔✔At the beginning of your shift you find two bags of suspected cocaine under the back
seat of the patrol car. What should you do?
(A) Make a report and place it in evidence
(B) Report it to a supervisor
(C) Contact officers who used vehicle before you - ✔✔(B) Report it to a supervisor
✔✔You are on foot patrol when you locate a subject sitting against a wall in an alley.
His skin is pale and sweaty, his eyes are dilated. You inquire how he is doing and he is
unable to respond. How do you treat this person?
(A) Call an ambulance
(B) Place a blanket over him and monitor vitals
(C) Place them on their back and comfort them - ✔✔(A) Call an ambulance
✔✔You are at a bachelor party with strippers. One guy gives a dancer $100 to perform
a sex act on the bachelor. The appropriate charge is:
(A) Pimping
(B) Soliciting
(C) No Charge - ✔✔(B) Soliciting
✔✔The owner of a store reports that a suspect took $80 out of a cash register that
afternoon. The appropriate charge is which of the following:
, (A) Larceny under $100
(B) Larceny in a building
(C) Embezzlement - ✔✔(B) Larceny in a building
✔✔While on patrol, you observe a vehicle parked and running in a parking lot. The
vehicle is in park and the person is sleeping behind the wheel. They are which of the
following in this case?
(A) Owner
(B) Operator
(C) Driver - ✔✔(B) Operator
✔✔A friend borrows your vehicle with the intent to return it the next day. Three weeks
later he still has not returned it, so you call the police. What is the possible charge?
(A) Grand Theft Auto
(B) UDAA
(C) Larceny by Conversion - ✔✔(B) UDAA
✔✔You are assigned to pickup a subject on a mental disorder. The person has a history
of being uncooperative. What should you do?
(A) Knock, announce, and explain your purpose
(B) Go in hard and fast to avoid a barricaded person incident
(C) Use the minimum force required - ✔✔(A) Knock, announce, and explain your
purpose
✔✔At the scene of an accident, you determine that one vehicle intentionally rammed
the other. Your best response would be to:
(A) Charge the driver with MDOP
(B) Initiate an accident investigation
(C) You should not investigate as an accident because it was intentional - ✔✔(C) You
should not investigate as an accident because it was intentional
✔✔You arrive at the scene of a murder. The suspect has left the scene and left fresh
footprints. What do you do?
(A) Note direction
(B) Follow prints
(C) Preserve prints - ✔✔(C) Preserve prints
✔✔You are at an accident scene in a heavy rainstorm. What do you preserve first?
(A) Car parts
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Difference between a tort and an intentional tort? - ✔✔- A tort is a civil rights
violation against another person.
- An intentional tort is a form of liability facing police officers, intentionally or negligently
causing injury to another person.
✔✔You arrest a subject for OWI. He refuses to take a breath test. he wants to take
blood test at his doctor's office. You should:
(A) Take him to his doctor's office
(B) Charge him with a felony
(C) Classify it as a refusal - ✔✔(C) Classify it as a refusal
✔✔A county sheriff is traveling through a city in his county where he observes a traffic
violation. He can do which of the following:
(A) Issue a civil infraction
(B) Stop violator and request local police officer
(C) Let the violator go - ✔✔(A) Issue a civil infraction
✔✔A woman's ex-boyfriend forces her to have intercourse. What action can be taken?
(A) None because they had a prior sexual relationship
(B) Investigate a CSC
(C) Nothing, as it did not happen in your presence - ✔✔(B) Investigate a CSC
✔✔You respond to a call of a domestic dispute. During the investigation of the dispute,
a 10 year of child tells you his genitals were fondled by the mother's live-in boyfriend.
What do you do?
,(A) Make a report
(B) Identify suspect and request an arrest warrant
(C) Arrest suspect - ✔✔(A) Make a report
✔✔You respond to a call of a shooting. At the scene, a witness states they saw which
way the suspect ran. What is your first response?
(A) Chase shooter and radio dispatch
(B) Take a report
(C) Aid the injured - ✔✔(C) Aid the injured
✔✔You respond to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival you see a suspect running down
an alley. What is your next response?
(A) Chase shooter
(B) Immediately notify dispatch
(C) Shoot the shooter - ✔✔(B) Immediately notify dispatch
✔✔You arrive at the scene of an accident. What is the first evidence you should collect?
(A) Liquids
(B) Skids
(C) Glass - ✔✔(A) Liquids
✔✔You respond to a possible domestic violence call. The wife tells you that during the
argument the husband cleaned and loaded a shotgun and then put it away. Can you
arrest?
(A) Yes, if he points the gun at her and threatens her (also would be illegal)
(B) Yes, if the gun is found loaded and operational
(C) No, there is nothing wrong with that - ✔✔(C) No, there is nothing wrong with that
✔✔You watch a subject break into a store, steal a TV, then run back down the street.
You observe and watch him run into a house and then back out with a TV. You arrest
him. Can you go into the house and retrieve the TV?
(A) Yes, search incident to lawful arrest
(B) No, you need a search warrant
(C) Yes, hot pursuit - ✔✔(B) No, you need a search warrant
✔✔General Sessions Court - ✔✔Small claims at a max of $15,000
,✔✔You arrest a subject for OWI and transport to the station. Once you remove them
from your vehicle you observe a small gun on the back seat. You should do which of the
following?
(A) Apply it to the suspect because your vehicle was clean prior to the arrest
(B) No probable cause if it is the suspect, therefore unable to apply to suspect
(C) Apply it to the suspect because he looks like someone who would have a gun -
✔✔(A) Apply it to the suspect because your vehicle was clean prior to the arrest
✔✔Circuit Courts - ✔✔Intermediate federal appellate courts. Cover 13 "circuits" across
America. Hear appeals from District Courts in their jurisdiction. They handle felonies or
misdemeanors. Circuit courts are above the district courts for criminal cases.
✔✔You respond to a robbery at a party store and the suspect left a gun behind. You
should do which of the following?
(A) Don't touch it
(B) Make the weapon safe
(C) Collect the weapon - ✔✔(A) Don't touch it
✔✔At the beginning of your shift you find two bags of suspected cocaine under the back
seat of the patrol car. What should you do?
(A) Make a report and place it in evidence
(B) Report it to a supervisor
(C) Contact officers who used vehicle before you - ✔✔(B) Report it to a supervisor
✔✔You are on foot patrol when you locate a subject sitting against a wall in an alley.
His skin is pale and sweaty, his eyes are dilated. You inquire how he is doing and he is
unable to respond. How do you treat this person?
(A) Call an ambulance
(B) Place a blanket over him and monitor vitals
(C) Place them on their back and comfort them - ✔✔(A) Call an ambulance
✔✔You are at a bachelor party with strippers. One guy gives a dancer $100 to perform
a sex act on the bachelor. The appropriate charge is:
(A) Pimping
(B) Soliciting
(C) No Charge - ✔✔(B) Soliciting
✔✔The owner of a store reports that a suspect took $80 out of a cash register that
afternoon. The appropriate charge is which of the following:
, (A) Larceny under $100
(B) Larceny in a building
(C) Embezzlement - ✔✔(B) Larceny in a building
✔✔While on patrol, you observe a vehicle parked and running in a parking lot. The
vehicle is in park and the person is sleeping behind the wheel. They are which of the
following in this case?
(A) Owner
(B) Operator
(C) Driver - ✔✔(B) Operator
✔✔A friend borrows your vehicle with the intent to return it the next day. Three weeks
later he still has not returned it, so you call the police. What is the possible charge?
(A) Grand Theft Auto
(B) UDAA
(C) Larceny by Conversion - ✔✔(B) UDAA
✔✔You are assigned to pickup a subject on a mental disorder. The person has a history
of being uncooperative. What should you do?
(A) Knock, announce, and explain your purpose
(B) Go in hard and fast to avoid a barricaded person incident
(C) Use the minimum force required - ✔✔(A) Knock, announce, and explain your
purpose
✔✔At the scene of an accident, you determine that one vehicle intentionally rammed
the other. Your best response would be to:
(A) Charge the driver with MDOP
(B) Initiate an accident investigation
(C) You should not investigate as an accident because it was intentional - ✔✔(C) You
should not investigate as an accident because it was intentional
✔✔You arrive at the scene of a murder. The suspect has left the scene and left fresh
footprints. What do you do?
(A) Note direction
(B) Follow prints
(C) Preserve prints - ✔✔(C) Preserve prints
✔✔You are at an accident scene in a heavy rainstorm. What do you preserve first?
(A) Car parts
