FLETC 4th Amendment practice (New
2026/ 2027 Update) Questions & Answers
{Grade A} 100% Correct (Verified
Solutions)
Law enforcement officers receive notice from their dispatcher that there has been a
homicide at a local apartment building. Arriving at the designated apartment, the
officers notice that the door to the apartment has what appear to be bullet holes in it,
and that the lock on the door is broken. Without first obtaining a search warrant, the
officers push open the door and enter the apartment. Inside, they find a deceased male
and a female who is unconscious, but appears to have suffered a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to the chest. Emergency personnel are called, and both bodies are removed
from the scene of the crime. After securing the apartment, two of the officers begin to
process the crime scene looking for evidence. In a trashcan near the kitchen, the
officers find a crumpled note. Not sure if it's evidence or not, the officers read the note
and discover it was written by the woman. The note indicates that she ha - Correct
answer Suppressed, because the search by the officers was made without either a
search warrant or an exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement.
,Armed with an arrest warrant for Jones for mail fraud and false statements, federal
agents approach Jones' home. Surveillance has indicated that, in the previous 48
hours, no one other than Jones has entered or left the premises. The officers have no
additional information that anyone other than Jones is located inside the two story
home. The agents knock on the door, announce their identity and purpose, and demand
entry. When the agents hear footsteps running towards the rear of the residence, they
use force to enter and make the arrest. Jones is arrested approximately ten feet from
the back door of the residence. Two officers fan out to conduct a protective sweep of
the home, and in the bathroom located on the second floor, discover marijuana shoved
into the toilet tank. At his trial on possession charges, Jones files a motion to suppress
the evidence found in the bathroom. According to the law, this motion will be - Correct
answer Granted, because the marijuana was found during a search that violated the
Fourth Amendment.
Howard is arrested on a 6 year old warrant for income tax evasion as he is getting out
of his car at his home. Howard has no other criminal history, and there is no reason to
suspect that he has engaged in any other instance of income tax evasion or any other
crime. As soon as he is handcuffed and his person searched, he is secured in the back
, of the patrol vehicle. Officers then search the passenger compartment of his car
incident to arrest and find 10 ounces of marijuana in one ounce packages, scales, and
baggies hidden in the glove compartment. The officers then decide to search the trunk
of the car under the mobile conveyance exception and find 50 more ounces of
marijuana hidden inside the spare tire. All the above evidence is seized and is offered
as evidence at Howard's trial for possession with intent to distribute a controlled
substance. Is the evidence admissible? - Correct answer None of the evidence is
admissible
Morgan, a convicted felon, lived in a trailer owned by his girlfriend, Jones. Jones,
anxious to defend herself against a charge, made by another woman, that she kept
drugs at her home, invited two police officers to search the trailer. When the officers
came in, Morgan was sitting in the living room. The officers explained to him that Jones
had given consent for the search, and they then proceeded to make their search. In the
bedroom shared by Jones and Morgan, the officers found a small bag with what
appeared to be marijuana residue inside. Jones denied that the bag belonged to her,
and told the officers that some of the items in the bedroom belonged to the defendant.
On an upper shelf in the bedroom closet, in a jumble of boxes, tins, and bags belonging
2026/ 2027 Update) Questions & Answers
{Grade A} 100% Correct (Verified
Solutions)
Law enforcement officers receive notice from their dispatcher that there has been a
homicide at a local apartment building. Arriving at the designated apartment, the
officers notice that the door to the apartment has what appear to be bullet holes in it,
and that the lock on the door is broken. Without first obtaining a search warrant, the
officers push open the door and enter the apartment. Inside, they find a deceased male
and a female who is unconscious, but appears to have suffered a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to the chest. Emergency personnel are called, and both bodies are removed
from the scene of the crime. After securing the apartment, two of the officers begin to
process the crime scene looking for evidence. In a trashcan near the kitchen, the
officers find a crumpled note. Not sure if it's evidence or not, the officers read the note
and discover it was written by the woman. The note indicates that she ha - Correct
answer Suppressed, because the search by the officers was made without either a
search warrant or an exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement.
,Armed with an arrest warrant for Jones for mail fraud and false statements, federal
agents approach Jones' home. Surveillance has indicated that, in the previous 48
hours, no one other than Jones has entered or left the premises. The officers have no
additional information that anyone other than Jones is located inside the two story
home. The agents knock on the door, announce their identity and purpose, and demand
entry. When the agents hear footsteps running towards the rear of the residence, they
use force to enter and make the arrest. Jones is arrested approximately ten feet from
the back door of the residence. Two officers fan out to conduct a protective sweep of
the home, and in the bathroom located on the second floor, discover marijuana shoved
into the toilet tank. At his trial on possession charges, Jones files a motion to suppress
the evidence found in the bathroom. According to the law, this motion will be - Correct
answer Granted, because the marijuana was found during a search that violated the
Fourth Amendment.
Howard is arrested on a 6 year old warrant for income tax evasion as he is getting out
of his car at his home. Howard has no other criminal history, and there is no reason to
suspect that he has engaged in any other instance of income tax evasion or any other
crime. As soon as he is handcuffed and his person searched, he is secured in the back
, of the patrol vehicle. Officers then search the passenger compartment of his car
incident to arrest and find 10 ounces of marijuana in one ounce packages, scales, and
baggies hidden in the glove compartment. The officers then decide to search the trunk
of the car under the mobile conveyance exception and find 50 more ounces of
marijuana hidden inside the spare tire. All the above evidence is seized and is offered
as evidence at Howard's trial for possession with intent to distribute a controlled
substance. Is the evidence admissible? - Correct answer None of the evidence is
admissible
Morgan, a convicted felon, lived in a trailer owned by his girlfriend, Jones. Jones,
anxious to defend herself against a charge, made by another woman, that she kept
drugs at her home, invited two police officers to search the trailer. When the officers
came in, Morgan was sitting in the living room. The officers explained to him that Jones
had given consent for the search, and they then proceeded to make their search. In the
bedroom shared by Jones and Morgan, the officers found a small bag with what
appeared to be marijuana residue inside. Jones denied that the bag belonged to her,
and told the officers that some of the items in the bedroom belonged to the defendant.
On an upper shelf in the bedroom closet, in a jumble of boxes, tins, and bags belonging
