MPOETC ACT 120 EXAMINERS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔20-30 minutes -✔✔What is a reasonable amount of time for a Police Officer to
conduct an investigatory detention?
✔✔knock immediately -✔✔As a Police Officer, what should your first approach to obtain
entry into a house that you possess a search warrant for?
✔✔burglary and rape -✔✔While someone is staying at a hotel, they are penetrated and
raped. As a Police Officer, what can you charge the actor with?
✔✔exit corresponding doors -✔✔If there are 2 suspects in the front seats of a vehicle,
how do you remove them from the vehicle?
✔✔stop on reasonable suspicion -✔✔As a Police Officer, you receive information about
a robbery just committed, and a good description of the actor. As you receive this
information, a bystander positively matches the actor in the robbery. What action should
you take?
✔✔field notes -✔✔What is the best way for a Police Officer to prepare for court?
✔✔cross out and initial -✔✔What should a Police Officer do if they write in the wrong
address of someone in their field notes?
✔✔bodily injury -✔✔What term is defined as "impairment of physical condition or
substantial pain?"
✔✔reckless driving -✔✔What term is defined as "a driver who drives a vehicle in a
willful or wanton disregard for the safety of others?"
, ✔✔instrument of crime -✔✔What term is defined as "an instrument used with the intent
to use criminally?"
✔✔right wrist -✔✔Which wrist should a Police Officer handcuff first when arresting
someone?
✔✔serious bodily injury -✔✔What term is defined as "bodily injury which creates a
substantial risk of death of which causes serious permanent disfigurement or
impairment?"
✔✔commonwealth v. grey -✔✔What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case
determined that a nervous suspect does not equal reasonable suspicion?
✔✔search warrant -✔✔What type of warrant must include time, date, description of
property seized, and the description of person or place being seized?
✔✔investigatory detention -✔✔What would be a situation where a Police Officer tells a
person they are not free to leave, but at the same time, they are not in official Police
custody?
✔✔mere encounter -✔✔What is an instance where a Police Officer stops to speak with
someone spontaneously?
✔✔contraband -✔✔What term is defined as "items that are in and of themselves illegal
to own or possess?"
✔✔release to cover officer -✔✔What is the proper way for a Police Officer to handle a
weapon or gun that they found on the scene?
✔✔.08 -✔✔What is the B.A.C. legal level for adults of drinking age in the State of
Pennsylvania?
✔✔m -✔✔What is the vehicle class for motorcycles in the State of Pennsylvania?
✔✔damage property -✔✔What are Law Enforcement not permitted to do when
responding to a call?
✔✔search warrant -✔✔What must the District Attorney or Court of Common Pleas sign
before being conducted?
✔✔luring -✔✔What is the act of attempting to get a child into a car or unoccupied
structure?
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔20-30 minutes -✔✔What is a reasonable amount of time for a Police Officer to
conduct an investigatory detention?
✔✔knock immediately -✔✔As a Police Officer, what should your first approach to obtain
entry into a house that you possess a search warrant for?
✔✔burglary and rape -✔✔While someone is staying at a hotel, they are penetrated and
raped. As a Police Officer, what can you charge the actor with?
✔✔exit corresponding doors -✔✔If there are 2 suspects in the front seats of a vehicle,
how do you remove them from the vehicle?
✔✔stop on reasonable suspicion -✔✔As a Police Officer, you receive information about
a robbery just committed, and a good description of the actor. As you receive this
information, a bystander positively matches the actor in the robbery. What action should
you take?
✔✔field notes -✔✔What is the best way for a Police Officer to prepare for court?
✔✔cross out and initial -✔✔What should a Police Officer do if they write in the wrong
address of someone in their field notes?
✔✔bodily injury -✔✔What term is defined as "impairment of physical condition or
substantial pain?"
✔✔reckless driving -✔✔What term is defined as "a driver who drives a vehicle in a
willful or wanton disregard for the safety of others?"
, ✔✔instrument of crime -✔✔What term is defined as "an instrument used with the intent
to use criminally?"
✔✔right wrist -✔✔Which wrist should a Police Officer handcuff first when arresting
someone?
✔✔serious bodily injury -✔✔What term is defined as "bodily injury which creates a
substantial risk of death of which causes serious permanent disfigurement or
impairment?"
✔✔commonwealth v. grey -✔✔What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case
determined that a nervous suspect does not equal reasonable suspicion?
✔✔search warrant -✔✔What type of warrant must include time, date, description of
property seized, and the description of person or place being seized?
✔✔investigatory detention -✔✔What would be a situation where a Police Officer tells a
person they are not free to leave, but at the same time, they are not in official Police
custody?
✔✔mere encounter -✔✔What is an instance where a Police Officer stops to speak with
someone spontaneously?
✔✔contraband -✔✔What term is defined as "items that are in and of themselves illegal
to own or possess?"
✔✔release to cover officer -✔✔What is the proper way for a Police Officer to handle a
weapon or gun that they found on the scene?
✔✔.08 -✔✔What is the B.A.C. legal level for adults of drinking age in the State of
Pennsylvania?
✔✔m -✔✔What is the vehicle class for motorcycles in the State of Pennsylvania?
✔✔damage property -✔✔What are Law Enforcement not permitted to do when
responding to a call?
✔✔search warrant -✔✔What must the District Attorney or Court of Common Pleas sign
before being conducted?
✔✔luring -✔✔What is the act of attempting to get a child into a car or unoccupied
structure?
