CLEET COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● A crime may be defined as
Answer: a public offense, forbidden, which the government sanctions
●● A suspect may invoke his right to counsel or right to remain silent
Answer: at anytime during the investigation
●● A self-incriminatory statement by a subject, falling short of a
complete acknowledgement of guilt is an
Answer: admission
●● Ted broke into Sally's at 7:30 am wile sally was sleeping. While in
the apartment, ted intentionally set Sally's bed on fire. What crime did
Ted commit?
Answer: First Degree Arson
●● Cases where the court of criminal appeals has interpreted statutory
law in very specific cases are called
Answer: Case Law
,●● An arrest warrant issued out of the district court, charging a
misdemeanor. Can be served
Answer: whatever the warrant states
●● Malice Aforethought as used in Murder in the first degree may be
defined as
Answer: deliberate intent
●● Normally, if you make an arrest outside your jurisdiction you do so
Answer: as a private citizen
●● False arrest and false imprisonment cases are
Answer: criminal and civil
●● What are the two main types of municipal courts in Oklahoma?
Answer: Courts of record and courts not of record
●● A writ is
Answer: an order if the court
●● Mary, age 13 gives her consent to have sexual intercourse with Sam
(age 22) If Sam has intercourse with Mary what has been committed?
Answer: First Degree Rape
,●● Burden of proof in a civil case is
Answer: preponderance of the evidence
●● What amendment gives a citizen the right to not self-incriminate?
Answer: (5th Amendment)
●● The elements of civil battery are
Answer: intentional, non-consensual, physical contact and another
person
●● The rights to an attorney during police interrogations, or when
defendants are in custodial situations are assured by
Answer: Miranda VS. Arizona
●● Generally, a police officer may arrest for a misdemeanor
Answer: committed or attempted in his presence
●● Improper service, improper venue, lack of jurisdiction and statute of
limitations are examples of
Answer: technical defenses of a constitutional tort.
, ●● Reasonable grounds, such as would warrant a prudent person to
believe certain facts are true is
Answer: probable cause
●● Failure to exercise the necessary degree of care where a reasonable
person would use under a given set of circumstances is called
Answer: negligence
●● The legal steps necessary to prove a violation of a criminal stature is
known as
Answer: elements of the crime
●● Homicide is justifiable
Answer: when defending against deadly force.
●● A good rule concerning the use of force by an LEO is
Answer: use force when it is necessary and then use only reasonable
force
●● Under conditions specified on 21 O.S. 540B a person commits a
felony by running a roadblock. Under these conditions an officer may
Answer: use deadly force if the person poses a threat of deadly force to
the officer or another.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● A crime may be defined as
Answer: a public offense, forbidden, which the government sanctions
●● A suspect may invoke his right to counsel or right to remain silent
Answer: at anytime during the investigation
●● A self-incriminatory statement by a subject, falling short of a
complete acknowledgement of guilt is an
Answer: admission
●● Ted broke into Sally's at 7:30 am wile sally was sleeping. While in
the apartment, ted intentionally set Sally's bed on fire. What crime did
Ted commit?
Answer: First Degree Arson
●● Cases where the court of criminal appeals has interpreted statutory
law in very specific cases are called
Answer: Case Law
,●● An arrest warrant issued out of the district court, charging a
misdemeanor. Can be served
Answer: whatever the warrant states
●● Malice Aforethought as used in Murder in the first degree may be
defined as
Answer: deliberate intent
●● Normally, if you make an arrest outside your jurisdiction you do so
Answer: as a private citizen
●● False arrest and false imprisonment cases are
Answer: criminal and civil
●● What are the two main types of municipal courts in Oklahoma?
Answer: Courts of record and courts not of record
●● A writ is
Answer: an order if the court
●● Mary, age 13 gives her consent to have sexual intercourse with Sam
(age 22) If Sam has intercourse with Mary what has been committed?
Answer: First Degree Rape
,●● Burden of proof in a civil case is
Answer: preponderance of the evidence
●● What amendment gives a citizen the right to not self-incriminate?
Answer: (5th Amendment)
●● The elements of civil battery are
Answer: intentional, non-consensual, physical contact and another
person
●● The rights to an attorney during police interrogations, or when
defendants are in custodial situations are assured by
Answer: Miranda VS. Arizona
●● Generally, a police officer may arrest for a misdemeanor
Answer: committed or attempted in his presence
●● Improper service, improper venue, lack of jurisdiction and statute of
limitations are examples of
Answer: technical defenses of a constitutional tort.
, ●● Reasonable grounds, such as would warrant a prudent person to
believe certain facts are true is
Answer: probable cause
●● Failure to exercise the necessary degree of care where a reasonable
person would use under a given set of circumstances is called
Answer: negligence
●● The legal steps necessary to prove a violation of a criminal stature is
known as
Answer: elements of the crime
●● Homicide is justifiable
Answer: when defending against deadly force.
●● A good rule concerning the use of force by an LEO is
Answer: use force when it is necessary and then use only reasonable
force
●● Under conditions specified on 21 O.S. 540B a person commits a
felony by running a roadblock. Under these conditions an officer may
Answer: use deadly force if the person poses a threat of deadly force to
the officer or another.
