FLORIDA SOCE Exam | Actual Questions and Answers Latest
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
• Question
Indirect or circumstantial evidence
Correct Answer: requires an inference or presumption to establish a fact
• Question
Offense
Correct Answer: a breach of law
• Question
Non-criminal violation (civil infraction)
Correct Answer: does not constitute a crime and is not punishable by incarceration
• Question
Misdemeanor
Correct Answer: any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a county
jail of up to one year
• Question
Second degree misdemeanor
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of 60 days in a county jail, a fine of $500, or
both.
• Question
first degree misdemeanor
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of one year in a county jail, a fine of $1,000,
or both.
• Question
Felony
Correct Answer: any criminal opffsense3 committed where the maximum penalty is
death or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
• Question
Third-degree felony
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of five year's in a state correctional facility,
a fine of up to $5,000, or both
, • Question
Second-deggree felony
Correct Answer: punishible by a maximum of 15 years in a state correctional facility, a
fine of up to $10,000, or both
• Question
First-Degree feelony
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional facility, a
fine of up to $10,000, or both.
Certain ----degree felonies specifically carry a maximum panalty of life incarceration in a
state correctional facility
• Question
Life Felony
Correct Answer: has varying penalties depending on the date and type of crime
commited. Maximum penalty of life incarceration in a state correctional facility without
the possibility of parole or probation, a fine of up to $15,000 or both.
• Question
Capital Felony
Correct Answer: Penalty is death or life incarceration in a state correctional facility
without the possibility of parole.
• Question
Enhanced penalty
Correct Answer: a sentence that is increased from one classification of offense to a more
serious classification due to a prior conviction or the serious nature of the circumstances
involved
• Question
Principle in the first degree
Correct Answer: a person who commits any criminal offense, whether felony, or
misdemeanor, aids, abets, counsels, hires or persuades an offense to be committed or
attempted
ex. if a babysitter provides security codes to a friend for the purpose of that friend to
commit a burglary and the burglary takes place without the babysitter being there, the
babysitter is a principle in the first degree
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
• Question
Indirect or circumstantial evidence
Correct Answer: requires an inference or presumption to establish a fact
• Question
Offense
Correct Answer: a breach of law
• Question
Non-criminal violation (civil infraction)
Correct Answer: does not constitute a crime and is not punishable by incarceration
• Question
Misdemeanor
Correct Answer: any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a county
jail of up to one year
• Question
Second degree misdemeanor
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of 60 days in a county jail, a fine of $500, or
both.
• Question
first degree misdemeanor
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of one year in a county jail, a fine of $1,000,
or both.
• Question
Felony
Correct Answer: any criminal opffsense3 committed where the maximum penalty is
death or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
• Question
Third-degree felony
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of five year's in a state correctional facility,
a fine of up to $5,000, or both
, • Question
Second-deggree felony
Correct Answer: punishible by a maximum of 15 years in a state correctional facility, a
fine of up to $10,000, or both
• Question
First-Degree feelony
Correct Answer: carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional facility, a
fine of up to $10,000, or both.
Certain ----degree felonies specifically carry a maximum panalty of life incarceration in a
state correctional facility
• Question
Life Felony
Correct Answer: has varying penalties depending on the date and type of crime
commited. Maximum penalty of life incarceration in a state correctional facility without
the possibility of parole or probation, a fine of up to $15,000 or both.
• Question
Capital Felony
Correct Answer: Penalty is death or life incarceration in a state correctional facility
without the possibility of parole.
• Question
Enhanced penalty
Correct Answer: a sentence that is increased from one classification of offense to a more
serious classification due to a prior conviction or the serious nature of the circumstances
involved
• Question
Principle in the first degree
Correct Answer: a person who commits any criminal offense, whether felony, or
misdemeanor, aids, abets, counsels, hires or persuades an offense to be committed or
attempted
ex. if a babysitter provides security codes to a friend for the purpose of that friend to
commit a burglary and the burglary takes place without the babysitter being there, the
babysitter is a principle in the first degree
