MCJA PHASE 1 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔An arrest warrant is all of the following EXCEPT:
A verbal order issued by a judicial authority.
A written order issued by a judicial authority.
Based upon probable cause.
Directing the arrest of a particular person or persons. - ✔✔A verbal order issued by a
judicial authority.
✔✔Following an arrest, a law enforcement officer should immediately do which of the
following: (Select all that apply.)
Conduct a search incident to arrest - person, place, vehicle.
Attend to any medical needs of the arrestee.
Restrain the arrestee with a temporary restraining device (i.e. handcuffs). - ✔✔Conduct
a search incident to arrest - person, place, vehicle.
Attend to any medical needs of the arrestee.
Restrain the arrestee with a temporary restraining device (i.e. handcuffs).
✔✔A law enforcement officer who has arrested a subject must release that subject
when:
A false arrest lawsuit is filed.
The arrestee claims his/her rights under the 4th Amendment have been violated.
Probable cause dissolves.
None of the above - ✔✔Probable cause dissolves.
✔✔A summons for a criminal offense: (Select all that apply.)
Directs the subject to appear in court.
Is a written document.
Alleges that the subject has committed a crime. - ✔✔Directs the subject to appear in
court.
Is a written document.
,Alleges that the subject has committed a crime.
✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion is ___________ probable cause, and is required
to make a ____ Amendment "seizure" of a person when stopping the person.
Greater than; 1st
Greater than; 4th
Less than; 1st
Less than; 4th - ✔✔Less than; 4th
✔✔What is required for a law enforcement officer to frisk a subject? (Select all that
apply.)
The subject must commit a crime in the officer's presence.
Probable cause that a crime has been committed.
Reasonable articulable suspicion that the subject has a weapon and is dangerous.
A hunch that the person may be armed - ✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion that the
subject has a weapon and is dangerous.
✔✔The purposes of the Maine Juvenile Code, outlined in 15 M.R.S.A. Section 3002,
include all of the following EXCEPT:
To provide consequences for serious criminal behavior.
To permanently remove juveniles from the custody of parents.
To secure care and guidance.
To preserve and strengthen family ties. - ✔✔To permanently remove juveniles from the
custody of parents.
✔✔The Maine Juvenile Code confers jurisdiction to the _______ Court to act as the
Juvenile Court.
Superior
District
Appeals
Supreme Judicial - ✔✔District
✔✔The Juvenile Court has jurisdiction over cases involving which of the following:
(Select all that apply.)
Juveniles alleged to have committed juvenile crimes
Adults alleged to have committed juvenile crimes before attaining the age of 18
Petitions for emancipation - ✔✔Juveniles alleged to have committed juvenile crimes
Adults alleged to have committed juvenile crimes before attaining the age of 18
Petitions for emancipation
, ✔✔Law enforcement officers interacting with juvenile subjects may opt for which of the
following procedural options? (Select all that apply.)
Make a warrantless arrest
Summons the juvenile
Interview and dismiss - ✔✔Make a warrantless arrest
Summons the juvenile
Interview and dismiss
✔✔When a law enforcement officer arrests a juvenile and believes secure detention is
necessary, the law enforcement officer must notify the Juvenile Community Corrections
Officer (JCCO) within ______ hours.
12
2
10
6 - ✔✔2
✔✔A juvenile adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime may be unconditionally
discharged or may __________________. (Select all that apply.)
Be ordered to pay a fine, or restitution
Be released to the juvenile's parent, legal guardian, or a relative
Be released to the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services -
✔✔Be ordered to pay a fine, or restitution
Be released to the juvenile's parent, legal guardian, or a relative
Be released to the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
✔✔The Maine Juvenile Code grants law enforcement officers the authority to take a
juvenile into interim care, for not more than ______ hours.
4
6
12
24 - ✔✔6
✔✔Juvenile arrest records are generally considered ________ documents.
Public
Confidential
Sensitive
Open - ✔✔Confidential
✔✔Under Maine law, what are the two crimes for which law enforcement officers must
arrest?
✔✔An arrest warrant is all of the following EXCEPT:
A verbal order issued by a judicial authority.
A written order issued by a judicial authority.
Based upon probable cause.
Directing the arrest of a particular person or persons. - ✔✔A verbal order issued by a
judicial authority.
✔✔Following an arrest, a law enforcement officer should immediately do which of the
following: (Select all that apply.)
Conduct a search incident to arrest - person, place, vehicle.
Attend to any medical needs of the arrestee.
Restrain the arrestee with a temporary restraining device (i.e. handcuffs). - ✔✔Conduct
a search incident to arrest - person, place, vehicle.
Attend to any medical needs of the arrestee.
Restrain the arrestee with a temporary restraining device (i.e. handcuffs).
✔✔A law enforcement officer who has arrested a subject must release that subject
when:
A false arrest lawsuit is filed.
The arrestee claims his/her rights under the 4th Amendment have been violated.
Probable cause dissolves.
None of the above - ✔✔Probable cause dissolves.
✔✔A summons for a criminal offense: (Select all that apply.)
Directs the subject to appear in court.
Is a written document.
Alleges that the subject has committed a crime. - ✔✔Directs the subject to appear in
court.
Is a written document.
,Alleges that the subject has committed a crime.
✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion is ___________ probable cause, and is required
to make a ____ Amendment "seizure" of a person when stopping the person.
Greater than; 1st
Greater than; 4th
Less than; 1st
Less than; 4th - ✔✔Less than; 4th
✔✔What is required for a law enforcement officer to frisk a subject? (Select all that
apply.)
The subject must commit a crime in the officer's presence.
Probable cause that a crime has been committed.
Reasonable articulable suspicion that the subject has a weapon and is dangerous.
A hunch that the person may be armed - ✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion that the
subject has a weapon and is dangerous.
✔✔The purposes of the Maine Juvenile Code, outlined in 15 M.R.S.A. Section 3002,
include all of the following EXCEPT:
To provide consequences for serious criminal behavior.
To permanently remove juveniles from the custody of parents.
To secure care and guidance.
To preserve and strengthen family ties. - ✔✔To permanently remove juveniles from the
custody of parents.
✔✔The Maine Juvenile Code confers jurisdiction to the _______ Court to act as the
Juvenile Court.
Superior
District
Appeals
Supreme Judicial - ✔✔District
✔✔The Juvenile Court has jurisdiction over cases involving which of the following:
(Select all that apply.)
Juveniles alleged to have committed juvenile crimes
Adults alleged to have committed juvenile crimes before attaining the age of 18
Petitions for emancipation - ✔✔Juveniles alleged to have committed juvenile crimes
Adults alleged to have committed juvenile crimes before attaining the age of 18
Petitions for emancipation
, ✔✔Law enforcement officers interacting with juvenile subjects may opt for which of the
following procedural options? (Select all that apply.)
Make a warrantless arrest
Summons the juvenile
Interview and dismiss - ✔✔Make a warrantless arrest
Summons the juvenile
Interview and dismiss
✔✔When a law enforcement officer arrests a juvenile and believes secure detention is
necessary, the law enforcement officer must notify the Juvenile Community Corrections
Officer (JCCO) within ______ hours.
12
2
10
6 - ✔✔2
✔✔A juvenile adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime may be unconditionally
discharged or may __________________. (Select all that apply.)
Be ordered to pay a fine, or restitution
Be released to the juvenile's parent, legal guardian, or a relative
Be released to the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services -
✔✔Be ordered to pay a fine, or restitution
Be released to the juvenile's parent, legal guardian, or a relative
Be released to the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
✔✔The Maine Juvenile Code grants law enforcement officers the authority to take a
juvenile into interim care, for not more than ______ hours.
4
6
12
24 - ✔✔6
✔✔Juvenile arrest records are generally considered ________ documents.
Public
Confidential
Sensitive
Open - ✔✔Confidential
✔✔Under Maine law, what are the two crimes for which law enforcement officers must
arrest?
