TCOLE BPOC EXAMS SET FULL SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Bias
Answer: A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of judgment.
●● Crime
Answer: act or omission forbidden by law and punishable by a fine,
imprisonment, or even death. ________ and their penalties are
established and defined by state and federal statutes and local
ordinances.
●● Circumstantial Evidence
Answer: Not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the
facts in controversy, but of other facts from which deductions are drawn,
showing indirectly the facts sought to be proved.
●● Complainant
Answer: Person requesting an investigation or that action is taken. Is
often the victim of a crime.
●● Corpus delicti
,Answer: literally means the body or substance of the crime. In law the
term refers to proof establishing that a crime has occurred; the necessary
elements that constitute a crime.
●● Elements of a crime
Answer: Conditions that must occur for an act to be called a specific
kind of crime.
●● Evidence
Answer: Anything to be offered in court to prove the truth or falsity of a
fact in issue.
●● Fence
Answer: One who receives and disposes of stolen property on a regular
basis.
●● Field Identification
Answer: On-the-scene identification of a suspect by the victim of or
witness to a crime, conducted within minutes of the commission of a
crime.
●● Prejudice
Answer: An opinion or leaning adverse to anything without just grounds
or before obtaining sufficient knowledge.
,●● Modus Operandi (MO)
Answer: A criminal's characteristic method of operation.
●● Rapport
Answer: a felling of ease and harmony in a contact or relationship
between people.
●● Reasonable Doubt
Answer: The level of certainty a juror must have to find a defendant
guilty of a crime.
●● Statement
Answer: A legal narrative description of events related to a crime.
A broad term meaning simply oral or written declaration or assertion
●● Suspect
Answer: A person considered to be directly or indirectly connected with
a crime, either by overt act or by planning and/or directing it.
●● Criminal Investigation Tools
Answer: • Information
• Instrumentation or forensic science
, • Interviewing
• Laws of arrest, search and seizure
●● Information
Answer: the knowledge a criminal investigator gathers from other
persons (victims, witnesses, suspects) and other legitimate sources
(records, reports, etc).
●● Interview
Answer: the questioning of a person who has no personal reason to
withhold information and therefore may be expected to cooperate with
the investigator.
●● Interrogation
Answer: the questioning of a suspect or other person who may normally
be expected to be reluctant to divulge information concerning the
offense under investigation.
●● Goals of Criminal Investigation
Answer: To determine if a crime has been committed;
To legally obtain information and evidence to identify the person(s)
responsible for committing the crime.
To legally arrest the suspect(s);
To recover stolen property; and
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Bias
Answer: A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of judgment.
●● Crime
Answer: act or omission forbidden by law and punishable by a fine,
imprisonment, or even death. ________ and their penalties are
established and defined by state and federal statutes and local
ordinances.
●● Circumstantial Evidence
Answer: Not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the
facts in controversy, but of other facts from which deductions are drawn,
showing indirectly the facts sought to be proved.
●● Complainant
Answer: Person requesting an investigation or that action is taken. Is
often the victim of a crime.
●● Corpus delicti
,Answer: literally means the body or substance of the crime. In law the
term refers to proof establishing that a crime has occurred; the necessary
elements that constitute a crime.
●● Elements of a crime
Answer: Conditions that must occur for an act to be called a specific
kind of crime.
●● Evidence
Answer: Anything to be offered in court to prove the truth or falsity of a
fact in issue.
●● Fence
Answer: One who receives and disposes of stolen property on a regular
basis.
●● Field Identification
Answer: On-the-scene identification of a suspect by the victim of or
witness to a crime, conducted within minutes of the commission of a
crime.
●● Prejudice
Answer: An opinion or leaning adverse to anything without just grounds
or before obtaining sufficient knowledge.
,●● Modus Operandi (MO)
Answer: A criminal's characteristic method of operation.
●● Rapport
Answer: a felling of ease and harmony in a contact or relationship
between people.
●● Reasonable Doubt
Answer: The level of certainty a juror must have to find a defendant
guilty of a crime.
●● Statement
Answer: A legal narrative description of events related to a crime.
A broad term meaning simply oral or written declaration or assertion
●● Suspect
Answer: A person considered to be directly or indirectly connected with
a crime, either by overt act or by planning and/or directing it.
●● Criminal Investigation Tools
Answer: • Information
• Instrumentation or forensic science
, • Interviewing
• Laws of arrest, search and seizure
●● Information
Answer: the knowledge a criminal investigator gathers from other
persons (victims, witnesses, suspects) and other legitimate sources
(records, reports, etc).
●● Interview
Answer: the questioning of a person who has no personal reason to
withhold information and therefore may be expected to cooperate with
the investigator.
●● Interrogation
Answer: the questioning of a suspect or other person who may normally
be expected to be reluctant to divulge information concerning the
offense under investigation.
●● Goals of Criminal Investigation
Answer: To determine if a crime has been committed;
To legally obtain information and evidence to identify the person(s)
responsible for committing the crime.
To legally arrest the suspect(s);
To recover stolen property; and
