MCOLES State Licensing Exam Pactice Questions With Answers | Latest Update 2023/2024 (GRADED)

MCOLES State Licensing Exam Pactice Questions With Answers | Latest Update 2023/2024 (GRADED). Blindfolding both eyes helps to keep the victim's eyes from moving, preventing further injury. 5 Fundamentals of Marksmanship (1) Stance (2) Grip (3) Trigger Control (3) Sight Alignment (4) Sight Picture (5) Breathing NOTE* THE STATE TEST WILL ASK YOU WHICH ORDER THESE ARE MOST IMPORTANT. BE SURE TO ASK YOUR INSTRUCTORS AND LOOK IN YOUR FIREARMS BOOK. SEVERAL STATE TEST QUESTIONS WILL ASK "WHICH IS THE MOST CORRECT ORDER" or "WHICH IS THE BEST ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING" and it will list them. Be sure to study the MCOLES objectives thoroughly for this section and memorize the correct order. What is the BEST way to treat a pneumothorax victim Cover the top of the wound with an air-tight seal (Cellophane) so no air gets in You have an arrest warrant for a suspect. You go to his home and discover no one is there. You receive a tip that he is staying at a friend's house. You got there to arrest him but the friend refuses to let you in. What can you lawfully do? Which of the following is the best answer? (A) You can enter the friend's home on the arrest warrant because it's valid anywhere in the state (B) You need a search warrant (C) You may enter on the tip you received. (B) You need a search warrant While you observe a subject he advised you that he has information on someone who robbed a store in your jurisdiction the prior evening. Can you use him as an informant? Which answer is correct? (A) No, he cannot establish credibility (Answer if confidential informant) (B) No, he made the statement after an arrest (C) Yes, being a criminal does not stop him from being a witness. (C) Yes, being a criminal does not stop him from being a witness. On the way to serving an arrest warrant, you realize the warrant has an error on it. What should you do? Return the warrant and have it corrected. Before submitting a request for an arrest warrant to the prosecutor, you should do which of the following: (A) Make sure the information is clear, concise, and accurate (B) Review the information with a judge or magistrate (C) Have someone from prosecutors officer go over the request with you to make sure the information is clear, concise, and accurate (A) Make sure the information is clear, concise, and accurate While interviewing a child, you notice cigarette burns on his arm. Your first course of action should be to do which of the following: (A) Contact CPS (B) Contact the parents (C) Contact the juvenile courts (A) Contact CPS You are sent to the local hospital regarding a possible sexual assault. At the scene you make contact with a doctor who states while performing a medical exam of a 12 year old girl, he discovered she has syphilis (STD). Your first response should be to do which of the following: (A) Remove her from home and place in protective custody (B) Investigate for possible CSC case (C) Do nothing, as syphilis is a medical condition (B) Investigate for possible CSC case You arrive at the scene of an accident. Both cars are off the roadway, it is raining, and there are light skid marks on the road surface. What is the first thing you should do? (A) Measure skid marks from beginning to end (B) Determine resting position of both vehicles (C) Look for gauge marks in the roadway (A) Measure skid marks from beginning to end You respond to a domestic violence complaint and observe the wife's eye is black and blue. She tells you that nothing happened. The 6 year old son states "Daddy hit mommy". What do you do? Arrest the husband You respond to a domestic violence complaint. You find the house to be in disarray with furniture thrown around. Both the husband and wife's clothes are disheveled. Nor the husband or wife appear to be injured. Both parties tell you that nothing happened. What do you do? Investigate further You observe a driver driving erratically and swerving in the lane of travel. You stop the vehicle. As you approach the vehicle you notice the driver has glassy and bloodshot eyes, and his speech is slurred. He states that he only had two beers. You ask him to exit the vehicle and perform standard field sobriety tests, but he refuses. What should you do? Arrest the driver. You have Probable Cause to arrest. You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord is moving the tenant's belongings out. What is the most appropriate response? This is a civil matter. You are not a master of determining court documents. Do not try to. The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of the prosecutor", choose that answer. You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord wants to press charges against the tenant for holes punched in the walls. How do you respond? This is a civil matter. The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of the prosecutor", choose that answer. You are working the front desk and a caller makes a bomb threat to blow up the building. Your first action should be: Keep the caller on the line and obtain as much information as possible. You stop a vehicle and upon approach, you notice the driver has a loaded pistol on the passenger seat. You learn that the driver does not have a valid CPL. What is the charge? CCW Your arrest a driver for OWI and initiate two chemical tests. One result reads 0.35, and the other reads 0.40. What do you do next? Take to hospital On a domestic run, you observe a man cleaning a shotgun. What is the crime? No crime. If hemophiliac refuses a blood test, what other alternatives can be taken? Search warrant or court order (if answer is available). If the question says they have a condition that prevents them from getting blood, and if there is no option to get a court order, have them take a urine test. When a person is in the hospital for OWI, how can you legally obtain a blood test if the person refuses? Search warrant You suspect a driver of OWI after he weaves back and forth across the road. You pull over the driver and when he rolls down his window, you smell an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. What do you do next? Arrest for OWI (The smell of marijuana coming from a vehicle constitutes Probable Cause and a good arrest) You see a person speed through a red light. You make a U-turn and follow the vehicle. How do you proceed? (A) Wait for the light to turn green and chase the vehicle (B) Cautiously and slowly proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle (C) Let the vehicle go as it is only a civil infraction (B) Cautiously and slowly proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle NOTE* There could be another question on the state test that may include information that there is "heavy traffic". If there is heavy traffic, and the answer is (C) — "Let them go". If the question doesn't say there's heavy traffic, then you will cautiously and slowly proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle. This question will definitely be on the state test. Most of our class answered the same for this. During a Felony stop, who has control over the suspect vehicle? (A) Primary Vehicle (B) Secondary Vehicle (C) Backup Unit (A) Primary Vehicle 3 classifications of firearms ballistics are: (A) Potential, Kinetic, Forensic (B) Mechanical, DNA, Velocity (C) Internal, Externamal, Terminal (C) Internal, External, Terminal The Coreolis Effect is the direct result of one of the following: (A) Rotation and curvature of the earth (B) How radars determine speed by the travel of sound frequency (C) The phenomenon of knowing less about something than one actually does (A) Rotation and curvature of the earth Which scientific method do radars use to calculate the distance to an object? (A) The Coriolis Effect (B) The Doppler Effect (C) The Kruger Effect (B) The Doppler Effect Rifling is the: (A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not for cleaning. (B) Proper and safe handling of the rifle (C) Proper and safe operation of the rifle (A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not for cleaning. You're on patrol and you pull a vehicle over on a highway. You have no backup vehicles coming. What is the proper way to position your vehicle? (A) Behind and offset to the left on an angle (B) Behind and offset to the right on an angle (C) Behind the vehicle and centered (A) Behind and offset to the left on an angle The primary unit of a high risk traffic stop should position their vehicle: (A) Behind and offset to the left (B) Behind and offset to the right (C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle (B) Behind and offset to the right The backup unit of a high risk stop should position their vehicle in which manner: (A) Behind and offset to the left (B) Behind and offset to the right (C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle (A) Behind and offset to the left For a sexual assault victim, it is best to ask: (A) Direct questions (B) Indirect Questions (C) Open ended questions (C) Open ended questions During an arrest, you observe white pills nearby. You should: Confiscate and send to lab for further analysis What are the steps to interviewing a suspect? Establish rapport, listen, and take notes How do you conduct an interrogation of a suspect? Use interrogation techniques, controls dialogue, and challenges denials A person loses their finger. What is the best way to preserve the finger? Wrap the finger and keep it cool. DO NOT PLACE IN WATER, DO NOT PUT THE FINGER ON ICE, AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REATTACH. THESE WILL BE THE OTHER OPTIONS. THEY ARE NOT CORRECT!!! For a heat exhaustion victim, you should treat them best by: Keeping them cool A person is impaled by a pipe through the leg. What is the best action to take? (A) Attempt to remove the pipe (B) Poor water over the leg to clean the wound (C) Immobilize the leg (C) Immobilize the leg A dog begins attacking your partner while on scene. What do you do? Shoot the dog For a stroke victim, you should focus on: Maintaining an open airway Graham v. Connor can be summarized as which of the following? (A) Objective Reasonableness when using Deadly Force (B) Unwarranted Searches (C) Terry Pat Down (A) OBJECTIVE REASONABLENESS when using Deadly Force Miranda v. Arizona Suspect MUST BE INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police (5th Amendment). Tennessee v. Gardner CAN'T SHOOT A FLEEING FELON Maryland v. Wilson Officers may ORDER PASSENGERS TO EXIT VEHICLE even if there is no evidence that the passenger is involved in any wrongdoing Terry v. Ohio STOP AND FRISK with articulated reasonable suspicion of weapons. Reasonable suspicion exists that crime is afoot, a crime has occurred, or is occurring. Pennsylvania v. Mimms Police can legally ORDER A PERSON TO EXIT THEIR VEHICLE. This was issued after the respondent was lawfully detained, was reasonable, and thus permissible under the Fourth Amendment. Maybury v. Madison A case under the Marshall court that implemented the rule of judicial review. It was a landmark case in saying that the court has the final say on constitutionality. Canton v. Harris The FAILURE TO TRAIN must reflect a deliberate or conscious choice by the municipality. -The NEED TO TRAIN officers in the constitutional limitations on the use of deadly force can be said so obvious, that failure to do so could properly be characterized as "deliberate indifference" to constitutional rights. - LACK OF TRAINING is reason for suit Arizona v. Gant SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST if: The arrestee might access the vehicle @ the time of search, or the vehicle contains evidence of the offense he was arrested for. South Dakota v. Opperman An INVENTORY SEARCH, following standard police procedures, of an impounded vehicle is not an unreasonable search so long as it is not done as a pretext concealing an investigatory police motive to locate evidence or other unlawful seizure. When processing DNA evidence, you should place the evidence in what kind of packaging? (A) Breathable Paper Bag (B) Glass Container (C) Plastic Bag (A) Breathable Paper Bag A gun or a bloody knife should be placed in what kind of packaging for evidence processing? (A) Plastic Bag (B) Cardboard Box or Styrofoam Container (C) Glass Container (B) Cardboard Box or Styrofoam Container Soil samples should be processed using what kind of packaging? (A) Glass or Plastic Container (B) Cardboard or Styrofoam Container (C) Breathable Paper Bag (A) Glass or Plastic Container With a wet shirt covered in fresh blood, before processing, you should always take what course of action first? (A) Package the shirt in a plastic bag as soon as possible to preserve evidentiary value of blood. (B) Place the shirt in between two strips of cardboard to keep the shirt dry. (C) Air-dry the shirt before packaging. (C) Air-dry the shirt before packaging People v. Shankle OFFICER ASKED DRIVER OUT OF VEHICLE AND ASKED FOR ID. VOLUNTARY. Evidence was deemed admissible. People v. Freeman Officers UNLAWFULLY ORDERED THE DRIVER OUT OF A PARKED VEHICLE to obtain ID. Evidence of the crime was suppressed. Tre or False. Anonymous tips are admissible in court. False. Anonymous tips are not admissible in court UNLESS further evidence or investigation can corroborate the information obtained through anonymous tip. A man runs into a gas station and knocks a woman to the ground after committing the armed robbery. Who do you tend to first? (A) Render aid to the woman on the ground (B) Pursue the man running out of the gas station (C) Notify dispatch of the man's direction of travel and call for backup (A) Render aid to the woman on the ground Mapp v. Ohio EVIDENCE ILLEGALY OBTAINED IS NOT ADMISSABLE IN TRIAL People v. Parham MUST BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE REASON FOR STOP People v. Peebles VEHICLE MAY BE STOPPED FOR REASONABLE SUSPICION, JUST AS PEOPLE CAN BE. Illinois v. Wardlow Unprovoked flight from a high crime area is reasonable suspicion to stop and detain. What is the BEST method to pat down or frisk a person you believe to be armed and presently dangerous? (A) Swipe down the legs and outer garments of the waist, back, and shoulders (B) Pat and Feel for unknown items around the legs, waist, back, shoes, and groin areas (C) Briefly check the general areas of probable locations used for concealing evidence (B) Pat and Feel for unknown items around the legs, waist, back, shoes, and groin areas Butler v. Detroit QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AND EXCESSIVE FORCE You arrive on scene of an attempted Breaking and Entering. You spot a man matching the description given by dispatch, trying to pry open the back door of a bank with a crowbar. You arrest the man for B&E moments later. After handcuffing, double locking, and checking for appropriate gaps in the handcuffs, you should take which course of action before placing him in the patrol vehicle? (A) Search the subject for weapons on his person and other fruits of the crime by looking into pockets, and other areas generally used for concealing evidence (B) Pat the subject down, but avoid looking into pockets as this would be an illegal search in this instance (C) Request consent to search the subject and his pockets so you can properly obtain evidence