UPTP EXAM 2 NEWEST 2024
ACTUAL EXAM 44 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
,1. Before being allowed inside a football stadium, all fans
were required have their personal belongings searched
by a private stadium security officer. When the security
officer looked inside Thompson's backpack, he saw a
sawed-off shotgun. The security officer seized the
weapon and turned it over to a federal law enforcement
officer. Thompson was later charged with a federal
firearms offense. At his criminal trial, Thompson files a
motion to suppress the sawed-off shotgun, arguing that
the stadium security officerviolated his Fourth
Amendment rights. Thompson's motion will likely be:
A. Denied, because Thompson forfeited his Fourth
Amendment rights when he purchased the ticket to the
game.
B. Denied, because the stadium security officer was
conducting a private search; therefore, the Fourth
Amendment did not apply.
,C. Granted, because the stadium security officer was
required to obtain a warrant before searching
Thompson's backpack.
D. Granted, because the stadium security officer did not
have reasonable suspicion to believe Thompson was
presently armed and dangerous.
B. Denied, because the stadium security officer was
conducting a private search; therefore, the Fourth
Amendment did not apply.
2. A federal criminal investigator suspected that Johnson
was selling drugs out of his apartment. The investigator
asked the manager of the apartment complex to use her
master key to enter Johnson's room and look for
evidence related to drug dealing and report back to him.
The manager entered Johnson's room when he was gone
and found a plastic baggie in a desk drawer that
contained a white powdery substance. The manager took
the baggie and gave it to the investigator. After the
investigator confirmed that the substance in the baggie
was cocaine, he arrested Johnson. Johnson's motion to
suppress the evidence seized from his apartment will
likely be:
, A. Denied, because the apartment manager conducted a
private search of Johnson's apartment.
B. Denied, because the apartment manager limited her
search to places where drugs could be concealed.
C. Granted, because the apartment manager failed to get
a warrant before she entered Johnson's apartment.
D. Granted, because the apartment manager was acting
as an agent of the government.
D; Recognize when the 4th Amendment applies to
government action
3. A police officer suspected that Smith was a drug
dealer. Smith lived in a house located at the end of a cul-
de-sac in a subdivision. One evening, the officer walked
up Smith's driveway and went around to the back of the
house. Unable to see into the house because the
windows were too high, the officer climbed on the
exterior heating / air conditioning unit that was directly
ACTUAL EXAM 44 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
,1. Before being allowed inside a football stadium, all fans
were required have their personal belongings searched
by a private stadium security officer. When the security
officer looked inside Thompson's backpack, he saw a
sawed-off shotgun. The security officer seized the
weapon and turned it over to a federal law enforcement
officer. Thompson was later charged with a federal
firearms offense. At his criminal trial, Thompson files a
motion to suppress the sawed-off shotgun, arguing that
the stadium security officerviolated his Fourth
Amendment rights. Thompson's motion will likely be:
A. Denied, because Thompson forfeited his Fourth
Amendment rights when he purchased the ticket to the
game.
B. Denied, because the stadium security officer was
conducting a private search; therefore, the Fourth
Amendment did not apply.
,C. Granted, because the stadium security officer was
required to obtain a warrant before searching
Thompson's backpack.
D. Granted, because the stadium security officer did not
have reasonable suspicion to believe Thompson was
presently armed and dangerous.
B. Denied, because the stadium security officer was
conducting a private search; therefore, the Fourth
Amendment did not apply.
2. A federal criminal investigator suspected that Johnson
was selling drugs out of his apartment. The investigator
asked the manager of the apartment complex to use her
master key to enter Johnson's room and look for
evidence related to drug dealing and report back to him.
The manager entered Johnson's room when he was gone
and found a plastic baggie in a desk drawer that
contained a white powdery substance. The manager took
the baggie and gave it to the investigator. After the
investigator confirmed that the substance in the baggie
was cocaine, he arrested Johnson. Johnson's motion to
suppress the evidence seized from his apartment will
likely be:
, A. Denied, because the apartment manager conducted a
private search of Johnson's apartment.
B. Denied, because the apartment manager limited her
search to places where drugs could be concealed.
C. Granted, because the apartment manager failed to get
a warrant before she entered Johnson's apartment.
D. Granted, because the apartment manager was acting
as an agent of the government.
D; Recognize when the 4th Amendment applies to
government action
3. A police officer suspected that Smith was a drug
dealer. Smith lived in a house located at the end of a cul-
de-sac in a subdivision. One evening, the officer walked
up Smith's driveway and went around to the back of the
house. Unable to see into the house because the
windows were too high, the officer climbed on the
exterior heating / air conditioning unit that was directly
