TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative Exam Study
Guide
1st Amendment - correct answer-Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - correct answer-Search and seizure
5th Amendment - correct answer-The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - correct answer-Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - correct answer-Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - correct answer-Three Branches
Executive Branch - correct answer-Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - correct answer-Makes laws
Judicial Branch - correct answer-Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - correct answer-Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial
review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must be
confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately
5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of
October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process - correct answer-No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the
means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the
object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - correct answer-Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to
incite an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - correct answer-Forms of speech that are not
protected
Texas v. Johnson - correct answer-A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a
law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic
speech protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - correct answer-Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - correct answer-Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons
contemplating suicide
,View Enhancement - correct answer-Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a
hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
16 - correct answer-SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - correct answer-Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - correct answer-Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - correct answer-SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - correct answer-When was Megans Law passed?
94 - correct answer-How many federal district courts are there?
13 - correct answer-How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - correct answer-Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - correct answer-Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - correct answer-3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - correct
answer-Characteristics of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear -
correct answer-5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - correct answer-What are three security checks officers to look
for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to searches,
failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids - correct answer-Abnormal behaviors
in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - correct answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - correct answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - correct answer-Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other
person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or
engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to
the child
Family - correct answer-A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
, Household member - correct answer-A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in
common, someone who has or formerly has cohabitation
Going from family to general sessions - correct answer-What is transfer of jurisdiction
Situational Child Molester - correct answer-Does not have sexual preference for children but
will engage in sex with a child for complex reasons
Preferential Child Molester - correct answer-Has a sexual preference for children
Child Advocacy Center - correct answer-Agency that provides for law enforcement a forensic
interviewer, an opportunity for medical protocol to be done, and counseling services for child
abuse
Rapport, Anatomy Identification, Touch Inquiry, Abuse Scenario, Closure - correct
answer-Elements of a forensic interview
Mutual Combat - correct answer-A condition or circumstance in which the parties involved
agree to a voluntary confrontation
24 hours - correct answer-How long does a department have to begin a preliminary
investigation once a child has been taken into EPC?
Sextortion - correct answer-MCMEC says that this is the new form of sexual exploitation that
occurs online using non-physical forms to encourage victims to provide sexual content of a
child
Compromise, Assault, Self-destruct, Escape - correct answer-What does C.A.S.E stand for
when applied to a suspects potential reaction to arrest?
Speed, Surprise, Safety - correct answer-Elements of planning a successful arrest
Protective, Search incident to arrest, strip, internal body cavity, ploys affecting the search -
correct answer-5 types of searches
ADHD - correct answer-Most common disorder that develops in children
Autism - correct answer-Illness that is usually diagnosed within the first three years of life
Intellectual Disability - correct answer-Unlike mental illness, this disability is permanent
Positive, Negative, Cognitive - correct answer-What are the three symptom categories of
schizophrenia?
44 - correct answer-SC code of laws that handles mental illness
Mental Illness - correct answer-Condition that impacts and disrupts a persons thinking,
feeling, and mood, and may affect their ability to relate to others and daily functioning
Guide
1st Amendment - correct answer-Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - correct answer-Search and seizure
5th Amendment - correct answer-The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - correct answer-Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - correct answer-Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - correct answer-Three Branches
Executive Branch - correct answer-Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - correct answer-Makes laws
Judicial Branch - correct answer-Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - correct answer-Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial
review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must be
confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately
5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of
October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process - correct answer-No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the
means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the
object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - correct answer-Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to
incite an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - correct answer-Forms of speech that are not
protected
Texas v. Johnson - correct answer-A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a
law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic
speech protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - correct answer-Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - correct answer-Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons
contemplating suicide
,View Enhancement - correct answer-Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a
hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
16 - correct answer-SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - correct answer-Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - correct answer-Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - correct answer-SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - correct answer-When was Megans Law passed?
94 - correct answer-How many federal district courts are there?
13 - correct answer-How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - correct answer-Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - correct answer-Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - correct answer-3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - correct
answer-Characteristics of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear -
correct answer-5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - correct answer-What are three security checks officers to look
for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to searches,
failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids - correct answer-Abnormal behaviors
in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - correct answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - correct answer-Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - correct answer-Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other
person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or
engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to
the child
Family - correct answer-A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
, Household member - correct answer-A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in
common, someone who has or formerly has cohabitation
Going from family to general sessions - correct answer-What is transfer of jurisdiction
Situational Child Molester - correct answer-Does not have sexual preference for children but
will engage in sex with a child for complex reasons
Preferential Child Molester - correct answer-Has a sexual preference for children
Child Advocacy Center - correct answer-Agency that provides for law enforcement a forensic
interviewer, an opportunity for medical protocol to be done, and counseling services for child
abuse
Rapport, Anatomy Identification, Touch Inquiry, Abuse Scenario, Closure - correct
answer-Elements of a forensic interview
Mutual Combat - correct answer-A condition or circumstance in which the parties involved
agree to a voluntary confrontation
24 hours - correct answer-How long does a department have to begin a preliminary
investigation once a child has been taken into EPC?
Sextortion - correct answer-MCMEC says that this is the new form of sexual exploitation that
occurs online using non-physical forms to encourage victims to provide sexual content of a
child
Compromise, Assault, Self-destruct, Escape - correct answer-What does C.A.S.E stand for
when applied to a suspects potential reaction to arrest?
Speed, Surprise, Safety - correct answer-Elements of planning a successful arrest
Protective, Search incident to arrest, strip, internal body cavity, ploys affecting the search -
correct answer-5 types of searches
ADHD - correct answer-Most common disorder that develops in children
Autism - correct answer-Illness that is usually diagnosed within the first three years of life
Intellectual Disability - correct answer-Unlike mental illness, this disability is permanent
Positive, Negative, Cognitive - correct answer-What are the three symptom categories of
schizophrenia?
44 - correct answer-SC code of laws that handles mental illness
Mental Illness - correct answer-Condition that impacts and disrupts a persons thinking,
feeling, and mood, and may affect their ability to relate to others and daily functioning
