2020 Missouri POST Test Study
Guide(Latest Exam 2024)
Tort - correct answers✅A private or civil wrong or
injury, other than a breach of contract.
Preponderance of evidence - correct answers✅The
amount of information needed to decide in favor of a
party in a civil suit. It consists of more than fifty percent
of the believable evidence in favor of the party's suit or
defense. One more fact than the other party has
established.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - correct
answers✅The amount of information needed to convict
a person of a crime. It is enough evidence to eliminate all
reasonable objections to the prosecution's case against a
suspect. It is not absolute proof, but it is more than
probable cause.
Summons - correct answers✅Papers requiring you to
appear in civil or criminal court.
Bill of Rights - correct answers✅First 10 amendments
of the constitution that guarantees rights to all U.S.
citizens.
Exceptions to the First Amendment - correct
answers✅Obscenities, fighting words, commercial
,2020 Missouri POST Test Study
Guide(Latest Exam 2024)
speech, defamation: slander (spoken) or libel (written),
incendiary speech, and time, place, and manner
restrictions on speech.
Nexus - correct answers✅Connection
Amendments typically applied to LEO's - correct
answers✅1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th
4th Amendment - correct answers✅Citizens are
protected against unreasonable searches and seizures
against their person, property, and papers.
5th Amendment - correct answers✅Protection against
self-incrimination and double jeopardy. Can not hold a
person without presentment or indictment of a grand jury.
6th Amendment - correct answers✅Right to a speedy
and public trial. Right to face accuser. Right to have
counsel.
8th Amendment - correct answers✅Right not to have
excessive bail, unjust fines, or unjust punishment.
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Guide(Latest Exam 2024)
14th Amendment - correct answers✅Establishes
primacy of federal government over state government.
U.S. citizen first.
Branches of the Government - correct
answers✅Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Branch of government LEO's a part of - correct
answers✅Executive, but evidence is part of the judicial
Exclusionary Rule - correct answers✅Any evidence
which is obtained illegally must be excluded from trial.
Booking process - correct answers✅An administrative
process which records pedigree information and inventory
of personal belongings is authorized. This is not subject to
Miranda.
Twenty-Four Hour Rule - correct answers✅Statute that
requires a suspect in custody be released after twenty-
four hours if no warrant is issued.
Chain of Custody - correct answers✅Documenting a
seized item's whereabouts from seizure until introduction
into court.
Guide(Latest Exam 2024)
Tort - correct answers✅A private or civil wrong or
injury, other than a breach of contract.
Preponderance of evidence - correct answers✅The
amount of information needed to decide in favor of a
party in a civil suit. It consists of more than fifty percent
of the believable evidence in favor of the party's suit or
defense. One more fact than the other party has
established.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - correct
answers✅The amount of information needed to convict
a person of a crime. It is enough evidence to eliminate all
reasonable objections to the prosecution's case against a
suspect. It is not absolute proof, but it is more than
probable cause.
Summons - correct answers✅Papers requiring you to
appear in civil or criminal court.
Bill of Rights - correct answers✅First 10 amendments
of the constitution that guarantees rights to all U.S.
citizens.
Exceptions to the First Amendment - correct
answers✅Obscenities, fighting words, commercial
,2020 Missouri POST Test Study
Guide(Latest Exam 2024)
speech, defamation: slander (spoken) or libel (written),
incendiary speech, and time, place, and manner
restrictions on speech.
Nexus - correct answers✅Connection
Amendments typically applied to LEO's - correct
answers✅1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th
4th Amendment - correct answers✅Citizens are
protected against unreasonable searches and seizures
against their person, property, and papers.
5th Amendment - correct answers✅Protection against
self-incrimination and double jeopardy. Can not hold a
person without presentment or indictment of a grand jury.
6th Amendment - correct answers✅Right to a speedy
and public trial. Right to face accuser. Right to have
counsel.
8th Amendment - correct answers✅Right not to have
excessive bail, unjust fines, or unjust punishment.
, 2020 Missouri POST Test Study
Guide(Latest Exam 2024)
14th Amendment - correct answers✅Establishes
primacy of federal government over state government.
U.S. citizen first.
Branches of the Government - correct
answers✅Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Branch of government LEO's a part of - correct
answers✅Executive, but evidence is part of the judicial
Exclusionary Rule - correct answers✅Any evidence
which is obtained illegally must be excluded from trial.
Booking process - correct answers✅An administrative
process which records pedigree information and inventory
of personal belongings is authorized. This is not subject to
Miranda.
Twenty-Four Hour Rule - correct answers✅Statute that
requires a suspect in custody be released after twenty-
four hours if no warrant is issued.
Chain of Custody - correct answers✅Documenting a
seized item's whereabouts from seizure until introduction
into court.
