CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SOCE EXAM REVIEW
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
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Objective Reasonable Test - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Test that
requires the officer to answer two questions about the level of force
used in any situation: Was the action reasonable and necessary and
was the amount of force applied reasonable and necessary?
Barriers to Effective Communication - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Barriers that may result in a miscommunication such as use of profane,
derogator, or disrespectful language, stereotyping, use of derogatory
hand gestures, or body movements, stress and fatigue on part of either
person or group, different languages, lack of cultural understanding,
failure to listen actively, use of jargon, tone of voice, negative attitude,
environmental distractions.
Hudson vs. McMillan (502) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > US Supreme
Court case that established that intent determines reasonableness in
use of force situations in a correctional settings.
Civil Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Penalties that are
lawsuits that are against the officers and/or the agency.
,Compensatory Damages - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Damages that
arise when a victim is physically injured or suffers a property loss. The
victim is paid for the actual loss.
Federal Civil Rights Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Penalties that are both civil and criminal.
F.S 944.35 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Statute that an employee of the
Department of Corrections is authorized to apply physical force upon
an inmate only when and tot he extent that it reasonably appears
necessary. Also, imposes penalties if an officer fails to document a use
of force.
F.S. 776.07 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Statute that states that a
correctional officer or law enforcement office is justified in the use of
force, including deadly force, when he or she reasonably believes to be
necessary to prevent the escape from a penal institution of a person
whom the officer reasonably believes to be lawfully detained in such
institution under the sentence for an offense or awaiting trial or
commitment for an offense. Also addressed in 944.35 for state
correctional officers and 944.105 for private correctional officers.
Criminal Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Penalties that are
identified in specific Florida Statutes
, Administrative Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sanctions
imposed by the employing agency and CJSTC.
Criminal Liability - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When an officer is found
guilty of a crime.
Civil Liability - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Responsibility for a wrongful
act or the failure to do an act that an officer has a duty to perform that
injures another person or property and most often involves negligence.
Tort - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A civil wrong in which action or
inaction of an officer or entity violates the rights of another person.
Negligence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Failure to use due or
reasonable care, in a situation, where an officer has a duty to act, that
results in harm to another.
Elements of Negligence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Duty to act with
care, Breach of duty to act, and proof that the breech caused damages,
and actual damages resulted.
Damages - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Compensatory damages and
punitive damages awarded by the courts.
| NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
Objective Reasonable Test - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Test that
requires the officer to answer two questions about the level of force
used in any situation: Was the action reasonable and necessary and
was the amount of force applied reasonable and necessary?
Barriers to Effective Communication - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Barriers that may result in a miscommunication such as use of profane,
derogator, or disrespectful language, stereotyping, use of derogatory
hand gestures, or body movements, stress and fatigue on part of either
person or group, different languages, lack of cultural understanding,
failure to listen actively, use of jargon, tone of voice, negative attitude,
environmental distractions.
Hudson vs. McMillan (502) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > US Supreme
Court case that established that intent determines reasonableness in
use of force situations in a correctional settings.
Civil Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Penalties that are
lawsuits that are against the officers and/or the agency.
,Compensatory Damages - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Damages that
arise when a victim is physically injured or suffers a property loss. The
victim is paid for the actual loss.
Federal Civil Rights Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Penalties that are both civil and criminal.
F.S 944.35 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Statute that an employee of the
Department of Corrections is authorized to apply physical force upon
an inmate only when and tot he extent that it reasonably appears
necessary. Also, imposes penalties if an officer fails to document a use
of force.
F.S. 776.07 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Statute that states that a
correctional officer or law enforcement office is justified in the use of
force, including deadly force, when he or she reasonably believes to be
necessary to prevent the escape from a penal institution of a person
whom the officer reasonably believes to be lawfully detained in such
institution under the sentence for an offense or awaiting trial or
commitment for an offense. Also addressed in 944.35 for state
correctional officers and 944.105 for private correctional officers.
Criminal Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Penalties that are
identified in specific Florida Statutes
, Administrative Liability Penalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sanctions
imposed by the employing agency and CJSTC.
Criminal Liability - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When an officer is found
guilty of a crime.
Civil Liability - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Responsibility for a wrongful
act or the failure to do an act that an officer has a duty to perform that
injures another person or property and most often involves negligence.
Tort - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A civil wrong in which action or
inaction of an officer or entity violates the rights of another person.
Negligence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Failure to use due or
reasonable care, in a situation, where an officer has a duty to act, that
results in harm to another.
Elements of Negligence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Duty to act with
care, Breach of duty to act, and proof that the breech caused damages,
and actual damages resulted.
Damages - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Compensatory damages and
punitive damages awarded by the courts.
