NC BLET Final Study Guide QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS LATEST EDITION
The basic law of the land is the United States? - ANSConstitution
Due Process is that which ____ with the deepest notions of what is fair and right and just. -
ANScomports
Congress cannot make any law concerning the establishment of? - ANSreligion
Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the types of crimes for which officers are ____ to arrest. -
ANSauthorized
Arrest warrants are valid throughout the state, must be issued and signed by a ____ Official,
states the offense, must be returned after 180 days if not served, but still valid after that. -
ANSJudicial
In the context of taking temporary custody of a juvenile, the judicial official before which the
juvenile would be taken is the juvenile court counselor, not the? - ANSmagistrate
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution ____ the power of the government,
particularly law enforcement officers, to search and seize a person or a person's property. -
ANSrestricts
Regardless of the offense leading to the arrest, officers have the automatic right to search the
arrested person and her ____ area incident to the arrest. - ANSlungeable
,Only upon the request of a district attorney or assistant district attorney can an officer apply for
a search warrant to search for and seize ____ materials. - ANSobscene
The Sixth Amendment provides that: "In all criminal ____, the accused shall enjoy . . . the
Assistance of Counsel for his defense. - ANSprosecutions
The First Amendment may also protect actions intended to convey meaning or ____ speech. -
ANSsymbolic
Written laws enacted by the legislative branches of the state or federal governments are called?
- ANSstatutes
A person has been "____" when, under the circumstances, a reasonable person in his position
would not feel free to walk or drive away from the law enforcement officer. - ANSseized
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has ____ ____ to believe
has committed a criminal offense in the officer's presence. - ANSprobable cause
The officer takes the arrested person to a magistrate or judicial official without unnecessary? -
ANSdelay
People have a reasonable expectation of privacy for their home and the ____ of the house, or
the area immediately surrounding the house. - ANScurtilage
When officers arrest a person in his home, they may perform a "____ sweep" of the premises.
Such a sweep is limited to areas from which an attack could be launched. - ANSprotective
Once this initial sweep for perpetrators and victims is complete, and any imminent risk to
evidence controlled, absent valid consent or truly exigent circumstances, an officer should ____
a search warrant before searching further. - ANSobtain
,A suspect is in "____" for Miranda purposes when he has been formally arrested or when his
freedom of movement has been restrained to the extent associated with a formal arrest. -
ANScustody
Whether he is in or out of custody, the defendant has a Sixth Amendment right on the charges
for which he has ____ before a magistrate, been indicted, or appeared in District Court. -
ANSappeared
Law enforcement officers are expected to endure more significant verbal abuse than the ____
citizen. - ANSordinary
Officers need no justification to ____ a citizen. - ANSapproach
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to
believe has committed a? - ANSFelony
When a law enforcement officer arrests an adult who is supervising minor children who are
present at the time of the arrest, the minor children must be placed with a ____ adult approved
by the parent or guardian of the minor children. - ANSresponsible
The presence of "no trespassing" signs will not affect the ____ of evidence seized from an open
field in plain view. - ANSadmissibility
Officers have no right to search incident to a ____, although a person may be asked to consent
to such a search. - ANScitation
An ____ search warrant is a warrant that is issued before all of the facts or events taking place
that create the probable cause to search. Essentially, the officers are telling the court what is
, going to happen in the future and are asking for permission to search once the future events
take place. - ANSanticipatory
____ law is judge-made law. - ANSCommon
A ____ interrogation does not require Miranda warnings and a waiver. - ANSnon-custodial
In a famous case which informally known as the "Christian burial speech" case officers
improperly engaged in the functional equivalent of questioning by telling the defendant, a
profoundly religious former mental patient who had invoked his Sixth Amendment right to
counsel, that he should lead the officers to the body of the child he had murdered on Christmas
Eve so that the parents could give the child a Christian burial. This was a violation of the
defendant's rights due to, ____ to obtain a valid waiver of the Sixth Amendment right to
counsel, which attached to the charge about which the officers were eliciting information. -
ANSfailure
The first ____ amendments to the Constitution are called the "Bill of Rights." - ANSten (10)
The lineup shall be composed so that the fillers generally ____ the eyewitness's description of
the perpetrator, while ensuring that the suspect does not unduly stand out from the fillers. -
ANSresemble
City police officers - may arrest in the city in which they serve, in the area within one (1) ____ of
the city limits, and on city property outside the city. - ANSmile
North Carolina law allows a private citizen to assist law enforcement officers in making arrests
and preventing escapes from arrest when ____ by a law enforcement officer. - ANSrequested
Although the term "exigent circumstances" is not easily described, it generally means that
officers need to act? - ANSImmediately
AND ANSWERS LATEST EDITION
The basic law of the land is the United States? - ANSConstitution
Due Process is that which ____ with the deepest notions of what is fair and right and just. -
ANScomports
Congress cannot make any law concerning the establishment of? - ANSreligion
Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the types of crimes for which officers are ____ to arrest. -
ANSauthorized
Arrest warrants are valid throughout the state, must be issued and signed by a ____ Official,
states the offense, must be returned after 180 days if not served, but still valid after that. -
ANSJudicial
In the context of taking temporary custody of a juvenile, the judicial official before which the
juvenile would be taken is the juvenile court counselor, not the? - ANSmagistrate
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution ____ the power of the government,
particularly law enforcement officers, to search and seize a person or a person's property. -
ANSrestricts
Regardless of the offense leading to the arrest, officers have the automatic right to search the
arrested person and her ____ area incident to the arrest. - ANSlungeable
,Only upon the request of a district attorney or assistant district attorney can an officer apply for
a search warrant to search for and seize ____ materials. - ANSobscene
The Sixth Amendment provides that: "In all criminal ____, the accused shall enjoy . . . the
Assistance of Counsel for his defense. - ANSprosecutions
The First Amendment may also protect actions intended to convey meaning or ____ speech. -
ANSsymbolic
Written laws enacted by the legislative branches of the state or federal governments are called?
- ANSstatutes
A person has been "____" when, under the circumstances, a reasonable person in his position
would not feel free to walk or drive away from the law enforcement officer. - ANSseized
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has ____ ____ to believe
has committed a criminal offense in the officer's presence. - ANSprobable cause
The officer takes the arrested person to a magistrate or judicial official without unnecessary? -
ANSdelay
People have a reasonable expectation of privacy for their home and the ____ of the house, or
the area immediately surrounding the house. - ANScurtilage
When officers arrest a person in his home, they may perform a "____ sweep" of the premises.
Such a sweep is limited to areas from which an attack could be launched. - ANSprotective
Once this initial sweep for perpetrators and victims is complete, and any imminent risk to
evidence controlled, absent valid consent or truly exigent circumstances, an officer should ____
a search warrant before searching further. - ANSobtain
,A suspect is in "____" for Miranda purposes when he has been formally arrested or when his
freedom of movement has been restrained to the extent associated with a formal arrest. -
ANScustody
Whether he is in or out of custody, the defendant has a Sixth Amendment right on the charges
for which he has ____ before a magistrate, been indicted, or appeared in District Court. -
ANSappeared
Law enforcement officers are expected to endure more significant verbal abuse than the ____
citizen. - ANSordinary
Officers need no justification to ____ a citizen. - ANSapproach
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to
believe has committed a? - ANSFelony
When a law enforcement officer arrests an adult who is supervising minor children who are
present at the time of the arrest, the minor children must be placed with a ____ adult approved
by the parent or guardian of the minor children. - ANSresponsible
The presence of "no trespassing" signs will not affect the ____ of evidence seized from an open
field in plain view. - ANSadmissibility
Officers have no right to search incident to a ____, although a person may be asked to consent
to such a search. - ANScitation
An ____ search warrant is a warrant that is issued before all of the facts or events taking place
that create the probable cause to search. Essentially, the officers are telling the court what is
, going to happen in the future and are asking for permission to search once the future events
take place. - ANSanticipatory
____ law is judge-made law. - ANSCommon
A ____ interrogation does not require Miranda warnings and a waiver. - ANSnon-custodial
In a famous case which informally known as the "Christian burial speech" case officers
improperly engaged in the functional equivalent of questioning by telling the defendant, a
profoundly religious former mental patient who had invoked his Sixth Amendment right to
counsel, that he should lead the officers to the body of the child he had murdered on Christmas
Eve so that the parents could give the child a Christian burial. This was a violation of the
defendant's rights due to, ____ to obtain a valid waiver of the Sixth Amendment right to
counsel, which attached to the charge about which the officers were eliciting information. -
ANSfailure
The first ____ amendments to the Constitution are called the "Bill of Rights." - ANSten (10)
The lineup shall be composed so that the fillers generally ____ the eyewitness's description of
the perpetrator, while ensuring that the suspect does not unduly stand out from the fillers. -
ANSresemble
City police officers - may arrest in the city in which they serve, in the area within one (1) ____ of
the city limits, and on city property outside the city. - ANSmile
North Carolina law allows a private citizen to assist law enforcement officers in making arrests
and preventing escapes from arrest when ____ by a law enforcement officer. - ANSrequested
Although the term "exigent circumstances" is not easily described, it generally means that
officers need to act? - ANSImmediately
