MPOETC Certification Test Exam
Questions and Answers
1st Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Freedom of
speech, religion and press and the right to petition
2nd Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Right to bear
arms
3rd Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅The
government may not house soldiers in private homes without
consent of the owner
4th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Freedom from
unreasonable search and seizures
5th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Double
jeopardy, can't incriminate yourself, due process
6th Amendment (1791 - Correct Answers ✅The right to a
speedy and public trial. The right to confront the accuser
7th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Right to a trial
by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Prohibits
excessive fines and excessive bail/and cruel unusual
punishment
,MPOETC Certification Test Exam
Questions and Answers
14th Amendment - Correct Answers ✅Can't deprive a
citizen of life, liberty or property without due process
Bill of Rights - Correct Answers ✅First 10 amendments to
the Constitution
PA Constitution - Correct Answers ✅More restrictive than
US Constitution
Statutes - Correct Answers ✅Written laws made by
legislatures
civil rights violation - Correct Answers ✅Unlawful arrest,
search and seizure without probable cause. Holding a
prisoner beyond limitations
When can officers enter another jurisdiction - Correct
Answers ✅Hot pursuit, asked, mutual aid, official business
and felony crimes
case laws - Correct Answers ✅Written decision of appellate
courts deciding actual cases
Tort - Correct Answers ✅A violation of the civil law
, MPOETC Certification Test Exam
Questions and Answers
Probable cause - Correct Answers ✅Facts and
circumstances that lead a reasonable person to believe a
crime had been committed and the suspect committed the
crime
Three branches of government - Correct Answers
✅Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What branch of government do police fall under? - Correct
Answers ✅Executive
PA Court System - Correct Answers ✅Common Pleas,
Circuit, Supreme
US Court System - Correct Answers ✅District, circuit,
supreme
Grading of crimes - Correct Answers ✅Felony,
misdemeanor, summary
State of mind (Mens Rea) 4 - Correct Answers ✅Mental
intent to commit crime
- Recklessly
- Intentionally
Questions and Answers
1st Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Freedom of
speech, religion and press and the right to petition
2nd Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Right to bear
arms
3rd Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅The
government may not house soldiers in private homes without
consent of the owner
4th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Freedom from
unreasonable search and seizures
5th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Double
jeopardy, can't incriminate yourself, due process
6th Amendment (1791 - Correct Answers ✅The right to a
speedy and public trial. The right to confront the accuser
7th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Right to a trial
by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answers ✅Prohibits
excessive fines and excessive bail/and cruel unusual
punishment
,MPOETC Certification Test Exam
Questions and Answers
14th Amendment - Correct Answers ✅Can't deprive a
citizen of life, liberty or property without due process
Bill of Rights - Correct Answers ✅First 10 amendments to
the Constitution
PA Constitution - Correct Answers ✅More restrictive than
US Constitution
Statutes - Correct Answers ✅Written laws made by
legislatures
civil rights violation - Correct Answers ✅Unlawful arrest,
search and seizure without probable cause. Holding a
prisoner beyond limitations
When can officers enter another jurisdiction - Correct
Answers ✅Hot pursuit, asked, mutual aid, official business
and felony crimes
case laws - Correct Answers ✅Written decision of appellate
courts deciding actual cases
Tort - Correct Answers ✅A violation of the civil law
, MPOETC Certification Test Exam
Questions and Answers
Probable cause - Correct Answers ✅Facts and
circumstances that lead a reasonable person to believe a
crime had been committed and the suspect committed the
crime
Three branches of government - Correct Answers
✅Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What branch of government do police fall under? - Correct
Answers ✅Executive
PA Court System - Correct Answers ✅Common Pleas,
Circuit, Supreme
US Court System - Correct Answers ✅District, circuit,
supreme
Grading of crimes - Correct Answers ✅Felony,
misdemeanor, summary
State of mind (Mens Rea) 4 - Correct Answers ✅Mental
intent to commit crime
- Recklessly
- Intentionally
