MPOETC ACT COMPLETE LATEST
ACTUAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW
BASED SET WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT/VERIFIED ANSWERS
conspiracy - ANS-✅Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later?
forehead - ANS-✅When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their
body at which it was applied?
yellow - ANS-✅What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy)
35 mph - ANS-✅What is the normal speed limit for an urban area?
use lethal force - ANS-✅What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer?
DEA - ANS-✅What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab?
cruiser ready - ANS-✅What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty,
and the magazine is seated in the magazine well?
cruiser ready - ANS-✅What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide,
and an activated chamber safety switch?
1st amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press?
4th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and
effects?
5th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process,
compensation for public taking of property, and double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda
Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
6th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be
confronted by witnesses and/or accusers?
8th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual
punishment?
14th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for
all?
mapp v. ohio - ANS-✅What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?"
4th amendment - ANS-✅What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force?
commonwealth v. maglioccio - ANS-✅What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept
that a person cannot be convicted of ethnic intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate
offense?
aggravated assault - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania
police officer?
simple assault - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant
other?
criminal attempt - ANS-✅In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be
charged against a woman who attempted to stab a man and missed?
juvenile petition - ANS-✅What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher?
incorrect - ANS-✅CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3
seconds, and look both ways before proceeding?
flammable - ANS-✅What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate?
, incorrect - ANS-✅CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents
included when there is a domestic situation at large?
eliminate threat - ANS-✅What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active
shooter at large?
robbery - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then
locked between the doors?
directly in front of home - ANS-✅When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a
Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle?
3 feet - ANS-✅How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop?
civil matter - ANS-✅Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if a mother fails
to permit father to see child during the weekend?
no violation committed - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who
offered to transport a child someplace?
mental hospital - ANS-✅When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first?
statute 3111 - ANS-✅What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who turned right on a
steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices)
graham v. connor - ANS-✅What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's reasonable perspective
of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20 hindsight of others?
fruit of the poisonous tree - ANS-✅What term applies to any evidence found through illegal conduct
that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and the seizure?
nix v. williams - ANS-✅What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the
exclusionary rule?
us v. leon - ANS-✅What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
involuntary commitment - ANS-✅What type of commitment pertains to spending 24 hours in a mental
institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a Magisterial judge?
order of courts - ANS-✅Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court,
Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
sheriff department - ANS-✅If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms present, where
must the firearms be taken?
take immediately - ANS-✅A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud noise. Upon
knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a powdered substance in baggies on the table when the
resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what should the Officer do?
yes - ANS-✅Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the police to search
her husband's unlocked closet. Will her permission suffice?
11 pm - ANS-✅What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania?
indecent assault - ANS-✅An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is actually 13. He
fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
robbery - ANS-✅A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their purse with only
$1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense considered?
leave payment on table - ANS-✅A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and foots the bill on the
house. What should the officer do?
moral righteousness - ANS-✅A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they are apprehended
and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT justifiable. What must you, as a Police Officer, consider when
you hand in your report?
no comment on partner testimony - ANS-✅If you, as a Police Officer, testify in court, and you are told
that your testimony conflicts with your partner's, what should you say on the stand?
trust - ANS-✅What is needed between the police and community for policing to work?
ACTUAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW
BASED SET WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT/VERIFIED ANSWERS
conspiracy - ANS-✅Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later?
forehead - ANS-✅When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their
body at which it was applied?
yellow - ANS-✅What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy)
35 mph - ANS-✅What is the normal speed limit for an urban area?
use lethal force - ANS-✅What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer?
DEA - ANS-✅What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab?
cruiser ready - ANS-✅What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty,
and the magazine is seated in the magazine well?
cruiser ready - ANS-✅What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide,
and an activated chamber safety switch?
1st amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press?
4th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and
effects?
5th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process,
compensation for public taking of property, and double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda
Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
6th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be
confronted by witnesses and/or accusers?
8th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual
punishment?
14th amendment - ANS-✅What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for
all?
mapp v. ohio - ANS-✅What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?"
4th amendment - ANS-✅What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force?
commonwealth v. maglioccio - ANS-✅What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept
that a person cannot be convicted of ethnic intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate
offense?
aggravated assault - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania
police officer?
simple assault - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant
other?
criminal attempt - ANS-✅In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be
charged against a woman who attempted to stab a man and missed?
juvenile petition - ANS-✅What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher?
incorrect - ANS-✅CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3
seconds, and look both ways before proceeding?
flammable - ANS-✅What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate?
, incorrect - ANS-✅CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents
included when there is a domestic situation at large?
eliminate threat - ANS-✅What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active
shooter at large?
robbery - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then
locked between the doors?
directly in front of home - ANS-✅When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a
Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle?
3 feet - ANS-✅How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop?
civil matter - ANS-✅Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if a mother fails
to permit father to see child during the weekend?
no violation committed - ANS-✅What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who
offered to transport a child someplace?
mental hospital - ANS-✅When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first?
statute 3111 - ANS-✅What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who turned right on a
steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices)
graham v. connor - ANS-✅What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's reasonable perspective
of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20 hindsight of others?
fruit of the poisonous tree - ANS-✅What term applies to any evidence found through illegal conduct
that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and the seizure?
nix v. williams - ANS-✅What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the
exclusionary rule?
us v. leon - ANS-✅What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
involuntary commitment - ANS-✅What type of commitment pertains to spending 24 hours in a mental
institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a Magisterial judge?
order of courts - ANS-✅Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court,
Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
sheriff department - ANS-✅If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms present, where
must the firearms be taken?
take immediately - ANS-✅A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud noise. Upon
knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a powdered substance in baggies on the table when the
resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what should the Officer do?
yes - ANS-✅Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the police to search
her husband's unlocked closet. Will her permission suffice?
11 pm - ANS-✅What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania?
indecent assault - ANS-✅An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is actually 13. He
fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
robbery - ANS-✅A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their purse with only
$1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense considered?
leave payment on table - ANS-✅A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and foots the bill on the
house. What should the officer do?
moral righteousness - ANS-✅A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they are apprehended
and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT justifiable. What must you, as a Police Officer, consider when
you hand in your report?
no comment on partner testimony - ANS-✅If you, as a Police Officer, testify in court, and you are told
that your testimony conflicts with your partner's, what should you say on the stand?
trust - ANS-✅What is needed between the police and community for policing to work?
