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CERTIFICATION REVIEW
Exam Questions and Answers
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1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Trust - ANS ✓What is needed between the police and community for
policing to work?
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6. Fruit of the poisonous tree - ANS ✓As a Police Officer, you see a
former convicted robber in possession of a sports bag and brief case.
Can you seize his/her possessions?
7. Hallow effect - ANS ✓What is concept of a Police Officer paying
attention to trivial things in a person, but influence the interpretation
and perception of other trivial things later in time?
8. Everyone - ANS ✓Who should a Police Officer be concerned about
attacking himself/herself while responding to a domestic situation at
large?
9. Legs 4-5 feet apart - ANS ✓How should a Police Officer position
someone (while standing up against wall) when conducting a terry
frisk or a search incident to arrest?
10. Schedule 1 - ANS ✓What level of drugs have non-medical use?
11. Warrantless arrest - ANS ✓What type of arrest usually starts
a court case?
12. Terry stop - ANS ✓A Police Officer is conducting a field
interview when they notice someone approach with a gun. For their
safety, what type of encounter would they use to temporarily secure
the scene?
13. Direct testimony - ANS ✓What type of testimony ties a
defendant directly to a crime?
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14. Physical evidence - ANS ✓What type of evidence speaks for
itself?
15. Testimony - ANS ✓What is not required for a prosecutor to
present a piece of physical evidence in court?
16. Open field - ANS ✓What does the State of Pennsylvania define
as "Undeveloped open woodland area outside the curtilage of a
home?"
17. Public places - ANS ✓Where does the State of Pennsylvania
decide "an item subject to seizure is exposed to public view?"
18. 17 - ANS ✓How many digits are in a VIN? (Vehicle
Identification Number)
19. Probable cause - ANS ✓When a Police Officer makes an arrest,
files for an arrest warrant, or files for a search warrant, what are the
facts and circumstances that this officer must present for a
reasonable person to believe that the parties entailed committed an
offense and/or were in possession of the items seized?
20. 12 - ANS ✓How many people are required for a jury in a jury
trial?
21. Investigatory detention - ANS ✓What type of detention
would a Police Officer use on a suspected actor if that officer has
MPOETC ACT 120
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MPOETC ACT 120
CERTIFICATION REVIEW
Exam Questions and Answers
Guaranteed Pass A+
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Trust - ANS ✓What is needed between the police and community for
policing to work?
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6. Fruit of the poisonous tree - ANS ✓As a Police Officer, you see a
former convicted robber in possession of a sports bag and brief case.
Can you seize his/her possessions?
7. Hallow effect - ANS ✓What is concept of a Police Officer paying
attention to trivial things in a person, but influence the interpretation
and perception of other trivial things later in time?
8. Everyone - ANS ✓Who should a Police Officer be concerned about
attacking himself/herself while responding to a domestic situation at
large?
9. Legs 4-5 feet apart - ANS ✓How should a Police Officer position
someone (while standing up against wall) when conducting a terry
frisk or a search incident to arrest?
10. Schedule 1 - ANS ✓What level of drugs have non-medical use?
11. Warrantless arrest - ANS ✓What type of arrest usually starts
a court case?
12. Terry stop - ANS ✓A Police Officer is conducting a field
interview when they notice someone approach with a gun. For their
safety, what type of encounter would they use to temporarily secure
the scene?
13. Direct testimony - ANS ✓What type of testimony ties a
defendant directly to a crime?
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14. Physical evidence - ANS ✓What type of evidence speaks for
itself?
15. Testimony - ANS ✓What is not required for a prosecutor to
present a piece of physical evidence in court?
16. Open field - ANS ✓What does the State of Pennsylvania define
as "Undeveloped open woodland area outside the curtilage of a
home?"
17. Public places - ANS ✓Where does the State of Pennsylvania
decide "an item subject to seizure is exposed to public view?"
18. 17 - ANS ✓How many digits are in a VIN? (Vehicle
Identification Number)
19. Probable cause - ANS ✓When a Police Officer makes an arrest,
files for an arrest warrant, or files for a search warrant, what are the
facts and circumstances that this officer must present for a
reasonable person to believe that the parties entailed committed an
offense and/or were in possession of the items seized?
20. 12 - ANS ✓How many people are required for a jury in a jury
trial?
21. Investigatory detention - ANS ✓What type of detention
would a Police Officer use on a suspected actor if that officer has
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