OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Graded A+ 2025

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OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC
exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers Graded A+ 2025

Considerations for off-duty Situations -correct answer- Behavior
Situational Awareness




Purpose of the Bill of Rights -correct answer- Protecting an
Individual's Freedoms




Major Components of the Criminal Justice System -correct
answer- Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections

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Goals of Sentencing -correct answer- Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim




Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy -correct
answer- Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.




When can citizens film the police? -correct answer- - When at
least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they
don't interfere.




Define the connection between "in group" and "out group"
police legitimacy. -correct answer- Individual's interpretation of
encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position

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rather than the circumstances of the police contact.

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Types of Racism -correct answer- -Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural




Components of Bias -correct answer- - Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude




Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling -correct answer-
Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.




List the Two Modes of Thinking -correct answer- - Attitude
- More Deliberate