SOCE TEST PAPER UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Investigative stop - ✔✔If the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person
stopped was committing, is committing , or is about to commit a law violation
✔✔reasonable suspicion - ✔✔The officer can articulate or put into words , facts that
support a suspicion that the person stopped may be involved in a law violation
✔✔Pretext stops - ✔✔The officer stops the vehicle due to a traffic violation but really
wants to investigate other, more serious criminal activity
✔✔probable cause - ✔✔The standard of justification to make an arrest or conduct a
search
✔✔Probable cause - ✔✔Is a fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that
someone committed a crime
✔✔The difference between reasonable suspicion and probable cause - ✔✔The amount
and quality of information the officer has concerning the commission of a crime by a
particular suspect , or that the evidence of a crime is present in a place to be searched
✔✔Fellow officer rule - ✔✔Involves relying on the collective knowledge of other officers
when taking law enforcement action
✔✔Photographic array - ✔✔Is a presentation of a series of photographs to a victim or
witness in a non-suggestive manner for the purpose of identifying a suspect
✔✔Live line-up - ✔✔The presentation of a number of individuals, which may include a
known suspect , to a victim or witness in a non-suggestive manner for the purpose of
identification
✔✔Show-up - ✔✔Occurs when a law Enforcment officer locates a suspect a short time
after the commission of an offense and attempts to get a one on one identification of the
suspect in the field by a victim or witness
✔✔Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - ✔✔Is the standard used to determine if a
criminal defendant is guilty
✔✔search - ✔✔Occurs when the government intrudes into a place where the person
has a reasonable expectation of privacy
✔✔Search warrant - ✔✔Must be authorized and signed by a neutral magistrate or judge
,✔✔Search warrant - ✔✔Must particularly describe the person to be searched and the
items to be seized
✔✔Exclusionary rule - ✔✔The Supreme Court has ruled that evidence obtained by the
government in violation of the constitution cannot be used as evidence in court
✔✔Good faith doctrine - ✔✔Applies to officers actions in conducting a search according
to a search warrant.
✔✔Good faith doctrine - ✔✔If officers execute a search warrant they believe to be valid
and a court later determines the warrant has a legal error , any seized evidence may
still be admitted
✔✔Cartilage - ✔✔The space of ground outbuildings immediately surrounding a
structure
✔✔Things you don't need a search warrant for - ✔✔Plain view, mobile conveyance ,
exigency circumstances ( destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit, emergency scene )
✔✔Carroll doctrine - ✔✔Probable cause is required for a mobile conveyance search
✔✔Exigent circumstances - ✔✔Are certain emergencies such as the case of evidence
destruction, an emergency scene, or fresh pursuit a warrant less entry
✔✔Inventory - ✔✔Are not designed to search for evidence but to protect the arrested
persons property and to protect the officer from accusations of theft
✔✔Forfeiture - ✔✔Is a civil proceeding in which the law enforcement agency asks he
court to transfer ownership of the property from the defendant to the government
✔✔Probable cause affidavit - ✔✔Also called a arrest affidavit, is a sworn , written
statement by a law enforcement officer establishing certain facts and circumstances to
justify an arrest
✔✔Custody - ✔✔The person is deprived of freedom in a significant way
✔✔Corpus delicti - ✔✔Body of the offense
✔✔Theft - ✔✔Knowingly and unlawfully obtained or used or endeavored to obtain or
use property of another
✔✔Theft - ✔✔The offender did so with intent , either temporarily or permanently, to
deprive the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it; or appropriate
the property of the victim to his or her own use of any person not entitled to it
, ✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Took possession or carried away merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Altered or removed a label or price tag from merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Transferred merchandise from one container to another
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Removed a shopping chart from a merchants premises
✔✔Petit theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at less than $300 , misdemeanor
✔✔Grand theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at over $300
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The offender took the money from the victim or From custody of the
victim
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔Force, violence , assault , or putting in fear of violence was used in the
course of the taking
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The property was taken was of some value
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The taking was with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it
✔✔Robbery by sudden snatching - ✔✔The victim was or become aware of the act in
the course of taking it
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The offender took the motor vehicle from the victim or custody of the
victim
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The taking was with he intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the vehicle or any benefit from it
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔The offender entered the dwelling of the victim
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔At the time the offender entered the dwelling, he or she
intended to commit robbery
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔While inside the dwelling, the offender did commit
robbery
✔✔Trespass- in structure or conveyance - ✔✔Without being authorized , licensed , or
invited , willfully or remained in any structure or conveyance , or having been authorized
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Investigative stop - ✔✔If the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person
stopped was committing, is committing , or is about to commit a law violation
✔✔reasonable suspicion - ✔✔The officer can articulate or put into words , facts that
support a suspicion that the person stopped may be involved in a law violation
✔✔Pretext stops - ✔✔The officer stops the vehicle due to a traffic violation but really
wants to investigate other, more serious criminal activity
✔✔probable cause - ✔✔The standard of justification to make an arrest or conduct a
search
✔✔Probable cause - ✔✔Is a fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that
someone committed a crime
✔✔The difference between reasonable suspicion and probable cause - ✔✔The amount
and quality of information the officer has concerning the commission of a crime by a
particular suspect , or that the evidence of a crime is present in a place to be searched
✔✔Fellow officer rule - ✔✔Involves relying on the collective knowledge of other officers
when taking law enforcement action
✔✔Photographic array - ✔✔Is a presentation of a series of photographs to a victim or
witness in a non-suggestive manner for the purpose of identifying a suspect
✔✔Live line-up - ✔✔The presentation of a number of individuals, which may include a
known suspect , to a victim or witness in a non-suggestive manner for the purpose of
identification
✔✔Show-up - ✔✔Occurs when a law Enforcment officer locates a suspect a short time
after the commission of an offense and attempts to get a one on one identification of the
suspect in the field by a victim or witness
✔✔Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - ✔✔Is the standard used to determine if a
criminal defendant is guilty
✔✔search - ✔✔Occurs when the government intrudes into a place where the person
has a reasonable expectation of privacy
✔✔Search warrant - ✔✔Must be authorized and signed by a neutral magistrate or judge
,✔✔Search warrant - ✔✔Must particularly describe the person to be searched and the
items to be seized
✔✔Exclusionary rule - ✔✔The Supreme Court has ruled that evidence obtained by the
government in violation of the constitution cannot be used as evidence in court
✔✔Good faith doctrine - ✔✔Applies to officers actions in conducting a search according
to a search warrant.
✔✔Good faith doctrine - ✔✔If officers execute a search warrant they believe to be valid
and a court later determines the warrant has a legal error , any seized evidence may
still be admitted
✔✔Cartilage - ✔✔The space of ground outbuildings immediately surrounding a
structure
✔✔Things you don't need a search warrant for - ✔✔Plain view, mobile conveyance ,
exigency circumstances ( destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit, emergency scene )
✔✔Carroll doctrine - ✔✔Probable cause is required for a mobile conveyance search
✔✔Exigent circumstances - ✔✔Are certain emergencies such as the case of evidence
destruction, an emergency scene, or fresh pursuit a warrant less entry
✔✔Inventory - ✔✔Are not designed to search for evidence but to protect the arrested
persons property and to protect the officer from accusations of theft
✔✔Forfeiture - ✔✔Is a civil proceeding in which the law enforcement agency asks he
court to transfer ownership of the property from the defendant to the government
✔✔Probable cause affidavit - ✔✔Also called a arrest affidavit, is a sworn , written
statement by a law enforcement officer establishing certain facts and circumstances to
justify an arrest
✔✔Custody - ✔✔The person is deprived of freedom in a significant way
✔✔Corpus delicti - ✔✔Body of the offense
✔✔Theft - ✔✔Knowingly and unlawfully obtained or used or endeavored to obtain or
use property of another
✔✔Theft - ✔✔The offender did so with intent , either temporarily or permanently, to
deprive the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it; or appropriate
the property of the victim to his or her own use of any person not entitled to it
, ✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Took possession or carried away merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Altered or removed a label or price tag from merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Transferred merchandise from one container to another
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Removed a shopping chart from a merchants premises
✔✔Petit theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at less than $300 , misdemeanor
✔✔Grand theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at over $300
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The offender took the money from the victim or From custody of the
victim
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔Force, violence , assault , or putting in fear of violence was used in the
course of the taking
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The property was taken was of some value
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The taking was with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it
✔✔Robbery by sudden snatching - ✔✔The victim was or become aware of the act in
the course of taking it
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The offender took the motor vehicle from the victim or custody of the
victim
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The taking was with he intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the vehicle or any benefit from it
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔The offender entered the dwelling of the victim
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔At the time the offender entered the dwelling, he or she
intended to commit robbery
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔While inside the dwelling, the offender did commit
robbery
✔✔Trespass- in structure or conveyance - ✔✔Without being authorized , licensed , or
invited , willfully or remained in any structure or conveyance , or having been authorized
