SOCE PRACTICE TEST UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Who does domestic violence pertain to? - ✔✔Family or household members
✔✔A women picked up someone else's luggage at the airport that was identical to hers.
She has no criminal intent to steal it, it was a mistake. What legal defense applies to the
woman? - ✔✔Mistake of ignorance of fact
✔✔Examples of drugs, a gun, clothing, or money would be considered what type of
evidence? - ✔✔Physical evidence
✔✔Law enforcement officers are also authorized to use reasonable and necessary
force to effect an __________________? - ✔✔Investigative Stop
✔✔Which statement does not apply to ethical decision making? - ✔✔Can I get away
with what I'm about to do?
✔✔During a traffic stop, the officer has probable cause to believe that the driver is
under the influence, therefore the officer is placing the suspect under arrest for DUI, the
officer places the handcuffs on the suspect and tells the suspect to walk to the back of
the car. Once the suspect began to walk the suspect fell and hurt himself since he could
not break his fall. Under what tort can the suspect try to sue the officer? -
✔✔Negligence
✔✔On February 17, 2012 Alex and his friends planned to stage a burglary at Alex's
house. Alex told his friends that he would take his parents out to dinner while they would
burglarize his parents home and take their TV and expensive jewelry. Once the burglary
would take place Alex and his friends promised to share the money. What is Alex's role
in the staged crime? - ✔✔Principal Of The First Degree
✔✔Which is most accurate about FCIC? - ✔✔Provides wanted and missing persons
information.
✔✔The ______________________ of the interview is the the warm-up stage. During
this stage, the officer will establish rapport and build understanding with the interviewee
and him or herself. - ✔✔Initial Stage
✔✔Operational reports are generally linked to three major categories: offense-incident
reports, arrest affidavits and _________________or follow-up reports. -
✔✔Supplemental
,✔✔The following apply to which type of substance: razor blades, dilated pupils? -
✔✔Cocaine/Crack
✔✔The first A in SARA model means__________________ - ✔✔Analysis
✔✔An officer must gather and analyze information to understand a situation before
proceeding. - ✔✔Understanding
✔✔True survival readiness involves _____________? - ✔✔Practical preparedness,
firearm proficiency and first aid skills
✔✔Factors that depend on an individual's likes or dislikes. - ✔✔Personal Stressors
✔✔Which statement is most accurate? - ✔✔While patrolling on foot during the day,
officers should use sidewalks in order to be high visible and observe surrounding more
efficiently. At night officers should keep close to buildings, which allow them to inspect
interiors while concealed in shadows.
✔✔15 years imprisonment with a fine of $10,000 or both applies to which classification
of offenses? - ✔✔Felony 2nd degree
✔✔Under the Stop and Frisk law, an______________may be only if the officer has
reasonable suspicion that the person stopped was committing, is committing, or is about
to commit a law violation. - ✔✔Investigative Stop
✔✔_______________is the standard of justification needed to support a legal Terry
stop or investigative detention. Simply means that an officer can articulate, or put into
words, facts that support a suspicion that the person stopped was involved in a law
violation. - ✔✔Reasonable Suspicion
✔✔Which statement is most accurate about pretext stops? - ✔✔An officer can stop the
vehicle due to equipment violation but really wants to investigate other, more serious
criminal activity.
✔✔During the court hearing of Jason Jones, the officer admitted to illegally obtaining
evidence against Mr. Jones, due to the violation of the constitution which rule did the
officer violate? - ✔✔Exclusionary Rule
✔✔Which of the following can an officer make an arrest which did not occur in his or her
presence? - ✔✔Act Of Domestic Violence
✔✔Which negligence reaches the level of criminal responsibility. - ✔✔Culpable
Negligence
, ✔✔The state must prove the following elements to convict a suspect
of__________________?
1. The offender knowingly and unlawfully obtained or used or endeavored to obtain or
use the property of another.
2. The offender did so with intent, either temporarily or permanently, to deprive victim of
his or her rights to the property or any benefit from it with the intent to deprive the victim
of it use, or appropriate the property of the victim to his or her own use of the use of any
person not entitled to it. - ✔✔Theft
✔✔The State must prove the following elements to convict a suspect
of________________?
1. The offender willfully entered or remained in structure of conveyance alleged, willfully
refused to depart after having been warned by the owner or lesser or person authorized
by the owner or lessee alleged to depart.
2. The structure or conveyance alleged was in the lawful possession of person alleged.
3. The offender's entering or remaining in the property was without the permission,
expressed or implied, of the person alleged or any other person authorized to give that
permission. - ✔✔Elements of Trespass-In Structure or Conveyance
✔✔The state must prove the following elements to convict a suspect of
_____________________?
1. The offender intentionally and unlawfully threatened, either by word or act, to do
violence to the victim.
2. At the the time, the offender appeared to have the ability to carry out the threat.
3. The act of the offender created in the mind of the victim a well-founded fear that the
violence was about to take place. - ✔✔Elements of Assault
✔✔Officer Dennis ran the suspects information through FCIC/NCIC, the search came
back with a hit, the suspect has a warrant. What must the officer first do? - ✔✔Confirm
the warrant
✔✔Which statement is most accurate? - ✔✔One of the biggest problems with the MDT
is the distraction it causes while an officer is driving and trying to read or input
information in the MDT.
✔✔The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibits person using police
radios, including communications center personnel and law enforcement officers, from
committing the following acts: - ✔✔Transmitting nonessential or excessive signals,
messages, or communication
✔✔Usually the primary officer on the call is the? - ✔✔Contact officer
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Who does domestic violence pertain to? - ✔✔Family or household members
✔✔A women picked up someone else's luggage at the airport that was identical to hers.
She has no criminal intent to steal it, it was a mistake. What legal defense applies to the
woman? - ✔✔Mistake of ignorance of fact
✔✔Examples of drugs, a gun, clothing, or money would be considered what type of
evidence? - ✔✔Physical evidence
✔✔Law enforcement officers are also authorized to use reasonable and necessary
force to effect an __________________? - ✔✔Investigative Stop
✔✔Which statement does not apply to ethical decision making? - ✔✔Can I get away
with what I'm about to do?
✔✔During a traffic stop, the officer has probable cause to believe that the driver is
under the influence, therefore the officer is placing the suspect under arrest for DUI, the
officer places the handcuffs on the suspect and tells the suspect to walk to the back of
the car. Once the suspect began to walk the suspect fell and hurt himself since he could
not break his fall. Under what tort can the suspect try to sue the officer? -
✔✔Negligence
✔✔On February 17, 2012 Alex and his friends planned to stage a burglary at Alex's
house. Alex told his friends that he would take his parents out to dinner while they would
burglarize his parents home and take their TV and expensive jewelry. Once the burglary
would take place Alex and his friends promised to share the money. What is Alex's role
in the staged crime? - ✔✔Principal Of The First Degree
✔✔Which is most accurate about FCIC? - ✔✔Provides wanted and missing persons
information.
✔✔The ______________________ of the interview is the the warm-up stage. During
this stage, the officer will establish rapport and build understanding with the interviewee
and him or herself. - ✔✔Initial Stage
✔✔Operational reports are generally linked to three major categories: offense-incident
reports, arrest affidavits and _________________or follow-up reports. -
✔✔Supplemental
,✔✔The following apply to which type of substance: razor blades, dilated pupils? -
✔✔Cocaine/Crack
✔✔The first A in SARA model means__________________ - ✔✔Analysis
✔✔An officer must gather and analyze information to understand a situation before
proceeding. - ✔✔Understanding
✔✔True survival readiness involves _____________? - ✔✔Practical preparedness,
firearm proficiency and first aid skills
✔✔Factors that depend on an individual's likes or dislikes. - ✔✔Personal Stressors
✔✔Which statement is most accurate? - ✔✔While patrolling on foot during the day,
officers should use sidewalks in order to be high visible and observe surrounding more
efficiently. At night officers should keep close to buildings, which allow them to inspect
interiors while concealed in shadows.
✔✔15 years imprisonment with a fine of $10,000 or both applies to which classification
of offenses? - ✔✔Felony 2nd degree
✔✔Under the Stop and Frisk law, an______________may be only if the officer has
reasonable suspicion that the person stopped was committing, is committing, or is about
to commit a law violation. - ✔✔Investigative Stop
✔✔_______________is the standard of justification needed to support a legal Terry
stop or investigative detention. Simply means that an officer can articulate, or put into
words, facts that support a suspicion that the person stopped was involved in a law
violation. - ✔✔Reasonable Suspicion
✔✔Which statement is most accurate about pretext stops? - ✔✔An officer can stop the
vehicle due to equipment violation but really wants to investigate other, more serious
criminal activity.
✔✔During the court hearing of Jason Jones, the officer admitted to illegally obtaining
evidence against Mr. Jones, due to the violation of the constitution which rule did the
officer violate? - ✔✔Exclusionary Rule
✔✔Which of the following can an officer make an arrest which did not occur in his or her
presence? - ✔✔Act Of Domestic Violence
✔✔Which negligence reaches the level of criminal responsibility. - ✔✔Culpable
Negligence
, ✔✔The state must prove the following elements to convict a suspect
of__________________?
1. The offender knowingly and unlawfully obtained or used or endeavored to obtain or
use the property of another.
2. The offender did so with intent, either temporarily or permanently, to deprive victim of
his or her rights to the property or any benefit from it with the intent to deprive the victim
of it use, or appropriate the property of the victim to his or her own use of the use of any
person not entitled to it. - ✔✔Theft
✔✔The State must prove the following elements to convict a suspect
of________________?
1. The offender willfully entered or remained in structure of conveyance alleged, willfully
refused to depart after having been warned by the owner or lesser or person authorized
by the owner or lessee alleged to depart.
2. The structure or conveyance alleged was in the lawful possession of person alleged.
3. The offender's entering or remaining in the property was without the permission,
expressed or implied, of the person alleged or any other person authorized to give that
permission. - ✔✔Elements of Trespass-In Structure or Conveyance
✔✔The state must prove the following elements to convict a suspect of
_____________________?
1. The offender intentionally and unlawfully threatened, either by word or act, to do
violence to the victim.
2. At the the time, the offender appeared to have the ability to carry out the threat.
3. The act of the offender created in the mind of the victim a well-founded fear that the
violence was about to take place. - ✔✔Elements of Assault
✔✔Officer Dennis ran the suspects information through FCIC/NCIC, the search came
back with a hit, the suspect has a warrant. What must the officer first do? - ✔✔Confirm
the warrant
✔✔Which statement is most accurate? - ✔✔One of the biggest problems with the MDT
is the distraction it causes while an officer is driving and trying to read or input
information in the MDT.
✔✔The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibits person using police
radios, including communications center personnel and law enforcement officers, from
committing the following acts: - ✔✔Transmitting nonessential or excessive signals,
messages, or communication
✔✔Usually the primary officer on the call is the? - ✔✔Contact officer
