Law enforcement Final Exam
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the main role of law enforcement?
✔✔To protect life, property, and public safety
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime has occurred
What does due process protect?
✔✔Individual legal rights
What is the purpose of a warrant?
✔✔To give legal authority to search or arrest
What is reasonable suspicion?
✔✔A belief based on specific facts that crime may be occurring
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into legal custody
What is the Miranda warning?
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,✔✔A statement of rights given to suspects
Why must Miranda rights be read?
✔✔To protect against self-incrimination
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious criminal offense
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious crime
What is community policing?
✔✔Building partnerships with the public
What is use of force?
✔✔Physical action to control a suspect
What is excessive force?
✔✔Force beyond what is necessary
What is a patrol officer’s main duty?
✔✔To maintain public order
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,What is a search?
✔✔Looking for evidence
What is seizure?
✔✔Taking control of property or a person
What is chain of custody?
✔✔Record of evidence handling
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove a case
What is hearsay?
✔✔Secondhand information
What is an affidavit?
✔✔A sworn written statement
What is a subpoena?
✔✔Order to appear in court
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, What is jurisdiction?
✔✔Legal authority in a specific area
What is a crime scene?
✔✔Location where a crime occurred
What is forensic science?
✔✔Use of science in criminal investigations
What is fingerprinting?
✔✔Identifying people by finger patterns
What is DNA evidence?
✔✔Biological material used for identification
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof a person was elsewhere
What is an interrogation?
✔✔Questioning a suspect
What is a lineup?
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the main role of law enforcement?
✔✔To protect life, property, and public safety
What is probable cause?
✔✔Reasonable belief that a crime has occurred
What does due process protect?
✔✔Individual legal rights
What is the purpose of a warrant?
✔✔To give legal authority to search or arrest
What is reasonable suspicion?
✔✔A belief based on specific facts that crime may be occurring
What is an arrest?
✔✔Taking a person into legal custody
What is the Miranda warning?
1
,✔✔A statement of rights given to suspects
Why must Miranda rights be read?
✔✔To protect against self-incrimination
What is a felony?
✔✔A serious criminal offense
What is a misdemeanor?
✔✔A less serious crime
What is community policing?
✔✔Building partnerships with the public
What is use of force?
✔✔Physical action to control a suspect
What is excessive force?
✔✔Force beyond what is necessary
What is a patrol officer’s main duty?
✔✔To maintain public order
2
,What is a search?
✔✔Looking for evidence
What is seizure?
✔✔Taking control of property or a person
What is chain of custody?
✔✔Record of evidence handling
What is evidence?
✔✔Information used to prove a case
What is hearsay?
✔✔Secondhand information
What is an affidavit?
✔✔A sworn written statement
What is a subpoena?
✔✔Order to appear in court
3
, What is jurisdiction?
✔✔Legal authority in a specific area
What is a crime scene?
✔✔Location where a crime occurred
What is forensic science?
✔✔Use of science in criminal investigations
What is fingerprinting?
✔✔Identifying people by finger patterns
What is DNA evidence?
✔✔Biological material used for identification
What is an alibi?
✔✔Proof a person was elsewhere
What is an interrogation?
✔✔Questioning a suspect
What is a lineup?
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