PC 832 LD 15 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
constitution - Correct Answers -written document which embodies the basic laws of a
nation or state, defines the powers and duties of the goverment and guaruntees rights
to the public
March 1789 - Correct Answers -the US constitution became effective ______
fourth ammendment - Correct Answers -Right to be free from unreasonable search and
seizures. Warrant should be issued upon probable cause describing the specific place
to be searched
reasonable suspicion - Correct Answers -standard to justify a detention
reasonable suspicion - Correct Answers -exists when an officer has sufficient facts and
info to make it reasonable to suspect that a criminal activity may be occuring, and the
person detained is connected to that activity
arrest - Correct Answers -taking a person into custody, in a case and in the manner
authorized by law. (Penal Code Section 834)
probable cause - Correct Answers -an arrest must be based on what
• direct investigation or reports
• circumstantial evidence
• second-hand statements from reliable sources - Correct Answers -Facts required to
establish probable cause may include, but are not limited to:
probable cause - Correct Answers -reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing
a charge, etc.).
probably cause - Correct Answers -exists when the totality of the circumstance of the
case would cause a person of ordinary care and prudence to entertain an honest and
strong suspicion that the person to be arrested is guilty of a crime
search - Correct Answers -occurs when an expectation of privacy that society is
prepared to consider reasonable is infringed upon by the government
, seizure of a person - Correct Answers -occurs when a peace officer physically applies
force to a person or when a person voluntarily submits to the officer's authority
seizure of property - Correct Answers -occurs when there is some meaningful
interference with an individual's possessory interest in that property by the government.
Fifth Amendment - Correct Answers -provides that individuals cannot be compelled to
be a witness against themselves in a criminal case, may not be tried for the same
offense twice, or be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
Miranda Rights - Correct Answers -Statements that must be made by the police
informing a suspect of his or her constitutional rights protected by the Fifth Amendment,
including the right to an attorney provided by the court if the suspect cannot afford one.
double jeopardy - Correct Answers -Being tried twice for the same crime
Sixth Amendment - Correct Answers -guarantees people accused of a crime the right
to: a speedy trial ,confront witnesses against them and obtain witnesses in their favor,
the assistance of counsel, during court proceedings
Fourteenth Amendment - Correct Answers -made "all persons born or naturalized in the
United States" citizens of the country
Fourteenth Amendment - Correct Answers -this amendment requires peace officers to
apply the law equally to all people regardless of race, creed, nationality, religious
preference, or national origin.
under color of the law - Correct Answers -An action that is carried out as if under the
authority of the law, but that is actually done in violation of law
consensual encounter - Correct Answers -A face-to-face contact between a private
individual and a peace officer under circumstances that would cause a reasonable
person to believe that they are free to leave or otherwise not cooperate
-request info like ID
-interview witnesses at scene of crime/accident
-converse casually
-disseminating information - Correct Answers -appropriate actions peace officers can
take during a consensual encounter
detention - Correct Answers -is less than an arrest but more substantial than a
consensual encounter.
detention - Correct Answers -must be based on reasonable suspicion that criminal
activity has taken place, is taking place, or is about to take place, and that the person
detained is connected to that activity.
ANSWERS
constitution - Correct Answers -written document which embodies the basic laws of a
nation or state, defines the powers and duties of the goverment and guaruntees rights
to the public
March 1789 - Correct Answers -the US constitution became effective ______
fourth ammendment - Correct Answers -Right to be free from unreasonable search and
seizures. Warrant should be issued upon probable cause describing the specific place
to be searched
reasonable suspicion - Correct Answers -standard to justify a detention
reasonable suspicion - Correct Answers -exists when an officer has sufficient facts and
info to make it reasonable to suspect that a criminal activity may be occuring, and the
person detained is connected to that activity
arrest - Correct Answers -taking a person into custody, in a case and in the manner
authorized by law. (Penal Code Section 834)
probable cause - Correct Answers -an arrest must be based on what
• direct investigation or reports
• circumstantial evidence
• second-hand statements from reliable sources - Correct Answers -Facts required to
establish probable cause may include, but are not limited to:
probable cause - Correct Answers -reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing
a charge, etc.).
probably cause - Correct Answers -exists when the totality of the circumstance of the
case would cause a person of ordinary care and prudence to entertain an honest and
strong suspicion that the person to be arrested is guilty of a crime
search - Correct Answers -occurs when an expectation of privacy that society is
prepared to consider reasonable is infringed upon by the government
, seizure of a person - Correct Answers -occurs when a peace officer physically applies
force to a person or when a person voluntarily submits to the officer's authority
seizure of property - Correct Answers -occurs when there is some meaningful
interference with an individual's possessory interest in that property by the government.
Fifth Amendment - Correct Answers -provides that individuals cannot be compelled to
be a witness against themselves in a criminal case, may not be tried for the same
offense twice, or be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
Miranda Rights - Correct Answers -Statements that must be made by the police
informing a suspect of his or her constitutional rights protected by the Fifth Amendment,
including the right to an attorney provided by the court if the suspect cannot afford one.
double jeopardy - Correct Answers -Being tried twice for the same crime
Sixth Amendment - Correct Answers -guarantees people accused of a crime the right
to: a speedy trial ,confront witnesses against them and obtain witnesses in their favor,
the assistance of counsel, during court proceedings
Fourteenth Amendment - Correct Answers -made "all persons born or naturalized in the
United States" citizens of the country
Fourteenth Amendment - Correct Answers -this amendment requires peace officers to
apply the law equally to all people regardless of race, creed, nationality, religious
preference, or national origin.
under color of the law - Correct Answers -An action that is carried out as if under the
authority of the law, but that is actually done in violation of law
consensual encounter - Correct Answers -A face-to-face contact between a private
individual and a peace officer under circumstances that would cause a reasonable
person to believe that they are free to leave or otherwise not cooperate
-request info like ID
-interview witnesses at scene of crime/accident
-converse casually
-disseminating information - Correct Answers -appropriate actions peace officers can
take during a consensual encounter
detention - Correct Answers -is less than an arrest but more substantial than a
consensual encounter.
detention - Correct Answers -must be based on reasonable suspicion that criminal
activity has taken place, is taking place, or is about to take place, and that the person
detained is connected to that activity.
