DETECTIVE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When a section of the department manual conflicts with a section of the homicide manual which shall
take precedence? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Department manual
Homicide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The killing of one human being by another human being.
195 PC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A killing is excusable when committed by accident and misfortune in the
heat of passion upon any sudden and sufficient provocation or upon a sudden combat, when no under
advantages taken nor any dangerous weapons used, and when the killing is not done in a cruel or
unusual manner
196 PC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Justifiable homicide by a police officer
187 PC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Murder - the unlawful killing of a human being or a fetus with malice
aforethought
People vs Davis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Viability is not required elements of fetal murder however, the
prosecution must prove that the fetus progressed beyond the embryonic stage of 7 to 8 weeks
Felony murder rule - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅As long as the defendant was a major participant in one or
more of the enumerated Felonies and either the defendant or a co-conspirator killed another human
being than the felony murder rule applies
In all cases where the decedent is in public view (blank) shall be deployed - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Crime scene canopy
A significant amount of any gunshot residue on the surface will be lost by the end of the(blank) hour and
all of the evidence is likely lost by the end of(blank) hour. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1, 6
As soon as practical within the first hour of arriving at the scene, the homicide investigator shall make
telephonic notification of a death to whom. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅LA County corner
, Area watch commander
What are the elements that must be met for a dying declaration to be declared valid - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The declarant must believe that here she is going to die and there's no hope of recovery
The declarant statement must refer to the manner and circumstances that brought about his or her
present condition and ultimate death
The declarant must die
Mincey vs Arizona - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅No murder scene exception to the fourth amendment exists.
Police shall conduct searches of the homicide crime scene only after legal requirements have been met.
People vs Block - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Police are still free to seize
Any evidence in plane view during the course of their cursory search
Any evidence within arms reach of the suspect
Any evidence in other rooms where additional victims or suspects may be reasonably located
Primary crime scene - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Area where examination should begin. Area immediately
surrounding the body.
Visible prints - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Those that have been made by transferring a foreign substance
such as ink, blood grease or dust from the crests of papillary ridges to an object.
The firearms analysis unit (FAU) enters evidence submitted for image, capture, and and search
into(blank) database to compare with other firearms in the database. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National
integrated ballistics information network (NIBIN)
When a section of the department manual conflicts with a section of the homicide manual which shall
take precedence? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Department manual
Homicide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The killing of one human being by another human being.
195 PC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A killing is excusable when committed by accident and misfortune in the
heat of passion upon any sudden and sufficient provocation or upon a sudden combat, when no under
advantages taken nor any dangerous weapons used, and when the killing is not done in a cruel or
unusual manner
196 PC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Justifiable homicide by a police officer
187 PC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Murder - the unlawful killing of a human being or a fetus with malice
aforethought
People vs Davis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Viability is not required elements of fetal murder however, the
prosecution must prove that the fetus progressed beyond the embryonic stage of 7 to 8 weeks
Felony murder rule - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅As long as the defendant was a major participant in one or
more of the enumerated Felonies and either the defendant or a co-conspirator killed another human
being than the felony murder rule applies
In all cases where the decedent is in public view (blank) shall be deployed - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Crime scene canopy
A significant amount of any gunshot residue on the surface will be lost by the end of the(blank) hour and
all of the evidence is likely lost by the end of(blank) hour. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1, 6
As soon as practical within the first hour of arriving at the scene, the homicide investigator shall make
telephonic notification of a death to whom. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅LA County corner
, Area watch commander
What are the elements that must be met for a dying declaration to be declared valid - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The declarant must believe that here she is going to die and there's no hope of recovery
The declarant statement must refer to the manner and circumstances that brought about his or her
present condition and ultimate death
The declarant must die
Mincey vs Arizona - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅No murder scene exception to the fourth amendment exists.
Police shall conduct searches of the homicide crime scene only after legal requirements have been met.
People vs Block - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Police are still free to seize
Any evidence in plane view during the course of their cursory search
Any evidence within arms reach of the suspect
Any evidence in other rooms where additional victims or suspects may be reasonably located
Primary crime scene - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Area where examination should begin. Area immediately
surrounding the body.
Visible prints - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Those that have been made by transferring a foreign substance
such as ink, blood grease or dust from the crests of papillary ridges to an object.
The firearms analysis unit (FAU) enters evidence submitted for image, capture, and and search
into(blank) database to compare with other firearms in the database. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National
integrated ballistics information network (NIBIN)
