MPOETC Act 120 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. 4 Learning Skills - ANSWER ✔ Listen actively
participate
take notes
think critically
2. 6 Components to active listening - ANSWER ✔ Mindset
Preparation
Organization
Focus
Clarify
Posture
3. ACT 120 - ANSWER ✔ Established by PA Legislature in 1974. It's a
certification for an officer which after completion, is good for two years.
4. MPOETC TRAINING COMMISION - ANSWER ✔ There are 20 members
of training commission. Each is appointed by the governor, they serve three
year terms
,5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MPOETC - ANSWER ✔ Administer
Program, Academics, Certification, Training, Standards, Rules and
Regulations.
6. Defining Certification - ANSWER ✔ assignment of a certification to a
police officer after completing the ACT 120, is valid for two years.
7. Two guys agree to commit a crime and get caught later? - ANSWER ✔
Conspiracy
8. When applying the tourniquet, where do you write? - ANSWER ✔ Forehead
and time
9. What color does a police officer work in? - ANSWER ✔ Yellow
10.What is the speed limit in an urban area? - ANSWER ✔ 35 Mph
11.Guy robs officer house what do you do? - ANSWER ✔ No chase him using
lethal force
12.Clandestine Lab - ANSWER ✔ Call DEA
13.How do you package a bed sheet and a piece of clothing from a rape scene?
- ANSWER ✔ Two separate paper bags
14.What is not true about a crime scene? - ANSWER ✔ Let supervisors in
,15.Central location for planning at a scene? - ANSWER ✔ Command incident
post
16.What describes calming behavior? - ANSWER ✔ De-escalation techniques
17.What is not true about medical marijuana in PA? - ANSWER ✔ You cannot
smoke leaf marijuana in a vape
18.What is the main ingredient in marijuana? - ANSWER ✔ THC
19.What powers do you have in a domestic violence situation? - ANSWER ✔
Give referrals
20.What powers don't cops have on a traffic stop? - ANSWER ✔ Immediately
revoke license
21.Person grabs steering wheel in an argument? - ANSWER ✔ Deliberate
intent non reportable
22.What happens to summary charges if a felony already on the docket is held
for court? - ANSWER ✔ They are automatically held for court
23.1st strap for cleaning a gun? - ANSWER ✔ Unload it
24.What are the types of PFA? - ANSWER ✔ Emergency, temporary, final
, 25.Which amendment is responsible for counsel? - ANSWER ✔ 6th
26.What amendment in regards to cruel and unusual punishment? - ANSWER
✔ 8th
27.A man comes home to his wife cheating, he leaves to get a gun and comes
back and kills him, what do you charge - ANSWER ✔ Murder 1
28.A suspect switches the tags on retail clothes and buys them, what can you
charge - ANSWER ✔ Retail Theft
29.A man accidentally shoots his wife while trying to kill someone else, what
do you charge - ANSWER ✔ Voluntary Manslaughter
30.Nix v. Williams - ANSWER ✔ inevitable discovery exemption - evidence
that was illegally seized may be used in court if it can be shown that it would
have inevitably been discovered
31.Mapp v. Ohio - ANSWER ✔ Established the exclusionary rule was
applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
32.Terry v. Ohio - ANSWER ✔ Police can search and seize with probable
cause/Stop and frisk/Terry stop
33.Speed limit for an urban area - ANSWER ✔ 35 miles per hour
34.Speed limit for a residential area - ANSWER ✔ 25 miles per hour
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. 4 Learning Skills - ANSWER ✔ Listen actively
participate
take notes
think critically
2. 6 Components to active listening - ANSWER ✔ Mindset
Preparation
Organization
Focus
Clarify
Posture
3. ACT 120 - ANSWER ✔ Established by PA Legislature in 1974. It's a
certification for an officer which after completion, is good for two years.
4. MPOETC TRAINING COMMISION - ANSWER ✔ There are 20 members
of training commission. Each is appointed by the governor, they serve three
year terms
,5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MPOETC - ANSWER ✔ Administer
Program, Academics, Certification, Training, Standards, Rules and
Regulations.
6. Defining Certification - ANSWER ✔ assignment of a certification to a
police officer after completing the ACT 120, is valid for two years.
7. Two guys agree to commit a crime and get caught later? - ANSWER ✔
Conspiracy
8. When applying the tourniquet, where do you write? - ANSWER ✔ Forehead
and time
9. What color does a police officer work in? - ANSWER ✔ Yellow
10.What is the speed limit in an urban area? - ANSWER ✔ 35 Mph
11.Guy robs officer house what do you do? - ANSWER ✔ No chase him using
lethal force
12.Clandestine Lab - ANSWER ✔ Call DEA
13.How do you package a bed sheet and a piece of clothing from a rape scene?
- ANSWER ✔ Two separate paper bags
14.What is not true about a crime scene? - ANSWER ✔ Let supervisors in
,15.Central location for planning at a scene? - ANSWER ✔ Command incident
post
16.What describes calming behavior? - ANSWER ✔ De-escalation techniques
17.What is not true about medical marijuana in PA? - ANSWER ✔ You cannot
smoke leaf marijuana in a vape
18.What is the main ingredient in marijuana? - ANSWER ✔ THC
19.What powers do you have in a domestic violence situation? - ANSWER ✔
Give referrals
20.What powers don't cops have on a traffic stop? - ANSWER ✔ Immediately
revoke license
21.Person grabs steering wheel in an argument? - ANSWER ✔ Deliberate
intent non reportable
22.What happens to summary charges if a felony already on the docket is held
for court? - ANSWER ✔ They are automatically held for court
23.1st strap for cleaning a gun? - ANSWER ✔ Unload it
24.What are the types of PFA? - ANSWER ✔ Emergency, temporary, final
, 25.Which amendment is responsible for counsel? - ANSWER ✔ 6th
26.What amendment in regards to cruel and unusual punishment? - ANSWER
✔ 8th
27.A man comes home to his wife cheating, he leaves to get a gun and comes
back and kills him, what do you charge - ANSWER ✔ Murder 1
28.A suspect switches the tags on retail clothes and buys them, what can you
charge - ANSWER ✔ Retail Theft
29.A man accidentally shoots his wife while trying to kill someone else, what
do you charge - ANSWER ✔ Voluntary Manslaughter
30.Nix v. Williams - ANSWER ✔ inevitable discovery exemption - evidence
that was illegally seized may be used in court if it can be shown that it would
have inevitably been discovered
31.Mapp v. Ohio - ANSWER ✔ Established the exclusionary rule was
applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
32.Terry v. Ohio - ANSWER ✔ Police can search and seize with probable
cause/Stop and frisk/Terry stop
33.Speed limit for an urban area - ANSWER ✔ 35 miles per hour
34.Speed limit for a residential area - ANSWER ✔ 25 miles per hour
