ILEA Exam 1 – Use of Force (2025) – Practice Questions and Exam Revision
Material
force and no more which a reasonable person, in like circumstances, would find reasonable -
correct answer ✔✔What is Reasonable Force?
- created the constitutional standard for use of deadly force
- shooting a suspect was seizure under the 4th amendment and is constitutional if it was
objectively reasonable. - correct answer ✔✔Tennessee v. Garner
- force used for the purpose of causing injury
- force the actor knows or reasonably should know will create a strong probability that serious
injury would occur - correct answer ✔✔What is deadly force?
a person reasonably believes deadly force is necessary to avoid injury or risk to someones life or
safety - correct answer ✔✔Justifiable use of deadly force
a person is justified in the use of reasonable force to defend oneself or another - correct answer
✔✔Defense of self or another
a person believes a forcible felony is being or will imminently be perpetrated is justifiable in
using force - correct answer ✔✔Resisting forceable felony
a person who is justified in using reasonable force against an aggressor in defense of oneself or
another or property... is immune from criminal liability - correct answer ✔✔Immunity
a person who injures or causes death of the agressor - correct answer ✔✔Civil liability
Material
force and no more which a reasonable person, in like circumstances, would find reasonable -
correct answer ✔✔What is Reasonable Force?
- created the constitutional standard for use of deadly force
- shooting a suspect was seizure under the 4th amendment and is constitutional if it was
objectively reasonable. - correct answer ✔✔Tennessee v. Garner
- force used for the purpose of causing injury
- force the actor knows or reasonably should know will create a strong probability that serious
injury would occur - correct answer ✔✔What is deadly force?
a person reasonably believes deadly force is necessary to avoid injury or risk to someones life or
safety - correct answer ✔✔Justifiable use of deadly force
a person is justified in the use of reasonable force to defend oneself or another - correct answer
✔✔Defense of self or another
a person believes a forcible felony is being or will imminently be perpetrated is justifiable in
using force - correct answer ✔✔Resisting forceable felony
a person who is justified in using reasonable force against an aggressor in defense of oneself or
another or property... is immune from criminal liability - correct answer ✔✔Immunity
a person who injures or causes death of the agressor - correct answer ✔✔Civil liability
