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720 Academy Phase 1 Exam Study Guide 720 Academy 2026 Complete exam material with practice questions and verified answers Introduction: This document covers key concepts, definitions, and procedures required for the 720 Academy Phase 1 law enforcement exam, including criminal law, use of force, constitutional amendments, and investigative procedures. It also includes extensive practice questions with precise, verified answers across multiple chapters such as traffic enforcement, interviewing techniques, and policing strategies. The material is comprehensive and aligned with exam preparation, making it suitable for revision and self-testing. It combines theoretical knowledge with applied scenarios frequently tested in certification exams. Exam Questions and Answers Who ensures borders against terrorist and other criminals? --- correct precise answer ---Border patrol

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720 Academy Phase 1 Exam Study Guide and Practice
Questions with Verified Detailed Answers



Who ensures borders against terrorist and other criminals? ---
correct precise answer ---Border patrol



What are the 3 traditional professions? --- correct precise answer -
--Medicine, law, theology



What is the difference between frisk and full custodial search? ---
correct precise answer ---Frisk: limited to patting the outside of
the clothing looking for weapons or contraband



Full custodial search: used in lawful arrest for officer safety and
within immediate area of person



3 factors for a crime? --- correct precise answer ---Location, victim
and offender



2 tools used by DOJ to measure the magnitude, nature and impact of
crime in the US? --- correct precise answer ---Uniform Crime
Report UCR and National Crime Victimization Survey NCVS

,Where is relative positioning? --- correct precise answer ---2 ½ - 3



What are the 3 stances and what type of dialogue go with each? ---
correct precise answer ---Open: searching, persuasion



Ready: light control




Defensive: heavy control



Chapters 939-951 are called? --- correct precise answer ---Criminal
Code



Each crime is composed of --- correct precise answer ---victim,
location and offender



What are the elements for misdemeanor battery --- correct precise
answer ---Whoever causes bodily harm to another by an act done
w/ intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without
the consent of the person so harmed



Is a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment? --- correct
precise answer ---Both, up to a year in jail

,A violent crime is defined as: --- correct precise answer ---those
offenses which involve force or threat of force, behavior by a
person, against a person that intentionally threats attempts or
actually inflicts physical harm



Criminal ____________ occurs when a person creates an
unreasonable and substantial risk of death or react body harm to
another person... --- correct precise answer ---Recklessness



What are the 3 inchoate --- correct precise answer ---Solicitation,
attempt and conspiracy



Commencement of prosecution begins when: --- correct precise
answer ---indictment - when changes are filled or when a warrant
is secured



R.E.S.P.O.N.D. --- correct precise answer ---Report

Evaluate

Stabilize

Preserve

Organize

Normalize

Document/Debrief

, What are the danger zones? Unarmed: --- correct precise answer ---
10 feet



What are the danger zones? Unarmed: Club/edged weapon ---
correct precise answer ---any distance an officer perceives there to
be a threat



What are the danger zones? Firearm --- correct precise answer ---
line of sight of death or great bodily harm unbroken by cover



The purpose of USE OF FORCE is --- correct precise answer ---to
control people/situation



What are the 3 target requirements: --- correct precise answer ---
Acquisition

Identification

Isolation



Do you need all the elements of a crime to change it? --- correct
precise answer ---Yes



What is the greater danger exception? --- correct precise answer ---
Are the consequences of not stopping the threat worse than the
possibility of shooting an innocent

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