Clest Basic Law Enforcement Auxiliary EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST
VERSION
Ethics encompasses the standards for evaluating right and wrong and the
personal qualities that sustain the ability to make and act on these
judgements. True or False - Answer✔️True
Who is responsible for an officers standard of professional performance -
Answer✔️Officer (himself)
Which is not one of the three types of power
1. Coercive
2. Exhortative
3. Commanding
4. Reciprocal - Answer✔️3. Commanding
A Result of unethical behavior could be - Answer✔️Criminal charges,
Discipline, and Career Loss
, 2
Unethical acts by officers not in your jurisdiction have no effect on how you
as an officer may be perceived by the public. True or False - Answer✔️False
Entry into an open field, whether trespass or not, is not a search within the
meaning of the fourth amendment. True or False - Answer✔️True
An inventory of a persons property, such as a vehicle, is an administrative
procedure and is not considered a search. True or False - Answer✔️True
A police officer may stop and detain a person based on reasonable suspicion
even if no crime has actually been committed. True or False - Answer✔️True
Facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe a
crime has been, is being or is about to be committed best describes -
Answer✔️Reasonable Suspicion
The primary purpose of the exclusionary rule is to discourage -
Answer✔️Unlawful search and seizures
, 3
Consent, exigent circumstances, incident to arrest, and ____ are all
examples of exceptions to the search warrant requirement - Answer✔️Plain
view
A plain view search requires - Answer✔️The officer to be in the location of the
search lawfully
A search incident to exigent circumstances must end once the exigency has
abated. True or false - Answer✔️True
A frisk is defined as a pat down of the outer clothing only for the presence of
a weapon. True or False - Answer✔️True
If a police officer has reasonable suspicion to detain a person, he/she has
the automatic right to frisk that person. True or False - Answer✔️False
You do not need a search warrant to arrest a person who is located in his
own home if you have an arrest warrant. True or False - Answer✔️True