MPTC Final Exam Review Questions with Certified
Solutions
1st Amendment - Answer Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - Answer Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
5th Amendment - Answer The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
8th Amendment - Answer No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability - Answer Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-imposed sanction
in a lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional rights).
Jurisdiction - Answer The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or serve (provided
that they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
Reasonable Suspicion - Answer Specific articulable facts which, when taken together, would convince a
reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause - Answer Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person to believe
that:
A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Seizure - Answer When police take possession of property, make an arrest, or restrict a persons ability to
move freely.
Search - Answer The physical invasion or intrusions of privacy by police on people, homes or personal
property to obtain information or gather evidence.
, Frisk - Answer A warrantless and limited search of a persons outer garments and area of control by
police to discover weapons.
Arrest Warrant Requirements - Answer 1. Name of person to be arrested
2. The crime allegedly committed by person named
3. A command that the person named in the warrant be brought before the court
4. Signature of the official issuing the warrant.
Arrest without a warrant - Answer A) for a felony in the officer's presence or with probable cause
B) A crime committed in the officer's presence that amounts to a breach of the peace.
C) Certain misdemeanors committed in the past when arrest is authorized by statute.
D) Certain misdemeanors committed in an officer's presence
Search incident to arrest - Answer A search of a person and their area of control after arrest looking for
fruits, instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have been arrested.
Consent search - Answer When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for officers to search places
where the person consenting has a reasonable expectation of privacy. CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY
AND INFORMED!
Plain View Doctrine - Answer Police may seize evidence of a crime without a warrant that is in plain view
and no reasonable expectation of privacy exists.
Curtilage - Answer The area immediately surrounding a dwelling
Exigent Circumstances - Answer Exigent circumstance exist when there is probable cause and:
A) Likelihood of danger to police or other without immediate action.
B) Likelihood of imminent removal or destruction of evidence
C) Risk of flight.
Solutions
1st Amendment - Answer Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - Answer Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
5th Amendment - Answer The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
8th Amendment - Answer No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability - Answer Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-imposed sanction
in a lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional rights).
Jurisdiction - Answer The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or serve (provided
that they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
Reasonable Suspicion - Answer Specific articulable facts which, when taken together, would convince a
reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause - Answer Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person to believe
that:
A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Seizure - Answer When police take possession of property, make an arrest, or restrict a persons ability to
move freely.
Search - Answer The physical invasion or intrusions of privacy by police on people, homes or personal
property to obtain information or gather evidence.
, Frisk - Answer A warrantless and limited search of a persons outer garments and area of control by
police to discover weapons.
Arrest Warrant Requirements - Answer 1. Name of person to be arrested
2. The crime allegedly committed by person named
3. A command that the person named in the warrant be brought before the court
4. Signature of the official issuing the warrant.
Arrest without a warrant - Answer A) for a felony in the officer's presence or with probable cause
B) A crime committed in the officer's presence that amounts to a breach of the peace.
C) Certain misdemeanors committed in the past when arrest is authorized by statute.
D) Certain misdemeanors committed in an officer's presence
Search incident to arrest - Answer A search of a person and their area of control after arrest looking for
fruits, instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have been arrested.
Consent search - Answer When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for officers to search places
where the person consenting has a reasonable expectation of privacy. CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY
AND INFORMED!
Plain View Doctrine - Answer Police may seize evidence of a crime without a warrant that is in plain view
and no reasonable expectation of privacy exists.
Curtilage - Answer The area immediately surrounding a dwelling
Exigent Circumstances - Answer Exigent circumstance exist when there is probable cause and:
A) Likelihood of danger to police or other without immediate action.
B) Likelihood of imminent removal or destruction of evidence
C) Risk of flight.
