Question 1 (1 point)
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U.S. Border Agent Ramos has worked at the border crossing stations between the U.S. and Mexico.
She is now working north of the border in Texas. She observes a van driving a back road heading
north, with the windows covered on the inside with paper, and a Texas license plate on the back of the
van that is so dirty that you cannot read it, yet the outside of the van is clean.
What is the minimum level of proof Agent Ramos must have to detain and question the occupants of
the van?
Question 1 options:
Suspicion
Reasonable suspicion
Probable cause
Any of these answers
Question 2 (1 point)
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If property is ___________, any police search or seizure of the property is not covered by the Fourth
Amendment.
Question 2 options:
left in plain view by the owner
left in an open field by the owner
abandoned by the owner
All of the answers are correct.
Question 3 (1 point)
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Which of the following is NOT one of the factors from United States v. Dunn (1987) that determines if
an area is considered part of the curtilage?
Question 3 options:
The proximity of the area to the home
Whether the area is in an enclosure surrounding the home
, The existence of a fence in the yard
The steps taken to conceal the area from public view
Question 4 (1 point)
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Which of the following situations is covered by the Fourth Amendment?
Question 4 options:
Plain view
Open fields
Abandoned property
All of the answers are correct.
Question 5 (1 point)
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In searching property, the open fields exception to the search warrant requirement begins where
ends.
Question 5 options:
abandonment
curtilage
plain view doctrine
none of these
Question 6 (1 point)
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Under the _______ doctrine, open areas outside the curtilage are not protected by the Fourth
Amendment.
Question 6 options:
open view
open fields
plain view
non-curtilage
Saved
U.S. Border Agent Ramos has worked at the border crossing stations between the U.S. and Mexico.
She is now working north of the border in Texas. She observes a van driving a back road heading
north, with the windows covered on the inside with paper, and a Texas license plate on the back of the
van that is so dirty that you cannot read it, yet the outside of the van is clean.
What is the minimum level of proof Agent Ramos must have to detain and question the occupants of
the van?
Question 1 options:
Suspicion
Reasonable suspicion
Probable cause
Any of these answers
Question 2 (1 point)
Saved
If property is ___________, any police search or seizure of the property is not covered by the Fourth
Amendment.
Question 2 options:
left in plain view by the owner
left in an open field by the owner
abandoned by the owner
All of the answers are correct.
Question 3 (1 point)
Saved
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors from United States v. Dunn (1987) that determines if
an area is considered part of the curtilage?
Question 3 options:
The proximity of the area to the home
Whether the area is in an enclosure surrounding the home
, The existence of a fence in the yard
The steps taken to conceal the area from public view
Question 4 (1 point)
Saved
Which of the following situations is covered by the Fourth Amendment?
Question 4 options:
Plain view
Open fields
Abandoned property
All of the answers are correct.
Question 5 (1 point)
Saved
In searching property, the open fields exception to the search warrant requirement begins where
ends.
Question 5 options:
abandonment
curtilage
plain view doctrine
none of these
Question 6 (1 point)
Saved
Under the _______ doctrine, open areas outside the curtilage are not protected by the Fourth
Amendment.
Question 6 options:
open view
open fields
plain view
non-curtilage
