COLORADO POST FINAL PAPER EXAM QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
Question:
18-1-707 Use of Force
Answer:
Physical force may be used for effecting arrest, preventing escape, or preventing imminent threat of
injury to the peace officer or another person
Question:
Criminal Attempt 18-2-201
Answer:
(A Substantial step toward the commission of the offense) A person who engages in conduct
intending to aid another to commit an offense commits criminal attempt if the conduct would
establish his complicity (criminal attempt ) the intent was there even though the crime was not
committed
Question:
Conspiracy
Answer:
two or more people entering an agreement for an unlawful purpose, and then taking at least one
overt act in furtherance of the agreement.
Question:
Criminal solicitation
Answer:
,The crime of criminal solicitation is the actual soliciting, or seeking to engage another to commit a
crime (Crime doesn't have to be committed to charge Criminal Solicitation)
Question:
Search Warrant Requirements
Answer:
1) be based on probable cause, 2) be supported by an oath or affirmation, and 3) describe in specific
detail what is to be searched or seized.
Question:
Strip searches- When authorized or prohibited by POST
Answer:
Strip search means removal of clothing Not allowed for traffic or petty offenses unless reasonable
belief that they're carrying a gun Must be performed by person of the same sex Search of anything
but mouth must be authorized by chief, commander, sheriff Failure to comply=second degree
official misconduct To permit search of genitals, buttocks, anus
Question:
Bail/Bond
Answer:
An obligation signed by the accused, with sureties (Money), to secure his presence in court.
Question:
Preliminary Hearing
Answer:
An initial hearing in which a judge decides if there is probable cause (from the LEO's) to believe
that the defendant committed the crime with which he or she is charged
,Question:
Arraignment/Initial Hearing
Answer:
A formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant. Also used to
change or set any bail requirements
Question:
Discovery (court procedure)
Answer:
pre-trial phase in a court case during which each party can use certain methods to obtain information
and facts, and gather evidence about the case in preparation for trial. It is the principal fact-finding
method in the litigation process
Question:
Plea bargaining
Answer:
The process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor reach a mutually satisfactory disposition
of a criminal case, subject to court approval. Plea bargaining can conclude a criminal case without a
trial. When it is successful, plea bargaining results in a plea agreement between the prosecutor and
defendant.
Question:
Assault 1st Degree
Answer:
- INTENT to cause SBI with a DEADLY WEAPON INTENT to disfigure, destroy, amputate or
disable permanently a member or organ. EXTREME INDIFFERENCE to human life, KNOWINLY
engages in conduct which creates grave risk of death. INTENT to cause SBI to police, fire, EMS,
officer of the court.
Question:
, Assault 2nd Degree
Answer:
-INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY by use of a DEADLY WEAPON. INTENT to prevent a
police officer/fire /EMS from performing duty by causing Bodily Injury RECKLESSLY causes SBI
with a DEADLY WEAPON INTENITONALLY gives someone a drug UNLAWFULLY to hurt
them. While in custody, person KNOWINGLY applies PHYSICAL FORCE to
police/fire/EMS/court While in custody, person makes detention employee come in contact with
bodily fluids to cause injury or infection. INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY, but causes SBI.
Question:
Assault 3rd Degree
Answer:
A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree if: The person knowingly or recklessly
causes bodily injury to another person or with criminal negligence the person causes bodily injury to
another person by means of a deadly weapon; or The person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten,
or alarm another person whom the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a
firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service provider, causes
the other person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, or
toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any means, including throwing, tossing, or expelling the
fluid or material.
Question:
Vehicular Assault
Answer:
Drives recklessly OR under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, and The driving is the proximate
cause of serious bodily injury to another person.
Question:
Menacing 18-3-206
Answer:
CMS: Knowingly A person if by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or
attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. M3 F5 if deadly weapon
Question:
18-1-707 Use of Force
Answer:
Physical force may be used for effecting arrest, preventing escape, or preventing imminent threat of
injury to the peace officer or another person
Question:
Criminal Attempt 18-2-201
Answer:
(A Substantial step toward the commission of the offense) A person who engages in conduct
intending to aid another to commit an offense commits criminal attempt if the conduct would
establish his complicity (criminal attempt ) the intent was there even though the crime was not
committed
Question:
Conspiracy
Answer:
two or more people entering an agreement for an unlawful purpose, and then taking at least one
overt act in furtherance of the agreement.
Question:
Criminal solicitation
Answer:
,The crime of criminal solicitation is the actual soliciting, or seeking to engage another to commit a
crime (Crime doesn't have to be committed to charge Criminal Solicitation)
Question:
Search Warrant Requirements
Answer:
1) be based on probable cause, 2) be supported by an oath or affirmation, and 3) describe in specific
detail what is to be searched or seized.
Question:
Strip searches- When authorized or prohibited by POST
Answer:
Strip search means removal of clothing Not allowed for traffic or petty offenses unless reasonable
belief that they're carrying a gun Must be performed by person of the same sex Search of anything
but mouth must be authorized by chief, commander, sheriff Failure to comply=second degree
official misconduct To permit search of genitals, buttocks, anus
Question:
Bail/Bond
Answer:
An obligation signed by the accused, with sureties (Money), to secure his presence in court.
Question:
Preliminary Hearing
Answer:
An initial hearing in which a judge decides if there is probable cause (from the LEO's) to believe
that the defendant committed the crime with which he or she is charged
,Question:
Arraignment/Initial Hearing
Answer:
A formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant. Also used to
change or set any bail requirements
Question:
Discovery (court procedure)
Answer:
pre-trial phase in a court case during which each party can use certain methods to obtain information
and facts, and gather evidence about the case in preparation for trial. It is the principal fact-finding
method in the litigation process
Question:
Plea bargaining
Answer:
The process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor reach a mutually satisfactory disposition
of a criminal case, subject to court approval. Plea bargaining can conclude a criminal case without a
trial. When it is successful, plea bargaining results in a plea agreement between the prosecutor and
defendant.
Question:
Assault 1st Degree
Answer:
- INTENT to cause SBI with a DEADLY WEAPON INTENT to disfigure, destroy, amputate or
disable permanently a member or organ. EXTREME INDIFFERENCE to human life, KNOWINLY
engages in conduct which creates grave risk of death. INTENT to cause SBI to police, fire, EMS,
officer of the court.
Question:
, Assault 2nd Degree
Answer:
-INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY by use of a DEADLY WEAPON. INTENT to prevent a
police officer/fire /EMS from performing duty by causing Bodily Injury RECKLESSLY causes SBI
with a DEADLY WEAPON INTENITONALLY gives someone a drug UNLAWFULLY to hurt
them. While in custody, person KNOWINGLY applies PHYSICAL FORCE to
police/fire/EMS/court While in custody, person makes detention employee come in contact with
bodily fluids to cause injury or infection. INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY, but causes SBI.
Question:
Assault 3rd Degree
Answer:
A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree if: The person knowingly or recklessly
causes bodily injury to another person or with criminal negligence the person causes bodily injury to
another person by means of a deadly weapon; or The person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten,
or alarm another person whom the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a
firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service provider, causes
the other person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, or
toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any means, including throwing, tossing, or expelling the
fluid or material.
Question:
Vehicular Assault
Answer:
Drives recklessly OR under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, and The driving is the proximate
cause of serious bodily injury to another person.
Question:
Menacing 18-3-206
Answer:
CMS: Knowingly A person if by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or
attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. M3 F5 if deadly weapon
