CJBAT EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXPERT
REVIEWED
●● What does a bench warrant authorizes for?
Answer: Probation violations
●● What does "breach" mean in legal contexts
Answer: Violating laws or duties through action or inaction
●● Breach
Answer: Both active violations and failures to act
●● What is deposition?
Answer: A sworn written testimony from a witness
●● What does depositions preserve?
Answer: Witness accounts under oath before trail, they are transcribed
for evidence and can be used in court if a witness becomes unavailable
●● What does "exigent circumstances" permit?
Answer: Warrantless searches when evidence destruction is imminent
,●● What is chain of custody?
Answer: documentation or paper trail showing tracking of evidence
handling
●● Miranda Rights
Answer: Only apply during custodial interrogations
●● What defines misdemeanor theft?
Answer: Theft under statutory value threshold
●● Ethical Obligation when fellow officer commits misconduct?
Answer: Report through chain of command
●● Terry stop allows
Answer: Brief dentention based on reasonable suspicion
●● Fourth Amendment primarily protects against
Answer: unreasonable searches and seizures
●● What is "fruit of the poisonous tree"?
Answer: Evidence obtained from unconstitutional searches
, ●● Officer faces a crowd blocking ambulance. What is the ethical
decision
Answer: Negotiate movement while protecting access
●● What is voir dire?
Answer: jury selection process
●● Officer observes hand to hand exchange in known drug area. What is
jurisdiction for stop?
Answer: Reasonable suspicion for detention
●● Burglary vs robbery: key distinction
Answer: Use of force/violence
●● According to the law enforcement code of ethics, what is the
fundamental duty of officers?
Answer: To serve mankind
●● What does the law enforcement code of ethics prohibit regarding
force?
Answer: Unnecessary force or violence
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXPERT
REVIEWED
●● What does a bench warrant authorizes for?
Answer: Probation violations
●● What does "breach" mean in legal contexts
Answer: Violating laws or duties through action or inaction
●● Breach
Answer: Both active violations and failures to act
●● What is deposition?
Answer: A sworn written testimony from a witness
●● What does depositions preserve?
Answer: Witness accounts under oath before trail, they are transcribed
for evidence and can be used in court if a witness becomes unavailable
●● What does "exigent circumstances" permit?
Answer: Warrantless searches when evidence destruction is imminent
,●● What is chain of custody?
Answer: documentation or paper trail showing tracking of evidence
handling
●● Miranda Rights
Answer: Only apply during custodial interrogations
●● What defines misdemeanor theft?
Answer: Theft under statutory value threshold
●● Ethical Obligation when fellow officer commits misconduct?
Answer: Report through chain of command
●● Terry stop allows
Answer: Brief dentention based on reasonable suspicion
●● Fourth Amendment primarily protects against
Answer: unreasonable searches and seizures
●● What is "fruit of the poisonous tree"?
Answer: Evidence obtained from unconstitutional searches
, ●● Officer faces a crowd blocking ambulance. What is the ethical
decision
Answer: Negotiate movement while protecting access
●● What is voir dire?
Answer: jury selection process
●● Officer observes hand to hand exchange in known drug area. What is
jurisdiction for stop?
Answer: Reasonable suspicion for detention
●● Burglary vs robbery: key distinction
Answer: Use of force/violence
●● According to the law enforcement code of ethics, what is the
fundamental duty of officers?
Answer: To serve mankind
●● What does the law enforcement code of ethics prohibit regarding
force?
Answer: Unnecessary force or violence
