MPOETC ACT 120 CORRECT FINALS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔eliminate threat -✔✔What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when
there is an active shooter at large?
✔✔robbery -✔✔What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a
bank, but is then locked between the doors?
✔✔directly in front of home -✔✔When responding to a domestic situation at large,
where should a Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle?
✔✔3 feet -✔✔How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic
stop?
✔✔civil matter -✔✔Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if
a mother fails to permit father to see child during the weekend?
✔✔no violation committed -✔✔What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an
elder man who offered to transport a child someplace?
✔✔mental hospital -✔✔When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take
them first?
✔✔statute 3111 -✔✔What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who
turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices)
✔✔graham v. connor -✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's
reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20 hindsight of others?
, ✔✔fruit of the poisonous tree -✔✔What term applies to any evidence found through
illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and
the seizure?
✔✔nix v. williams -✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery
exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔us v. leon -✔✔What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔involuntary commitment -✔✔What type of commitment pertains to spending 24
hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a
Magisterial judge?
✔✔order of courts -✔✔Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State
Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
✔✔sheriff department -✔✔If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms
present, where must the firearms be taken?
✔✔take immediately -✔✔A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud
noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a powdered substance in
baggies on the table when the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what
should the Officer do?
✔✔yes -✔✔Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the
police to search her husband's unlocked closet. Will her permission suffice?
✔✔11 pm -✔✔What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania?
✔✔indecent assault -✔✔An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is
actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
✔✔robbery -✔✔A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their purse
with only $1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense considered?
✔✔leave payment on table -✔✔A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and
foots the bill on the house. What should the officer do?
✔✔moral righteousness -✔✔A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they
are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT justifiable. What must you,
as a Police Officer, consider when you hand in your report?
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔eliminate threat -✔✔What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when
there is an active shooter at large?
✔✔robbery -✔✔What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a
bank, but is then locked between the doors?
✔✔directly in front of home -✔✔When responding to a domestic situation at large,
where should a Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle?
✔✔3 feet -✔✔How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic
stop?
✔✔civil matter -✔✔Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if
a mother fails to permit father to see child during the weekend?
✔✔no violation committed -✔✔What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an
elder man who offered to transport a child someplace?
✔✔mental hospital -✔✔When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take
them first?
✔✔statute 3111 -✔✔What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who
turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices)
✔✔graham v. connor -✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's
reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20 hindsight of others?
, ✔✔fruit of the poisonous tree -✔✔What term applies to any evidence found through
illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and
the seizure?
✔✔nix v. williams -✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery
exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔us v. leon -✔✔What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔involuntary commitment -✔✔What type of commitment pertains to spending 24
hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a
Magisterial judge?
✔✔order of courts -✔✔Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State
Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
✔✔sheriff department -✔✔If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms
present, where must the firearms be taken?
✔✔take immediately -✔✔A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud
noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a powdered substance in
baggies on the table when the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what
should the Officer do?
✔✔yes -✔✔Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the
police to search her husband's unlocked closet. Will her permission suffice?
✔✔11 pm -✔✔What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania?
✔✔indecent assault -✔✔An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is
actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
✔✔robbery -✔✔A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their purse
with only $1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense considered?
✔✔leave payment on table -✔✔A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and
foots the bill on the house. What should the officer do?
✔✔moral righteousness -✔✔A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they
are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT justifiable. What must you,
as a Police Officer, consider when you hand in your report?
