MCJA PHASE 1 MAIN PAPER ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔In Maine, it is prima facie evidence of OUI if a person has a blood-alcohol level at or
above _____.
0.02%
0.05%
0.07%
0.08% - ✔✔0.08%
✔✔During Pre-Arrest Screening/Phase 3 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement
officer's decision is whether to issue a formal citation to the suspect
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔The phases of OUI enforcement include all of the following EXCEPT:
Vehicle in Motion.
Personal Contact.
Reasonable Articulable Suspicion.
Pre-Arrest Screening/Field Sobriety Tests. - ✔✔Reasonable Articulable Suspicion.
✔✔When impounding a vehicle that is obstructing traffic, all of the following proper
procedures apply EXCEPT:
Have the vehicle towed to a secure location such as the law enforcement agency or a
tow truck operator's lot.
Complete an inventory search of the vehicle.
Send a bill for the towing to the owner of the vehicle.
Release the vehicle to the owner. - ✔✔Send a bill for the towing to the owner of the
vehicle.
,✔✔Which of the circumstances below may require manual traffic direction and control
by the law enforcement officer?
Malfunctioning traffic lights
Construction sites
Crash scenes
All of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔During Personal Contact/Phase 2 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement officer's
decision is whether to ask the subject to exit the vehicle for Field Sobriety Tests.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Officers may make use of traffic control aids and devices when manually directing
and controlling traffic. Such aids and devices include all of the following EXCEPT:
Cruiser
Whistle and flashlight
Firearm
Reflective clothing - ✔✔Firearm
✔✔During Vehicle in Motion/Phase 1 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement officer's
decision is whether to stop the vehicle.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Recommended Field Sobriety Tests to be used by a law enforcement officer include
all of the following EXCEPT:
Walk and Turn
Hopscotch Test
One-legged Stand
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus - ✔✔Hopscotch Test
✔✔Maine law deems that operators of motor vehicles have given consent to, and have
the duty to submit to, chemical testing to determine alcohol level and drug
concentration.
True
False - ✔✔True
,✔✔29-A M.R.S.A. Section 101(85) defines a traffic infraction as any violation of any
provision in Title 29-A, or rules established under Title 29-A, not expressly defined as a
crime and otherwise not punishable by ___________.
Fines
Arrest
Incarceration
Death - ✔✔Incarceration
✔✔The legal standard that a law enforcement officer must meet to lawfully make a 4th
Amendment "seizure" of a person by stopping a vehicle is ____________
Beyond a reasonable doubt.
Probable cause.
Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Burden of proof. - ✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion.
✔✔Selective enforcement of the laws by law enforcement officers in the context of
motor vehicle law is illegal and unethical.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔During a high risk traffic stop, the primary law enforcement officer directs voice
commands to the occupants of the vehicle to achieve all of the following EXCEPT:
The keys are thrown from the vehicle.
The driver gets out of the vehicle first.
The driver gets out of the vehicle last.
Other occupants get out of the vehicle one at a time. - ✔✔The driver gets out of the
vehicle last.
✔✔Law enforcement officers issue formal citations for both traffic infractions and
criminal traffic violations.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Proper ways for a law enforcement officer to approach a suspect vehicle on an
unknown risk traffic stop include: (Select all that apply.)
Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
Frontal approach. - ✔✔Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
, ✔✔When initiating contact with the operator of a motor vehicle during an unknown risk
traffic stop, the law enforcement officer must request and examine THREE documents,
including the operator's: (Select the THREE that apply.)
Driver's license
Birth certificate
Proof of insurance
Vehicle registration
Health insurance card
Telephone number
Passport - ✔✔Driver's license
Proof of insurance
Vehicle registration
✔✔During an unknown risk traffic stop, a law enforcement officer may arrest the vehicle
operator for Class D or E crimes in Title 29-A, when a crime is committed in the law
enforcement officer's presence, and which of the following violations:
When the operator is exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph.
When the operator is Operating Under the Influence.
When the operator is committing any criminal offense related to Operating After
Suspension.
All of the above. - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔During a high risk traffic stop, the primary patrol vehicle should be positioned
according to all of the following procedures EXCEPT:
In front of all other units, to provide cover for them.
50-60 feet behind and offset to the left of the suspect vehicle.
Centered on the suspect vehicle's driver's side tail light.
Angle the wheels in the same direction as the vehicle. - ✔✔In front of all other units, to
provide cover for them.
✔✔In an unknown risk traffic stop, which of the following vehicle positioning guidelines
are correct? (Select all that apply.)
20-30 feet behind the suspect vehicle.
Angled to the left toward the roadway.
The center of the cruiser's hood lines up with the suspect vehicle's driver's side tail light.
- ✔✔20-30 feet behind the suspect vehicle.
Angled to the left toward the roadway.
The center of the cruiser's hood lines up with the suspect vehicle's driver's side tail light.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔In Maine, it is prima facie evidence of OUI if a person has a blood-alcohol level at or
above _____.
0.02%
0.05%
0.07%
0.08% - ✔✔0.08%
✔✔During Pre-Arrest Screening/Phase 3 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement
officer's decision is whether to issue a formal citation to the suspect
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔The phases of OUI enforcement include all of the following EXCEPT:
Vehicle in Motion.
Personal Contact.
Reasonable Articulable Suspicion.
Pre-Arrest Screening/Field Sobriety Tests. - ✔✔Reasonable Articulable Suspicion.
✔✔When impounding a vehicle that is obstructing traffic, all of the following proper
procedures apply EXCEPT:
Have the vehicle towed to a secure location such as the law enforcement agency or a
tow truck operator's lot.
Complete an inventory search of the vehicle.
Send a bill for the towing to the owner of the vehicle.
Release the vehicle to the owner. - ✔✔Send a bill for the towing to the owner of the
vehicle.
,✔✔Which of the circumstances below may require manual traffic direction and control
by the law enforcement officer?
Malfunctioning traffic lights
Construction sites
Crash scenes
All of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔During Personal Contact/Phase 2 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement officer's
decision is whether to ask the subject to exit the vehicle for Field Sobriety Tests.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Officers may make use of traffic control aids and devices when manually directing
and controlling traffic. Such aids and devices include all of the following EXCEPT:
Cruiser
Whistle and flashlight
Firearm
Reflective clothing - ✔✔Firearm
✔✔During Vehicle in Motion/Phase 1 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement officer's
decision is whether to stop the vehicle.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Recommended Field Sobriety Tests to be used by a law enforcement officer include
all of the following EXCEPT:
Walk and Turn
Hopscotch Test
One-legged Stand
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus - ✔✔Hopscotch Test
✔✔Maine law deems that operators of motor vehicles have given consent to, and have
the duty to submit to, chemical testing to determine alcohol level and drug
concentration.
True
False - ✔✔True
,✔✔29-A M.R.S.A. Section 101(85) defines a traffic infraction as any violation of any
provision in Title 29-A, or rules established under Title 29-A, not expressly defined as a
crime and otherwise not punishable by ___________.
Fines
Arrest
Incarceration
Death - ✔✔Incarceration
✔✔The legal standard that a law enforcement officer must meet to lawfully make a 4th
Amendment "seizure" of a person by stopping a vehicle is ____________
Beyond a reasonable doubt.
Probable cause.
Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Burden of proof. - ✔✔Reasonable articulable suspicion.
✔✔Selective enforcement of the laws by law enforcement officers in the context of
motor vehicle law is illegal and unethical.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔During a high risk traffic stop, the primary law enforcement officer directs voice
commands to the occupants of the vehicle to achieve all of the following EXCEPT:
The keys are thrown from the vehicle.
The driver gets out of the vehicle first.
The driver gets out of the vehicle last.
Other occupants get out of the vehicle one at a time. - ✔✔The driver gets out of the
vehicle last.
✔✔Law enforcement officers issue formal citations for both traffic infractions and
criminal traffic violations.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Proper ways for a law enforcement officer to approach a suspect vehicle on an
unknown risk traffic stop include: (Select all that apply.)
Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
Frontal approach. - ✔✔Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
, ✔✔When initiating contact with the operator of a motor vehicle during an unknown risk
traffic stop, the law enforcement officer must request and examine THREE documents,
including the operator's: (Select the THREE that apply.)
Driver's license
Birth certificate
Proof of insurance
Vehicle registration
Health insurance card
Telephone number
Passport - ✔✔Driver's license
Proof of insurance
Vehicle registration
✔✔During an unknown risk traffic stop, a law enforcement officer may arrest the vehicle
operator for Class D or E crimes in Title 29-A, when a crime is committed in the law
enforcement officer's presence, and which of the following violations:
When the operator is exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph.
When the operator is Operating Under the Influence.
When the operator is committing any criminal offense related to Operating After
Suspension.
All of the above. - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔During a high risk traffic stop, the primary patrol vehicle should be positioned
according to all of the following procedures EXCEPT:
In front of all other units, to provide cover for them.
50-60 feet behind and offset to the left of the suspect vehicle.
Centered on the suspect vehicle's driver's side tail light.
Angle the wheels in the same direction as the vehicle. - ✔✔In front of all other units, to
provide cover for them.
✔✔In an unknown risk traffic stop, which of the following vehicle positioning guidelines
are correct? (Select all that apply.)
20-30 feet behind the suspect vehicle.
Angled to the left toward the roadway.
The center of the cruiser's hood lines up with the suspect vehicle's driver's side tail light.
- ✔✔20-30 feet behind the suspect vehicle.
Angled to the left toward the roadway.
The center of the cruiser's hood lines up with the suspect vehicle's driver's side tail light.
