MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW Questions & Answers Graded A+

Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later? - Answer conspiracy When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their body at which it was applied? - Answer forehead What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy) - Answer yellow What is the normal speed limit for an urban area? - Answer 35 mph What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer? - Answer use lethal force What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab? - Answer DEA What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty, and the magazine is seated in the magazine well? - Answer cruiser ready What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide, and an activated chamber safety switch? - Answer cruiser ready What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press? - Answer 1st amendment What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and effects? - Answer 4th amendment What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process, compensation for public taking of property, and double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona. - Answer 5th amendment What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be confronted by witnesses and/or accusers? - Answer 6th amendment What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual punishment? - Answer 8th amendment What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for all? - Answer 14th amendment What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?" - Answer mapp v. ohio What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force? - Answer 4th amendment What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept that a person cannot be convicted of ethnic intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate offense? - Answer commonwealth v. maglioccio What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania police officer? - Answer aggravated assault What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant other? - Answer simple assault In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be charged against a woman who attempted to stab a man and missed? - Answer criminal attempt What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher? - Answer juvenile petition CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3 seconds, and look both ways before proceeding? - Answer incorrect What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate? - Answer flammable CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents included when there is a domestic situation at large? - Answer incorrect What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active shooter at large? - Answer eliminate threat What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then locked between the doors? - Answer robbery When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle? - Answer directly in front of home How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop? - Answer 3 feet 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? - Answer civil matter What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who offered to transport a child someplace? - Answer no violation committed When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first? - Answer mental hospital What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices) - Answer statute 3111 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? - Answer graham v. connor What term applies to any evidence found through illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and the seizure? - Answer fruit of the poisonous tree What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule? - Answer nix v. williams What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule? - Answer us v. leon What type of commitment pertains to spending 24 hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a Magisterial judge? - Answer involuntary commitment Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. - Answer order of courts