NC BLET Final Study Guide Questions
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The basic law of the land is the United States? -ANSWER - Constitution
Due Process is that which ____ with the deepest notions of what is fair and right and
just. -ANSWER - comports
Congress cannot make any law concerning the establishment of? -ANSWER - religion
Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the types of crimes for which officers are ____ to
arrest. -ANSWER - authorized
Arrest warrants are valid throughout the state, must be issued and signed by a ____
Official, states the offense, must be returned after 180 days if not served, but still valid
after that. -ANSWER - Judicial
In the context of taking temporary custody of a juvenile, the judicial official before which
the juvenile would be taken is the juvenile court counselor, not the? -ANSWER -
magistrate
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution ____ the power of the
government, particularly law enforcement officers, to search and seize a person or a
person's property. -ANSWER - restricts
Regardless of the offense leading to the arrest, officers have the automatic right to
search the arrested person and her ____ area incident to the arrest. -ANSWER -
lungeable
Only upon the request of a district attorney or assistant district attorney can an officer
apply for a search warrant to search for and seize ____ materials. -ANSWER - obscene
The Sixth Amendment provides that: "In all criminal ____, the accused shall enjoy . . .
the Assistance of Counsel for his defense. -ANSWER - prosecutions
The First Amendment may also protect actions intended to convey meaning or ____
speech. -ANSWER - symbolic
Written laws enacted by the legislative branches of the state or federal governments are
called? -ANSWER - statutes
,A person has been "____" when, under the circumstances, a reasonable person in his
position would not feel free to walk or drive away from the law enforcement officer. -
ANSWER - seized
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has ____ ____ to
believe has committed a criminal offense in the officer's presence. -ANSWER - probable
cause
The officer takes the arrested person to a magistrate or judicial official without
unnecessary? -ANSWER - delay
People have a reasonable expectation of privacy for their home and the ____ of the
house, or the area immediately surrounding the house. -ANSWER - curtilage
When officers arrest a person in his home, they may perform a "____ sweep" of the
premises. Such a sweep is limited to areas from which an attack could be launched. -
ANSWER - protective
Once this initial sweep for perpetrators and victims is complete, and any imminent risk
to evidence controlled, absent valid consent or truly exigent circumstances, an officer
should ____ a search warrant before searching further. -ANSWER - obtain
A suspect is in "____" for Miranda purposes when he has been formally arrested or
when his freedom of movement has been restrained to the extent associated with a
formal arrest. -ANSWER - custody
Whether he is in or out of custody, the defendant has a Sixth Amendment right on the
charges for which he has ____ before a magistrate, been indicted, or appeared in
District Court. -ANSWER - appeared
Law enforcement officers are expected to endure more significant verbal abuse than the
____ citizen. -ANSWER - ordinary
Officers need no justification to ____ a citizen. -ANSWER - approach
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause
to believe has committed a? -ANSWER - Felony
When a law enforcement officer arrests an adult who is supervising minor children who
are present at the time of the arrest, the minor children must be placed with a ____
adult approved by the parent or guardian of the minor children. -ANSWER - responsible
The presence of "no trespassing" signs will not affect the ____ of evidence seized from
an open field in plain view. -ANSWER - admissibility
, Officers have no right to search incident to a ____, although a person may be asked to
consent to such a search. -ANSWER - citation
An ____ search warrant is a warrant that is issued before all of the facts or events
taking place that create the probable cause to search. Essentially, the officers are telling
the court what is going to happen in the future and are asking for permission to search
once the future events take place. -ANSWER - anticipatory
____ law is judge-made law. -ANSWER - Common
A ____ interrogation does not require Miranda warnings and a waiver. -ANSWER - non-
custodial
In a famous case which informally known as the "Christian burial speech" case officers
improperly engaged in the functional equivalent of questioning by telling the defendant,
a profoundly religious former mental patient who had invoked his Sixth Amendment right
to counsel, that he should lead the officers to the body of the child he had murdered on
Christmas Eve so that the parents could give the child a Christian burial. This was a
violation of the defendant's rights due to, ____ to obtain a valid waiver of the Sixth
Amendment right to counsel, which attached to the charge about which the officers
were eliciting information. -ANSWER - failure
The first ____ amendments to the Constitution are called the "Bill of Rights." -ANSWER
- ten (10)
The lineup shall be composed so that the fillers generally ____ the eyewitness's
description of the perpetrator, while ensuring that the suspect does not unduly stand out
from the fillers. -ANSWER - resemble
City police officers - may arrest in the city in which they serve, in the area within one (1)
____ of the city limits, and on city property outside the city. -ANSWER - mile
North Carolina law allows a private citizen to assist law enforcement officers in making
arrests and preventing escapes from arrest when ____ by a law enforcement officer. -
ANSWER - requested
Although the term "exigent circumstances" is not easily described, it generally means
that officers need to act? -ANSWER - Immediately
The sooner the officer shoots, the more difficult it is to ____ the use of deadly force. -
ANSWER - justify
If officers have probable cause to search a vehicle for evidence, and the car is in a ____
place, the officers may seize and search the car without a search warrant. -ANSWER -
public
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The basic law of the land is the United States? -ANSWER - Constitution
Due Process is that which ____ with the deepest notions of what is fair and right and
just. -ANSWER - comports
Congress cannot make any law concerning the establishment of? -ANSWER - religion
Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the types of crimes for which officers are ____ to
arrest. -ANSWER - authorized
Arrest warrants are valid throughout the state, must be issued and signed by a ____
Official, states the offense, must be returned after 180 days if not served, but still valid
after that. -ANSWER - Judicial
In the context of taking temporary custody of a juvenile, the judicial official before which
the juvenile would be taken is the juvenile court counselor, not the? -ANSWER -
magistrate
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution ____ the power of the
government, particularly law enforcement officers, to search and seize a person or a
person's property. -ANSWER - restricts
Regardless of the offense leading to the arrest, officers have the automatic right to
search the arrested person and her ____ area incident to the arrest. -ANSWER -
lungeable
Only upon the request of a district attorney or assistant district attorney can an officer
apply for a search warrant to search for and seize ____ materials. -ANSWER - obscene
The Sixth Amendment provides that: "In all criminal ____, the accused shall enjoy . . .
the Assistance of Counsel for his defense. -ANSWER - prosecutions
The First Amendment may also protect actions intended to convey meaning or ____
speech. -ANSWER - symbolic
Written laws enacted by the legislative branches of the state or federal governments are
called? -ANSWER - statutes
,A person has been "____" when, under the circumstances, a reasonable person in his
position would not feel free to walk or drive away from the law enforcement officer. -
ANSWER - seized
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has ____ ____ to
believe has committed a criminal offense in the officer's presence. -ANSWER - probable
cause
The officer takes the arrested person to a magistrate or judicial official without
unnecessary? -ANSWER - delay
People have a reasonable expectation of privacy for their home and the ____ of the
house, or the area immediately surrounding the house. -ANSWER - curtilage
When officers arrest a person in his home, they may perform a "____ sweep" of the
premises. Such a sweep is limited to areas from which an attack could be launched. -
ANSWER - protective
Once this initial sweep for perpetrators and victims is complete, and any imminent risk
to evidence controlled, absent valid consent or truly exigent circumstances, an officer
should ____ a search warrant before searching further. -ANSWER - obtain
A suspect is in "____" for Miranda purposes when he has been formally arrested or
when his freedom of movement has been restrained to the extent associated with a
formal arrest. -ANSWER - custody
Whether he is in or out of custody, the defendant has a Sixth Amendment right on the
charges for which he has ____ before a magistrate, been indicted, or appeared in
District Court. -ANSWER - appeared
Law enforcement officers are expected to endure more significant verbal abuse than the
____ citizen. -ANSWER - ordinary
Officers need no justification to ____ a citizen. -ANSWER - approach
An officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause
to believe has committed a? -ANSWER - Felony
When a law enforcement officer arrests an adult who is supervising minor children who
are present at the time of the arrest, the minor children must be placed with a ____
adult approved by the parent or guardian of the minor children. -ANSWER - responsible
The presence of "no trespassing" signs will not affect the ____ of evidence seized from
an open field in plain view. -ANSWER - admissibility
, Officers have no right to search incident to a ____, although a person may be asked to
consent to such a search. -ANSWER - citation
An ____ search warrant is a warrant that is issued before all of the facts or events
taking place that create the probable cause to search. Essentially, the officers are telling
the court what is going to happen in the future and are asking for permission to search
once the future events take place. -ANSWER - anticipatory
____ law is judge-made law. -ANSWER - Common
A ____ interrogation does not require Miranda warnings and a waiver. -ANSWER - non-
custodial
In a famous case which informally known as the "Christian burial speech" case officers
improperly engaged in the functional equivalent of questioning by telling the defendant,
a profoundly religious former mental patient who had invoked his Sixth Amendment right
to counsel, that he should lead the officers to the body of the child he had murdered on
Christmas Eve so that the parents could give the child a Christian burial. This was a
violation of the defendant's rights due to, ____ to obtain a valid waiver of the Sixth
Amendment right to counsel, which attached to the charge about which the officers
were eliciting information. -ANSWER - failure
The first ____ amendments to the Constitution are called the "Bill of Rights." -ANSWER
- ten (10)
The lineup shall be composed so that the fillers generally ____ the eyewitness's
description of the perpetrator, while ensuring that the suspect does not unduly stand out
from the fillers. -ANSWER - resemble
City police officers - may arrest in the city in which they serve, in the area within one (1)
____ of the city limits, and on city property outside the city. -ANSWER - mile
North Carolina law allows a private citizen to assist law enforcement officers in making
arrests and preventing escapes from arrest when ____ by a law enforcement officer. -
ANSWER - requested
Although the term "exigent circumstances" is not easily described, it generally means
that officers need to act? -ANSWER - Immediately
The sooner the officer shoots, the more difficult it is to ____ the use of deadly force. -
ANSWER - justify
If officers have probable cause to search a vehicle for evidence, and the car is in a ____
place, the officers may seize and search the car without a search warrant. -ANSWER -
public
