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MPTC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS | LATEST | GRADED A+
1st Amendment
➹➹➹: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment
➹➹➹: Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
5th Amendment
➹➹➹: The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
8th Amendment
➹➹➹: No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability
➹➹➹: Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-imposed sanctionin a
lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional rights).
Jurisdiction
➹➹➹: The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or serve(provided that
they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
, Reasonable Suspicion
➹➹➹: Specific articulable facts which, when taken together, would convince areasonable person
to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause
➹➹➹: Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person to believethat:
- A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
- A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Seizure
➹➹➹: When police take possession of property, make an arrest, or restrict a personsability to
move freely.
Search incident to arrest
➹➹➹: A search of a person and their area of control after arrest looking for fruits,
instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have been arrested.
Consent search
➹➹➹: When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for officers to search placeswhere the
person consenting has a reasonable expectation of privacy. CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY
AND INFORMED!
MPTC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS | LATEST | GRADED A+
1st Amendment
➹➹➹: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment
➹➹➹: Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
5th Amendment
➹➹➹: The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
8th Amendment
➹➹➹: No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability
➹➹➹: Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-imposed sanctionin a
lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional rights).
Jurisdiction
➹➹➹: The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or serve(provided that
they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
, Reasonable Suspicion
➹➹➹: Specific articulable facts which, when taken together, would convince areasonable person
to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause
➹➹➹: Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person to believethat:
- A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
- A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Seizure
➹➹➹: When police take possession of property, make an arrest, or restrict a personsability to
move freely.
Search incident to arrest
➹➹➹: A search of a person and their area of control after arrest looking for fruits,
instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have been arrested.
Consent search
➹➹➹: When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for officers to search placeswhere the
person consenting has a reasonable expectation of privacy. CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY
AND INFORMED!
