OPOTA Refresher Training UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions And CORRECT
Answers
Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
The test question must respond directly to the SPO and every SPO may be a test question.
Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To
protect the life and property of yourself and the public.
Define the term "Ethics" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The moral actions, conduct, motives,
and character of an individual.
State the 4 factors which most likely contribute to unethical behavior: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. Anger
2. Lust
3. Greed
4. Peer Pressure
Identify the 9 ethical responsibilities of a peace officer: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Treat
everyone professionally
2. Maintain your self-respect
3. To your professionalism
4. To your family
5. To your community
6. NEVER allow doubt to cloud your view of the people whom you serve
7. NEVER using excessive physical force when controlling combative individuals
8. NEVER accepting gratuities
9. NEVER committing perjury
, Define the term "bribery": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The offering, giving, receiving, or
soliciting of something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of a public official
in the discharge of his or her public or legal duties.
Define the term "crime": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An act of omission done in violation
of the law.
Identify the five elements of a crime: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Actus Reus
- Harm
- Causation
- Mens Rea
- Concurrence
Identify the four culpable mental states: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Purposely
- Knowingly
- Recklessly
- Negligently
Define the term "jurisdiction": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A government's general power
to exercise authority over all persons and things within it's territory.
Define the term "venue": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The particular county or geographical
area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear or determine a case, and in the territory of
which the offense or any element of the offense was committed.
Define the term "burden of proof": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The duty of proving facts
disputed during trial.
Define the term "statutory law": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The body of law derived from
statutes rather than from constitutions or judicial decisions.
Define the term "case law": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The law found in the collection of
reported cases that form all of part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction.
ACTUAL Questions And CORRECT
Answers
Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
The test question must respond directly to the SPO and every SPO may be a test question.
Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To
protect the life and property of yourself and the public.
Define the term "Ethics" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The moral actions, conduct, motives,
and character of an individual.
State the 4 factors which most likely contribute to unethical behavior: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. Anger
2. Lust
3. Greed
4. Peer Pressure
Identify the 9 ethical responsibilities of a peace officer: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Treat
everyone professionally
2. Maintain your self-respect
3. To your professionalism
4. To your family
5. To your community
6. NEVER allow doubt to cloud your view of the people whom you serve
7. NEVER using excessive physical force when controlling combative individuals
8. NEVER accepting gratuities
9. NEVER committing perjury
, Define the term "bribery": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The offering, giving, receiving, or
soliciting of something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of a public official
in the discharge of his or her public or legal duties.
Define the term "crime": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An act of omission done in violation
of the law.
Identify the five elements of a crime: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Actus Reus
- Harm
- Causation
- Mens Rea
- Concurrence
Identify the four culpable mental states: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Purposely
- Knowingly
- Recklessly
- Negligently
Define the term "jurisdiction": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A government's general power
to exercise authority over all persons and things within it's territory.
Define the term "venue": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The particular county or geographical
area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear or determine a case, and in the territory of
which the offense or any element of the offense was committed.
Define the term "burden of proof": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The duty of proving facts
disputed during trial.
Define the term "statutory law": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The body of law derived from
statutes rather than from constitutions or judicial decisions.
Define the term "case law": - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The law found in the collection of
reported cases that form all of part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction.
