Arrest, Search and Seizure (10) TEEXS UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Arrest, Search and Seizure (10) TEEXS
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an officer must have __________ to believe the
property is stolen to justify seizure of the property. (10)


Select one:
a. probable cause
b. reasonable ground
c. exigent circumstances

d. rational suspicion - CORRECT ANSWER - b. reasonable ground


According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an affidavit made before a magistrate charging the
commission of an offense is called a/an __________. (10)


Select one:
a. warrant
b. complaint
c. information

d. capias - CORRECT ANSWER - b. complaint


The following statement is taken from the CCP 11.21: "The words "confined", "imprisoned", "in
custody", "confinement", "imprisonment", refer not only to the actual, corporeal, and forcible
detention of a person, but likewise to any coercive measure by threats, menaces or the fear of
injury, whereby one person exercises a control over the person of another, and detains him within
certain limits." This statement best defines which of the following: (10)


Select one:
a. Arrest

,b. Restraint
c. Constructive Custody
d. Temporary

e. Effective Control - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Constructive Custody


Only a person with a __________ or proprietary interest in the place to be searched may give
consent. (10)


Select one:
a. Extreme
b. Possessory
c. Sudden

d. Well-known - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Possessory


Reasonable suspicion has been defined by the court as sufficient articulable facts and
__________, and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts, which would lead a reasonable
officer to conclude that criminal activity is afoot. (10)


Select one:
a. Evidence
b. Circumstances
c Proof

d. Interest - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Circumstances


The officer's objective is to obtain articulable __________ and circumstances that rise to the
level of either reasonable suspicion which gives officers the power to detain or probable cause
which permits the officer to arrest. (10)


Select one:
a. Suspicions

, b. Reasons
c. Questions

d. Facts - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Facts


__________ is evidence that warrants a person of reasonable caution in the belief that a crime
has been committed or is being committed. (10)


Select one:
a. Presumed causality
b. Reasonable doubt
c. Possible cause

d. Probable cause - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Probable cause


A complaint is not required to __________. (10)


Select one:
a. be signed by a magistrate
b.be signed by the Affiant
c. allege an offense

d. name the accused - CORRECT ANSWER - a. be signed by a magistrate


Art. 15.24 states in making an arrest, all __________ means are permitted to be used to effect it.
(10)


Select one:
a. Reasonable
b. Available
c. Lawful

d. All of the above are correct - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Reasonable