FLORIDA FDLE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACADEMY - STATE EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Criminal negligence - Answer-An act that imposes criminal liability and that occurs
when a person did not intend for the behavior to cause the resulting harm
Culpable negligence - Answer-Consciously doing an act that a person knew or
should have known was likely to cause death or bodily injury
General intent - Answer-An offender's intention to voluntarily make the bodily
movement which becomes the act to commit a criminal offense
Intent - Answer-When a person purposely does what the law declares to be a crime
Specific Intent - Answer-An expectation of a particular result, requiring a heightened
mental state of intent to commit the act; proved that the suspect intentionally
committed the act with a particular purpose or desire in mind
Transferred Intent - Answer-An intent that is present when an intentional act harms
an unintended second victim
Child Abuse - Answer-The intentional infliction of physical or mental injury upon a
child
Consent - Answer-Intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent that does not induce
coerced submission nor failure by the alleged victim to offer physical resistance; A
legal defense that claims that the acts in question were committed with the victim's
consent and permission
Conveyance - Answer-A motor vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft, railroad vehicle or car,
trailer, or sleeping car
Crime - Answer-An act that the law makes punishable
Cyber-Stalk - Answer-To communicate or cause to be communicated, words,
images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic
communication to a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that
person and serving no legitimate purpose
Domestic Violence - Answer-Not a specific crime but actions that include any
assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual
battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any
criminal offense resulting in a physical injury or death of one family or household
member by another
,Dwelling - Answer-A building or conveyance of any kind, including any attached
porch, whether the building or conveyance is temporary or permanent
Elderly person - Answer-A person 60 years of age or older who suffers from the
infirmities of aging as manifested by advanced age or organic brain damage, or other
physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction, to the extent that the ability of the person
to provide adequately for the person's own care or protection is impaired
Family or household member - Answer-Spouses, former spouses, person related by
blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as if a family, or who
have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who are parents of a
child in common regardless of whether they have been married. With the exception
of persons who have a child in common, the family or household members must be
currently residing or have in the past resided together in the same single dwelling
unit.
Harass - Answer-To engage in conduct directed at a specific person which causes
substantial emotional distress to that person and serves no legitimate purpose
Human Trafficking - Answer-Transporting, soliciting, recruiting, harboring, providing,
enticing, maintaining, or obtaining another person for the purpose of exploitation of
that person
Lascivious - Answer-A wicked, lustful, or unchaste, licentious, or sensual intent on
the part of the person doing the act and causing offense to one or more persons or
substantially intruding upon the rights of others.
Maliciously - Answer-Wrongfully, intentionally, and without legal justification or
excuse, and with the knowledge that injury or damage will or may be caused to
another person or the property of another person
Personal Identification Information - Answer-A person's social security number,
official state issued or United States issued driver's license or identification number,
alien registration number, government passport number, employer or tax payer
identification number, medicare or food assistance account number, bank account
number, credit or debit card number, or medical records
Prostitution - Answer-The giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity for hire
Sexual Battery - Answer-The oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the
sexual organ of another; anal or vaginal penetration by any other object
Structure - Answer-A building of any kind, either temporary or permanent, which has
a roof over it, and the enclosed space of ground and outbuildings immediately
surrounding that structure.
Unnatural - Answer-Not in accordance with nature or with normal feelings or
behavior
,Willfully - Answer-Intentionally, knowingly, and purposely
Accessory - Answer-A person who aids or contributes in committing or concealing a
crime
Accessory after the Fact - Answer-An offense in which a person maintains or assists
an offender and while giving assistance knows that the offender committed the
felony, and assists with the intent of helping the offender avoid or escape detection,
arrest, trial, or punishment
Attempt - Answer-An offense when a person did some act toward committing a crime
that went beyond thinking or talking about it, or would have committed the crime
except that the person failed or that someone or something prevented the person
from committing it
Conspiracy - Answer-Situation in which the offender agreed, conspired, combined, or
confederated with a person(s) alleged to cause a crime to be committed
Principal in the First Degree - Answer-A defendant who help another person or
persons commit or attempt to commit a crime and must be treated as if he or she
had done all the things the other person or persons did
Solicitation - Answer-An offense in which a person commands, encourages, hires, or
requests another person to engage in specific conduct which would constitute the
commission of an offense or an attempt to commit the offense
Suspect - Answer-A person believed to have committed a crime or an offense
Victim - Answer-A person or entity which suffers an injury as a result of a crime
Witness - Answer-A person who has information about some element of the crime or
about evidence or documents related to the crime and who may have heard
statements or observed events before, during, or after the crime; A person who sees,
knows, or vouches for something and makes a sworn statement about that
information
Alibi - Answer-A Suspect or defendant's claim that he or she was not present when
the alleged act was committed.
Defense of Property - Answer-A common legal term describing a person's authority
to take reasonable steps, including the use of force(except deadly force) to the
extent that person reasonably believes that it is necessary to protect his or her
possessions from trespass or theft or to terminate these acts.
Duress or Coercion - Answer-A defense that requires the person committing the act
to reasonably believe that the only way to avoid death or great bodily harm to self or
to a third party is to commit the crime.
, Entrapment - Answer-When a law enforcement officer uses undue persuasion or
fraudulent means to induce a person to commit a crime that he or she would not
have otherwise committed; can be used as a legal defense.
Exculpatory Evidence - Answer-Evidence that points to the suspect's or defendant's
innocence in a trail.
Forcible Felony - Answer-Any of the following offenses defined in Florida Statutes
Insanity - Answer-Any mental disorder to severe that it prevents a person from
having legal capacity and excuses that person from criminal or civil responsibility.
Justifiable Use Of Force - Answer-A person may legally use force to defend against
the use of force by another.
Mental Incompetence - Answer-A legal defense which recognizes that a criminal
defendant will judged on his or her present ability to assist counsel by participating in
the criminal defense.
Mistake or Ignorance of fact - Answer-A legal defense that is used when the accused
does not posses the mental state required to commit a criminal offense because of a
reasonable mistaken belief about the facts relating to the circumstances; not to be
confused with diminished mental capacity or insanity.
No Retreat Law - Answer-A section of the Florida Statutes that says an individual
has "No duty to retreat when faced with imminent harm". "Has the right to stand his
or her ground," and may " Meet force with force, including deadly force when he
reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or bodily harm.
Self-Defense - Answer-A common legal term that describes the justifiable use of
force that is necessary to protect oneself or the defense of others.
Statute of Limitations - Answer-The legal principle hat bars the state from
prosecuting an individual after a certain period of time has elapsed since the criminal
act has occurred.
Admissibility of evidence - Answer-The legal requirements that must be met before a
jury is allowed to see or hear evidence.
Circumstantial or indirect evidence - Answer-Evidence that requires an inference or
presumption to establish a fact.
Contraband - Answer-Anything that is illegal to posses.
Direct evidence - Answer-Evidence which proves a fact without an inference or
presumption and which, if true, conclusively establishes fact.
Documentary evidence - Answer-Anything written or printed which is offered to prove
or disprove facts pertaining to a case in court.
ACADEMY - STATE EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Criminal negligence - Answer-An act that imposes criminal liability and that occurs
when a person did not intend for the behavior to cause the resulting harm
Culpable negligence - Answer-Consciously doing an act that a person knew or
should have known was likely to cause death or bodily injury
General intent - Answer-An offender's intention to voluntarily make the bodily
movement which becomes the act to commit a criminal offense
Intent - Answer-When a person purposely does what the law declares to be a crime
Specific Intent - Answer-An expectation of a particular result, requiring a heightened
mental state of intent to commit the act; proved that the suspect intentionally
committed the act with a particular purpose or desire in mind
Transferred Intent - Answer-An intent that is present when an intentional act harms
an unintended second victim
Child Abuse - Answer-The intentional infliction of physical or mental injury upon a
child
Consent - Answer-Intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent that does not induce
coerced submission nor failure by the alleged victim to offer physical resistance; A
legal defense that claims that the acts in question were committed with the victim's
consent and permission
Conveyance - Answer-A motor vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft, railroad vehicle or car,
trailer, or sleeping car
Crime - Answer-An act that the law makes punishable
Cyber-Stalk - Answer-To communicate or cause to be communicated, words,
images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic
communication to a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that
person and serving no legitimate purpose
Domestic Violence - Answer-Not a specific crime but actions that include any
assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual
battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any
criminal offense resulting in a physical injury or death of one family or household
member by another
,Dwelling - Answer-A building or conveyance of any kind, including any attached
porch, whether the building or conveyance is temporary or permanent
Elderly person - Answer-A person 60 years of age or older who suffers from the
infirmities of aging as manifested by advanced age or organic brain damage, or other
physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction, to the extent that the ability of the person
to provide adequately for the person's own care or protection is impaired
Family or household member - Answer-Spouses, former spouses, person related by
blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as if a family, or who
have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who are parents of a
child in common regardless of whether they have been married. With the exception
of persons who have a child in common, the family or household members must be
currently residing or have in the past resided together in the same single dwelling
unit.
Harass - Answer-To engage in conduct directed at a specific person which causes
substantial emotional distress to that person and serves no legitimate purpose
Human Trafficking - Answer-Transporting, soliciting, recruiting, harboring, providing,
enticing, maintaining, or obtaining another person for the purpose of exploitation of
that person
Lascivious - Answer-A wicked, lustful, or unchaste, licentious, or sensual intent on
the part of the person doing the act and causing offense to one or more persons or
substantially intruding upon the rights of others.
Maliciously - Answer-Wrongfully, intentionally, and without legal justification or
excuse, and with the knowledge that injury or damage will or may be caused to
another person or the property of another person
Personal Identification Information - Answer-A person's social security number,
official state issued or United States issued driver's license or identification number,
alien registration number, government passport number, employer or tax payer
identification number, medicare or food assistance account number, bank account
number, credit or debit card number, or medical records
Prostitution - Answer-The giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity for hire
Sexual Battery - Answer-The oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the
sexual organ of another; anal or vaginal penetration by any other object
Structure - Answer-A building of any kind, either temporary or permanent, which has
a roof over it, and the enclosed space of ground and outbuildings immediately
surrounding that structure.
Unnatural - Answer-Not in accordance with nature or with normal feelings or
behavior
,Willfully - Answer-Intentionally, knowingly, and purposely
Accessory - Answer-A person who aids or contributes in committing or concealing a
crime
Accessory after the Fact - Answer-An offense in which a person maintains or assists
an offender and while giving assistance knows that the offender committed the
felony, and assists with the intent of helping the offender avoid or escape detection,
arrest, trial, or punishment
Attempt - Answer-An offense when a person did some act toward committing a crime
that went beyond thinking or talking about it, or would have committed the crime
except that the person failed or that someone or something prevented the person
from committing it
Conspiracy - Answer-Situation in which the offender agreed, conspired, combined, or
confederated with a person(s) alleged to cause a crime to be committed
Principal in the First Degree - Answer-A defendant who help another person or
persons commit or attempt to commit a crime and must be treated as if he or she
had done all the things the other person or persons did
Solicitation - Answer-An offense in which a person commands, encourages, hires, or
requests another person to engage in specific conduct which would constitute the
commission of an offense or an attempt to commit the offense
Suspect - Answer-A person believed to have committed a crime or an offense
Victim - Answer-A person or entity which suffers an injury as a result of a crime
Witness - Answer-A person who has information about some element of the crime or
about evidence or documents related to the crime and who may have heard
statements or observed events before, during, or after the crime; A person who sees,
knows, or vouches for something and makes a sworn statement about that
information
Alibi - Answer-A Suspect or defendant's claim that he or she was not present when
the alleged act was committed.
Defense of Property - Answer-A common legal term describing a person's authority
to take reasonable steps, including the use of force(except deadly force) to the
extent that person reasonably believes that it is necessary to protect his or her
possessions from trespass or theft or to terminate these acts.
Duress or Coercion - Answer-A defense that requires the person committing the act
to reasonably believe that the only way to avoid death or great bodily harm to self or
to a third party is to commit the crime.
, Entrapment - Answer-When a law enforcement officer uses undue persuasion or
fraudulent means to induce a person to commit a crime that he or she would not
have otherwise committed; can be used as a legal defense.
Exculpatory Evidence - Answer-Evidence that points to the suspect's or defendant's
innocence in a trail.
Forcible Felony - Answer-Any of the following offenses defined in Florida Statutes
Insanity - Answer-Any mental disorder to severe that it prevents a person from
having legal capacity and excuses that person from criminal or civil responsibility.
Justifiable Use Of Force - Answer-A person may legally use force to defend against
the use of force by another.
Mental Incompetence - Answer-A legal defense which recognizes that a criminal
defendant will judged on his or her present ability to assist counsel by participating in
the criminal defense.
Mistake or Ignorance of fact - Answer-A legal defense that is used when the accused
does not posses the mental state required to commit a criminal offense because of a
reasonable mistaken belief about the facts relating to the circumstances; not to be
confused with diminished mental capacity or insanity.
No Retreat Law - Answer-A section of the Florida Statutes that says an individual
has "No duty to retreat when faced with imminent harm". "Has the right to stand his
or her ground," and may " Meet force with force, including deadly force when he
reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or bodily harm.
Self-Defense - Answer-A common legal term that describes the justifiable use of
force that is necessary to protect oneself or the defense of others.
Statute of Limitations - Answer-The legal principle hat bars the state from
prosecuting an individual after a certain period of time has elapsed since the criminal
act has occurred.
Admissibility of evidence - Answer-The legal requirements that must be met before a
jury is allowed to see or hear evidence.
Circumstantial or indirect evidence - Answer-Evidence that requires an inference or
presumption to establish a fact.
Contraband - Answer-Anything that is illegal to posses.
Direct evidence - Answer-Evidence which proves a fact without an inference or
presumption and which, if true, conclusively establishes fact.
Documentary evidence - Answer-Anything written or printed which is offered to prove
or disprove facts pertaining to a case in court.
