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TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative Exam Study Guide (2025)
comprehensive questions and verified answers (
detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!!
1st Amendment - (ANSWER)Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - (ANSWER)Search and seizure
5th Amendment - (ANSWER)The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - (ANSWER)Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - (ANSWER)Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - (ANSWER)Three Branches
Executive Branch - (ANSWER)Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - (ANSWER)Makes laws
Judicial Branch - (ANSWER)Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - (ANSWER)Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial
review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and
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they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and
dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150
cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process - (ANSWER)No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and
the means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial
relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - (ANSWER)Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or
tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - (ANSWER)Forms of speech that are
not protected
Texas v. Johnson - (ANSWER)A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck
down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such
action was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - (ANSWER)Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or
travel aid
Despondent - (ANSWER)Persons who are severely depressed individuals or
persons contemplating suicide
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View Enhancement - (ANSWER)Type of strategy occurs when the lost person
climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
16 - (ANSWER)SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - (ANSWER)Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - (ANSWER)Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - (ANSWER)SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - (ANSWER)When was Megans Law passed?
94 - (ANSWER)How many federal district courts are there?
13 - (ANSWER)How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - (ANSWER)Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - (ANSWER)Court case that established fighting
words
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Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - (ANSWER)3 phases of rape trauma
syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters -
(ANSWER)Characteristics of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment
gear - (ANSWER)5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - (ANSWER)What are three security checks officers to
look for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond
to searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids -
(ANSWER)Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - (ANSWER)Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - (ANSWER)Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial
when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - (ANSWER)Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other
person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental
injury or engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical
or mental injury to the child
TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative Exam Study Guide (2025)
comprehensive questions and verified answers (
detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!!
1st Amendment - (ANSWER)Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - (ANSWER)Search and seizure
5th Amendment - (ANSWER)The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - (ANSWER)Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - (ANSWER)Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - (ANSWER)Three Branches
Executive Branch - (ANSWER)Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - (ANSWER)Makes laws
Judicial Branch - (ANSWER)Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - (ANSWER)Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial
review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and
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they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and
dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150
cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process - (ANSWER)No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and
the means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial
relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - (ANSWER)Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or
tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - (ANSWER)Forms of speech that are
not protected
Texas v. Johnson - (ANSWER)A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck
down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such
action was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - (ANSWER)Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or
travel aid
Despondent - (ANSWER)Persons who are severely depressed individuals or
persons contemplating suicide
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View Enhancement - (ANSWER)Type of strategy occurs when the lost person
climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
16 - (ANSWER)SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - (ANSWER)Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - (ANSWER)Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - (ANSWER)SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - (ANSWER)When was Megans Law passed?
94 - (ANSWER)How many federal district courts are there?
13 - (ANSWER)How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - (ANSWER)Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - (ANSWER)Court case that established fighting
words
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Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - (ANSWER)3 phases of rape trauma
syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters -
(ANSWER)Characteristics of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment
gear - (ANSWER)5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - (ANSWER)What are three security checks officers to
look for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond
to searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids -
(ANSWER)Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - (ANSWER)Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - (ANSWER)Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial
when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - (ANSWER)Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other
person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental
injury or engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical
or mental injury to the child
