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TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE CPO EXAM QUESTION
BANK 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {1080 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+/ TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE
CPO STUDY GUIDE | BRAND NEW!
What is a tort? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a civil wrong in which the
action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of
another person or entity and can serve as grounds for a lawsuit
Which Florida Statute defines attempt as an offense when the
person did some act toward committing the crime that went
beyond just thinking and talking about it, and is generally
punishable at the level of offense just below the degree of crime
that an offender attempted to commit? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
777.04(1), F.S.
An offender is arrested for first degree murder. The courts acquit
him of the homicide charge. What is true about the scenario
above? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > even though the courts acquitted the
defendant criminally, he is still subject to civil charges for
wrongful death
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What is the difference between compensatory damages and
punitive damages? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > compensatory damages
reimburse for actual property damage, harm, or injury that the
plaintiff suffers;
punitive damages are awarded in addition to actual damages
when the defendant acted with recklessness or malice
What is a sovereign immunity? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > legal doctrine
that protects state and local government agencies and officials,
including criminal justice, against civil suit or criminal
prosecution
Which Florida Statute protects public employees, including
probation officers, charged with civil and criminal actions,
provided those actions occurred within the scope and course of
employment? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 111, F.S.
What does acting within the scope of employment refer to? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > the range of reasonable and foreseeable activities
that an employee does while carrying out the employer's
business
What is qualified immunity? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a defense that
protects pubic officials from damages, unless they violated a
"clearly established" law of which a reasonable official in his or
her position would have known
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Which case gave birth to the qualified immunity defense? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982)
Which Florida Statute provides that a person may use force,
except deadly force, against another if the person reasonably
believes that such conduct is necessary to defend him or herself
or another against the imminent use of unlawful force? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > 776.012(1), F.S.
Which case determined that it would be impossible to properly
supervise an offender if the probation officer did not have the
legal authority to conduct warrantless searches? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Grubbs v. State of Florida (1979)
What is a seizure? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > an act that occurs when
the government affects a person's right to have control of his or
her property, usually by physical taking that property; an arrest is
also considered a seizure (of liberty)
What is an arrest? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > depriving a person of his
or her liberty by legal authority
What is an arrest warrant? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a court order
authorizing a law enforcement officer to take into custody the
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individual named on a violation of probation warrant to answer
for charges speed in the warrant
Warrantless arrest - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a seizure, forcible
restraint, or taking of a person into custody by legal authority,
without the use of a warrant
What is probable cause? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > reasonable grounds
to believe that an offender violated probation, based on the
totality of the circumstances
What is the difference between a law enforcement and a
probation officer's authority to arrest? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > law
enforcement can arrest anyone provided the officer has probable
cause that there is a violation of the law; a probation officer can
arrest an offender under supervision provided the officer has
probable cause that there is a violation of probation
What case held that all claims that law enforcement officers
have used excessive force in the course of an arrest,
investigatory stop, or other "seizure" of a citizen are to be judged
by an "objective reasonableness standard" based upon the
Fourth Amendment? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Graham v. Connor (1989)
TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE CPO EXAM QUESTION
BANK 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {1080 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+/ TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE
CPO STUDY GUIDE | BRAND NEW!
What is a tort? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a civil wrong in which the
action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of
another person or entity and can serve as grounds for a lawsuit
Which Florida Statute defines attempt as an offense when the
person did some act toward committing the crime that went
beyond just thinking and talking about it, and is generally
punishable at the level of offense just below the degree of crime
that an offender attempted to commit? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
777.04(1), F.S.
An offender is arrested for first degree murder. The courts acquit
him of the homicide charge. What is true about the scenario
above? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > even though the courts acquitted the
defendant criminally, he is still subject to civil charges for
wrongful death
,2|Page
What is the difference between compensatory damages and
punitive damages? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > compensatory damages
reimburse for actual property damage, harm, or injury that the
plaintiff suffers;
punitive damages are awarded in addition to actual damages
when the defendant acted with recklessness or malice
What is a sovereign immunity? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > legal doctrine
that protects state and local government agencies and officials,
including criminal justice, against civil suit or criminal
prosecution
Which Florida Statute protects public employees, including
probation officers, charged with civil and criminal actions,
provided those actions occurred within the scope and course of
employment? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 111, F.S.
What does acting within the scope of employment refer to? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > the range of reasonable and foreseeable activities
that an employee does while carrying out the employer's
business
What is qualified immunity? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a defense that
protects pubic officials from damages, unless they violated a
"clearly established" law of which a reasonable official in his or
her position would have known
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Which case gave birth to the qualified immunity defense? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982)
Which Florida Statute provides that a person may use force,
except deadly force, against another if the person reasonably
believes that such conduct is necessary to defend him or herself
or another against the imminent use of unlawful force? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > 776.012(1), F.S.
Which case determined that it would be impossible to properly
supervise an offender if the probation officer did not have the
legal authority to conduct warrantless searches? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Grubbs v. State of Florida (1979)
What is a seizure? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > an act that occurs when
the government affects a person's right to have control of his or
her property, usually by physical taking that property; an arrest is
also considered a seizure (of liberty)
What is an arrest? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > depriving a person of his
or her liberty by legal authority
What is an arrest warrant? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a court order
authorizing a law enforcement officer to take into custody the
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individual named on a violation of probation warrant to answer
for charges speed in the warrant
Warrantless arrest - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a seizure, forcible
restraint, or taking of a person into custody by legal authority,
without the use of a warrant
What is probable cause? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > reasonable grounds
to believe that an offender violated probation, based on the
totality of the circumstances
What is the difference between a law enforcement and a
probation officer's authority to arrest? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > law
enforcement can arrest anyone provided the officer has probable
cause that there is a violation of the law; a probation officer can
arrest an offender under supervision provided the officer has
probable cause that there is a violation of probation
What case held that all claims that law enforcement officers
have used excessive force in the course of an arrest,
investigatory stop, or other "seizure" of a citizen are to be judged
by an "objective reasonableness standard" based upon the
Fourth Amendment? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Graham v. Connor (1989)
