Phase One Questions and Answers 100% Graded to Pass.

Phase One Questions and Answers
100% Graded to Pass.
Evidence obtained by law enforcement using methods that violate a person's Constitutional
rights is not admissible in a criminal prosecution against that person. This procedural
requirement is called: - Answer -Civil Liability

*The Exclusionary Rule

-The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine

- Good Faith Doctrine



To obtain a search warrant, a law enforcement officer must do which of the following? (Select
all that apply.) - Answer ·**Draft an Affidavit of Probable Cause

· Complete an Affidavit and Request for Search Warrant form

**Make the request to a District Court judge or justice of the peace



After executing a search warrant, the law enforcement officer must do which of the following?
(Select all that apply.) - Answer **Leave a copy of the warrant at the premises

· Immediately notify the issuing authority by the quickest means

**Leave a copy of a receipt at the premises for property taken

**Deliver the original warrant and inventory of items to the court designated on the warrant



Exceptions to the search warrant requirement include which of the following? (Select all that
apply.) - Answer ** Search incident to arrest

·**Hot pursuit

· Articulable Suspicion

·**Exigent circumstances



Which of the following are potential negative consequences of unethical behavior? (Select all
that apply.) - Answer ***Lawsuits.

*** Loss of public trust in the officer and his/her agency.

***Loss of job and/or certification.



According to Maine law, law enforcement officers are required to electronically record

,** Voluntarily

**Intelligently

· Truthfully



· Community policing complements traditional policing in all of the following ways, EXCEPT: -
Answer · Traditional law enforcement involves enforcing the laws and community policing
involves addressing underlying conditions leading to crime



· Traditional law enforcement involves information sharing occasionally and community policing
assumes that information will be shared



***Traditional law enforcement involves officers having an antagonistic relationship with the
public and community policing requires officers to be more pleasant with the public



· Traditional law enforcement involves a reactive approach to calls for service and community
policing involves using proactive strategies



Important community partners whom law enforcement officers will work with include others in
the legal system such as other law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and probation, as well
as: (Select all that apply.) - Answer *** Non-profit groups and services providers

*** Community groups such as neighborhood associations

*** Private businesses



A law enforcement officer's response on the scene of a case involving sexual assault includes
which of the following responsibilities? (Select all that apply.) - Answer ** Consider all crime
scenes, including vehicles and the bodies of the suspect and victim.

** Collecting and preserving evidence.

** Conducting preliminary interviews with the victim, suspect and all witnesses.



Maine law deems that operators of motor vehicles have given consent to, and have the duty to
submit to, chemical testing to determine alcohol level and drug concentration. - Answer true



Under the Maine Criminal Code, which of the following is true regarding the classification of
crimes? (Select all that apply.) - Answer *** Crimes are classified as Class A, B, C, D, or E.

*** Murder is in a separate category or classification.

, In the Maine Criminal Code, the statute of limitations defines the periods of time in which a
prosecution must commence after the commission of a crime. The crime of ______ has no
statute of limitations. (Select all that apply.) - Answer · Assault

** Murder

** Gross sexual assault



Each element of a crime must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence. - Answer false



Under Title 17-A, culpable state of mind may include any of the following, EXCEPT: - Answer ·
Knowingly

*** Without due care

· Intentionally

· Recklessly



According to the Maine Criminal Code regarding culpable state of mind, a person may be said to
act knowingly with respect to a result of the person's conduct when the person is
___________________ that the person's conduct will cause such a result. - Answer · Unaware

· Hopeful

· Intentional

*** Aware that it is practically certain



Under 17-A M.R.S.A. Section 207, the definition of assault is as follows: A person intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury or offensive physical contact to another person.
Which of the following would constitute an assault under Section 207? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer **A person angrily pushes aside a stranger in the doorway as the person exits a room.

**A person punches his/her roommate in a drunken altercation.

Two adult siblings who reside together hit each other during an argument.



Criminal threatening under 17-A M.R.S.A. Section 209 is committed when a person
"intentionally or knowingly places another person in fear of imminent bodily injury." What is the
required culpable state of mind for this offense? - Answer · Imminent bodily injury.

· Places another person in fear.

*** Intentionally or knowingly.

· Beyond a reasonable doubt.