RBC 1 STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS

RBC 1 STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS
2025-2026
Question 1
case law
Correct Answer
Court opinions that are issued over time through the power of judicial review


Question 2
circumstantial evidence
Correct Answer
Evidence that does not prove a fact directly, but rather is personal knowledge or
observations from which deductions are drawn


Question 3
consent search
Correct Answer
Search conducted with consent that is voluntary and obtained from a person with the
authority to give that consent


Question 4
contemporaneous
Correct Answer
Search conducted at or near the time of arrest, although either can precede the other, at or
near the place of the arrest, and while the arrestee is still on the scene


Question 5
curtilage
Correct Answer
Relatively small and usually well-defined area immediately around a residence to which the
private activities of the home extend, and in which the owner has an expectation of privacy


Question 6
custodial arrest
Correct Answer
Arrest in which the suspect will be transported to a station, jail, detox center, juvenile hall, or
school


Question 7
custodial lineup
Correct Answer
Identification procedure in which the victim or witness to a crime is asked to look at a
number of individuals within a custodial environment in an attempt to identify the suspect
(also known as a physical lineup)

,Question 8
direct evidence
Correct Answer
Evidence that proves a fact directly, without an inference or presumption (e.g., the sale of a
controlled substance to an undercover officer)


Question 9
evanescent evidence
Correct Answer
Evidence that will change or be lost over time


Question 10
exigent circumstances
Correct Answer
An emergency situation requiring swift action to prevent imminent danger to life, serious
danger to property, imminent escape of a suspect, or the
destruction of evidence


Question 11
field showup
Correct Answer
Viewing of a suspect by the victim or witness that commonly occurs in the field shortly after
a crime has been committed


Question 12
implied consent
Correct Answer
By obtaining a driver's license in California a person has agreed to chemical testing without a
warrant (i.e., blood, breath, urine)


Question 13
knock and notice
Correct Answer
Before entering a dwelling to serve a search warrant, officers must give notice to persons
inside through certain actions


Question 14
motor vehicle
Correct Answer
Self-propelled vehicle (e.g., automobiles, airplanes, buses, recreational vehicles, carts, etc.)


Question 15
nexus
Correct Answer

,A reasonable connection or link between two or more items


Question 16
objective reasonableness
Correct Answer
Whether society is prepared to recognize an individual's expectation of privacy as reasonable


Question 17
open fields
Correct Answer
Outdoor real property, outside the curtilage of the residence


Question 18
overflight
Correct Answer
Flight of a plane or helicopter over a given area


Question 19
parole
Correct Answer
Extension of a felon's sentence, that is, an additional specific period of time (usually three
years) which a person must serve on the "outside" after having completed the actual prison
sentence


Question 20
passenger compartment
Correct Answer
Passenger Compartment can be considered to include all areas accessible to occupants
within the vehicle


Question 21
photographic spread
Correct Answer
Identification procedure in which the victim or witness to a crime is asked to look at a
number of photographs in an attempt to identify the suspect (also known as a photographic
lineup)


Question 22
plain view
Correct Answer
Objects in the line of sight of an officer who has the right to be in that position are subject to
seizure without a warrant if the officer has lawful access to the object(s)


Question 23

, probable cause exception
Correct Answer
Warrantless vehicle search based on probable cause that the vehicle contains contraband or
evidence of a crime. Also referred to as the "automobile exception," or the "vehicle
exception"


Question 24
probable cause plus
Correct Answer
Additional show of need, beyond the usual probable cause, required for bodily intrusion
warrants


Question 25
probable cause to search
Correct Answer
Enough credible information to provide a fair probability that the object the peace officers
seek will be found at the place they want to search


Question 26
probation
Correct Answer
Sentencing alternative for a person convicted of a criminal offense granted at a judge's
discretion


Question 27
protective search of a vehicle
Correct Answer
Limited warrantless search of the passenger compartment of a vehicle for weapons


Question 28
protective sweep
Correct Answer
Brief search of a house or building to look for individuals only


Question 29
public access area
Correct Answer
Any area that the general public or some members of the public have been given either
express or implied permission to be in


Question 30
reasonable expectation of privacy
Correct Answer