TLETA WEEK 1 ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● What does Modern day policing come from?
Answer: English Law
●● What is the Court Structure?
Answer: Supreme Court, Court of criminal appeals, appeals court,
Circuit court or Criminal court, municipal and general sessions
●● What is the Legal Hierarchy?
Answer: Federal Laws, State laws, Local laws
●● What are the steps to State court?
Answer: Arrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial, appeal
●● 3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest
Answer: Initial appearance/preliminary hearing, general sessions, grand
jury
●● Levels of Proof
,Answer: Mere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a reasonable
doubt
●● What is a magistrate?
Answer: An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a
person charged with a public offense
●● Who are considered magistrates?
Answer: Judicial commissioners, judges of circuit & Criminal courts,
Supreme Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile judges
●● what is mittimus?
Answer: Order in writing
●● What does Examination required before commitment mean?
Answer: No one person can be committed to prison on any criminal
matter without first being examined by a magistrate
●● Affidavit
Answer: Written statement signed and sworn to before an official (after
arrest)
●● Warrant
,Answer: Written order commanding that a person be arrested, must be
signed by magistrate (before arrest)
●● 8th Amendment
Answer: No cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be bailable
by sufficient sureties except for capital offenses
●● Who endorses bail amount?
Answer: Magistrate
●● How many people are on a grand jury?
Answer: 13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson appointed by judge
●● Who discharges bail
Answer: Sheriff
●● preliminary hearing
Answer: Not a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening
●● What does a grand jury do?
Answer: Inquire into law violations; Determine existence of Probable
Cause
, ●● Indictment
Answer: An accusation in writing presented by the grand jury of the
county, charging a person
●● Indictable offenses
Answer: ALL felonies and misdemeanors
●● True Bill
Answer: grand jury approves indictment
●● Capias
Answer: Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest
●● Arraignment
Answer: Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to
try case
●● Class A Felony
Answer: 15- 60 Years; $50,000
●● Class B Felony
Answer: 8-30 years; $25,000
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● What does Modern day policing come from?
Answer: English Law
●● What is the Court Structure?
Answer: Supreme Court, Court of criminal appeals, appeals court,
Circuit court or Criminal court, municipal and general sessions
●● What is the Legal Hierarchy?
Answer: Federal Laws, State laws, Local laws
●● What are the steps to State court?
Answer: Arrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial, appeal
●● 3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest
Answer: Initial appearance/preliminary hearing, general sessions, grand
jury
●● Levels of Proof
,Answer: Mere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a reasonable
doubt
●● What is a magistrate?
Answer: An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a
person charged with a public offense
●● Who are considered magistrates?
Answer: Judicial commissioners, judges of circuit & Criminal courts,
Supreme Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile judges
●● what is mittimus?
Answer: Order in writing
●● What does Examination required before commitment mean?
Answer: No one person can be committed to prison on any criminal
matter without first being examined by a magistrate
●● Affidavit
Answer: Written statement signed and sworn to before an official (after
arrest)
●● Warrant
,Answer: Written order commanding that a person be arrested, must be
signed by magistrate (before arrest)
●● 8th Amendment
Answer: No cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be bailable
by sufficient sureties except for capital offenses
●● Who endorses bail amount?
Answer: Magistrate
●● How many people are on a grand jury?
Answer: 13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson appointed by judge
●● Who discharges bail
Answer: Sheriff
●● preliminary hearing
Answer: Not a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening
●● What does a grand jury do?
Answer: Inquire into law violations; Determine existence of Probable
Cause
, ●● Indictment
Answer: An accusation in writing presented by the grand jury of the
county, charging a person
●● Indictable offenses
Answer: ALL felonies and misdemeanors
●● True Bill
Answer: grand jury approves indictment
●● Capias
Answer: Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest
●● Arraignment
Answer: Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to
try case
●● Class A Felony
Answer: 15- 60 Years; $50,000
●● Class B Felony
Answer: 8-30 years; $25,000
