SERGEANT EXAM NFLST EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS. A+ GRADE 2025/2026.
14th ammendment - ANS due process of law
Arrest - ANS intention, authority, custody
Arrest warrant - ANS 1. Name of the state
2. Who will execute the warrant (normally any peace officer of that state)
3. Person who will be arrested
4. Offense Committed
5. Date, time, place of occurrence
6. Name of victim
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,7. Description of Offense
Mapp v. Ohio - ANS Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence
seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Search Warrant Exceptions - ANS Consent, warrant, exigency, vehicle inventory, incident to
arrest, motor vehicle, plain view
Chimel v. California (1969) - ANS search is valid of a person and area under him immediate
control form which he could produce a weapon or destroy evidence
Carroll v. U.S. (1925) - ANS movable vehicle rule
Arizona v. Gant (2009) - ANS can search a vehicle when reasonable to believe will find
evidence of the offense. Only in passenger compartment.
inductive reasoning - ANS factual and logical explanation of the crime
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,deductive reasoning - ANS hypothesis
neighborhood canvas - ANS helpful in about 20% of investigations
vehicle canvas - ANS get description, location, plate of vehicles in the area with description
of anything suspicious ie blood, bullet holes, possible evidence.
Primary v. secondary scenes - ANS primary is where first criminal act occurred, secondary
scenes are where all subsequent scenes occurred.
Evidence in "open view" - ANS processed before other items/bodies to make sure no undue
damage is done to families by media or common talk.
3 kinds of evidence - ANS Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is needed to prove the
commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or victim to the
suspect
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, Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene.
Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary has
been determined - ANS Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone, Pie/wheel
Digital photography (far/medium/close) - ANS Orientation - far, Relationship - medium,
Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence
Class characteristics - ANS not completely original, like the print of a Nike shoe
Individual characteristics - ANS fingerprints/footprints, etc.
Residue prints - ANS prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or tire.
Impressions - ANS prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt, snow, etc.
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QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS. A+ GRADE 2025/2026.
14th ammendment - ANS due process of law
Arrest - ANS intention, authority, custody
Arrest warrant - ANS 1. Name of the state
2. Who will execute the warrant (normally any peace officer of that state)
3. Person who will be arrested
4. Offense Committed
5. Date, time, place of occurrence
6. Name of victim
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
,7. Description of Offense
Mapp v. Ohio - ANS Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence
seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Search Warrant Exceptions - ANS Consent, warrant, exigency, vehicle inventory, incident to
arrest, motor vehicle, plain view
Chimel v. California (1969) - ANS search is valid of a person and area under him immediate
control form which he could produce a weapon or destroy evidence
Carroll v. U.S. (1925) - ANS movable vehicle rule
Arizona v. Gant (2009) - ANS can search a vehicle when reasonable to believe will find
evidence of the offense. Only in passenger compartment.
inductive reasoning - ANS factual and logical explanation of the crime
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
,deductive reasoning - ANS hypothesis
neighborhood canvas - ANS helpful in about 20% of investigations
vehicle canvas - ANS get description, location, plate of vehicles in the area with description
of anything suspicious ie blood, bullet holes, possible evidence.
Primary v. secondary scenes - ANS primary is where first criminal act occurred, secondary
scenes are where all subsequent scenes occurred.
Evidence in "open view" - ANS processed before other items/bodies to make sure no undue
damage is done to families by media or common talk.
3 kinds of evidence - ANS Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is needed to prove the
commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or victim to the
suspect
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, Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene.
Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary has
been determined - ANS Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone, Pie/wheel
Digital photography (far/medium/close) - ANS Orientation - far, Relationship - medium,
Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence
Class characteristics - ANS not completely original, like the print of a Nike shoe
Individual characteristics - ANS fingerprints/footprints, etc.
Residue prints - ANS prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or tire.
Impressions - ANS prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt, snow, etc.
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