NVCJTA Exam ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the key element of a "Show Up"? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Time
Photo Spread - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The sequential display of photos eliminates the
tendency for a witness to compare images to one another, and the 'blind' administrator
eliminates any inadvertent suggestiveness.
True or False: The person who committed the crime is always in the photo spread? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False. The person suspected of committing the crime MAY OR
MAY NOT BE in the photo spread.
What will the police continue to do regardless of whether an identification is made during a
photo spread? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Continue to investigate the incident.
Blind Administrator - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The person who administers the photo
spread, in order to eliminate any inadvertent suggestiveness.
Sequential Display of photos (proper procedures) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. At least 6
numbered pictures (5 + suspect)
2. Same race and sex
3. Similar age & physical characteristics
4. Similar photo background
5. Do not mix ordinary photos with police booking pictures
6. Place photos in random order
7. Show photos to witness ONE at a time
8. Decide in advance whether you plan to show all photos even if ID made OR stop at point
of ID
6th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Guarantees suspects the right to presence of
counsel.
, When may the right to counsel be waived during a line-up? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅ONLY AFTER magistrate appearance/arraignment/indictment
How do the courts determine the legibility/reliability of an identification process? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Totality of the Circumstances.
Prior to show-up (photo or live line-up) what should be done? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Record as complete a description as possible of the perpetrator provided by
eyewitness in own words. Include info. such as conditions under which eyewitness observed
perpetrator including:
- Time
- Location
- Distance
- Lighting
- Obstructions
- Weather conditions
Does the witness need glasses or contacts? Were they wearing them at the time?
Conducting a proper show-up - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- Done fairly
- Without any undue suggestiveness (may not be suspect)
Caution the witness that the person may or may not be the perpetrator. Investigation will
continue regardless.
Procedure for conducting a proper line-up (LIVE) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. At least 5
persons (INCLUDING suspect)
2. Same race and sex
3. Similar age and physical characteristics
4. Each witness views line-up separately.
5. All given same instructions
6. Ensure any identification actions (e.g. speaking, moving, etc.) are performed by all
members of the lineup.
7. No undue suggestiveness
8. Take photo or video lineup
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the key element of a "Show Up"? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Time
Photo Spread - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The sequential display of photos eliminates the
tendency for a witness to compare images to one another, and the 'blind' administrator
eliminates any inadvertent suggestiveness.
True or False: The person who committed the crime is always in the photo spread? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False. The person suspected of committing the crime MAY OR
MAY NOT BE in the photo spread.
What will the police continue to do regardless of whether an identification is made during a
photo spread? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Continue to investigate the incident.
Blind Administrator - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The person who administers the photo
spread, in order to eliminate any inadvertent suggestiveness.
Sequential Display of photos (proper procedures) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. At least 6
numbered pictures (5 + suspect)
2. Same race and sex
3. Similar age & physical characteristics
4. Similar photo background
5. Do not mix ordinary photos with police booking pictures
6. Place photos in random order
7. Show photos to witness ONE at a time
8. Decide in advance whether you plan to show all photos even if ID made OR stop at point
of ID
6th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Guarantees suspects the right to presence of
counsel.
, When may the right to counsel be waived during a line-up? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅ONLY AFTER magistrate appearance/arraignment/indictment
How do the courts determine the legibility/reliability of an identification process? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Totality of the Circumstances.
Prior to show-up (photo or live line-up) what should be done? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Record as complete a description as possible of the perpetrator provided by
eyewitness in own words. Include info. such as conditions under which eyewitness observed
perpetrator including:
- Time
- Location
- Distance
- Lighting
- Obstructions
- Weather conditions
Does the witness need glasses or contacts? Were they wearing them at the time?
Conducting a proper show-up - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- Done fairly
- Without any undue suggestiveness (may not be suspect)
Caution the witness that the person may or may not be the perpetrator. Investigation will
continue regardless.
Procedure for conducting a proper line-up (LIVE) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. At least 5
persons (INCLUDING suspect)
2. Same race and sex
3. Similar age and physical characteristics
4. Each witness views line-up separately.
5. All given same instructions
6. Ensure any identification actions (e.g. speaking, moving, etc.) are performed by all
members of the lineup.
7. No undue suggestiveness
8. Take photo or video lineup
