MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION EXAM
2026/2027 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
All laws and public policy are created to protect _____ - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The
public
What is police power bound by? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-U.S. constitution, state
constitution, county, township, city, ordnance's, rules and laws
Police are referred to as what in the criminal justice system and why? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Gatekeepers, no one can get in unless arrested and charged
with a crime.
What are all the circumstances that give police officers the right to search? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Subsequent to arrest, By warrant, with consent, for
inventory, exigent circumstances.
What always trumps the 4th amendment? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Consent to
search
What must you have to make an arrest? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Probable cause
, What is the order of criminal offenses from major to minor - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Felony, misdemeanor, summary,
True or False: Police spend the bulk of their time doing law enforcement
activities. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-False: Officers spend most of their time doing
public service.
Name the 6 emerging technology trends in policing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Computer, fingerprint, less lethal, surveillance, photographic, forensics
technology.
What is coercive force? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Convincing people through
persuasion to do what you want.
What are the 3 components of the Criminal Justice System? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Law Enforcement, Courts, Corrections
Legal requirements that the state must respect all legal rights owed to a
person - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Due Process
What justice model states "The need to enforce law and maintain social order"
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Crime prevention model
What justice model protects people from injustice? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Due
process model
Who is the primary state law enforcement? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Pennsylvania
State Police
2026/2027 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
All laws and public policy are created to protect _____ - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The
public
What is police power bound by? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-U.S. constitution, state
constitution, county, township, city, ordnance's, rules and laws
Police are referred to as what in the criminal justice system and why? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Gatekeepers, no one can get in unless arrested and charged
with a crime.
What are all the circumstances that give police officers the right to search? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Subsequent to arrest, By warrant, with consent, for
inventory, exigent circumstances.
What always trumps the 4th amendment? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Consent to
search
What must you have to make an arrest? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Probable cause
, What is the order of criminal offenses from major to minor - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Felony, misdemeanor, summary,
True or False: Police spend the bulk of their time doing law enforcement
activities. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-False: Officers spend most of their time doing
public service.
Name the 6 emerging technology trends in policing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Computer, fingerprint, less lethal, surveillance, photographic, forensics
technology.
What is coercive force? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Convincing people through
persuasion to do what you want.
What are the 3 components of the Criminal Justice System? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Law Enforcement, Courts, Corrections
Legal requirements that the state must respect all legal rights owed to a
person - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Due Process
What justice model states "The need to enforce law and maintain social order"
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Crime prevention model
What justice model protects people from injustice? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Due
process model
Who is the primary state law enforcement? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Pennsylvania
State Police
