TOMPSC SCCJA CUMULATIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1st Amendment - ANS Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - ANS Search and seizure
5th Amendment - ANS The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - ANS Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - ANS Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - ANS Three Branches
Executive Branch - ANS Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - ANS Makes laws
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, Judicial Branch - ANS Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - ANS Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial review. President
nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a
majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year, and
grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late
June or early July.
Due Process - ANS No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the means
selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the object being
sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - ANS Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an
immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - ANS Forms of speech that are not protected
Texas v. Johnson - ANS A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning
the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech
protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - ANS Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - ANS Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons contemplating
suicide
View Enhancement - ANS Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a hill or tree in
order to improve or enhance their view of the area
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16 - ANS SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
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, Any person under the age of 18 - ANS Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - ANS Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - ANS SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - ANS When was Megans Law passed?
94 - ANS How many federal district courts are there?
13 - ANS How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - ANS Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - ANS Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - ANS 3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - ANS Characteristics of an
armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear - ANS 5
things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - ANS What are three security checks officers to look for with a
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gunman?
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STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1st Amendment - ANS Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - ANS Search and seizure
5th Amendment - ANS The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - ANS Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - ANS Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - ANS Three Branches
Executive Branch - ANS Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - ANS Makes laws
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, Judicial Branch - ANS Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - ANS Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial review. President
nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a
majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year, and
grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late
June or early July.
Due Process - ANS No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the means
selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the object being
sought to be achieved by that law or process
Fighting words - ANS Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an
immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - ANS Forms of speech that are not protected
Texas v. Johnson - ANS A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning
the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech
protected by the First Amendment.
Trial Running - ANS Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - ANS Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons contemplating
suicide
View Enhancement - ANS Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a hill or tree in
order to improve or enhance their view of the area
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16 - ANS SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
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, Any person under the age of 18 - ANS Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - ANS Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - ANS SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - ANS When was Megans Law passed?
94 - ANS How many federal district courts are there?
13 - ANS How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - ANS Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - ANS Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - ANS 3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - ANS Characteristics of an
armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear - ANS 5
things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - ANS What are three security checks officers to look for with a
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gunman?
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