Deck 10: Policing and the Law

Question 1

You pass a home that has a marijuana plant in a hanging planter on the deck.As a police officer,you stop and seize it,arresting the occupants of the home.They argue that Katz prevents you from doing so.What would be the ruling?

A)The home is a physical location and is protected
B)A home has a reasonable expectation of privacy
C)The owners were in the home and were covered as protected persons
D)A plant on a deck is knowingly exposed to the public

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following pertains to taking private property in a criminal investigation?

A)Seizure
B)Probable cause
C)Search
D)Justification

Answer 2

A

Question 3

You see a person hastily throw something away in a trash can when he or she saw a police officer walking toward him or her.After you tell the police officer this,he reaches in the bag you saw and finds a gun.He then goes up to the person you say throw it away and conducts a search.What does the finding of the gun signify to the court?

A)A reasonableness of the search
B)An illegal search
C)Reasonable expectation of privacy
D)Administrative justification

Answer 3

A

Question 4

As a police officer in an investigation,you need to enter a certain house in which you suspect you will find evidence of a crime.What do you need to be sure you follow in order to gain evidence correctly?

A)Administrative justification
B)Miranda rights
C)Fourth Amendment
D)State Supreme Court

Question 5

Which of the following would be characterized as meaningful interference with an individual's possessory interest in that property?

A)Search
B)Seizure
C)Probable cause
D)Reasonable suspicion

Question 6

Describe how computers technology has aided in policing training.

Question 7

Compare Compstat and intelligence-led policing and provide examples of it.

Question 8

Describe,compare,and contrast tactical intelligence and strategic intelligence.

Question 9

Define and give examples of boundaryless policing.

Question 10

Which of the following would be an example of a situation in need of an arrest warrant?

A)Two adolescents are caught in school with guns
B)A women is held at knifepoint in her home
C)A man is caught on the street shortly after being seen buying drugs
D)A man is arrest for unpaid traffic tickets at his home

Question 11

Which of the following would require the civil equivalent of probable cause?

A)Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
B)Preponderance of the evidence
C)Reasonable suspicion
D)Administrative justification

Question 12

The police have set up a roadblock checkpoint to check car inspections to ensure that the cars on the road are safe for all.What is this an example of?

A)Administrative search
B)Search and seizure
C)Administrative justification
D)Warrant search

Question 13

Which of the following parts of the Fourth Amendment would be used by a police officer to gather evidence in a criminal matter?

A)Seizure
B)Probable cause
C)Search
D)Justification

Question 14

What is Compstat and what are the four areas it emphasizes?

Question 15

You are in a strange neighborhood,and a police officer drives by.He can clearly see that you do not know the neighborhood and are not from there.He stops you and frisks you because he just had a report of someone who looked like you with a knife.What level of justification did the officer use?

A)Probable cause
B)Search and seizure
C)Reasonable suspicion
D)Administrative justification

Question 16

Which of the following is characterized as the focus of a court's examination of the reasonableness of a search or seizure?

A)Probable cause
B)Seizure
C)Reasonable suspicion
D)Justification

Question 17

Which of the following would meet criteria for reasonable suspicion?

A)Less than probable cause,but more than preponderance of the evidence
B)Less than preponderance of the evidence,but more than administrative justification
C)Less than administrative justification,but more than a hunch
D)Less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt,but more than probable cause

Question 18

New York City has become a model example of counterterrorism on a local front.Explain some of the activities that have taken place in the New York City Police Department since September 11,2001.

Question 19

A suspect is running away from a police officer and runs into another one blocking his way out of an alley.What could this be considered?

A)Search
B)Seizure
C)Justification
D)Reasonableness

Question 20

Explain what computer-aid drafting is and how it is beneficial to policing.

Question 21

Which of the following is a requirement of an arrest warrant?

A)Any magistrate with the authority to sign
B)A magistrate already involved in the case in some way
C)A magistrate heavily involved in prosecuting that type of offense
D)A neutral and detached magistrate

Question 22

Which of the following occurs when a suspect is searched immediately after apprehension in order to ensure officer safety?

A)Automobile searches
B)Plain-view searches
C)Searches based on exigent circumstances
D)Searches incident to arrest

Question 23

All acts of looking for evidence are within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.

Question 24

Searches are performed to figure out where a criminal is located.

Question 25

Which of the following is defined as a cursory visual inspection of those places in which a person might be hiding.

A)Evanescent evidence
B)Search incident to arrest
C)Arm-span rule
D)Protective sweep

Question 26

Questions initiated by a police officer that are intended to incriminate a specific individual in a criminal matter are said to be which of the following?

A)Interrogation
B)Due process
C)Functional equivalent
D)Express

Question 27

Which of the following states that in any federal prosecution a confession shall be admissible in evidence if it is given voluntarily?

A)Fifth Amendment
B)Due process voluntariness
C)18 U.S.C.Section 3501
D)Miranda rights

Question 28

What would a doctrine that limits a search immediately following arrest to the area within the immediate control of the person arrested be called?

A)Search incident to arrest
B)Arm-span rule
C)Protective sweep
D)Exigent circumstances

Question 29

When police have probable cause to believe that a person they are chasing has committed a crime and is on the premises entered,upon what is the search based?

A)Consent
B)Hot pursuit
C)Evanescent evidence
D)Plain-view

Question 30

After a suspect is released from questioning for a certain period of time,he is no longer under the Miranda warning.How long is this period of time?

A)3 days
B)7 days
C)10 days
D)14 days

Question 31

Which of the following would be used if police are in pursuit of a man who robbed a liquor store at gunpoint and ran into a house?

A)Search incident to arrest
B)Protective sweep
C)Plain-view doctrine
D)Hot pursuit exception

Question 32

You are approaching a house owned by the friend of someone you know just caused a hit -and-run accident.The friend is out on the porch,and you ask him if you can enter the house and look for the suspect.He says yes,and you find the suspect.The suspect's attorney argues that you did not have a warrant,but the judge allows it.What is this an example of?

A)Searches incident to arrest
B)Searches based on exigent circumstances
C)Plain-view searches
D)Consent searches

Question 33

You need to get an arrest warrant from a magistrate for an offender you have dealt with before.You know the name and have a location.What requirement have you met?

A)Probable cause
B)Neutral magistrate
C)Search and seizure
D)Particularity

Question 34

Police must be very concerned about how they conduct searches in order to maintain arrests.

Question 35

Which of the following is described as a pat down of a person's outer clothing done out of concern for the officer's safety?

A)Search
B)Seizure
C)Frisk
D)Stop

Question 36

This is a location at which a warrantless,suspicionless search can be conducted for the safety of the general public.

A)Stop and frisk
B)Person inventory
C)Vehicle inventory
D)Checkpoint

Question 37

Which of the following would be used by the police to warn people about their control over police questioning?

A)Fifth Amendment
B)Due process voluntariness
C)18 U.S.C.Section 3501
D)Miranda rights

Question 38

After impoundment,which of the following would occur as a warrantless search?

A)Stop and frisk
B)Person inventory
C)Vehicle inventory
D)Checkpoint

Question 39

Which of the following would be an example of evanescent evidence?

A)Blood on the sidewalk in a rain storm
B)Blood in a car after an accident
C)Blood in a private home after a shooting
D)Blood in a vial taken at the hospital

Question 40

A police officer is on duty and playing a pick -up game of basketball with some local teens as part of public relations.He is tapped to sit out while someone else goes in,and he sits on a bench near some backpacks.One of the backpacks was open,and he could see some white powder in a baggie and a pipe.How is he able to conduct a warrantless search at this point?

A)It was a consent search
B)It was a search incident to arrest
C)It was a plain-view search
D)It was a search based on exigent circumstances

Question 41

Arrests made in third-party homes do not require a warrant to search the property.

Question 42

Reasonable suspicion is a higher level of justification than probable cause.

Question 43

One search that can be conducted without a warrant is a plan-view search.

Question 44

A signed statement by the accused is something the police should secure.

Question 45

The U.S.________ Court has defined probable cause as more than bare suspicion.

Question 46

Search incident to arrest is the first type of permissible warrantless search.

Question 47

If a vehicle contains evidence of a crime,it is permissible to conduct a warrantless search.

Question 48

There are two amendments in place to restrict how the government can obtain confessions.

Question 49

There are two types of exigencies: hot pursuit and evanescent danger.

Question 50

Searches are activities performed in order to find ________ to be used in criminal prosecution.

Question 51

Probable cause is the standard for stop-and-frisk activities.

Question 52

The two types of inventories are person inventory and housing inventory.

Question 53

Justification is needed before officers can conduct a search and seizure.

Question 54

If an officer engages in search and seizure without justification,he or she violates the Fourth Amendment.

Question 55

In concern for the officer's safety,a frisk is used to pat down a person's outer clothing.

Question 56

Elements of a situation that serve to justify a search and seizure are known as protective sweep.

Question 57

Consent searches are not permissible by warrants.

Question 58

The failure to give Miranda warning does not,by itself,constitute a violation of constitutional rights.It only impacts the admissibility of statements given by the defendant.

Question 59

Interrogation is the second major component of Miranda.

Question 60

Police officers violate the Fourth Amendment if they engage in search and seizures without ________.

Question 61

Search incident to arrest is a ________ search that maintains the safety of arresting officers.

Question 62

Evidence of criminal activity cannot be detected using ________ search rationale.

Question 63

Reasonable suspicion is a level of justification below ________ cause.

Question 64

The second requirement of an arrest is that a showing of ________ cause must be made.

Question 65

________ is the element of a situation that is used to justify search or seizure.

Question 66

The potential for circumventing the Miranda decision came in the form of 18 U.S.C.Section ________.

Question 67

Evidence that is likely to ________ is known as evanescent evidence.

Question 68

One key element in the Sixth Amendment approach is deliberate ________.

Question 69

A concern with the ________ of consent is whether the consent can be withdrawn once given.

Question 70

________ rights are a set of rights that an accused person has during interrogation.

Question 71

During interrogation,the police should secure a signed ________ by the accused.

Question 72

________ searches are permissible without warrant and probable cause.