Deck 3: Police Power and Limitations

Question 1

The _______________ of the state includes all the general laws and regulations necessary to secure the peace, good order, health, and prosperity of the people.

A) Constitution
B) criminal procedure
C) police power
D) statutory law

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Police power is invested in the ______________.

A) states
B) federal government
C) United States Constitution
D) statutory code

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The state's police power is limited by _________________.

A) rights guaranteed by the constitution
B) legitimate public purposes
C) reasonableness
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Article ______ of the U.S. Constitution mandates all executive and judicial officers, both state and federal, be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States.

A) II
B) IV
C) VI
D) VII

Question 5

The _________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable search and seizure of persons or property.

A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 5th
D) 6th

Question 6

The ___________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits compulsory self-incrimination.

A) 5th
B) 6th
C) 7th
D) 8th

Question 7

The ____________ Amendment contains the prescriptions of due process.

A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 5th
D) 6^th

Question 8

The ____________ Amendment contains the right to a speedy trial.

A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 5th
D) 6^th

Question 9

The ___________ Amendment applied the protections of due process to state proceedings.

A) 10th
B) 5th
C) 14th
D) 6^th

Question 10

The minimum standard (in terms of constitutional rights) is set by ____________.

A) state constitutions
B) federal criminal statutes
C) judiciaries
D) the United States Constitution

Question 11

Police officers must look to _______________ for determining correct criminal procedure.

A) state statutes
B) the United States Constitution
C) the constitution of their state
D) all of the above

Question 12

The Bill of Rights was ratified __________________.

A) before the United States Constitution
B) at the same time as the United States Constitution
C) after the United States Constitution
D) during the American Civil War

Question 13

The federal government's police power __________________.

A) supersedes the police power of the individual states
B) is equal to the police power of the states
C) is less than the police power of the states
D) is virtually non-existent, but extended through the use of the Commerce Clause

Question 14

The constitutional rights as interpreted by _________________ always take precedence in questions of criminal procedure.

A) a state supreme court
B) the United States Supreme Court
C) Congress
D) the President

Question 15

The United States Constitution places no restrictions on the police power of the states.

Question 16

When the United States Constitution was first ratified, it did not include the Bill of Rights.

Question 17

The Bill of Rights includes the first fifteen Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question 18

The Sixth Amendment includes the rights to due process of the law.

Question 19

When the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified, it did not specifically outline what facets of due process would apply to the individual states.

Question 20

Over time, the Supreme Court applied specific due process provisions to the states by way of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 21

State officials and police officers must look to the state supreme courts for the final word in criminal procedure.

Question 22

State constitutions cannot have stricter constitutional protections than those implemented by the United States Supreme Court.

Question 23

Police authority is included in the concept of police power.

Question 24

When the Bill of Rights was adopted, it was intended to apply only to federal proceedings.

Question 25

The Bill of Rights includes specific provisions for criminal procedure. There is no need for judicial interpretation.

Question 26

The most important amendment for criminal procedure is the Second Amendment.

Question 27

The Fourteenth Amendment was part of the original Bill of Rights.

Question 28

Article VI of the Constitution requires all executive and judicial officers to take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States.

Question 29

Article VI applies only to federal executive and judicial officers. It does not apply to state officers.