MPOETC Certification Test QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1st Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - Freedom of speech, religion and press and the right to
petition
2nd Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - The government may not house soldiers in private homes
without consent of the owner
4th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - Freedom from unreasonable search and seizures
5th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - Double jeopardy, can't incriminate yourself, due process
6th Amendment (1791 - Correct Answer - The right to a speedy and public trial. The right to confront
the accuser
7th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment (1791) - Correct Answer - Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail/and cruel unusual
punishment
14th Amendment - Correct Answer - Can't deprive a citizen of life, liberty or property without due
process
Bill of Rights - Correct Answer - First 10 amendments to the Constitution
PA Constitution - Correct Answer - More restrictive than US Constitution
Statutes - Correct Answer - Written laws made by legislatures
civil rights violation - Correct Answer - Unlawful arrest, search and seizure without probable cause.
Holding a prisoner beyond limitations
When can officers enter another jurisdiction - Correct Answer - Hot pursuit, asked, mutual aid, official
business and felony crimes
case laws - Correct Answer - Written decision of appellate courts deciding actual cases
, Tort - Correct Answer - A violation of the civil law
Probable cause - Correct Answer - Facts and circumstances that lead a reasonable person to believe a
crime had been committed and the suspect committed the crime
Three branches of government - Correct Answer - Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What branch of government do police fall under? - Correct Answer - Executive
PA Court System - Correct Answer - Common Pleas, Circuit, Supreme
US Court System - Correct Answer - District, circuit, supreme
Grading of crimes - Correct Answer - Felony, misdemeanor, summary
State of mind (Mens Rea) 4 - Correct Answer - Mental intent to commit crime
- Recklessly
- Intentionally
- Negligently
- Knowingly
Where are statutes of limitations found? - Correct Answer - Title 42, section 5552 judiciary code
Codification - Correct Answer - The act or process of rendering laws in written form
2 elements of a crime - Correct Answer - Physical act of crime (Actus Reus), Mental intend to do so
(Mens Rea)
Instrument of a crime - Correct Answer - Any instrument that is intended to be used to commit a crime
1st degree murder - Correct Answer - 2502 - killing that is premeditated, deliberate and done with
malice
Voluntary Manslaughter - Correct Answer - 2503 - unlawful killing of a human being in sudden heat of
passion upon sufficient legal provocation. Felony 2
Stalking - Correct Answer - 2709 - Repeatedly following, harassing, or threatening an individual. M1
Kidnapping - Correct Answer - 2901 - The unlawful removal or restraint of a person against his or her
will.
Rape - Correct Answer - 3121 - Penetration however slight, forcible without consent. B
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