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Police Sergeant Test Q&A FullySolved!
Which of the following constitutional amendments is violated if counsel's
performance is so inadequate that the defendant is denied a fair trial? - -
Sixth.
-The Court has recently ruled that a dog sniff of luggage is not a search
under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Which of the following is
required before a dog is allowed to sniff someone's luggage on an airport
carousel? - -Nothing.
-With regard to a Terry frisk, which one of the following statements is least
accurate? - -In determining whether or not the officer acted reasonably in
such circumstances, due weight must be given to vague but strong
suspicions that something is wrong.
-The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated
and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized. - -Fourth Amendment.
-The courts have held that evidence or contraband found because of an
unconstitutional search may be inadmissible in any court proceedings
against the possessor of the material. This is known as the - -exclusionary
rule.
-If a state treats a class of indigent defendants differently for purposes of
offering them the opportunity to appeal, which of the following is most
seriously violated? - -The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
-According to the Constitution, no search warrant shall be issued except on
a showing of - -probable cause.
-A provision in the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) that
empowered agents to search, without a warrant, the work area of any
employment facility within OSHA's jurisdiction for safety hazard was - -illegal
since a warrant is required under these circumstances.
-Read the following very closely and choose the best answer. Which of the
following most certainly requires Miranda warnings? - -A motorist being
arrested for bank robbery and asked about the crime.
, -In the landmark case of Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court applied which of
the following tests? - -Balancing test.
-According to the Supreme Court, which of the following may not issue an
arrest warrant? - -Prosecutors.
-Sergeant Vitry is at the scene of a homicide in the residence of Mrs.
Coulvillion. The body of Mr. Coulvillion was taken out of the house by the
medical examiner. Sergeant Vitry tells Mrs. Coulvillion that other officers will
be coming to set up a crime scene. Mrs. Coulvillion tells Sergeant Vitry that
she does not want the officers in her home anymore and that they are not
allowed in unless they have a warrant. Sergeant Vitry should - -secure the
scene and get a warrant.
-Which of the following is an example of a search within the meaning of the
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution? - -Use of a magnetometer to detect
weapons at an international airport.
-Of the following, select the one that a defendant may choose to represent
him or her at his or her criminal trail? - -The defendant him-or herself.
-Police officers undertook a decoy operation in a high-crime area where
young gang members were thought to have been snatching purses from
passerby. An officer posing as an inebriated indigent smelling of alcohol and
pretending to drink wine from a bottle plainly displayed $150 in currency.
Two suspects then stole the money from the officer. The courts ruled that
the decoy operation was - -illegal, since the decoy situation did not match
the method of operation used by the perpetrators of the unsolved crimes in
the area, making it entrapment.
-The standard of proof required for conviction at a criminal trial is - -beyond
a reasonable doubt.
-Which one of the following is considered to be "evanescent evidence"? - -
Dried blood under a person's fingernails.
-The primary legal advisor to the gran jury is - -the prosecutor.
-The touchstone of reasonableness under the Fourth Amendment is
sufficient - -probability.
-The Sergeant in charge of the detective squad had an eyewitness view two
separate lineups. The witness was told that the suspects might or might not
appear in the room being viewed. The suspect was not in the first lineup but
was in the second. The Sergeant wanted to guard against the possibility of
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