Sergeant Exam NFLST Complete
Questions And Responses 2024
14th ammendment CORRECT ANSWERS due process of law
Arrest CORRECT ANSWERS intention, authority, custody
Arrest warrant CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Name of the state
2. Who will execute the warrant (normally any peace officer of that state)
3. Person who will be arrested
4. Offense Committed
5. Date, time, place of occurrence
6. Name of victim
7. Description of Offense
Mapp v. Ohio CORRECT ANSWERS Established the exclusionary rule was applicable
to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Search Warrant Exceptions CORRECT ANSWERS Consent, warrant, exigency, vehicle
inventory, incident to arrest, motor vehicle, plain view
Chimel v. California (1969) CORRECT ANSWERS search is valid of a person and area
under him immediate control form which he could produce a weapon or destroy
evidence
Carroll v. U.S. (1925) CORRECT ANSWERS movable vehicle rule
Arizona v. Gant (2009) CORRECT ANSWERS can search a vehicle when reasonable
to believe will find evidence of the offense. Only in passenger compartment.
inductive reasoning CORRECT ANSWERS factual and logical explanation of the crime
deductive reasoning CORRECT ANSWERS hypothesis
neighborhood canvas CORRECT ANSWERS helpful in about 20% of investigations
vehicle canvas CORRECT ANSWERS get description, location, plate of vehicles in the
area with description of anything suspicious ie blood, bullet holes, possible evidence.
Primary v. secondary scenes CORRECT ANSWERS primary is where first criminal act
occurred, secondary scenes are where all subsequent scenes occurred.
Evidence in "open view" CORRECT ANSWERS processed before other items/bodies to
make sure no undue damage is done to families by media or common talk.
, 3 kinds of evidence CORRECT ANSWERS Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is
needed to prove the commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or
victim to the suspect
Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene.
Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary
has been determined CORRECT ANSWERS Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone,
Pie/wheel
Digital photography (far/medium/close) CORRECT ANSWERS Orientation - far,
Relationship - medium, Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence
Class characteristics CORRECT ANSWERS not completely original, like the print of a
Nike shoe
Individual characteristics CORRECT ANSWERS fingerprints/footprints, etc.
Residue prints CORRECT ANSWERS prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or
tire.
Impressions CORRECT ANSWERS prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt,
snow, etc.
Plastic prints CORRECT ANSWERS prints left in something "tacky" like silly putty, fatty
foods, caulking
Patent/contaminated/visible CORRECT ANSWERS fingers contaminated with an oily
substance touch a clean surface
Latent/invisible CORRECT ANSWERS unseen or hidden prints that are developed to
expose them
Forensic ondontology CORRECT ANSWERS intersection of dentistry and criminal law,
i.e. bite mark analysis and identification.
Signature CORRECT ANSWERS The striations on a bullet after passing through the
bore of the barrel of a rifle or pistol
Touch DNA CORRECT ANSWERS small amounts of DNA evidence left from suspect
skin shavings after touching something.
Questions And Responses 2024
14th ammendment CORRECT ANSWERS due process of law
Arrest CORRECT ANSWERS intention, authority, custody
Arrest warrant CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Name of the state
2. Who will execute the warrant (normally any peace officer of that state)
3. Person who will be arrested
4. Offense Committed
5. Date, time, place of occurrence
6. Name of victim
7. Description of Offense
Mapp v. Ohio CORRECT ANSWERS Established the exclusionary rule was applicable
to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Search Warrant Exceptions CORRECT ANSWERS Consent, warrant, exigency, vehicle
inventory, incident to arrest, motor vehicle, plain view
Chimel v. California (1969) CORRECT ANSWERS search is valid of a person and area
under him immediate control form which he could produce a weapon or destroy
evidence
Carroll v. U.S. (1925) CORRECT ANSWERS movable vehicle rule
Arizona v. Gant (2009) CORRECT ANSWERS can search a vehicle when reasonable
to believe will find evidence of the offense. Only in passenger compartment.
inductive reasoning CORRECT ANSWERS factual and logical explanation of the crime
deductive reasoning CORRECT ANSWERS hypothesis
neighborhood canvas CORRECT ANSWERS helpful in about 20% of investigations
vehicle canvas CORRECT ANSWERS get description, location, plate of vehicles in the
area with description of anything suspicious ie blood, bullet holes, possible evidence.
Primary v. secondary scenes CORRECT ANSWERS primary is where first criminal act
occurred, secondary scenes are where all subsequent scenes occurred.
Evidence in "open view" CORRECT ANSWERS processed before other items/bodies to
make sure no undue damage is done to families by media or common talk.
, 3 kinds of evidence CORRECT ANSWERS Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is
needed to prove the commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or
victim to the suspect
Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene.
Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary
has been determined CORRECT ANSWERS Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone,
Pie/wheel
Digital photography (far/medium/close) CORRECT ANSWERS Orientation - far,
Relationship - medium, Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence
Class characteristics CORRECT ANSWERS not completely original, like the print of a
Nike shoe
Individual characteristics CORRECT ANSWERS fingerprints/footprints, etc.
Residue prints CORRECT ANSWERS prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or
tire.
Impressions CORRECT ANSWERS prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt,
snow, etc.
Plastic prints CORRECT ANSWERS prints left in something "tacky" like silly putty, fatty
foods, caulking
Patent/contaminated/visible CORRECT ANSWERS fingers contaminated with an oily
substance touch a clean surface
Latent/invisible CORRECT ANSWERS unseen or hidden prints that are developed to
expose them
Forensic ondontology CORRECT ANSWERS intersection of dentistry and criminal law,
i.e. bite mark analysis and identification.
Signature CORRECT ANSWERS The striations on a bullet after passing through the
bore of the barrel of a rifle or pistol
Touch DNA CORRECT ANSWERS small amounts of DNA evidence left from suspect
skin shavings after touching something.
