MCOLES STATE EXAM/POLICE
ACADEMY REVIEW QUESTIONS
MCOLES STATE EXAM/POLICE ACADEMY REVIEW QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED |
ACCURATE ANSWERS
4th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Freedom from unreasonable
searches and seizures
5th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The Right to Remain
Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
6th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Right to a speedy trial
14th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Expands and reinforces due
process
,Procedural Due Process - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ This is the procedure that
the government has to follow while it is seeking to deprive people of their life,
liberty, or property (examples: right to counsel, right to a jury trial, rights against
self-incrimination)
Substantive Due Process - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ This is the actual power
of the government to deprive people of their life, liberty, or property. In general,
the more of a person's life, liberty, or property will be affected, the more
compelling the government's reason for the law must be.
District Court - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -Hears small claims up to $5,000
-Hears law suits up to $25,000 or less
-Hears criminal trials for 1-year misdemeanors or
less
-Holds all arraignments
Circuit Court - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -Hears civil suits of more that
$25,000
-Hears felonies and high court misdemeanors
-Distributes PPO's
Actus Reus - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ guilty act
Mens Rea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ guilty mind/criminal intent
Specific Intent - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Not only does the prosecutor have
to prove that the defendant did certain acts, but also that he did the acts with the
intent to cause a particular result
, General Intent - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The defendant intended to do the
act, but did not intend to cause a particular result
Corpus Delicti - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Body of the crime (the elements)
Attempt - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Defendant intended to commit and
offense
2. Defendant took some action toward
committing the alleged crime but failed to
complete the crime. Planning/prep is not
considered and attempt. The action must go
to the point where the crime would have
been completed if it had not been
interrupted by outside circumstances.
Conspiracy - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. The defendant and one of more
persons knowingly agreed to commit a crime
2. The defendant specifically intended to commit or help commit that crime
Assault - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ - 93-day misdemeanor
1. The defendant either attempted to commit a battery or did and act that would
cause a reasonable person to fear and immediate battery.
2. The defendant indented either to commit a battery or to make the victim
reasonably fear an immediate battery.
3. The defendant, at the time, had the ability to commit a battery, appeared to have
the ability, or thought he had the ability.
ACADEMY REVIEW QUESTIONS
MCOLES STATE EXAM/POLICE ACADEMY REVIEW QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED |
ACCURATE ANSWERS
4th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Freedom from unreasonable
searches and seizures
5th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The Right to Remain
Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
6th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Right to a speedy trial
14th Amendment - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Expands and reinforces due
process
,Procedural Due Process - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ This is the procedure that
the government has to follow while it is seeking to deprive people of their life,
liberty, or property (examples: right to counsel, right to a jury trial, rights against
self-incrimination)
Substantive Due Process - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ This is the actual power
of the government to deprive people of their life, liberty, or property. In general,
the more of a person's life, liberty, or property will be affected, the more
compelling the government's reason for the law must be.
District Court - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -Hears small claims up to $5,000
-Hears law suits up to $25,000 or less
-Hears criminal trials for 1-year misdemeanors or
less
-Holds all arraignments
Circuit Court - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -Hears civil suits of more that
$25,000
-Hears felonies and high court misdemeanors
-Distributes PPO's
Actus Reus - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ guilty act
Mens Rea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ guilty mind/criminal intent
Specific Intent - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Not only does the prosecutor have
to prove that the defendant did certain acts, but also that he did the acts with the
intent to cause a particular result
, General Intent - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The defendant intended to do the
act, but did not intend to cause a particular result
Corpus Delicti - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Body of the crime (the elements)
Attempt - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Defendant intended to commit and
offense
2. Defendant took some action toward
committing the alleged crime but failed to
complete the crime. Planning/prep is not
considered and attempt. The action must go
to the point where the crime would have
been completed if it had not been
interrupted by outside circumstances.
Conspiracy - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. The defendant and one of more
persons knowingly agreed to commit a crime
2. The defendant specifically intended to commit or help commit that crime
Assault - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ - 93-day misdemeanor
1. The defendant either attempted to commit a battery or did and act that would
cause a reasonable person to fear and immediate battery.
2. The defendant indented either to commit a battery or to make the victim
reasonably fear an immediate battery.
3. The defendant, at the time, had the ability to commit a battery, appeared to have
the ability, or thought he had the ability.
