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FDLE POLICE STATE EXAM (2025) comprehensive
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elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!!




Law is a form of social control or a method of encouraging people to behave in a -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Certain way

There are several sources of laws that govern the way we live in the United States,
including constitutional law, statutory law, ordinances, criminal law, case law, and -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Civil law

Constitutional law defines the form of government Americans have established;
the Constitution defines our representational government and its three branch structure
- ✔✔ANSW✔✔Executive,legislative, judicial

constitutional law consists of
standards set forth in the Constitution and of court decisions or interpretations of the
Constitution handed down by - ✔✔ANSW✔✔The U.S district supreme courts

Statutory law is written and enacted by Congress, state legislatures, or local governing
authorities in response to a perceived need. Statutory law includes -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Civil,criminal,administrative and regulatory laws

Within statutory law, some provisions define unacceptable behaviors and government
prosecution of those who commit them. These statutes are called -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Criminal law
A _________ is any crime committed for which the maximum penalty is death
or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Felony

A felony carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔1st Degree

,A ________________felony is punishable by a maximum of 15 years in a state
correctional facility, a fine of up to
$10,000, or both. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔2nd Degree

A _____-degree felony carries a maximum penalty of _______ years in a state
correctional facility, a fine of up to
$5,000, or both. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Third, 5

A ____________ is any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a
county jail of up to one
yea - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Misdemeanor

An offense for which the only penalty may be a fine, forfeiture, or other civil penalty is a
noncriminal
violation, also known as a _____________ - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Civil Infraction

The law recognizes four standards of legal justification for stopping, searching, seizing
and being punished for their crimes : mere
suspicion, ____________ suspicion, _________cause, and proof beyond a
__________________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Reasonable, probable cause, reasonable doubt

A ____________encounter
occurs when an officer comes into voluntary contact with a citizen under circumstances
in which a reasonable
person would feel free to disregard the police and go about his or her business. It
involves no coercion, no
detention, and therefore is no Fourth Amendment seizure - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Consensual

________ suspicion is sometimes described as a hunch or gut feeling based on law
enforcement training and
knowledge. _______suspicion does not grant any enforcement authority. Detaining a
person or searching him
or her requires more than ________suspicion. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Mere, Mere, Mere

___________ suspicion is the standard of justification needed to support a legal Terry
stop or investigative
detention. Reasonable suspicion is sometimes called "articulable suspicion" or "founded
suspicion." - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Reasonable


criminal law
must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Set a
punisjmemt for it

, Statutes enacted by a municipal (city) or county government are known as -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Ordinaces

Ordinances apply only within the jurisdiction of the governmental
entity that enacted them. Some ordinance violations are ________while others are
________
infractions. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Criminal,civil

_________ pertains to the legal action that a person takes to resolve a private dispute
with
another person - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Civil law

__________is the body of law that allows for the creation of public regulatory
agencies. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Administrative law

_________is formed by the decisions of the court system (the judicial branch). -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Case law

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution comprise - ✔✔ANSW✔✔The bill
Of rights

The________ Amendment protects the freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly,
and religion. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔First

The ________ Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Second

The ______ Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure and generally
requires a warrant signed
by an independent magistrate (judge). - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Fourth

Law enforcement activities affected by the Fourth Amendment
include law enforcement's _______ into homes, vehicles, luggage, purses, or other
places where a person has a
_________________________ including his or her person, and interference with
people's right to possess
and maintain control over their property - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Entry, Reasonable expectation
of privacy

Law enforcement stops and arrests, including the use of force on
persons, are considered _________ and must meet the reasonableness requirement of
the 4th Amendment, which provides certain exceptions to law enforcement -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Seizures

The _______ Amendment is best known for prohibiting compelled self-incrimination. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Fifth

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