MPOETC FINAL EXAMS WITH ACTUAL CORRECT QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024(NEWEST) ALREADY GRADED
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What statute allows citizens to use force? - Accurate Answer-> 505
What statute allows law enforcement to use force? - Accurate Answer-> 508
Statute of Limitations - Accurate Answer-> Time you were made aware of charges
What are the four types of culpability? - Accurate Answer-> Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
What is not a defense of culpability? (304) - Accurate Answer-> Ignorance of the law
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
What is a defense for culpability? - Accurate Answer-> Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the public? -
Accurate Answer-> Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
> Custodial detention/arrest
What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention? - Accurate Answer->
Reasonable suspicion
What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention? - Accurate Answer-> Probable
Cause
What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System? - Accurate Answer->
Law enforcement
> Courts
> corrections
Level of Government - Accurate Answer-> Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
,Courts (court system) - Accurate Answer-> Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment) - Accurate Answer-> Defendant is brought
before a judge to hear charges & a bail decision
Preliminary Hearing - Accurate Answer-> show the court the prosecution has a "prima
facie" case (on the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a prosecution &
using the state's resources to pursue the matter)
Formal Arraignment - Accurate Answer-> Defendant hears charges to be tried &
entersplea
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to
determine penalty or may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
Common Pleas Court (criminal court) - Accurate Answer-> Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
Bail - Accurate Answer-> A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in court if
they are not to be held in custody until trial
ROR ( released on recognizance) - Accurate Answer-> Their word they will appear in
court is their bond
PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what? - Accurate Answer-> No authority
toindict
Pre-motion Trial - Accurate Answer-> These motions may address the admissibility of
evidence, or venue changes
> In this stage the plea negotiations most likely will take place or diversionary
programs such as Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
What are the three eras of policing? - Accurate Answer-> Political era
> Reform era
> Community era
Political Era - Accurate Answer-> Police often obtained their job as favors by politicians to
constituents who had financially backed them
> Ex. big buff male would get job)
, Reform Era - Accurate Answer-> Narrowed police function to crime control/reactive,
incident driven police service
> Ex. DARE program
Community Era - Accurate Answer-> We are currently in this era
> Develop a sense of lawfulness in our society \
> We want their input, we want them to invest in their community police
agency (partnership)
S.A.R.A Model - Accurate Answer-> Scanning
> Analysis
> Response
> Assessment
Crime Triangle - Accurate Answer-> Offender
> Place
> Target/victim
Discretion - Accurate Answer-> The right to choose what should be done in a particular
situation; the quality of showing discernment or good judgement
Summons - Accurate Answer-> M-2 or lower
> Obey the summons
> No threat to self or others
Warrant - Accurate Answer-> Murder, felony or M1
> Disobey summons
> Threat to self or other
If an individual is issued a summons but does not obey it then what should the officer
do? - Accurate Answer-> Request for a warrant
Rule 519 - Accurate Answer-> Decides if you will go to jail or not
Schedule Date & Time of Preliminary Hearings - Accurate Answer-> In jail (couldn't make
bail): 3-14 days
> Out of jail (could make bail): within 21 days
What has no bail? - Accurate Answer-> Life/death sentence
> Murder
> Capital crimes
Prima Facie - Accurate Answer-> Was there a crime committed
> The victim is saying that it was committed
> There is an actor who committed it
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