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Police Sergeant Test Q&A (Graded A)Which of the following constitutional amendments is violated if counsel's performance is
so inadequate that the defendant is denied a fair trial? - Answer -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? - Answer -Nothing.
With regard to a Terry frisk, which one of the following statements is least accurate? -
Answer -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. - Answer -
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 - Answer -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? - Answer -
The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
According to the Constitution, no search warrant shall be issued except on a showing of
- Answer -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 - Answer -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? - Answer -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? - Answer -Balancing test.
According to the Supreme Court, which of the following may not issue an arrest
warrant? - Answer -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 -
Answer -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? - Answer -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? - Answer -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 - Answer -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 - Answer -beyond a
reasonable doubt.
Which one of the following is considered to be "evanescent evidence"? - Answer -Dried
blood under a person's fingernails.
The primary legal advisor to the gran jury is - Answer -the prosecutor.
The touchstone of reasonableness under the Fourth Amendment is sufficient - Answer -
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
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