TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative Exam
Study Guide questions with answers.
1st Amendment ANS -Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment ANS -Search and seizure
5th Amendment ANS -The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment ANS -Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment ANS -Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial ANS -Three Branches
Executive Branch ANS -Enforces laws
Legislative Branch ANS -Makes laws
Judicial Branch ANS -Interprets the laws
Supreme Court ANS -Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial review. President nominates
all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9
justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150
cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
Due Process ANS -No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the means selected to
enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the object being sought to be
achieved by that law or process
,Fighting words ANS -Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate
breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference ANS -Forms of speech that are not protected
Texas v. Johnson ANS -A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning the burning
of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment.
Trial Running ANS -Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent ANS -Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons contemplating suicide
View Enhancement ANS -Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a hill or tree in order to
improve or enhance their view of the area
16 ANS -SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 ANS -Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama ANS -Case that established the equal protection clause
63 ANS -SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 ANS -When was Megans Law passed?
94 ANS -How many federal district courts are there?
13 ANS -How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
, Common pleas and general sessions ANS -Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire ANS -Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution ANS -3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters ANS -Characteristics of an armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear ANS -5 things you
should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing ANS -What are three security checks officers to look for with a gunman?
Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to searches, failure to
respond to searches, failure to use travel aids ANS -Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in ANS -Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in ANS -Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect ANS -Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the
child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or engages in acts or omissions which
present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to the child
Family ANS -A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
Household member ANS -A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common, someone who has or
formerly has cohabitation
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