PC 832 arrest Exam Combined
Set Questions With Revised
Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass
1) Crimes - ANSWER Violations of a criminal statue.
2) Criminal Intent - ANSWER A mental state or frame of mind that
the person knowingly did the particular criminal act (break the law).
May be general, specific or transferred intent.
3) Criminal Law - ANSWER Criminal statutes that describe crime
and punishment.
4) Criminal Negligence - ANSWER A negligent act that is aggravated
or reckless, and constitutes indifference to the consequences.
5) Custodial Arrest - ANSWER Arrest in which the suspect will be
transported to a station, jail, detox center, juvenile hall, or school.
6) Custody - ANSWER A formal arrest or its "functional equivalent".
,7) Detention - ANSWER An assertion of authority that would cause
reasonable people to believe they are not free to leave or otherwise
disregard the police and go about their business; a detention is limited
in scope, intensity, and duration.
8) Diplomatic Agent - ANSWER An official appointed by a
government to reside in a foreign country to represent the political
interests of citizens of the appointing country.
9) Evanescent evidence - ANSWER Evidence that will change or be
lost over time.
10) Ex post facto laws - ANSWER Laws written after the fact to
punish an action that has already taken place and was not illegal at the
time of commission.
11) Exigent Circumstances - ANSWER An emergency situation
requiring swift action to prevent imminent danger to life, serious
danger to property, imminent escape of a suspect, or the destruction of
evidence.
12) Felony - ANSWER The most serious crime, punishable by a fine
and/ or imprisonment in a state prison, removal from office, or death.
,13) General intent crimes - ANSWER Intent is presumed and does
not have to be proven. Definition of a crime consists only of the
description of a particular act, without reference to intent.
14) Implied consent - ANSWER By obtaining a driver's license in
California a person has agreed to chemical testing without a warrant
(i.e.,blood, breath, urine)
15) Infraction - ANSWER A public offense punishable by only a fine.
16) Invoke - ANSWER To assert a right, constitutional or otherwise.
17) Involuntary Confession - ANSWER A statement that results
from the use of coercion.
18) Judicial review - ANSWER The power held by the judicial branch
that permits it to review actions of the legislative and executive
branches of government and declare void acts it finds are in violation of
the Constitution.
19) Interrogation - ANSWER Direct/express questioning by a peace
officer of a person about a crime, or statements or actions by an officer
that are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response the process
of gathering information from a person who has knowledge of the facts
that an officer will need to conduct an investigation.
, 20) Motor vehicle - ANSWER Self-propelled vehicle (e.g.,
automobiles, airplanes, buses, recreational vehicles, carts, etc.)
Objective reasonableness - ANSWER Whether society is prepared
to recognize an individual's expectation of privacy as reasonable.
open fields - ANSWER Outdoor real property, outside the curtilage
of the residence.
ordinances - ANSWER County and municipal codes or statutes.
overflight - ANSWER Flight of a plane or helicopter over a given
area.
passenger compartment - ANSWER Can be considered to include
all areas accessible to occupants within the vehicle.
plain view - ANSWER Objects in the line of sight of an officer who
has the right to be in that position are subjects to seizure without a
warrant if the officer has lawful access to the object(s).
precedent - ANSWER Previous appellate court decisions that
become binding on later court decisions.
Set Questions With Revised
Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass
1) Crimes - ANSWER Violations of a criminal statue.
2) Criminal Intent - ANSWER A mental state or frame of mind that
the person knowingly did the particular criminal act (break the law).
May be general, specific or transferred intent.
3) Criminal Law - ANSWER Criminal statutes that describe crime
and punishment.
4) Criminal Negligence - ANSWER A negligent act that is aggravated
or reckless, and constitutes indifference to the consequences.
5) Custodial Arrest - ANSWER Arrest in which the suspect will be
transported to a station, jail, detox center, juvenile hall, or school.
6) Custody - ANSWER A formal arrest or its "functional equivalent".
,7) Detention - ANSWER An assertion of authority that would cause
reasonable people to believe they are not free to leave or otherwise
disregard the police and go about their business; a detention is limited
in scope, intensity, and duration.
8) Diplomatic Agent - ANSWER An official appointed by a
government to reside in a foreign country to represent the political
interests of citizens of the appointing country.
9) Evanescent evidence - ANSWER Evidence that will change or be
lost over time.
10) Ex post facto laws - ANSWER Laws written after the fact to
punish an action that has already taken place and was not illegal at the
time of commission.
11) Exigent Circumstances - ANSWER An emergency situation
requiring swift action to prevent imminent danger to life, serious
danger to property, imminent escape of a suspect, or the destruction of
evidence.
12) Felony - ANSWER The most serious crime, punishable by a fine
and/ or imprisonment in a state prison, removal from office, or death.
,13) General intent crimes - ANSWER Intent is presumed and does
not have to be proven. Definition of a crime consists only of the
description of a particular act, without reference to intent.
14) Implied consent - ANSWER By obtaining a driver's license in
California a person has agreed to chemical testing without a warrant
(i.e.,blood, breath, urine)
15) Infraction - ANSWER A public offense punishable by only a fine.
16) Invoke - ANSWER To assert a right, constitutional or otherwise.
17) Involuntary Confession - ANSWER A statement that results
from the use of coercion.
18) Judicial review - ANSWER The power held by the judicial branch
that permits it to review actions of the legislative and executive
branches of government and declare void acts it finds are in violation of
the Constitution.
19) Interrogation - ANSWER Direct/express questioning by a peace
officer of a person about a crime, or statements or actions by an officer
that are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response the process
of gathering information from a person who has knowledge of the facts
that an officer will need to conduct an investigation.
, 20) Motor vehicle - ANSWER Self-propelled vehicle (e.g.,
automobiles, airplanes, buses, recreational vehicles, carts, etc.)
Objective reasonableness - ANSWER Whether society is prepared
to recognize an individual's expectation of privacy as reasonable.
open fields - ANSWER Outdoor real property, outside the curtilage
of the residence.
ordinances - ANSWER County and municipal codes or statutes.
overflight - ANSWER Flight of a plane or helicopter over a given
area.
passenger compartment - ANSWER Can be considered to include
all areas accessible to occupants within the vehicle.
plain view - ANSWER Objects in the line of sight of an officer who
has the right to be in that position are subjects to seizure without a
warrant if the officer has lawful access to the object(s).
precedent - ANSWER Previous appellate court decisions that
become binding on later court decisions.
