TLETA Week 1 Exam Questions With 100% Correct
Answers {2024/2025}
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER Caught not taught
What does Modern day policing come from? - CORRECT ANSWER English
Law
What is the Court Structure? - CORRECT ANSWER Supreme Court, Court
of criminal appeals, appeals court, Circuit court or Criminal court,
municipal and general sessions
What is the Legal Hierarchy? - CORRECT ANSWER Federal Laws, State
laws, Local laws
What are the steps to State court? - CORRECT ANSWER Arrest, general
sessions, grand jury, trial, appeal
3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest - CORRECT ANSWER Initial
appearance/preliminary hearing, general sessions, grand jury
Levels of Proof - CORRECT ANSWER Mere suspicion, reasonable
suspicion, P/C, beyond a reasonable doubt
What is a magistrate? - CORRECT ANSWER An officer having power to
issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public
offense
Who are considered magistrates? - CORRECT ANSWER Judicial
commissioners, judges of circuit & Criminal courts, Supreme Court,
general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile judges
what is mittimus? - CORRECT ANSWER Order in writing
,What does Examination required before commitment mean? - CORRECT
ANSWER No one person can be committed to prison on any criminal
matter without first being examined by a magistrate
Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER Written statement signed and sworn to
before an official (after arrest)
Warrant - CORRECT ANSWER Written order commanding that a person
be arrested, must be signed by magistrate (before arrest)
8th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER No cruel or unusual punishment.
All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties except for capital
offenses
Who endorses bail amount? - CORRECT ANSWER Magistrate
How many people are on a grand jury? - CORRECT ANSWER 13 people.
12 jurors, 1 foreperson appointed by judge
Who discharges bail - CORRECT ANSWER Sheriff
preliminary hearing - CORRECT ANSWER Not a constitutional right; is a
probable cause screening
What does a grand jury do? - CORRECT ANSWER Inquire into law
violations; Determine existence of Probable Cause
Indictment - CORRECT ANSWER An accusation in writing presented by
the grand jury of the county, charging a person
Indictable offenses - CORRECT ANSWER ALL felonies and misdemeanors
True Bill - CORRECT ANSWER grand jury approves indictment
Capias - CORRECT ANSWER Written Document from grand jury
authorizing arrest
,Arraignment - CORRECT ANSWER Where defendant first appears before
court with jurisdiction to try case
Class A Felony - CORRECT ANSWER 15- 60 Years; $50,000
Class B Felony - CORRECT ANSWER 8-30 years; $25,000
Class C Felony - CORRECT ANSWER 3-15 years; $10,000
Class D Felony - CORRECT ANSWER 2- 12 years; $5,000
Class E felony - CORRECT ANSWER 1-6 years; $3,000
Class A misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER 11 months, 29 days, $2,500
Class B Misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER 6 months, $500
Class C Misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER 30 days, $50
2nd Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER Right to bear arms
4th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER Protection against Unreasonable
Search and Seizure (protection of houses, papers, persons, effects and
life)
5th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER The Right to Remain Silent/Double
Jeopardy, right to due process, testify against self
6th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER Right to a speedy and public trial,
assistance of counsel, informed of accusations, confront witnesses
8th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER No cruel or unusual punishment, no
excessive bail or fines
14th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER Declares that all persons born in
the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
States must follow federal precedent.
, Suspect ID types - CORRECT ANSWER Lineup, show up, photographic ID
Lineup - CORRECT ANSWER Live presentation of several different people
by police to a witness of a crime so as to identify possible suspects.
(An attorney may be present if wanted)
Showup - CORRECT ANSWER Live presentation, within a reasonable
time after a crime, of a single person by police to a witness so as to
identify the suspect. (Usually at crime scene)
Photographic ID - CORRECT ANSWER the use of photo images to present
suspects of a crime in much the same manner as a lineup
Static display - CORRECT ANSWER Piece of paper with pictures
Sequential Display - CORRECT ANSWER Stack of photographs in folders
How many choices in a lineup or photo ID should there be - CORRECT
ANSWER 6 or more (9 is best)
When does the 5th Amendment not apply to a suspect? - CORRECT
ANSWER Photographic ID, Showup, Lineup
In TN, when does the right to counsel attach? - CORRECT ANSWER After
being formally charged
Factors to determine admissibility of ID - CORRECT ANSWER
Opportunity of witness to view criminal at the time of the crime, the
degree of witness attention, accuracy of any prior description, the
level of certainty demonstrated by witness, time span between crime
and confrontation. (All factors combine to establish reliability)
"Posse Comitatus"- - CORRECT ANSWER law enforcement official could
draft any male over 30 years to help (a posse)
What is "Hue and Cry"? - CORRECT ANSWER bystanders assisting by
crying out for criminals & apprehending criminals
