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SOCE FDLE VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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SOCE FDLE 2024-2025 VOCAB EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Affray - Answers -occurs when someone consents to fight with another person to
terrorize other people in a public place
abandoned vehicle - Answers -a vehicle without a known driver or person responsible
for the vehicle (Traffic Incidents)
absorption - Answers -the process by which alcohol enters the bloodstream (DUI Traffic
Stops)
accessory after the fact - Answers -a person who gives the principal (the person who
commits the offense) any aid with the intent that the principal avoids or escapes
detention, arrest, trial, or punishment (Legal)
acting within the scope of employment - Answers -the reasonable and foreseeable
activities that an employee does while carrying out the employer's business (Legal)
active shooter - Answers -an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill
people in a populated area (Critical Incidents)
actual physical control - Answers -being physically in or on the vehicle and having the
capability to operate the vehicle, regardless of whether the person is actually operating
the vehicle at the time (DUI Traffic Stops)
actual possession - Answers -a controlled substance in the hand of or on the suspect,
or in a container in the hand of or on the suspect, or so close as to be within ready
reach and under the control of the suspect (Crimes Involving Property and Society)
acute stress - Answers -a type of stress that is short-lived and occurs when a person
experiences unexpected changes in their life (Introduction to Law Enforcement)
admissibility of evidence - Answers -the legal requirements that must be meet before a
jury can see or hear about evidence (Crime Scene Follow-Up Investigations)
affirmation - Answers -a solemn and formal declaration in place of an oath, usually
taken to avoid the religious implications of an oath (Interviewing and Report Writing)
aggravated assault - Answers -an assault committed with a deadly weapon without
intent to kill, or with an intent to commit a felony (Crimes Against Persons)
,aggravated battery - Answers -a battery that intentionally or knowingly caused great
bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or was committed with a
deadly weapon (Crimes Against Persons)
algor mortis - Answers -the postmortem cooling of the body (Crimes Against Persons)
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) - Answers -a federal civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination against peo ple with disabilities in all areas of public life (Serving Your
Community)
anti-lock braking system (ABS) scuff marks - Answers -patterns left by a vehicle with
anti-lock brakes when a driver brakes hard (Traffic Crash Investigations)
area of collision (AOC) - Answers -the location of the first harmful event, or the first
damage- producing event in a traffic crash (Traffic Crash Investigations)
arrest - Answers -to deprive a person of their liberty by legal authority (Legal)
arrest warrant - Answers -a court order authorizing and requiring law enforcement to
take the individual named on the warrant into custody to answer for charges specified in
the warrant (Legal)
assault - Answers -a criminal offense in which the offender intentionally and unlawfully
threatened, either by word or act, to do violence to the victim; and at the time the
offender appeared to have the ability to carry out the threat; and the victim had a well-
founded fear that the violence was about to take place (Crimes Against Persons)
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - Answers -a type of pervasive developmental disorder
that is diagnosed in early childhood and continues throughout adulthood and is
characterized by language and social development delay and repetitive behaviors
(Serving Your Community)
autonomous vehicle - Answers -a vehicle equipped with technology that senses the
environment and allows the vehicle to move on the road without a person actively
controlling or monitoring, such as a driverless, self- driving, or robotic car (Traffic
Incidents)
bailiff - Answers -a court deputy, generally; a sworn law enforcement officer who is
responsible for security in the courtroom (Legal)
Baker Act - Answers -a Florida law that provides people who have a mental illness, or
who may harm or neglect themselves or others, with an emergency service and
temporary detention for psychiatric evaluation and voluntary or involuntary short-term
inpatient treatment (Serving Your Community)
,behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) - Answers -a proactive,
investigative process used to identify, assess, and manage the risk of targeted violence
posed by an identified or identifiable person (Fundamentals of Patrol)
battery - Answers -a criminal offense in which the offender intentionally touched or
struck the victim against the victim's will, or the offender intentionally caused bodily
harm to the victim (Crimes Against Persons)
BOLO - Answers -an acronym that stands for Be On the Look Out; a description of a
vehicle or suspect, and any other information that would help identify the suspect
(Legal)
breach of duty - Answers -an unreasonable failure of the defendant to act in the duty
they were obligated to perform (Legal)
breach of the peace or disorderly conduct - Answers -an act that corrupts public morals,
outrages public decency, disturbs the peace and quiet of the public, or engages in
fighting (Crimes Involving Property and Society)
burglary - Answers -the unlawful entry into any structure with the intent to commit a
crime inside (Crimes Involving Property and Society)
burglary tools - Answers -anything used to gain entry during a burglary (Crimes
Involving Property and Society
canvass - Answers -an inquiry of all possible sources of information surrounding the
incident or crime scene; happens most often when the suspect leaves the scene
(Crimes Against Persons)
capias - Answers -a legal order for an arrest issued by the clerk of the court at the
request of the state attorney's office (Legal)
caregiver - Answers -a parent, adult household member, or other person who is
responsible for a child's welfare or who might have legal custody of a child; for a
disabled adult or elderly person, a person who has been entrusted with or has assumed
responsibility for the care of an elderly person or disabled adult and their property.
(Crimes Against Persons)
carjacking - Answers -robbing of a person of their vehicle to permanently or temporarily
deprive the victim of their motor vehicle and take it for the subject's own or someone
else's use by using force, violence, assault, or by placing the victim in fear during the
course of the robbery (Crimes Against Persons)
Carroll doctrine - Answers -the principle that an officer may conduct a mobile
conveyance search without a warrant even if there may be time to obtain one if there is
, probable cause to believe that the vehicle contains con traband or evidence of criminal
activity (Legal)
case law - Answers -the body of law that is formed by the decisions of the court system
(Legal)
chain of command - Answers -the order of authority within an organization (Introduction
to Law Enforcement)
chain of custody - Answers -the documentation of everyone who handled evidence, as
well as when, why, and what changes, if any, were made to the evidence (Crime Scene
Follow-Up Investigations)
chemical suicide - Answers -a method of committing suicide by mixing two or more
easily acquired chemicals; also known as "detergent suicide" (Critical Incidents)
child domestic battery - Answers -when a child commits an act of violence against a
parent, sibling, or other family member living in the home (Crimes Against Persons)
civil liability - Answers -responsibility for a wrongful act or an omission that injures a
person or property (Legal)
civil standby - Answers -maintaining the peace through officer presence while serving a
judicial order or responding to a call for service (Fundamentals of Patrol) clerk of the
court: a judicial office responsible for maintaining court's files and official records and for
issu ing subpoenas (Legal)
clue - Answers -in a DUI investigation, a piece of evidence that suggests impairment;
the behaviors observed during the performance of the Standardized Field Sobriety
Tests (DUI Traffic Stops)
coercion - Answers -exploitation of authority or the use of bribes, threats of force, or
intimidation to gain cooperation or compliance (Crimes Against Persons)
cognitive interviewing - Answers -an interview in which the interviewee is asked to
recreate the event, either physi cally or psychologically, to enhance memory recall
(Interviewing and Report Writing)
color of law - Answers -when an officer acts or purports to act in the performance of
official duties under any law, ordinance, or regulation (Legal)
compassion fatigue - Answers -the emotional exhaustion that comes from helping
others on a long-term basis (Introduction to Law Enforcement)
compensatory damages - Answers -court awards designed to compensate for the actual
property damage, harm, or injury the plaintiff suffers (Legal)
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