(EXAM 1 Study) MSSU Spring 25 Police Academy

To successfully complete a State Certified Training Academy Program, P.O.S.T. (Peace Officer Standards and Training) requires a trainee's absences not to exceed what percent of the program?

5%

Which of the following are examples of instructor cues that are important during notetaking?

Direct statements such, as “you may see this again”

Repetition of specific points

Listing of course objectives

All of the above

Which of the following behaviors is unacceptable while attending the Law Enforcement Academy?

Talking during the instructor's presentation

Use of tobacco products in the classroom

Disturbing other classes during breaks

Misuse of the Law Enforcement Academy property

All of the above

You should read and revise your notes not re-copy them.

True or False?

True

Which of the following are study skills important to successfully completing the academy?

Effective use of resources

A good study environment

Time management

B and C only

All of the above

Demerit points can be issued for the following:

Hair unkept or too long

Asking too many questions

Talking during class

Correct A and C only

All of the above

A and C only

Some Don'ts in notetaking are:

Miss Class

Tune out the instructor

Be late for class

All of the above

A and C only

All of the above

The Missouri Southern State University Law Enforcement Academy requires that a trainee achieve no lower that what percent overall grade average to complete the academy?

70%

You should not read your notes over and over.

True or False?

True

In Missouri who issues arrest warrants?

Judges

In order to arrest a person, the officer must have:

Probable Cause

In order to convict a person in a criminal action, the burden of proof is:

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt

In Missouri, a defendant may be held how many hours before an arrest warrant is issued?

24

The action that occurs in the civil legal system is called a:

Tort

The Fourteenth Amendment clearly established the primacy of the Federal government over the state governments, by establishing that no state could pass a law which took away any of the Rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens.

True or False?

True

The enforcement of laws by police officers falls under which branch of government?

Executive

Which of the following amendments was designed to protect citizens’ from unreasonable searches and seizures and lays out warrant requirements?

Fourth

According to the courts, waiver of Fifth Amendment rights:

Requires a knowing and voluntary waiver

Requires a signed statement that the suspect has waived rights

Can be inferred from suspects failure to assert their rights

Can be inferred from a suspect s lack of response to the Miranda warnings

Requires a knowing and voluntary waiver

In determining the voluntariness of a confession or admission, which of the following would cause a court to find a confession to be involuntary?

Brutality or threats of violence

Promise of leniency

Confinement in a small space for a long period of time before the confession

All of the above

None of the above.

All of the above

Which of the following is not a constitutional basis for the law of confessions?

Due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Sixth Amendment right to counsel

Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment

Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination

Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment

According to the Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, involving a man who confessed to rape following police interrogation:

The Fifth Amendment protects suspects during custodial police interrogation

The Sixth Amendment protects suspects from all questioning by police

The Fifth Amendment protects suspects from any questioning in police stations

Warnings are required whenever police question citizens

The Fifth Amendment protects suspects during custodial police interrogation

Which of the following situations would it be necessary to give the Miranda warning if asking incriminating questions?

Six officers surround a suspect in his bedroom with their firearms drawn but do not announce that he is under arrest

An officer asks routine booking-in questions

An officer investigating a kidnapping and asks an individual at the scene where the victim may be in order to rescue the victim

A person calls the officer and asks to come speak to the officer at the station without any prompting by any law enforcement personnel (voluntary)

All of the above require a warning

Six officers surround a suspect in his bedroom with their firearms drawn but do not announce that he is under arrest

The Supreme Court in the landmark case Miranda v. Arizona, based its decision upon which of the following constitutional rights?

The Fourteenth Amendment-due process rights

The Fourth Amendment-rights regarding search and seizure

Correct The Fifth Amendment-right to remain silent

The Sixth Amendment-right to counsel

Both A & C

The Fifth Amendment-right to remain silent

According to the Supreme Court in Brewer v. Williams, involving a man who confessed to murdering a 10 year old girl after the police played on his sympathies about giving the girl a Christian burial

Deliberately and designedly setting out to elicit information constitutes interrogation

Only answers and confessions obtained by force constitute interrogation

Answers resulting from trick questions cannot constitute interrogation

None of the above

Deliberately and designedly setting out to elicit information constitutes interrogation

The husband-wife relationship is not considered to be a privileged relationship.

True or False?

False

Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine deals with:

Exclusion of physical evidence derived from an illegal search or confession

Exclusion of eyewitness testimony

Exclusion of eating fruit in the courtroom

Exclusion of witness testimony in the courtroom

None of the above

Exclusion of physical evidence derived from an illegal search or confession

The "best evidence" rules applies to any document introduced into court.

True or False?

True

Which of the following eyewitness identification methods is most suggestive to the witness/victim?

Line-ups

Photo spreads

One-on-one confrontations

All are equally suggestive

One-on-one confrontations

According to the concept of right and remedy, there still needs to be a remedy if our rights are to mean anything.

True or False?

True

The Exclusionary Rule is intended to remedy Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment violations by punishing police officers who ignore their provisions.

True or False?

True

Under the hearsay rule, public records are generally admissible as long as there is no reason to suspect falsification of same?

True or False?

True

Going home at the end of each shift with self-worth and personal knowledge that you have made the right decision is an important reason to investigate ethics.

True or False?

True

If you have deprived someone of their constitutional rights, you have committed an ethical violation.

True or False?

True

Which of the following is not one of the six sources of ethics discussed in class?

Justice

Bible

Social norms

Personal values

All of the above are sources of ethics discussed in class

Bible

Ethics can be defined as what you do, when no one else is around.

True or False?

True

Violating agency policy is generally considered unethical behavior.

True or False?

True

The statement, "the guys deserved it, he's a scumbag anyway" is a statement that represents which of the following forms of an officer neutralizing ethical conflict?

Denial of responsibility

Denial of injury

Denial of victim

Condemnation of the condemners

Appeal to higher loyalties

Denial of victim

An ethical dilemma is a situation where police officers:

Know the right course of action

Have difficulty doing the right thing

Do not find the wrong choice very tempting

All of the above

None of the above

Have difficulty doing the right thing

The "A" in the ethical decision-making model of A.C.T. represents:

Identifying Alternatives

Solution Acceptance

Acclimating to the situation

Both A and C are correct

None of the above are correct

Identifying Alternatives

Which of the following is not one of the five "P's" of ethical power?

Patience

Professional

Purpose

Pride

Persistence

Professional

Grass-eaters engage in illegal activities only occasionally.

True or False?

True

Hebephilia is the sexual attraction to pubertal children.

True or False?

True

The most difficult type of abuse to establish is:

Physical

Neglect

Emotional

Sexual

Medica

Emotional

____ has the authority to take a child into protective custody.

Law Enforcement Officer

Medical Doctor

Juvenile Officer

None of the above

All the above

All of the above

__ is a medical term used to describe the injuries that ca result if a baby is violently shaken.

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Spanking administered in a reasonable manner in the state of Missouri is:

Child abuse

Not construed to be abuse

Necessary

A good idea

Not construed to be abuse

__ is a member of the Multidisciplinary Team.

Law Enforcement

Children's Division (CPS)

Juvenile Office

All of the above

All of the above

Immersion and Contact are both examples of:

Shaken baby

Munchausen

Burns

Neglect

Spiral fracture

Burns

A spiral fracture occurs due to a rotational or twisting force to the bone.

True or False?

True

__ is a mandated reporter?

Nurse

Law Enforcement Officer

Teacher

All the above

Both A and C

All the above