MISSOURI POST PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What is the 4th amendment? Answer: Freedom from
unreasonable searches and seizures
◉ What is the 5th amendment? Answer: The right to remain silent,
due process, right to not self incriminate.
◉ What is the 6th amendment? Answer: Right to a speedy and
public trial.
◉ What is the 8th amendment? Answer: No cruel or unusual
punishment
◉ What is the 10th amendment? Answer: States rights
◉ What crimes have no time limitations? Answer: murder, 1st
degree rape, forcible rape, attempted rape in the 1st degree, sodomy
1st, attempted forcible sodomy, any class A felony
◉ What is a crime? Answer: Criminal charges/case
,◉ What is a Tort? Answer: Civil Case
◉ Criminal case evidence must be: Answer: Beyond reasonable
doubt
◉ Civil case is brought by the: Answer: preponderance of evidence
◉ What is the exclusionary rule? Answer: All Evidence Which Is
Obtained By You Illegally Is Inadmissible
◉ What does a judge issue and set? Answer: Warrant / Bail
◉ What are the 10 steps to the criminal process? Answer: 1.
Detention (arrest)
2. Investigation
3. Booking
4. Arrest Warrant Application
5. Charging Suspect
6. Issuance of Arrest Warrant
7. Arraignment
8. Preliminary/Grand Jury Hearing
,9. Discovery
10. Trial
◉ For detention you need: Answer: Reasonable suspicion
◉ For arrest you need: Answer: Probable cause
◉ What is reasonable suspcison? Answer: Facts leading a reasonable
officer/person to suspect a crime has been committed and it was
committed by the person in question.
◉ What is probable cause? Answer:
◉ If you have probably cause you are how sure? Answer: 51%
◉ Any infraction must be filed within: Answer: 6 months
◉ What is considered a prior offender? Answer: one who has been
found guilty of one felony
◉ What is considered a persistent offender? Answer: one who has
been found guilty or two or more felonies committed at different
times
, ◉ Is booking a administrative procedure? Answer: Yes
◉ What is a bill of indictment? Answer: 1. Written by the prosecutor
2. States the facts of the case and the charges that will be pressed if
grand jury agrees that PC exists.
3.If the grand jury agrees that PC exists then they find the indictment
to be a true bill.
◉ What did the Terry v Ohio case cover? Answer: Search incident to
arrest and ability to search if reasonable belief the suspect is armed
and dangerous regardless of probable cause to arrest.
◉ What is a frisk? Answer: Limited search of the outer clothing for
the purpose of finding weapons.
◉ What is 'Fresh pursuit?' Answer: A legal doctrine that permits a
Law-Enforcement Officer to arrest a fleeing suspect who crosses
jurisdictional lines.
◉ When does fresh pursuit stop? Answer: When the officer looses
sight of the fleeing suspect and is out of their jurisdiction.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What is the 4th amendment? Answer: Freedom from
unreasonable searches and seizures
◉ What is the 5th amendment? Answer: The right to remain silent,
due process, right to not self incriminate.
◉ What is the 6th amendment? Answer: Right to a speedy and
public trial.
◉ What is the 8th amendment? Answer: No cruel or unusual
punishment
◉ What is the 10th amendment? Answer: States rights
◉ What crimes have no time limitations? Answer: murder, 1st
degree rape, forcible rape, attempted rape in the 1st degree, sodomy
1st, attempted forcible sodomy, any class A felony
◉ What is a crime? Answer: Criminal charges/case
,◉ What is a Tort? Answer: Civil Case
◉ Criminal case evidence must be: Answer: Beyond reasonable
doubt
◉ Civil case is brought by the: Answer: preponderance of evidence
◉ What is the exclusionary rule? Answer: All Evidence Which Is
Obtained By You Illegally Is Inadmissible
◉ What does a judge issue and set? Answer: Warrant / Bail
◉ What are the 10 steps to the criminal process? Answer: 1.
Detention (arrest)
2. Investigation
3. Booking
4. Arrest Warrant Application
5. Charging Suspect
6. Issuance of Arrest Warrant
7. Arraignment
8. Preliminary/Grand Jury Hearing
,9. Discovery
10. Trial
◉ For detention you need: Answer: Reasonable suspicion
◉ For arrest you need: Answer: Probable cause
◉ What is reasonable suspcison? Answer: Facts leading a reasonable
officer/person to suspect a crime has been committed and it was
committed by the person in question.
◉ What is probable cause? Answer:
◉ If you have probably cause you are how sure? Answer: 51%
◉ Any infraction must be filed within: Answer: 6 months
◉ What is considered a prior offender? Answer: one who has been
found guilty of one felony
◉ What is considered a persistent offender? Answer: one who has
been found guilty or two or more felonies committed at different
times
, ◉ Is booking a administrative procedure? Answer: Yes
◉ What is a bill of indictment? Answer: 1. Written by the prosecutor
2. States the facts of the case and the charges that will be pressed if
grand jury agrees that PC exists.
3.If the grand jury agrees that PC exists then they find the indictment
to be a true bill.
◉ What did the Terry v Ohio case cover? Answer: Search incident to
arrest and ability to search if reasonable belief the suspect is armed
and dangerous regardless of probable cause to arrest.
◉ What is a frisk? Answer: Limited search of the outer clothing for
the purpose of finding weapons.
◉ What is 'Fresh pursuit?' Answer: A legal doctrine that permits a
Law-Enforcement Officer to arrest a fleeing suspect who crosses
jurisdictional lines.
◉ When does fresh pursuit stop? Answer: When the officer looses
sight of the fleeing suspect and is out of their jurisdiction.
