TOMPSC SCCJA CUMULATIVE ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ 4th Amendment - Search and seizure
⩥ 5th Amendment - The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
⩥ 6th Amendment - Right to a speedy and public trial
⩥ 14th Amendment - Due Process
⩥ Executive, Legislative, Judicial - Three Branches
⩥ Executive Branch - Enforces laws
⩥ Legislative Branch - Makes laws
⩥ Judicial Branch - Interprets the laws
⩥ Supreme Court - Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort.
Judicial review. President nominates all justices, including position of
Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate.
,9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year,
and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday
of October and ends in late June or early July.
⩥ Due Process - No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious
and the means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and
substantial relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that
law or process
⩥ Fighting words - Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or
tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
⩥ Intoxication, threats, physical interference - Forms of speech that
are not protected
⩥ Texas v. Johnson - A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck
down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds
that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment.
⩥ Trial Running - Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail
or travel aid
⩥ Despondent - Persons who are severely depressed individuals or
persons contemplating suicide
,⩥ View Enhancement - Type of strategy occurs when the lost person
climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the
area
⩥ 16 - SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
⩥ Any person under the age of 18 - Definition of a child
⩥ Jeb v. Alabama - Case that established the equal protection clause
⩥ 63 - SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
⩥ 1996 - When was Megans Law passed?
⩥ 94 - How many federal district courts are there?
⩥ 13 - How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
⩥ Common pleas and general sessions - Two branches of a circuit
court?
⩥ Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - Court case that established
fighting words
, ⩥ Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - 3 phases of rape trauma
syndrome
⩥ 90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters -
Characteristics of an armed gunman
⩥ Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial
concealment gear - 5 things you should look for on suspects carrying
a weapon
⩥ Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - What are three security checks
officers to look for with a gunman?
⩥ Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing,
failure to respond to searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to
use travel aids - Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
⩥ The Jury is sworn in - Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial
when?
⩥ 1st witness is sworn in - Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial
when?
⩥ Child Abuse and Neglect - Occurs when the parent, guardian, or
other person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child
physical or mental injury or engages in acts or omissions which
present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to the child
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ 4th Amendment - Search and seizure
⩥ 5th Amendment - The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
⩥ 6th Amendment - Right to a speedy and public trial
⩥ 14th Amendment - Due Process
⩥ Executive, Legislative, Judicial - Three Branches
⩥ Executive Branch - Enforces laws
⩥ Legislative Branch - Makes laws
⩥ Judicial Branch - Interprets the laws
⩥ Supreme Court - Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort.
Judicial review. President nominates all justices, including position of
Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate.
,9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year,
and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday
of October and ends in late June or early July.
⩥ Due Process - No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious
and the means selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and
substantial relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that
law or process
⩥ Fighting words - Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or
tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
⩥ Intoxication, threats, physical interference - Forms of speech that
are not protected
⩥ Texas v. Johnson - A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck
down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds
that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment.
⩥ Trial Running - Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail
or travel aid
⩥ Despondent - Persons who are severely depressed individuals or
persons contemplating suicide
,⩥ View Enhancement - Type of strategy occurs when the lost person
climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the
area
⩥ 16 - SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
⩥ Any person under the age of 18 - Definition of a child
⩥ Jeb v. Alabama - Case that established the equal protection clause
⩥ 63 - SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
⩥ 1996 - When was Megans Law passed?
⩥ 94 - How many federal district courts are there?
⩥ 13 - How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
⩥ Common pleas and general sessions - Two branches of a circuit
court?
⩥ Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - Court case that established
fighting words
, ⩥ Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - 3 phases of rape trauma
syndrome
⩥ 90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters -
Characteristics of an armed gunman
⩥ Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial
concealment gear - 5 things you should look for on suspects carrying
a weapon
⩥ Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - What are three security checks
officers to look for with a gunman?
⩥ Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing,
failure to respond to searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to
use travel aids - Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
⩥ The Jury is sworn in - Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial
when?
⩥ 1st witness is sworn in - Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial
when?
⩥ Child Abuse and Neglect - Occurs when the parent, guardian, or
other person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child
physical or mental injury or engages in acts or omissions which
present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to the child
