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MCJA Phase 2 2026 | Latest Exam
Questions And Verified Answers
A law enforcement officer is justified in using a reasonable degree of non-deadly
force upon another person when:
Officer reasonably believes it necessary to effect an arrest or to prevent the
escape from custody of an arrested person.
In self-defense or to defend a third person from imminent use of unlawful non-
deadly force encountered while attempting to effect such an arrest or while
seeking to prevent such an escape.
To take a person into protective custody when the officer has probable cause to
believe that person may be mentally ill and presents a threat of imminent and
substantial harm to that person or others.
All of the above. - correct-answer -All of the above.
During Vehicle in Motion/Phase 1 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement
officer's decision is whether to stop the vehicle.
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True
False - correct-answer -True
Recommended Field Sobriety Tests to be used by a law enforcement officer
include all of the following EXCEPT:
Walk and Turn
Hopscotch Test
One-legged Stand
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus - correct-answer -Hopscotch Test
Maine law deems that operators of motor vehicles have given consent to, and
have the duty to submit to, chemical testing to determine alcohol level and drug
concentration.
True
False - correct-answer -True
29-A M.R.S.A. Section 101(85) defines a traffic infraction as any violation of any
provision in Title 29-A, or rules established under Title 29-A, not expressly defined
as a crime and otherwise not punishable by ___________.
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Fines
Arrest
Incarceration
Death - correct-answer -Incarceration
The legal standard that a law enforcement officer must meet to lawfully make a
4th Amendment "seizure" of a person by stopping a vehicle is ____________
Beyond a reasonable doubt.
Probable cause.
Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Burden of proof. - correct-answer -Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Selective enforcement of the laws by law enforcement officers in the context of
motor vehicle law is illegal and unethical.
True
False - correct-answer -False
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During a high risk traffic stop, the primary law enforcement officer directs voice
commands to the occupants of the vehicle to achieve all of the following EXCEPT:
The keys are thrown from the vehicle.
The driver gets out of the vehicle first.
The driver gets out of the vehicle last.
Other occupants get out of the vehicle one at a time. - correct-answer -The driver
gets out of the vehicle last.
Law enforcement officers issue formal citations for both traffic infractions and
criminal traffic violations.
True
False - correct-answer -True
Proper ways for a law enforcement officer to approach a suspect vehicle on an
unknown risk traffic stop include: (Select all that apply.)
Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
Frontal approach. - correct-answer -Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
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MCJA Phase 2 2026 | Latest Exam
Questions And Verified Answers
A law enforcement officer is justified in using a reasonable degree of non-deadly
force upon another person when:
Officer reasonably believes it necessary to effect an arrest or to prevent the
escape from custody of an arrested person.
In self-defense or to defend a third person from imminent use of unlawful non-
deadly force encountered while attempting to effect such an arrest or while
seeking to prevent such an escape.
To take a person into protective custody when the officer has probable cause to
believe that person may be mentally ill and presents a threat of imminent and
substantial harm to that person or others.
All of the above. - correct-answer -All of the above.
During Vehicle in Motion/Phase 1 of OUI enforcement, the law enforcement
officer's decision is whether to stop the vehicle.
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True
False - correct-answer -True
Recommended Field Sobriety Tests to be used by a law enforcement officer
include all of the following EXCEPT:
Walk and Turn
Hopscotch Test
One-legged Stand
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus - correct-answer -Hopscotch Test
Maine law deems that operators of motor vehicles have given consent to, and
have the duty to submit to, chemical testing to determine alcohol level and drug
concentration.
True
False - correct-answer -True
29-A M.R.S.A. Section 101(85) defines a traffic infraction as any violation of any
provision in Title 29-A, or rules established under Title 29-A, not expressly defined
as a crime and otherwise not punishable by ___________.
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Fines
Arrest
Incarceration
Death - correct-answer -Incarceration
The legal standard that a law enforcement officer must meet to lawfully make a
4th Amendment "seizure" of a person by stopping a vehicle is ____________
Beyond a reasonable doubt.
Probable cause.
Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Burden of proof. - correct-answer -Reasonable articulable suspicion.
Selective enforcement of the laws by law enforcement officers in the context of
motor vehicle law is illegal and unethical.
True
False - correct-answer -False
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During a high risk traffic stop, the primary law enforcement officer directs voice
commands to the occupants of the vehicle to achieve all of the following EXCEPT:
The keys are thrown from the vehicle.
The driver gets out of the vehicle first.
The driver gets out of the vehicle last.
Other occupants get out of the vehicle one at a time. - correct-answer -The driver
gets out of the vehicle last.
Law enforcement officers issue formal citations for both traffic infractions and
criminal traffic violations.
True
False - correct-answer -True
Proper ways for a law enforcement officer to approach a suspect vehicle on an
unknown risk traffic stop include: (Select all that apply.)
Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
Frontal approach. - correct-answer -Driver's side approach.
Passenger's side approach.
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