Tompsc Sccja Cumulative Exam Study Guide
Questions With Correct Detailed Answers
2026.
1st Amendment - ANSWER- Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - ANSWER- Search and seizure
5th Amendment - ANSWER- The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - ANSWER- Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - ANSWER- Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - ANSWER- Three Branches
Executive Branch - ANSWER- Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - ANSWER- Makes laws
Judicial Branch - ANSWER- Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an
immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - ANSWER- Forms of speech that are not protected
Texas v. Johnson - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - ANSWER- Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons contemplating
suicide
View Enhancement - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - ANSWER- Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - ANSWER- Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - ANSWER- SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - ANSWER- When was Megans Law passed?
94 - ANSWER- How many federal district courts are there?
13 - ANSWER- How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - ANSWER- Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - ANSWER- Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - ANSWER- 3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - ANSWER- Characteristics of an
armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear - ANSWER- 5
things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - ANSWER- Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - ANSWER- Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - ANSWER- 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
Family - ANSWER- A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
Household member - ANSWER- A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common, someone
who has or formerly has cohabitation
Going from family to general sessions - ANSWER- What is transfer of jurisdiction
Situational Child Molester - ANSWER- Does not have sexual preference for children but will engage
in sex with a child for complex reasons
Preferential Child Molester - ANSWER- Has a sexual preference for children
Questions With Correct Detailed Answers
2026.
1st Amendment - ANSWER- Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
4th Amendment - ANSWER- Search and seizure
5th Amendment - ANSWER- The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
6th Amendment - ANSWER- Right to a speedy and public trial
14th Amendment - ANSWER- Due Process
Executive, Legislative, Judicial - ANSWER- Three Branches
Executive Branch - ANSWER- Enforces laws
Legislative Branch - ANSWER- Makes laws
Judicial Branch - ANSWER- Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an
immediate breach of peace
Intoxication, threats, physical interference - ANSWER- Forms of speech that are not protected
Texas v. Johnson - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
Despondent - ANSWER- Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons contemplating
suicide
View Enhancement - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
Any person under the age of 18 - ANSWER- Definition of a child
Jeb v. Alabama - ANSWER- Case that established the equal protection clause
63 - ANSWER- SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
1996 - ANSWER- When was Megans Law passed?
94 - ANSWER- How many federal district courts are there?
13 - ANSWER- How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
Common pleas and general sessions - ANSWER- Two branches of a circuit court?
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - ANSWER- Court case that established fighting words
Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - ANSWER- 3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - ANSWER- Characteristics of an
armed gunman
Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment gear - ANSWER- 5
things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
The Jury is sworn in - ANSWER- Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
1st witness is sworn in - ANSWER- Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
Child Abuse and Neglect - ANSWER- 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
Family - ANSWER- A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
Household member - ANSWER- A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common, someone
who has or formerly has cohabitation
Going from family to general sessions - ANSWER- What is transfer of jurisdiction
Situational Child Molester - ANSWER- Does not have sexual preference for children but will engage
in sex with a child for complex reasons
Preferential Child Molester - ANSWER- Has a sexual preference for children
