TMAS 2 MASTER STUDY SHEET 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉Protective search of a vehicle. Answer: Officer has reasonable
belief based on specific and articulable facts the occupant of vehicle
stopped for a traffic violation is dangerous and may gain immediate
control of a weapon, officer may search those areas of a vehicle's
passenger compartment in which a weapon may be placed or
hidden.
◉Plain View. Answer: evidence that's found in a location that
anybody could see and, therefore, doesn't require a warrant officers
may seize.
◉consent search. Answer: Search conducted with consent that is
voluntary and obtained from a person with the authority to give that
consent. If the consenting person restricts certain areas of the
vehicle or items within the vehicle, the officer must honor those
restrictions.
◉Searches of vehicles incident to custodial arrest. Answer: Officers
makes a custodial arrest of a person in a vehicle and the officer may
conduct a warrantless search of the vehicles passenger
compartment
,◉Necessary Conditions for search of vehicle incident to custodial
arrest. Answer: The arrestee is unsecured (not locked in police car,
not handcuffed) Has reachable access to the vehicle The officer has
reasonable suspicion to believe evidence pertaining to the crime for
which the suspect was arrested is to be found in the vehicleThe
officer has reasonable suspicion there is a weapon in the vehicle.
◉Custodial arrest. Answer: An arrest where the suspect will be
transported to a jail, station, detox center, juvenile hall, or school
◉Establishing a Nexus to the vehicle. Answer: 1) officers reasonable
believe the arrestee was an occupant shortly before the arrest
2) there is something else indicating a close association between the
vehicle and the arrestee
◉vehicle inventory. Answer: Procedure peace officers use to account
for personal property in a vehicle that is about to be impounded or
stored
◉Field showup. Answer: Viewing of a suspect by the victim or
witness that commonly occurs in the field shortly after a crime has
been committed
, ◉Timing of a field showup. Answer: Appropriate only if it can be
done a short time after the crime has taken place. -fresh memory
◉Location of a field showup. Answer: The victim/witness should be
transported to the suspect, except in certain situations:The subject
clearly and voluntarily consents to being movedIndependent
probable cause exists to arrest the subject and take the subject into
custodyIt is very impractical to transport a witness to a possible
suspect because:
- the victim or witness is too injured to be moved
- the availability of transporting officers is limited, and the wait
would create a greater intrusion on the subject's freedom than
transporting the subject
◉Photographic spread. Answer: Identification procedure in which
the victim or witness to a crime is asked to look at a number of
photographs in an attempt to identify the suspect.
◉Photographic spread timing. Answer: Does not have to take place
within a short amount of time of the crime. But should while the
victim or witness memory is still fresh.
◉Photographic spread location. Answer: A photographic spread
maybe use when the identity of the suspect is not known, or the
identity is known but the suspect is not in custody. Since there is no
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉Protective search of a vehicle. Answer: Officer has reasonable
belief based on specific and articulable facts the occupant of vehicle
stopped for a traffic violation is dangerous and may gain immediate
control of a weapon, officer may search those areas of a vehicle's
passenger compartment in which a weapon may be placed or
hidden.
◉Plain View. Answer: evidence that's found in a location that
anybody could see and, therefore, doesn't require a warrant officers
may seize.
◉consent search. Answer: Search conducted with consent that is
voluntary and obtained from a person with the authority to give that
consent. If the consenting person restricts certain areas of the
vehicle or items within the vehicle, the officer must honor those
restrictions.
◉Searches of vehicles incident to custodial arrest. Answer: Officers
makes a custodial arrest of a person in a vehicle and the officer may
conduct a warrantless search of the vehicles passenger
compartment
,◉Necessary Conditions for search of vehicle incident to custodial
arrest. Answer: The arrestee is unsecured (not locked in police car,
not handcuffed) Has reachable access to the vehicle The officer has
reasonable suspicion to believe evidence pertaining to the crime for
which the suspect was arrested is to be found in the vehicleThe
officer has reasonable suspicion there is a weapon in the vehicle.
◉Custodial arrest. Answer: An arrest where the suspect will be
transported to a jail, station, detox center, juvenile hall, or school
◉Establishing a Nexus to the vehicle. Answer: 1) officers reasonable
believe the arrestee was an occupant shortly before the arrest
2) there is something else indicating a close association between the
vehicle and the arrestee
◉vehicle inventory. Answer: Procedure peace officers use to account
for personal property in a vehicle that is about to be impounded or
stored
◉Field showup. Answer: Viewing of a suspect by the victim or
witness that commonly occurs in the field shortly after a crime has
been committed
, ◉Timing of a field showup. Answer: Appropriate only if it can be
done a short time after the crime has taken place. -fresh memory
◉Location of a field showup. Answer: The victim/witness should be
transported to the suspect, except in certain situations:The subject
clearly and voluntarily consents to being movedIndependent
probable cause exists to arrest the subject and take the subject into
custodyIt is very impractical to transport a witness to a possible
suspect because:
- the victim or witness is too injured to be moved
- the availability of transporting officers is limited, and the wait
would create a greater intrusion on the subject's freedom than
transporting the subject
◉Photographic spread. Answer: Identification procedure in which
the victim or witness to a crime is asked to look at a number of
photographs in an attempt to identify the suspect.
◉Photographic spread timing. Answer: Does not have to take place
within a short amount of time of the crime. But should while the
victim or witness memory is still fresh.
◉Photographic spread location. Answer: A photographic spread
maybe use when the identity of the suspect is not known, or the
identity is known but the suspect is not in custody. Since there is no
