FINAL MPOETC EXAM review Q&As
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What statute allows citizens to use force? - correct answer ✅ > 505
What statute allows law enforcement to use force? - correct answer ✅> 508
Statute of Limitations - correct answer
charges
✅> Time you were made aware of
What are the four types of culpability? - correct answer ✅ > Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
What is not a defense of culpability? (304) - correct answer
law
✅ > Ignorance of the
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
What is a defense for culpability? - correct answer ✅
> Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
answer ✅
What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the public? - correct
> Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
,FINAL MPOETC EXAM review Q&As
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> Custodial detention/arrest
✅
What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention? - correct answer
> Reasonable suspicion
What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention? - correct answer
Probable Cause
✅
>
✅
What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System? - correct answer
> Law enforcement
> Courts
> Corrections
Level of Government - correct answer ✅
> Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
Courts (court system) - correct answer ✅ > Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
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Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment) - correct answer
brought before a judge to hear charges & a bail decision
✅ > Defendant is
Preliminary Hearing - correct answer ✅ > show the court the prosecution has a
"prima facie" case (on the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a
prosecution & using the state's resources to pursue the matter)
Formal Arraignment - correct answer
enters plea
✅ > Defendant hears charges to be tried &
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to determine
penalty or may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
Common Pleas Court (criminal court) - correct answer ✅
> Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
Bail - correct answer✅ > A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in
court if they are not to be held in custody until trial
ROR ( released on recognizance) - correct answer
in court is their bond
✅ > Their word they will appear
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PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what? - correct answer
authority to indict
✅> No
Pre-motion Trial - correct answer ✅> These motions may address the
admissibility of evidence, or venue changes
> In this stage the plea negotiations most likely will take place or diversionary
programs such as Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
What are the three eras of policing? - correct answer ✅ > Political era
> Reform era
> Community era
Political Era - correct answer✅ > Police often obtained their job as favors by
politicians to constituents who had financially backed them
> Ex. big buff male would get job)
Reform Era - correct answer ✅ > Narrowed police function to crime
control/reactive, incident driven police service
> Ex. DARE program
Community Era - correct answer ✅ > We are currently in this era
> Develop a sense of lawfulness in our society \
> We want their input, we want them to invest in their community police agency
(partnership)
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What statute allows citizens to use force? - correct answer ✅ > 505
What statute allows law enforcement to use force? - correct answer ✅> 508
Statute of Limitations - correct answer
charges
✅> Time you were made aware of
What are the four types of culpability? - correct answer ✅ > Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
What is not a defense of culpability? (304) - correct answer
law
✅ > Ignorance of the
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
What is a defense for culpability? - correct answer ✅
> Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
answer ✅
What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the public? - correct
> Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
,FINAL MPOETC EXAM review Q&As
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> Custodial detention/arrest
✅
What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention? - correct answer
> Reasonable suspicion
What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention? - correct answer
Probable Cause
✅
>
✅
What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System? - correct answer
> Law enforcement
> Courts
> Corrections
Level of Government - correct answer ✅
> Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
Courts (court system) - correct answer ✅ > Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
,FINAL MPOETC EXAM review Q&As
(Verified Answers) 2026
Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment) - correct answer
brought before a judge to hear charges & a bail decision
✅ > Defendant is
Preliminary Hearing - correct answer ✅ > show the court the prosecution has a
"prima facie" case (on the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a
prosecution & using the state's resources to pursue the matter)
Formal Arraignment - correct answer
enters plea
✅ > Defendant hears charges to be tried &
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to determine
penalty or may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
Common Pleas Court (criminal court) - correct answer ✅
> Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
Bail - correct answer✅ > A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in
court if they are not to be held in custody until trial
ROR ( released on recognizance) - correct answer
in court is their bond
✅ > Their word they will appear
, FINAL MPOETC EXAM review Q&As
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PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what? - correct answer
authority to indict
✅> No
Pre-motion Trial - correct answer ✅> These motions may address the
admissibility of evidence, or venue changes
> In this stage the plea negotiations most likely will take place or diversionary
programs such as Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
What are the three eras of policing? - correct answer ✅ > Political era
> Reform era
> Community era
Political Era - correct answer✅ > Police often obtained their job as favors by
politicians to constituents who had financially backed them
> Ex. big buff male would get job)
Reform Era - correct answer ✅ > Narrowed police function to crime
control/reactive, incident driven police service
> Ex. DARE program
Community Era - correct answer ✅ > We are currently in this era
> Develop a sense of lawfulness in our society \
> We want their input, we want them to invest in their community police agency
(partnership)
