BPOC Exam 5 Actual Questions And Correct Detailed Answers 2026
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Plain View Doctrine-CORRECT ANSWER=allows a police officer to seize objects not described in
a warrant when executing a lawful search or seizure if he observes the object in plain view and
has probable cause to believe that it is connected with criminal activities
For the plain view doctrine to apply for discoveries,the three-prong Horton test requires that:-
CORRECT ANSWER=1.The officer is lawfully present at the place where the evidence can be plainly
viewed
2.The officer has a lawful right of access to the object
3.The incriminating character of the object is immediately apparent
What are the two prerequisites required for plain view to be valid?- CORRECT ANSWER=The officer
must be lawfully present to see what they see
and
it must be immediately apparent to the officer that what they see is contraband or somehow
connected with criminal activity.
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what is this?
-An officer working in plain clothes is walking through an apartment complex and observes through
slightly open curtains, two subjects weighing and separating what an officer believes to be cocaine.-
CORRECT ANSWER=toplain view
In relation to "PROBABLE CAUSE to arrest" what court case is this?
-exists where the facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge, and of which they have
reasonable trustworthy information, are sufficient in themselves to warrant a belief bya man of
reasonable caution that a crime is being committed.- CORRECT ANSWER=Brinegar v United States
What are the 4 elements of arrest?- CORRECT ANSWER=-Intent
-Authority
-Actual seizure
-Understanding
is the purpose/intention to take a person into custody.-CORRECT
ANSWER=Intent
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is when a peace officer is Authorized to arrest and is supported by probable cause.
- CORRECT ANSWER=Authority
when a person is arrested and taken into custody by physical force or submission-CORRECT
ANSWER=Actual Seizure
Means a person who is arrested must understand the officers intention to arrest.- CORRECT
ANSWER=Understanding
What are the 3 interactions people have with police?- CORRECT ANSWER=1.Consensual
Encounters
2.Investigatory stops/detentions
3.Arrest
Disrupting Meeting or Procession-CORRECTANSWER=-Aperson commits an offense if,with intent
to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering,he obstructs or interferes with the
meeting, procession, or gahering by PHYSICAL action or VERBAL utterance.
-CLASS B
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A person enters the county commissions meeting and begins to shout obscenities.According to the penal
code, that person has committed the offense-CORRECT ANSWER=42.05 Disrupting Meeting or
Procession"
Class B misdemeanor
Examples of non-traditional police style are-CORRECT ANSWER=Coactive and Proactive
Peace officers are free to approach and ask questions of persons so long as officers recognize that those
persons can refuse to identify themselves, refuse to cooperate, refuse to answer questions,and simply
walk away - CORRECT ANSWER=Consensual Encounters
Florida V.Royer
The temporary seizure of a person for investigation based on an officer's reasonable suspicion of criminal
activity-CORRECT ANSWER=Investigatory Stops/Detentions
Terry V.Ohio
In relation to "sexual performance by a Childs age" The offense is what, if the child is younger than 14
years of age?
PC 43.25 Subsection (b): A person commits an offense if knowing the character and content thereof
induces a child younger than 18 years of age engage in sexual conduct.. A parent or legal
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Plain View Doctrine-CORRECT ANSWER=allows a police officer to seize objects not described in
a warrant when executing a lawful search or seizure if he observes the object in plain view and
has probable cause to believe that it is connected with criminal activities
For the plain view doctrine to apply for discoveries,the three-prong Horton test requires that:-
CORRECT ANSWER=1.The officer is lawfully present at the place where the evidence can be plainly
viewed
2.The officer has a lawful right of access to the object
3.The incriminating character of the object is immediately apparent
What are the two prerequisites required for plain view to be valid?- CORRECT ANSWER=The officer
must be lawfully present to see what they see
and
it must be immediately apparent to the officer that what they see is contraband or somehow
connected with criminal activity.
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what is this?
-An officer working in plain clothes is walking through an apartment complex and observes through
slightly open curtains, two subjects weighing and separating what an officer believes to be cocaine.-
CORRECT ANSWER=toplain view
In relation to "PROBABLE CAUSE to arrest" what court case is this?
-exists where the facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge, and of which they have
reasonable trustworthy information, are sufficient in themselves to warrant a belief bya man of
reasonable caution that a crime is being committed.- CORRECT ANSWER=Brinegar v United States
What are the 4 elements of arrest?- CORRECT ANSWER=-Intent
-Authority
-Actual seizure
-Understanding
is the purpose/intention to take a person into custody.-CORRECT
ANSWER=Intent
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is when a peace officer is Authorized to arrest and is supported by probable cause.
- CORRECT ANSWER=Authority
when a person is arrested and taken into custody by physical force or submission-CORRECT
ANSWER=Actual Seizure
Means a person who is arrested must understand the officers intention to arrest.- CORRECT
ANSWER=Understanding
What are the 3 interactions people have with police?- CORRECT ANSWER=1.Consensual
Encounters
2.Investigatory stops/detentions
3.Arrest
Disrupting Meeting or Procession-CORRECTANSWER=-Aperson commits an offense if,with intent
to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering,he obstructs or interferes with the
meeting, procession, or gahering by PHYSICAL action or VERBAL utterance.
-CLASS B
, 4|Page
A person enters the county commissions meeting and begins to shout obscenities.According to the penal
code, that person has committed the offense-CORRECT ANSWER=42.05 Disrupting Meeting or
Procession"
Class B misdemeanor
Examples of non-traditional police style are-CORRECT ANSWER=Coactive and Proactive
Peace officers are free to approach and ask questions of persons so long as officers recognize that those
persons can refuse to identify themselves, refuse to cooperate, refuse to answer questions,and simply
walk away - CORRECT ANSWER=Consensual Encounters
Florida V.Royer
The temporary seizure of a person for investigation based on an officer's reasonable suspicion of criminal
activity-CORRECT ANSWER=Investigatory Stops/Detentions
Terry V.Ohio
In relation to "sexual performance by a Childs age" The offense is what, if the child is younger than 14
years of age?
PC 43.25 Subsection (b): A person commits an offense if knowing the character and content thereof
induces a child younger than 18 years of age engage in sexual conduct.. A parent or legal
