SCCJA CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED
A+
⩥ 1st Amendment.
Answer: Freedom of: Religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly/protest
⩥ 4th Amendment.
Answer: Implies that right to privacy is inherent. Freedom from
unreasonable searches and seizures. Requires probable cause, particular
descriptions, and an oath for the issuance of a warrant.
⩥ 5th Amendment.
Answer: Requires a grand jury for capital or infamous crimes. Freedom
from double jeopardy and self-incrimination. Ensures due process.
⩥ 6th Amendment.
Answer: Ensures: Speedy and public trial, impartial jury in proper
venue, knowledge of charges, confrontation of witnesses, ability to
obtain favorable witnesses, assistance of defense attorney.
⩥ 14th Amendment.
, Answer: Made the BoR applicable to the states. Before the 14th,
Supreme Court decisions only applied to Federal agents, afterwards all
Supreme Court decisions applied to both Federal and state LE. Brought
uniformity to application of due process.
⩥ US 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 approx. 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 a reasonable and
substantial relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law
or process. FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS
⩥ Civil Liability.
Answer: Responsibility that an officer must bear for damages or injuries
that the officer has caused another person to suffer
⩥ Tort.
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED
A+
⩥ 1st Amendment.
Answer: Freedom of: Religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly/protest
⩥ 4th Amendment.
Answer: Implies that right to privacy is inherent. Freedom from
unreasonable searches and seizures. Requires probable cause, particular
descriptions, and an oath for the issuance of a warrant.
⩥ 5th Amendment.
Answer: Requires a grand jury for capital or infamous crimes. Freedom
from double jeopardy and self-incrimination. Ensures due process.
⩥ 6th Amendment.
Answer: Ensures: Speedy and public trial, impartial jury in proper
venue, knowledge of charges, confrontation of witnesses, ability to
obtain favorable witnesses, assistance of defense attorney.
⩥ 14th Amendment.
, Answer: Made the BoR applicable to the states. Before the 14th,
Supreme Court decisions only applied to Federal agents, afterwards all
Supreme Court decisions applied to both Federal and state LE. Brought
uniformity to application of due process.
⩥ US 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 approx. 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 a reasonable and
substantial relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law
or process. FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS
⩥ Civil Liability.
Answer: Responsibility that an officer must bear for damages or injuries
that the officer has caused another person to suffer
⩥ Tort.
