MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION 2026 REVIEW
EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔3 feet - ✔✔How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic
stop?
✔✔civil matter - ✔✔Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if
a mother fails to permit father to see child during the weekend?
✔✔no violation committed - ✔✔What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an
elder man who offered to transport a child someplace?
✔✔mental hospital - ✔✔When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take
them first?
✔✔statute 3111 - ✔✔What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who
turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices)
✔✔graham v. connor - ✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's
reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20 hindsight of others?
, ✔✔fruit of the poisonous tree - ✔✔What term applies to any evidence found through
illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and
the seizure?
✔✔nix v. williams - ✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery
exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔us v. leon - ✔✔What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔involuntary commitment - ✔✔What type of commitment pertains to spending 24
hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a
Magisterial judge?
✔✔order of courts - ✔✔Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State
Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
✔✔sheriff department - ✔✔If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms
present, where must the firearms be taken?
✔✔take immediately - ✔✔A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud
noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a powdered substance in
baggies on the table when the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what
should the Officer do?
✔✔yes - ✔✔Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the
police to search her husband's unlocked closet. Will her permission suffice?
✔✔11 pm - ✔✔What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of
Pennsylvania?
✔✔indecent assault - ✔✔An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is
actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
✔✔robbery - ✔✔A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their
purse with only $1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense considered?
✔✔leave payment on table - ✔✔A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and
foots the bill on the house. What should the officer do?
✔✔moral righteousness - ✔✔A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they
are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT justifiable. What must you,
as a Police Officer, consider when you hand in your report?
EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔3 feet - ✔✔How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic
stop?
✔✔civil matter - ✔✔Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if
a mother fails to permit father to see child during the weekend?
✔✔no violation committed - ✔✔What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an
elder man who offered to transport a child someplace?
✔✔mental hospital - ✔✔When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take
them first?
✔✔statute 3111 - ✔✔What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who
turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic Devices)
✔✔graham v. connor - ✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's
reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20 hindsight of others?
, ✔✔fruit of the poisonous tree - ✔✔What term applies to any evidence found through
illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship between the act and
the seizure?
✔✔nix v. williams - ✔✔What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery
exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔us v. leon - ✔✔What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
✔✔involuntary commitment - ✔✔What type of commitment pertains to spending 24
hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a
Magisterial judge?
✔✔order of courts - ✔✔Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State
Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
✔✔sheriff department - ✔✔If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms
present, where must the firearms be taken?
✔✔take immediately - ✔✔A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud
noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a powdered substance in
baggies on the table when the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what
should the Officer do?
✔✔yes - ✔✔Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the
police to search her husband's unlocked closet. Will her permission suffice?
✔✔11 pm - ✔✔What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of
Pennsylvania?
✔✔indecent assault - ✔✔An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is
actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
✔✔robbery - ✔✔A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their
purse with only $1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense considered?
✔✔leave payment on table - ✔✔A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and
foots the bill on the house. What should the officer do?
✔✔moral righteousness - ✔✔A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they
are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT justifiable. What must you,
as a Police Officer, consider when you hand in your report?
