Question 1 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
The main reasons for misidentification include: I. the brain does not record accurately what the
eye sees. II. the police may use improper suggestive identification measures. III. memory loss
between the original event and the identification procedure. IV. look-alike suspects. V. recall.
A. a. I, II, III, IV, V
B. b. I, II, III, V
C. c. II
D. d. II, III, IV, V
Answer Key: B
Question 2 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
____ lineups reduce the power of suggestion and reduce the possibility that the witness will pick
the person who most resembles the perpetrator:
A. a. Sequential
B. b. Simultaneous
C. c. Blind
D. d. Photo
Answer Key: A
Question 3 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
In using deterrence as the justification for excluding valid evidence, the Court weighs:
A. a. the evidence of guilt against nature of the constitutional violation.
B. b. the social costs against the deterrent effect.
C. c. a and b
D. d. neither a nor b
, Answer Key: B
Question 4 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
Which exception holds that illegally seized evidence can be introduced a trial if the officials' law
breaking behavior did not cause the seizure of the evidence?
A. a. the attenuation exception
B. b. the independent source exception
C. c. the inevitable discovery exception
D. d. the fruit of the poisonous tree exception
Answer Key: B
Question 5 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
The deterrence rationale for the exclusionary rule:
A. a. is based on the idea that courts need to be discouraged from using illegally seized
evidence.
B. b. is concerned with deterring judges who issue bad warrants.
C. c. is no longer the primary justification for the rule.
D. d. is based on the belief that excluding good evidence because it was illegally obtained send
a message to law enforcement.
Answer Key: D
Question 6 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
In Weeks v. U.S., a 1914 case involving the illegal entry and search of a home, the Supreme
Court: I. reversed Week's conviction. II. made the U.S. unique in excluding good evidence from
court because of the manner in which it was seized. III. applied the exclusionary to both federal
and state law enforcement. IV. applied the exclusionary only to gambling cases.
A. a. I, II, III, IV
B. b. I, II, IV
C. c. I, II
The main reasons for misidentification include: I. the brain does not record accurately what the
eye sees. II. the police may use improper suggestive identification measures. III. memory loss
between the original event and the identification procedure. IV. look-alike suspects. V. recall.
A. a. I, II, III, IV, V
B. b. I, II, III, V
C. c. II
D. d. II, III, IV, V
Answer Key: B
Question 2 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
____ lineups reduce the power of suggestion and reduce the possibility that the witness will pick
the person who most resembles the perpetrator:
A. a. Sequential
B. b. Simultaneous
C. c. Blind
D. d. Photo
Answer Key: A
Question 3 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
In using deterrence as the justification for excluding valid evidence, the Court weighs:
A. a. the evidence of guilt against nature of the constitutional violation.
B. b. the social costs against the deterrent effect.
C. c. a and b
D. d. neither a nor b
, Answer Key: B
Question 4 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
Which exception holds that illegally seized evidence can be introduced a trial if the officials' law
breaking behavior did not cause the seizure of the evidence?
A. a. the attenuation exception
B. b. the independent source exception
C. c. the inevitable discovery exception
D. d. the fruit of the poisonous tree exception
Answer Key: B
Question 5 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
The deterrence rationale for the exclusionary rule:
A. a. is based on the idea that courts need to be discouraged from using illegally seized
evidence.
B. b. is concerned with deterring judges who issue bad warrants.
C. c. is no longer the primary justification for the rule.
D. d. is based on the belief that excluding good evidence because it was illegally obtained send
a message to law enforcement.
Answer Key: D
Question 6 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
In Weeks v. U.S., a 1914 case involving the illegal entry and search of a home, the Supreme
Court: I. reversed Week's conviction. II. made the U.S. unique in excluding good evidence from
court because of the manner in which it was seized. III. applied the exclusionary to both federal
and state law enforcement. IV. applied the exclusionary only to gambling cases.
A. a. I, II, III, IV
B. b. I, II, IV
C. c. I, II
