Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
1. What amendment is the Exclusionary Rule grounded in: 4th amendment.
prohibits the use of illegally obtained material for use at a trial
2. What amendment includes the right against self-incrimination as well as the
right to be only tried once (double jeopardy): 5th amendment
you cant testify against yourself or be tried for the same crime twice
3. What amendment includes the right to a speedy trial, public trial and impar-
tial jury: 6th amendment
right to confront a witness or see the person accusing them of the crime face to face
4. The supreme court ruled that this amendment's cruel and unusual punish-
ment clause also applies to the states: 8th amendment
5. The 4th amendment can be divided into 2 parts: Proper issue of warrants and
search and seizure
6. To satisfy the 4th amendment, an investigative stop must be based on
what: Reasonable suspicion
7. Reasonable suspicion is the same as probable cause according to the 4th
amendment (true or false): False
8. The Bill of Rights originally only applied to actions of the federal govern-
ment, but
certain rights were made applicable to the states by what Amendment.: 14th
Amendment
Also, all people born in the United States are citizens automatically.
9. Which Amendment contains the Due Process and Equal Protection Claus-
es: 14th Amendment
10. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first how many Amend-
ments: The first 10 Amendments
11. Name the US Supreme Court rule which created the motor vehicle search
warrant
exception.
a. Exclusionary rule
b. Garner Doctrine
c. Carroll Doctrine
d. Escobedo Exception: Carroll Doctrine
12. Probable cause is greater than reasonable suspicion and is the standard
used to make
an arrest or obtain a search warrant.
a. True
b. False: True
13. 1. Police officers need a warrant to search a cell phone unless there are
exigent circumstances.
,Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
a. True
b. False: True
14. 1. Regarding cell phone searches an exigent circumstance may be one of
the following;
a. Child Abduction
b. Bomb Detonation Information
c. Drug Deal information
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above: Both a and b
must be for very serious crimes and not smaller crimes
15. 1. Two of the court cases involved in the Supreme Court ruling regarding
cell phone searches are;
a. Chimel v California
b. Riley v California
c. U.S. v Wurie
d. Both a and b
e. Both b and c: Both b and c
U.S. v Wurie is more for flip phones.
Riley v California is for getting warrants when searching all phones but smart phones
more
16. 1. Regarding the search of cell phones the Supreme court listened to two
cases involving;
a. Prostitution and weapons
b. Drugs, weapons and gangs
c. Child Pornography and drugs
d. Automobile thefts and gangs: Drugs, weapons and gangs
U.S. v Wurie and Riley v California
17. 1. The Supreme Court ruling on cell phone searches prevents law enforce-
ment officers from seizing cell phones.
a. True
b. False: False
Officers can seize them, but cannot search them without a warrant
18. 1. Knowingly possess drug paraphernalia is a
152.092
a. Petty misdemeanor
b. Misdemeanor
c. Gross misdemeanor
d. Felony: Petty Misdemeanor
,Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
19. 1. Which is not a pattern in the analysis of fingerprints?
a. Loop
b. Whorl
c. Lobe
d. Arch: Lobe
20. 1. What are magnets for crime according to the broken windows model?
a. Drugs
b. Abandoned buildings
c. Guns
d. Housing projects: Abandoned buildings
21. 1. When was the first minority police officer hired by the Washington DC
department?
a. 1861
b. 1820
c. 1798
d. 1928: 1861
First black officer
22. 1. Who was the first American female police officer?
a. Beverly Harvard
b. Lois Lane
c. Alice Stebbins Wells
d. Connie Wayne Smith: Alice Stebbins Wells
Hired in 1910, worked for the LAPD for 30 years
Founded the International Policewoman's Association
23. 1. The single greatest influence on modern policing came from;
a. Henry Fielding
b. Edward Henry
c. Robert Peel
d. Daniel McNaughton: Robert Peel
24. 1. What 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed the fleeing felon law
and set guidelines on police use of force?
a. Williams v. New York
b. Connor v. Graham
c. Tennessee v. Garner
d. Sherman v. California: Tennessee v. Garner
Garner fleeing over a fence, officer shot him
25. 1. A crime for which a sentence of imprisonment of more than one year
may be imposed is a
a. Crime
, Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
b. Felony
c. Gross misdemeanor
d. Misdemeanor: Felony
26. 1. An officer may use deadly force to effect the arrest or capture, or prevent
the escape, of a person whom the peace officer knows or has reasonable
grounds to believe has committed or attempted to commit a felony involving
the use or threatened use of deadly force. 609.066 subd 2
a. True
b. False: True
27. 1. Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately causes the death
of a human being by, directly or indirectly, unlawfully selling, giving away,
bartering, delivering, exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled
substance classified in Schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in the second
degree. 609.195 Murder in the 3rd degree
a. True
b. False: False
They would be guilty of Murder in the 3rd degree is also killing someone due to an
act of danger, or without regard for human life.
2nd degree is killing someone without premeditation
28. 1. The Mann Act is aimed at (James Robert Mann Federal
Law 1910)
a. Rape prevention
b. Bigamy
c. Prostitution
d. All sex offenses: Prostitution
aimed at keeping innocent girls from being lured into prostitution, but really offered
a way to make a crime out of many kinds of consensual sexual activity.
29. 1. The newest philosophy of policing is
a. Traditional policing
b. Reactive policing
c. Community policing
d. Responsive policing: Community policing
30. 1. Perhaps the single biggest problem with community policing is gaining
acceptance of the
a. Community
b. First-line supervisor
c. Patrol officer
d. Police chief: First-line supervisor
1. What amendment is the Exclusionary Rule grounded in: 4th amendment.
prohibits the use of illegally obtained material for use at a trial
2. What amendment includes the right against self-incrimination as well as the
right to be only tried once (double jeopardy): 5th amendment
you cant testify against yourself or be tried for the same crime twice
3. What amendment includes the right to a speedy trial, public trial and impar-
tial jury: 6th amendment
right to confront a witness or see the person accusing them of the crime face to face
4. The supreme court ruled that this amendment's cruel and unusual punish-
ment clause also applies to the states: 8th amendment
5. The 4th amendment can be divided into 2 parts: Proper issue of warrants and
search and seizure
6. To satisfy the 4th amendment, an investigative stop must be based on
what: Reasonable suspicion
7. Reasonable suspicion is the same as probable cause according to the 4th
amendment (true or false): False
8. The Bill of Rights originally only applied to actions of the federal govern-
ment, but
certain rights were made applicable to the states by what Amendment.: 14th
Amendment
Also, all people born in the United States are citizens automatically.
9. Which Amendment contains the Due Process and Equal Protection Claus-
es: 14th Amendment
10. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first how many Amend-
ments: The first 10 Amendments
11. Name the US Supreme Court rule which created the motor vehicle search
warrant
exception.
a. Exclusionary rule
b. Garner Doctrine
c. Carroll Doctrine
d. Escobedo Exception: Carroll Doctrine
12. Probable cause is greater than reasonable suspicion and is the standard
used to make
an arrest or obtain a search warrant.
a. True
b. False: True
13. 1. Police officers need a warrant to search a cell phone unless there are
exigent circumstances.
,Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
a. True
b. False: True
14. 1. Regarding cell phone searches an exigent circumstance may be one of
the following;
a. Child Abduction
b. Bomb Detonation Information
c. Drug Deal information
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above: Both a and b
must be for very serious crimes and not smaller crimes
15. 1. Two of the court cases involved in the Supreme Court ruling regarding
cell phone searches are;
a. Chimel v California
b. Riley v California
c. U.S. v Wurie
d. Both a and b
e. Both b and c: Both b and c
U.S. v Wurie is more for flip phones.
Riley v California is for getting warrants when searching all phones but smart phones
more
16. 1. Regarding the search of cell phones the Supreme court listened to two
cases involving;
a. Prostitution and weapons
b. Drugs, weapons and gangs
c. Child Pornography and drugs
d. Automobile thefts and gangs: Drugs, weapons and gangs
U.S. v Wurie and Riley v California
17. 1. The Supreme Court ruling on cell phone searches prevents law enforce-
ment officers from seizing cell phones.
a. True
b. False: False
Officers can seize them, but cannot search them without a warrant
18. 1. Knowingly possess drug paraphernalia is a
152.092
a. Petty misdemeanor
b. Misdemeanor
c. Gross misdemeanor
d. Felony: Petty Misdemeanor
,Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
19. 1. Which is not a pattern in the analysis of fingerprints?
a. Loop
b. Whorl
c. Lobe
d. Arch: Lobe
20. 1. What are magnets for crime according to the broken windows model?
a. Drugs
b. Abandoned buildings
c. Guns
d. Housing projects: Abandoned buildings
21. 1. When was the first minority police officer hired by the Washington DC
department?
a. 1861
b. 1820
c. 1798
d. 1928: 1861
First black officer
22. 1. Who was the first American female police officer?
a. Beverly Harvard
b. Lois Lane
c. Alice Stebbins Wells
d. Connie Wayne Smith: Alice Stebbins Wells
Hired in 1910, worked for the LAPD for 30 years
Founded the International Policewoman's Association
23. 1. The single greatest influence on modern policing came from;
a. Henry Fielding
b. Edward Henry
c. Robert Peel
d. Daniel McNaughton: Robert Peel
24. 1. What 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed the fleeing felon law
and set guidelines on police use of force?
a. Williams v. New York
b. Connor v. Graham
c. Tennessee v. Garner
d. Sherman v. California: Tennessee v. Garner
Garner fleeing over a fence, officer shot him
25. 1. A crime for which a sentence of imprisonment of more than one year
may be imposed is a
a. Crime
, Minnesota Post Test questions and answers
b. Felony
c. Gross misdemeanor
d. Misdemeanor: Felony
26. 1. An officer may use deadly force to effect the arrest or capture, or prevent
the escape, of a person whom the peace officer knows or has reasonable
grounds to believe has committed or attempted to commit a felony involving
the use or threatened use of deadly force. 609.066 subd 2
a. True
b. False: True
27. 1. Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately causes the death
of a human being by, directly or indirectly, unlawfully selling, giving away,
bartering, delivering, exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled
substance classified in Schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in the second
degree. 609.195 Murder in the 3rd degree
a. True
b. False: False
They would be guilty of Murder in the 3rd degree is also killing someone due to an
act of danger, or without regard for human life.
2nd degree is killing someone without premeditation
28. 1. The Mann Act is aimed at (James Robert Mann Federal
Law 1910)
a. Rape prevention
b. Bigamy
c. Prostitution
d. All sex offenses: Prostitution
aimed at keeping innocent girls from being lured into prostitution, but really offered
a way to make a crime out of many kinds of consensual sexual activity.
29. 1. The newest philosophy of policing is
a. Traditional policing
b. Reactive policing
c. Community policing
d. Responsive policing: Community policing
30. 1. Perhaps the single biggest problem with community policing is gaining
acceptance of the
a. Community
b. First-line supervisor
c. Patrol officer
d. Police chief: First-line supervisor
