MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW
1. conspiracy: Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later?
2. forehead: When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their body at which it was applied?
3. yellow: What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy)
4. 35 mph: What is the normal speed limit for an urban area?
5. use lethal force: What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer?
6. DEA: What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab?
7. cruiser ready: What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty, and the magazine is
seated in the magazine well?
8. cruiser ready: What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide, and an activated
chamber safety switch?
9. 1st amendment: What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press?
10. 4th amendment: What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and effects?
11. 5th amendment: What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process, compensation for public taking
of property, and double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
12. 6th amendment: What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be confronted by witnesses and/or
accusers?
13. 8th amendment: What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual punishment?
14. 14th amendment: What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for all?
15. mapp v. ohio: What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?"
16. 4th amendment: What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force?
17. commonwealth v. maglioccio: What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept that a person
cannot be convicted of ethnic intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate offense?
18. aggravated assault: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania police officer?
19. simple assault: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant other?
20 criminal attempt: In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be charged against a woman who
attempted to stab a man and missed?
21. juvenile petition: What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher?
22. incorrect: CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3 seconds, and look both ways
before proceeding?
23. flammable: What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate?
24. incorrect: CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents included when there is a
domestic situation at large?
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25. eliminate threat: What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active shooter at large?
26. robbery: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then locked between the doors?
27. directly in front of home: When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a Police Officer NOT park
his/her patrol vehicle?
28. 3 feet: How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop?
29. 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?
30. no violation committed: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who offered to transport a
child someplace?
31. mental hospital: When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first?
32. 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)
33. 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?
34. 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?
35. nix v. williams: What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule?
36. us v. leon: What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
37. 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?
38. order of courts: Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State
Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. 39 sheriff department: If a Police Officer is
serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms present, where must the firearms be taken?
40. 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, wha
should the Officer do?
41. 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? 42. 11 pm: What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania? 43
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?
44. 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?
45. 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?
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1. conspiracy: Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later?
2. forehead: When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their body at which it was applied?
3. yellow: What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy)
4. 35 mph: What is the normal speed limit for an urban area?
5. use lethal force: What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer?
6. DEA: What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab?
7. cruiser ready: What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty, and the magazine is
seated in the magazine well?
8. cruiser ready: What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide, and an activated
chamber safety switch?
9. 1st amendment: What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press?
10. 4th amendment: What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and effects?
11. 5th amendment: What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process, compensation for public taking
of property, and double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
12. 6th amendment: What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be confronted by witnesses and/or
accusers?
13. 8th amendment: What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual punishment?
14. 14th amendment: What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for all?
15. mapp v. ohio: What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?"
16. 4th amendment: What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force?
17. commonwealth v. maglioccio: What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept that a person
cannot be convicted of ethnic intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate offense?
18. aggravated assault: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania police officer?
19. simple assault: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant other?
20 criminal attempt: In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be charged against a woman who
attempted to stab a man and missed?
21. juvenile petition: What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher?
22. incorrect: CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3 seconds, and look both ways
before proceeding?
23. flammable: What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate?
24. incorrect: CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents included when there is a
domestic situation at large?
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25. eliminate threat: What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active shooter at large?
26. robbery: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then locked between the doors?
27. directly in front of home: When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a Police Officer NOT park
his/her patrol vehicle?
28. 3 feet: How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop?
29. 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?
30. no violation committed: What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who offered to transport a
child someplace?
31. mental hospital: When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first?
32. 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)
33. 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?
34. 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?
35. nix v. williams: What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule?
36. us v. leon: What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
37. 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?
38. order of courts: Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State
Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. 39 sheriff department: If a Police Officer is
serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms present, where must the firearms be taken?
40. 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, wha
should the Officer do?
41. 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? 42. 11 pm: What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania? 43
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?
44. 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?
45. 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?
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