INVESTIGATIVE STOPS & ARRESTS QUIZ
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
Whether a contact is voluntary depends on whether the person is _______________. -
Seized
When does a seizure occur? - 1) A reasonable person would not feel free to leave, and
2) The person does not leave, or
3) There is a physical restraint (even if unsuccessful)
What is the minimum legal standard required to seize a person? - Reasonable Suspicion
©caleb 2024/2025. Published 2025.
, What is the definition of Reasonable Suspicion? - Where an officer observes unusual
conduct which leads him to reasonably conclude that criminal activity may be afoot.
The duration of a stop may be no longer than reasonably necessary to either . . . - 1)
Quell suspicion, or
2) Develop probable cause for an arrest
What is the minimum legal standard required to frisk a person? - Reasonable Suspicion
(independent of the reasonable suspicion that justified the stop) that the subject is armed and
dangerous
What is the object of a Terry frisk? - Weapons
What is the scope of a Terry frisk? - A carefully limited search (i.e. "cursory pat down") of
the suspect's outer clothing
Plain Feel Doctrine - Permits an officer to seize any object "whose contour or mass" he or
she identifies as apparent contraband during a pat down
©caleb 2024/2025. Published 2025.
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
Whether a contact is voluntary depends on whether the person is _______________. -
Seized
When does a seizure occur? - 1) A reasonable person would not feel free to leave, and
2) The person does not leave, or
3) There is a physical restraint (even if unsuccessful)
What is the minimum legal standard required to seize a person? - Reasonable Suspicion
©caleb 2024/2025. Published 2025.
, What is the definition of Reasonable Suspicion? - Where an officer observes unusual
conduct which leads him to reasonably conclude that criminal activity may be afoot.
The duration of a stop may be no longer than reasonably necessary to either . . . - 1)
Quell suspicion, or
2) Develop probable cause for an arrest
What is the minimum legal standard required to frisk a person? - Reasonable Suspicion
(independent of the reasonable suspicion that justified the stop) that the subject is armed and
dangerous
What is the object of a Terry frisk? - Weapons
What is the scope of a Terry frisk? - A carefully limited search (i.e. "cursory pat down") of
the suspect's outer clothing
Plain Feel Doctrine - Permits an officer to seize any object "whose contour or mass" he or
she identifies as apparent contraband during a pat down
©caleb 2024/2025. Published 2025.
