CP FINAL EXAM
To do a body cavity search at an international border, which of the following is
needed? - ANSWER Probable cause
In Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001), involving state hospital obstetric patients
who were arrested for child abuse after testing positive for cocaine while pregnant,
SCOTUS decided that the searches: - ANSWER Did violate the Fourth Amendment,
because they were warrantless, suspicionless, and nonconsensual
In Norris v. Premier Integrity Solutions, Inc. (2011), the Sixth Circuit Court held that
certain individuals had a diminished expectation of privacy. To which type of
individual did the court refer? - ANSWER A pre-trial detainee who has consented to
drug testing
In building probable cause, police officers may rely on what they: - ANSWER See,
hear, smell, and taste
Although SCOTUS has not ruled on this issue, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
has upheld Georgia's statute, which requires mandatory testing and storage of DNA
for what population? - ANSWER Incarcerated felons
What legal doctrine states that school officials are substitute parents when students
are in school? - ANSWER In loco parentis
Special needs searches include all of the following characteristics, except: -
ANSWER Their reasonableness depends entirely on protecting invasions of
individual privacy
Which of the following cases involved the use of a taser? - ANSWER Estate of
Ronald Armstrong v. Village of Pinehurst (2016)
New York v. Belton (1981) extended the Chimel rule to: - ANSWER Interior vehicle
searches, if the individual arrested is outside the car
T/F: The Fourth Amendment doesn't condemn all searches, only "unreasonable"
searches. - ANSWER True
Which of the following is not a requirement for obtaining a warrant to arrest a suspect
at home? - ANSWER The suspect's criminal history
Police ordinarily seek consent to search - ANSWER When they do not have
probable cause and cannot get a warrant.
T/F: The scope of a search incident to arrest includes the entire place where the
suspect is arrested. - ANSWER False
To do a body cavity search at an international border, which of the following is
needed? - ANSWER Probable cause
In Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001), involving state hospital obstetric patients
who were arrested for child abuse after testing positive for cocaine while pregnant,
SCOTUS decided that the searches: - ANSWER Did violate the Fourth Amendment,
because they were warrantless, suspicionless, and nonconsensual
In Norris v. Premier Integrity Solutions, Inc. (2011), the Sixth Circuit Court held that
certain individuals had a diminished expectation of privacy. To which type of
individual did the court refer? - ANSWER A pre-trial detainee who has consented to
drug testing
In building probable cause, police officers may rely on what they: - ANSWER See,
hear, smell, and taste
Although SCOTUS has not ruled on this issue, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
has upheld Georgia's statute, which requires mandatory testing and storage of DNA
for what population? - ANSWER Incarcerated felons
What legal doctrine states that school officials are substitute parents when students
are in school? - ANSWER In loco parentis
Special needs searches include all of the following characteristics, except: -
ANSWER Their reasonableness depends entirely on protecting invasions of
individual privacy
Which of the following cases involved the use of a taser? - ANSWER Estate of
Ronald Armstrong v. Village of Pinehurst (2016)
New York v. Belton (1981) extended the Chimel rule to: - ANSWER Interior vehicle
searches, if the individual arrested is outside the car
T/F: The Fourth Amendment doesn't condemn all searches, only "unreasonable"
searches. - ANSWER True
Which of the following is not a requirement for obtaining a warrant to arrest a suspect
at home? - ANSWER The suspect's criminal history
Police ordinarily seek consent to search - ANSWER When they do not have
probable cause and cannot get a warrant.
T/F: The scope of a search incident to arrest includes the entire place where the
suspect is arrested. - ANSWER False
