FDLE POLICE STATE EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (FDLE State review Police academy)
Law is a form of social control or a method of encouraging people to behave in a - -Certain
way
-There are several sources of laws that govern the way we live in the United States,
including constitutional law, statutory law, ordinances, criminal law, case law, and - -Civil
law
-Constitutional law defines the form of government Americans have established;
the Constitution defines our representational government and its three branch structure -
-Executive,legislative, judicial
-constitutional law consists of
standards set forth in the Constitution and of court decisions or interpretations of the
Constitution handed down by - -The U.S district supreme courts
-Statutory law is written and enacted by Congress, state legislatures, or local governing
authorities in response to a perceived need. Statutory law includes - -
Civil,criminal,administrative and regulatory laws
-Within statutory law, some provisions define unacceptable behaviors and government
prosecution of those who commit them. These statutes are called - -Criminal law
-criminal law
must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set - -Set a punisjmemt for it
-Statutes enacted by a municipal (city) or county government are known as - -Ordinaces
-Ordinances apply only within the jurisdiction of the governmental
entity that enacted them. Some ordinance violations are ________while others are ________
infractions. - -Criminal,civil
-_________ pertains to the legal action that a person takes to resolve a private dispute with
another person - -Civil law
-__________is the body of law that allows for the creation of public regulatory
agencies. - -Administrative law
-_________is formed by the decisions of the court system (the judicial branch). - -Case law
-The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution comprise - -The bill
Of rights
, -The________ Amendment protects the freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly, and
religion. - -First
-The ________ Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. - -Second
-The ______ Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure and generally requires
a warrant signed
by an independent magistrate (judge). - -Fourth
-Law enforcement activities affected by the Fourth Amendment
include law enforcement's _______ into homes, vehicles, luggage, purses, or other places
where a person has a
_________________________ including his or her person, and interference with people's right to
possess
and maintain control over their property - -Entry, Reasonable expectation of privacy
-Law enforcement stops and arrests, including the use of force on
persons, are considered _________ and must meet the reasonableness requirement of the 4th
Amendment, which provides certain exceptions to law enforcement - -Seizures
-The _______ Amendment is best known for prohibiting compelled self-incrimination. - -
Fifth
-The term ________ broadly describes criminal or noncriminal acts that are punishable
under Florida law. - -Offense
-A _________ is any crime committed for which the maximum penalty is death
or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year. - -Felony
-A felony carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. - -1st Degree
-A ________________felony is punishable by a maximum of 15 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to
$10,000, or both. - -2nd Degree
-A _____-degree felony carries a maximum penalty of _______ years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to
$5,000, or both. - -Third, 5
-A ____________ is any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a county jail
of up to one
yea - -Misdemeanor
-An offense for which the only penalty may be a fine, forfeiture, or other civil penalty is a
noncriminal
, violation, also known as a _____________ - -Civil Infraction
-The law recognizes four standards of legal justification for stopping, searching, seizing
and being punished for their crimes : mere
suspicion, ____________ suspicion, _________cause, and proof beyond a __________________. - -
Reasonable, probable cause, reasonable doubt
-A ____________encounter
occurs when an officer comes into voluntary contact with a citizen under circumstances in
which a reasonable
person would feel free to disregard the police and go about his or her business. It involves
no coercion, no
detention, and therefore is no Fourth Amendment seizure - -Consensual
-________ suspicion is sometimes described as a hunch or gut feeling based on law
enforcement training and
knowledge. _______suspicion does not grant any enforcement authority. Detaining a person
or searching him
or her requires more than ________suspicion. - -Mere, Mere, Mere
-___________ suspicion is the standard of justification needed to support a legal Terry stop or
investigative
detention. Reasonable suspicion is sometimes called "articulable suspicion" or "founded
suspicion." - -Reasonable
-Florida's Stop and Frisk law, s. 901.151, F.S.,
requires probable cause before such a weapons pat down is permitted. Case law ( terry vs.
Ohio ) however, has held that in this
context the term probable cause means _____________________ - -Reasonable suspicion
-A frisk or pat
down is not a full _________ - -Search
-The scope of the ______ is limited to a pat down of outer clothing, containers, and
property being carried by the subject. - -Frisk
-An officer who conducts a valid stop and frisk as described above, and in the process feels
an item he or she readily recognizes as contraband, may seize that contraband. Known as
the ___________ - -Plain touch or feel doctrine
-Plain touch/feel does not
permit any __________or groping of the object in an effort to identify it as contraband - -
Manipulation
-The two elements required for a lawful pat down or frisk are (1) that the subject is
lawfully ___________ and (2)
ANSWERS (FDLE State review Police academy)
Law is a form of social control or a method of encouraging people to behave in a - -Certain
way
-There are several sources of laws that govern the way we live in the United States,
including constitutional law, statutory law, ordinances, criminal law, case law, and - -Civil
law
-Constitutional law defines the form of government Americans have established;
the Constitution defines our representational government and its three branch structure -
-Executive,legislative, judicial
-constitutional law consists of
standards set forth in the Constitution and of court decisions or interpretations of the
Constitution handed down by - -The U.S district supreme courts
-Statutory law is written and enacted by Congress, state legislatures, or local governing
authorities in response to a perceived need. Statutory law includes - -
Civil,criminal,administrative and regulatory laws
-Within statutory law, some provisions define unacceptable behaviors and government
prosecution of those who commit them. These statutes are called - -Criminal law
-criminal law
must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set - -Set a punisjmemt for it
-Statutes enacted by a municipal (city) or county government are known as - -Ordinaces
-Ordinances apply only within the jurisdiction of the governmental
entity that enacted them. Some ordinance violations are ________while others are ________
infractions. - -Criminal,civil
-_________ pertains to the legal action that a person takes to resolve a private dispute with
another person - -Civil law
-__________is the body of law that allows for the creation of public regulatory
agencies. - -Administrative law
-_________is formed by the decisions of the court system (the judicial branch). - -Case law
-The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution comprise - -The bill
Of rights
, -The________ Amendment protects the freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly, and
religion. - -First
-The ________ Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. - -Second
-The ______ Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure and generally requires
a warrant signed
by an independent magistrate (judge). - -Fourth
-Law enforcement activities affected by the Fourth Amendment
include law enforcement's _______ into homes, vehicles, luggage, purses, or other places
where a person has a
_________________________ including his or her person, and interference with people's right to
possess
and maintain control over their property - -Entry, Reasonable expectation of privacy
-Law enforcement stops and arrests, including the use of force on
persons, are considered _________ and must meet the reasonableness requirement of the 4th
Amendment, which provides certain exceptions to law enforcement - -Seizures
-The _______ Amendment is best known for prohibiting compelled self-incrimination. - -
Fifth
-The term ________ broadly describes criminal or noncriminal acts that are punishable
under Florida law. - -Offense
-A _________ is any crime committed for which the maximum penalty is death
or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year. - -Felony
-A felony carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. - -1st Degree
-A ________________felony is punishable by a maximum of 15 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to
$10,000, or both. - -2nd Degree
-A _____-degree felony carries a maximum penalty of _______ years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to
$5,000, or both. - -Third, 5
-A ____________ is any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a county jail
of up to one
yea - -Misdemeanor
-An offense for which the only penalty may be a fine, forfeiture, or other civil penalty is a
noncriminal
, violation, also known as a _____________ - -Civil Infraction
-The law recognizes four standards of legal justification for stopping, searching, seizing
and being punished for their crimes : mere
suspicion, ____________ suspicion, _________cause, and proof beyond a __________________. - -
Reasonable, probable cause, reasonable doubt
-A ____________encounter
occurs when an officer comes into voluntary contact with a citizen under circumstances in
which a reasonable
person would feel free to disregard the police and go about his or her business. It involves
no coercion, no
detention, and therefore is no Fourth Amendment seizure - -Consensual
-________ suspicion is sometimes described as a hunch or gut feeling based on law
enforcement training and
knowledge. _______suspicion does not grant any enforcement authority. Detaining a person
or searching him
or her requires more than ________suspicion. - -Mere, Mere, Mere
-___________ suspicion is the standard of justification needed to support a legal Terry stop or
investigative
detention. Reasonable suspicion is sometimes called "articulable suspicion" or "founded
suspicion." - -Reasonable
-Florida's Stop and Frisk law, s. 901.151, F.S.,
requires probable cause before such a weapons pat down is permitted. Case law ( terry vs.
Ohio ) however, has held that in this
context the term probable cause means _____________________ - -Reasonable suspicion
-A frisk or pat
down is not a full _________ - -Search
-The scope of the ______ is limited to a pat down of outer clothing, containers, and
property being carried by the subject. - -Frisk
-An officer who conducts a valid stop and frisk as described above, and in the process feels
an item he or she readily recognizes as contraband, may seize that contraband. Known as
the ___________ - -Plain touch or feel doctrine
-Plain touch/feel does not
permit any __________or groping of the object in an effort to identify it as contraband - -
Manipulation
-The two elements required for a lawful pat down or frisk are (1) that the subject is
lawfully ___________ and (2)
