MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW
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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?
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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?
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?
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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?
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, MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_52rh6p
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?
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?
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