Chapter 3 legal FL Basic Recruit Law
Enforcement Test Questions with
Complete Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
case law - Answer the body of law that is formed by the decisions of the court system
civil law - Answer the area of law that pertains to the legal action that a person takes to
resolve a non-criminal private dispute with another person
criminal law - Answer the part of statutory law that identifies behaviors deemed
unacceptable by society and sets punishments for those behaviors
ordinance - Answer a law enacted by a municipal (city) or county government and which
applies only within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity which created it; may be criminal
or civil
due process - Answer the principle that laws must be applied fairly and equally to all people,
including a person accused of a crime. The due process clause in the U.S. Constitution declares
that the government shall not deprive anyone of their life, liberty, or property without cause
statutory law - Answer the written laws enacted by Congress, state legislatures, or local
governing authorities in response to a perceived need
procedural due process - Answer
substantive due process - Answer
felony - Answer any criminal offense committed where the maximum penalty is death or
incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
misdemeanor - Answer a minor wrongdoing
, accessory after the fact - Answer a person who gives the principal (the person who commits
the offense) any aid with the intent that the principal avoids or escapes detention, arrest, trial,
or punishment
enhanced penalty - Answer a sentence increased from one classification of offense to a more
serious classification due to a prior conviction or the serious nature of the circumstances
involved
breach of duty - Answer
principal in the first degree - Answer a person who commits any criminal offense, whether
felony or misdemeanor, that aids, abets, counsels, hires, or persuades an offense to be
committed or attempted; includes a person that helps another person or other people to
commit or attempt to commit a crime
compensatory damages - Answer court awards designed to compensate for the actual
property damage, harm, or injury the plaintiff suffers
criminal intent - Answer the conscious decision someone makes to deliberately engage in an
unlawful or negligent act, or to harm someone else
general intent - Answer when a suspect intentionally commits an illegal act prohibited by law
without considering the results of the illegal act. Examples of general intent are battery, assault,
rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and involuntary manslaughter.
negligence - Answer the failure to behave with the level of care that a reasonably prudent
person would have exercised under the same circumstances
probable cause - Answer a fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that someone
committed a crime, based on the totality of circumstances
proximate cause - Answer the legal phrase for the link between the breach of duty and the
harm caused (damages)
punitive damages - Answer penalties intended to punish the defendant for their act and to
Enforcement Test Questions with
Complete Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
case law - Answer the body of law that is formed by the decisions of the court system
civil law - Answer the area of law that pertains to the legal action that a person takes to
resolve a non-criminal private dispute with another person
criminal law - Answer the part of statutory law that identifies behaviors deemed
unacceptable by society and sets punishments for those behaviors
ordinance - Answer a law enacted by a municipal (city) or county government and which
applies only within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity which created it; may be criminal
or civil
due process - Answer the principle that laws must be applied fairly and equally to all people,
including a person accused of a crime. The due process clause in the U.S. Constitution declares
that the government shall not deprive anyone of their life, liberty, or property without cause
statutory law - Answer the written laws enacted by Congress, state legislatures, or local
governing authorities in response to a perceived need
procedural due process - Answer
substantive due process - Answer
felony - Answer any criminal offense committed where the maximum penalty is death or
incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
misdemeanor - Answer a minor wrongdoing
, accessory after the fact - Answer a person who gives the principal (the person who commits
the offense) any aid with the intent that the principal avoids or escapes detention, arrest, trial,
or punishment
enhanced penalty - Answer a sentence increased from one classification of offense to a more
serious classification due to a prior conviction or the serious nature of the circumstances
involved
breach of duty - Answer
principal in the first degree - Answer a person who commits any criminal offense, whether
felony or misdemeanor, that aids, abets, counsels, hires, or persuades an offense to be
committed or attempted; includes a person that helps another person or other people to
commit or attempt to commit a crime
compensatory damages - Answer court awards designed to compensate for the actual
property damage, harm, or injury the plaintiff suffers
criminal intent - Answer the conscious decision someone makes to deliberately engage in an
unlawful or negligent act, or to harm someone else
general intent - Answer when a suspect intentionally commits an illegal act prohibited by law
without considering the results of the illegal act. Examples of general intent are battery, assault,
rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and involuntary manslaughter.
negligence - Answer the failure to behave with the level of care that a reasonably prudent
person would have exercised under the same circumstances
probable cause - Answer a fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that someone
committed a crime, based on the totality of circumstances
proximate cause - Answer the legal phrase for the link between the breach of duty and the
harm caused (damages)
punitive damages - Answer penalties intended to punish the defendant for their act and to
