TOMPSC SCCJA CUMULATIVE EXAMINATION
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR 2026.
⫸ 4th Amendment. Ans: Search and seizure
⫸ 5th Amendment. Ans: The Right to Remain Silent/Double
Jeopardy
⫸ 6th Amendment. Ans: Right to a speedy and public trial
⫸ 14th Amendment. Ans: Due Process
⫸ Executive, Legislative, Judicial. Ans: Three Branches
⫸ Executive Branch. Ans: Enforces laws
⫸ Legislative Branch. Ans: Makes laws
⫸ Judicial Branch. Ans: Interprets the laws
⫸ Supreme Court. Ans: Article III of Constitution. Court of last
resort. Judicial review. President nominates all justices, including
position of Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of
the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000
,cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the
first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
⫸ Due Process. Ans: No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or
capricious and the means selected to enforce that law shall have
reasonable and substantial relation to the object being sought to be
achieved by that law or process
⫸ Fighting words. Ans: Words that by their very utterance inflict
injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
⫸ Intoxication, threats, physical interference. Ans: Forms of speech
that are not protected
⫸ Texas v. Johnson. Ans: A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court
struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the
grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment.
⫸ Trial Running. Ans: Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest
trail or travel aid
⫸ Despondent. Ans: Persons who are severely depressed individuals
or persons contemplating suicide
,⫸ View Enhancement. Ans: Type of strategy occurs when the lost
person climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view
of the area
⫸ 16. Ans: SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
⫸ Any person under the age of 18. Ans: Definition of a child
⫸ Jeb v. Alabama. Ans: Case that established the equal protection
clause
⫸ 63. Ans: SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
⫸ 1996. Ans: When was Megans Law passed?
⫸ 94. Ans: How many federal district courts are there?
⫸ 13. Ans: How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
⫸ Common pleas and general sessions. Ans: Two branches of a
circuit court?
⫸ Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. Ans: Court case that established
fighting words
, ⫸ Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution. Ans: 3 phases of rape
trauma syndrome
⫸ 90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters.
Ans: Characteristics of an armed gunman
⫸ Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings,
commercial concealment gear. Ans: 5 things you should look for on
suspects carrying a weapon
⫸ Tapping, Grasping, Pressing. Ans: What are three security checks
officers to look for with a gunman?
⫸ Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing,
failure to respond to searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to
use travel aids. Ans: Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
⫸ The Jury is sworn in. Ans: Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial
when?
⫸ 1st witness is sworn in. Ans: Double jeopardy attaches to a bench
trial when?
⫸ Child Abuse and Neglect. Ans: Occurs when the parent, guardian,
or other person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child
physical or mental injury or engages in acts or omissions which
present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to the child
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR 2026.
⫸ 4th Amendment. Ans: Search and seizure
⫸ 5th Amendment. Ans: The Right to Remain Silent/Double
Jeopardy
⫸ 6th Amendment. Ans: Right to a speedy and public trial
⫸ 14th Amendment. Ans: Due Process
⫸ Executive, Legislative, Judicial. Ans: Three Branches
⫸ Executive Branch. Ans: Enforces laws
⫸ Legislative Branch. Ans: Makes laws
⫸ Judicial Branch. Ans: Interprets the laws
⫸ Supreme Court. Ans: Article III of Constitution. Court of last
resort. Judicial review. President nominates all justices, including
position of Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of
the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000
,cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the
first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
⫸ Due Process. Ans: No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or
capricious and the means selected to enforce that law shall have
reasonable and substantial relation to the object being sought to be
achieved by that law or process
⫸ Fighting words. Ans: Words that by their very utterance inflict
injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of peace
⫸ Intoxication, threats, physical interference. Ans: Forms of speech
that are not protected
⫸ Texas v. Johnson. Ans: A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court
struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the
grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment.
⫸ Trial Running. Ans: Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest
trail or travel aid
⫸ Despondent. Ans: Persons who are severely depressed individuals
or persons contemplating suicide
,⫸ View Enhancement. Ans: Type of strategy occurs when the lost
person climbs a hill or tree in order to improve or enhance their view
of the area
⫸ 16. Ans: SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
⫸ Any person under the age of 18. Ans: Definition of a child
⫸ Jeb v. Alabama. Ans: Case that established the equal protection
clause
⫸ 63. Ans: SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
⫸ 1996. Ans: When was Megans Law passed?
⫸ 94. Ans: How many federal district courts are there?
⫸ 13. Ans: How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
⫸ Common pleas and general sessions. Ans: Two branches of a
circuit court?
⫸ Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. Ans: Court case that established
fighting words
, ⫸ Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution. Ans: 3 phases of rape
trauma syndrome
⫸ 90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters.
Ans: Characteristics of an armed gunman
⫸ Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings,
commercial concealment gear. Ans: 5 things you should look for on
suspects carrying a weapon
⫸ Tapping, Grasping, Pressing. Ans: What are three security checks
officers to look for with a gunman?
⫸ Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing,
failure to respond to searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to
use travel aids. Ans: Abnormal behaviors in lost individuals
⫸ The Jury is sworn in. Ans: Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial
when?
⫸ 1st witness is sworn in. Ans: Double jeopardy attaches to a bench
trial when?
⫸ Child Abuse and Neglect. Ans: Occurs when the parent, guardian,
or other person responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child
physical or mental injury or engages in acts or omissions which
present a substantial risk of physical or mental injury to the child
