MPOETC ACT PROFESSIONAL OFFICER
PREP QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What statute allows law enforcement to use force?
Answer: > 508
●● Statute of Limitations
Answer: > Time you were made aware of charges
●● What are the four types of culpability?
Answer: > Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
●● What is not a defense of culpability? (304)
Answer: > Ignorance of the law
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
●● What is a defense for culpability?
,Answer: > Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
●● What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the
public?
Answer: > Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
> Custodial detention/arrest
●● What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention?
Answer: > Reasonable suspicion
●● What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention?
Answer: > Probable Cause
●● What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System?
Answer: > Law enforcement
> Courts
> Corrections
,●● Level of Government
Answer: > Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
●● Courts (court system)
Answer: > Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
●● Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment)
Answer: > Defendant is brought before a judge to hear charges & a bail
decision
●● Preliminary Hearing
Answer: > show the court the prosecution has a "prima facie" case (on
the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a prosecution &
using the state's resources to pursue the matter)
, ●● Formal Arraignment
Answer: > Defendant hears charges to be tried & enters plea
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to
determine penalty or may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
●● Common Pleas Court (criminal court)
Answer: > Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
●● Bail
Answer: > A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in court if
they are not to be held in custody until trial
●● ROR ( released on recognizance)
Answer: > Their word they will appear in court is their bond
●● PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what?
Answer: > No authority to indict
●● Pre-motion Trial
PREP QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What statute allows law enforcement to use force?
Answer: > 508
●● Statute of Limitations
Answer: > Time you were made aware of charges
●● What are the four types of culpability?
Answer: > Intentionally
> Knowingly
> Recklessly
> Negligently
●● What is not a defense of culpability? (304)
Answer: > Ignorance of the law
> Voluntary intoxication/drugged
●● What is a defense for culpability?
,Answer: > Duress
> Insanity
> Guilty but mentally ill
> Involuntary intoxication
●● What types of encounters does law enforcement have with the
public?
Answer: > Mere encounter
> Investigatory detention
> Custodial detention/arrest
●● What type of proof do you need for an investigatory detention?
Answer: > Reasonable suspicion
●● What type of proof do you need for a custodial detention?
Answer: > Probable Cause
●● What are the three components of the Criminal Justice System?
Answer: > Law enforcement
> Courts
> Corrections
,●● Level of Government
Answer: > Local/municipal
> County
> State
> Federal
●● Courts (court system)
Answer: > Local (minor courts)
> Court of common pleas (appeals from minor cases)
> Commonwealth court (state court)
> Superior court
> Supreme court
> Federal court
●● Initial Appearance (preliminary arraignment)
Answer: > Defendant is brought before a judge to hear charges & a bail
decision
●● Preliminary Hearing
Answer: > show the court the prosecution has a "prima facie" case (on
the surface it warrants putting the defendant through a prosecution &
using the state's resources to pursue the matter)
, ●● Formal Arraignment
Answer: > Defendant hears charges to be tried & enters plea
> if plead guilty or solo contenders (no contest) may have a hearing to
determine penalty or may go immediately to sentencing stage
> defendant may plea "not guilty" then the case proceeds to next level
●● Common Pleas Court (criminal court)
Answer: > Trial by jury
> Trials have two primary stages:
- presentation of prosecution
- presentation of defense, if defendant elects to do so
●● Bail
Answer: > A bond to insure the appearance of the defendant in court if
they are not to be held in custody until trial
●● ROR ( released on recognizance)
Answer: > Their word they will appear in court is their bond
●● PA is the only state in which the grand jury has what?
Answer: > No authority to indict
●● Pre-motion Trial
