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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SERGEANT EXAM 2025
WITH 300 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS/ ISP POLICE SERGEANT TEST 2025 PREP
QS AND AS (BRAND NEW!)
Which of the following constitutional amendments is
violated if counsel's performance is so inadequate that
the defendant is denied a fair trial? - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Sixth.
The Court has recently ruled that a dog sniff of luggage is
not a search under the Fourth Amendment to the
Constitution. Which of the following is required before a
dog is allowed to sniff someone's luggage on an airport
carousel? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Nothing.
With regard to a Terry frisk, which one of the following
statements is least accurate? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ In
determining whether or not the officer acted reasonably
in such circumstances, due weight must be given to
vague but strong suspicions that something is wrong.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable
searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no
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warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Fourth Amendment.
The courts have held that evidence or contraband found
because of an unconstitutional search may be
inadmissible in any court proceedings against the
possessor of the material. This is known as the -
..ANSWER...✓✓ exclusionary rule.
If a state treats a class of indigent defendants differently
for purposes of offering them the opportunity to appeal,
which of the following is most seriously violated? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ The equal protection clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
According to the Constitution, no search warrant shall be
issued except on a showing of - ..ANSWER...✓✓ probable
cause.
A provision in the Occupational Safety and Health Act
(OSHA) that empowered agents to search, without a
warrant, the work area of any employment facility within
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OSHA's jurisdiction for safety hazard was -
..ANSWER...✓✓ illegal since a warrant is required under
these circumstances.
Read the following very closely and choose the best
answer. Which of the following most certainly requires
Miranda warnings? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A motorist being
arrested for bank robbery and asked about the crime.
In the landmark case of Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court
applied which of the following tests? - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Balancing test.
According to the Supreme Court, which of the following
may not issue an arrest warrant? - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Prosecutors.
Sergeant Vitry is at the scene of a homicide in the
residence of Mrs. Coulvillion. The body of Mr. Coulvillion
was taken out of the house by the medical examiner.
Sergeant Vitry tells Mrs. Coulvillion that other officers
will be coming to set up a crime scene. Mrs. Coulvillion
tells Sergeant Vitry that she does not want the officers in
her home anymore and that they are not allowed in
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unless they have a warrant. Sergeant Vitry should -
..ANSWER...✓✓ secure the scene and get a warrant.
Which of the following is an example of a search within
the meaning of the Fourth Amendment to the
Constitution? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Use of a magnetometer to
detect weapons at an international airport.
Of the following, select the one that a defendant may
choose to represent him or her at his or her criminal
trail? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ The defendant him-or herself.
Police officers undertook a decoy operation in a high-
crime area where young gang members were thought to
have been snatching purses from passerby. An officer
posing as an inebriated indigent smelling of alcohol and
pretending to drink wine from a bottle plainly displayed
$150 in currency. Two suspects then stole the money from
the officer. The courts ruled that the decoy operation was
- ..ANSWER...✓✓ illegal, since the decoy situation did not
match the method of operation used by the perpetrators
of the unsolved crimes in the area, making it entrapment.
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SERGEANT EXAM 2025
WITH 300 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS/ ISP POLICE SERGEANT TEST 2025 PREP
QS AND AS (BRAND NEW!)
Which of the following constitutional amendments is
violated if counsel's performance is so inadequate that
the defendant is denied a fair trial? - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Sixth.
The Court has recently ruled that a dog sniff of luggage is
not a search under the Fourth Amendment to the
Constitution. Which of the following is required before a
dog is allowed to sniff someone's luggage on an airport
carousel? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Nothing.
With regard to a Terry frisk, which one of the following
statements is least accurate? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ In
determining whether or not the officer acted reasonably
in such circumstances, due weight must be given to
vague but strong suspicions that something is wrong.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable
searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no
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warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Fourth Amendment.
The courts have held that evidence or contraband found
because of an unconstitutional search may be
inadmissible in any court proceedings against the
possessor of the material. This is known as the -
..ANSWER...✓✓ exclusionary rule.
If a state treats a class of indigent defendants differently
for purposes of offering them the opportunity to appeal,
which of the following is most seriously violated? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ The equal protection clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
According to the Constitution, no search warrant shall be
issued except on a showing of - ..ANSWER...✓✓ probable
cause.
A provision in the Occupational Safety and Health Act
(OSHA) that empowered agents to search, without a
warrant, the work area of any employment facility within
,3|Page
OSHA's jurisdiction for safety hazard was -
..ANSWER...✓✓ illegal since a warrant is required under
these circumstances.
Read the following very closely and choose the best
answer. Which of the following most certainly requires
Miranda warnings? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A motorist being
arrested for bank robbery and asked about the crime.
In the landmark case of Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court
applied which of the following tests? - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Balancing test.
According to the Supreme Court, which of the following
may not issue an arrest warrant? - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Prosecutors.
Sergeant Vitry is at the scene of a homicide in the
residence of Mrs. Coulvillion. The body of Mr. Coulvillion
was taken out of the house by the medical examiner.
Sergeant Vitry tells Mrs. Coulvillion that other officers
will be coming to set up a crime scene. Mrs. Coulvillion
tells Sergeant Vitry that she does not want the officers in
her home anymore and that they are not allowed in
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unless they have a warrant. Sergeant Vitry should -
..ANSWER...✓✓ secure the scene and get a warrant.
Which of the following is an example of a search within
the meaning of the Fourth Amendment to the
Constitution? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Use of a magnetometer to
detect weapons at an international airport.
Of the following, select the one that a defendant may
choose to represent him or her at his or her criminal
trail? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ The defendant him-or herself.
Police officers undertook a decoy operation in a high-
crime area where young gang members were thought to
have been snatching purses from passerby. An officer
posing as an inebriated indigent smelling of alcohol and
pretending to drink wine from a bottle plainly displayed
$150 in currency. Two suspects then stole the money from
the officer. The courts ruled that the decoy operation was
- ..ANSWER...✓✓ illegal, since the decoy situation did not
match the method of operation used by the perpetrators
of the unsolved crimes in the area, making it entrapment.
