Question 1

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Terry v. Ohio, a stop justified at its beginning can:

Accepted Answer

A)  be justified on mere hunches alone. 
B)  only be done for violent crimes. 
C)  become unjustified by being too extensive in scope. 
D)  have any scope the stopping officer wants. 
A)  be justified on mere hunches alone. 
B)  only be done for violent crimes. 
C)  become unjustified by being too extensive in scope. 
D)  have any scope the stopping officer wants. C

Question 2

The objective basis for stops and frisks is:
I. the same as for arrests.
II. higher than for arrests.
III. lower than for arrests.
IV. the same as for full searches of a person.

Accepted Answer

A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  III 
D)  IV 
A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  III 
D)  IV C

Question 3

Which of the following circumstances have been found sufficient by themselves to amount to reasonable suspicion?

Accepted Answer

A)  A driver double-parked within ten feet of a pedestrian in a drug trafficking area. 
B)  A passenger leaving an airplane appeared nervous in the presence of officers. 
C)  A driver failed to look at a patrol car late at night. 
D)  At 2:15 A.m., a person approached an officer in his police vehicle in a high crime area and told him that a person seated in a nearby car had illegal drugs and a gun at his waist. 
A)  A driver double-parked within ten feet of a pedestrian in a drug trafficking area. 
B)  A passenger leaving an airplane appeared nervous in the presence of officers. 
C)  A driver failed to look at a patrol car late at night. 
D)  At 2:15 A.m., a person approached an officer in his police vehicle in a high crime area and told him that a person seated in a nearby car had illegal drugs and a gun at his waist. D

Question 4

According to the Supreme Court:
I. frisks require separate justification from that of stops.
II. frisks and stops are distinct law enforcement actions.
III. a lawful stop is a prerequisite for any frisk.
IV. officers cannot automatically frisk all citizens they stop.

Accepted Answer

A)  I, II, IV 
B)  I, II, III 
C)  I, II, III, IV 
D)  III 
A)  I, II, IV 
B)  I, II, III 
C)  I, II, III, IV 
D)  III

Question 5

Frisks are searches.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following are legitimate purposes for frisks?

Accepted Answer

A)  to protect officers 
B)  to preserve evidence 
C)  to find illegal drugs 
D)  to convince suspects they should respond to an officer's questions 
A)  to protect officers 
B)  to preserve evidence 
C)  to find illegal drugs 
D)  to convince suspects they should respond to an officer's questions

Question 7

The objective basis required for making a lawful stop is .

Accepted Answer

reasonable

Question 8

Stops and frisks are more invasive than arrest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following will not support stopping vehicles at a roadblock?

Accepted Answer

A)  Driver's license and vehicle safety checks 
B)  General checks to see if drivers may be committing any crime 
C)  Sobriety checkpoints 
D)  Agricultural inspection stops 
A)  Driver's license and vehicle safety checks 
B)  General checks to see if drivers may be committing any crime 
C)  Sobriety checkpoints 
D)  Agricultural inspection stops

Question 10

Reasonable suspicion can never be based on hearsay information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In U.S. v. Sokolow, involving the stop of a suspected drug smuggler based on a "drug courier profile," the Supreme Court held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  drug courier profiles are unconstitutional 
B)  drug courier profiles must be supported by a showing of probable cause 
C)  some of the reasonable suspicion can be based on a drug courier profile as long as the totality of circumstances supports such suspicion 
D)  reasonable suspicion is always supported if a suspect falls within a drug courier profile 
A)  drug courier profiles are unconstitutional 
B)  drug courier profiles must be supported by a showing of probable cause 
C)  some of the reasonable suspicion can be based on a drug courier profile as long as the totality of circumstances supports such suspicion 
D)  reasonable suspicion is always supported if a suspect falls within a drug courier profile

Question 12

The patting down of a suspect's outer clothing to check for weapons is the type of search called a __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The patting down of a suspect's outer...

Question 13

The Supreme Court has ruled that a state statute which permits police to require a suspect disclose his identity during a Terry stop or face prosecution for failing to answer:

Accepted Answer

A)  is unconstitutional because people are not obliged to respond to an officer's questions. 
B)  is unconstitutional because it violates the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. 
C)  is constitutional because it is rationally related to the purpose and practical demands of a Terry stop. 
D)  is constitutional only if the state supreme court has ruled that it is. 
A)  is unconstitutional because people are not obliged to respond to an officer's questions. 
B)  is unconstitutional because it violates the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. 
C)  is constitutional because it is rationally related to the purpose and practical demands of a Terry stop. 
D)  is constitutional only if the state supreme court has ruled that it is.

Question 14

Another name for the totality of circumstances test is the __________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Another name for the totality of circumstances...

Question 15

The Supreme Court has adopted which of the following readings of the Fourth Amendment regarding stops and frisks? The Amendment:

Accepted Answer

A)  protects only full arrests and searches. 
B)  equates stops and arrests. 
C)  equates frisks and searches. 
D)  requires a lesser quantum of proof or suspicion for stop than for arrest. 
A)  protects only full arrests and searches. 
B)  equates stops and arrests. 
C)  equates frisks and searches. 
D)  requires a lesser quantum of proof or suspicion for stop than for arrest.

Question 16

Identify the three possible alternatives for applying the Fourth Amendment to stops and frisks, and explain why the U.S. Supreme Court adopted alternative three.

Accepted Answer

There are three possible interpretations

Question 17

A brief detention that enables law enforcement officers to freeze a situation for the purpose of investigating suspicious persons is a/an .

Accepted Answer

The answer of A brief detention that enables law enforcement...

Question 18

Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Unprovoked flight from police officers i

Question 19

Reasonable suspicion needed to make a stop:

Accepted Answer

A)  requires more than probable cause. 
B)  requires a preponderance of the evidence. 
C)  requires only a hunch. 
D)  requires some minimum level of objective justification. 
A)  requires more than probable cause. 
B)  requires a preponderance of the evidence. 
C)  requires only a hunch. 
D)  requires some minimum level of objective justification.

Question 20

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Alabama v. White:

Accepted Answer

A)  an anonymous tip can never justify a Terry stop 
B)  an anonymous tip can justify a Terry stop if an officer's later direct observations confirm the informant's information 
C)  a Terry stop can be based on information from a known informant with a history of providing reliable information 
D)  an anonymous tip can justify a Terry stop if officers found a weapon on the person they stopped based on the tip 
A)  an anonymous tip can never justify a Terry stop 
B)  an anonymous tip can justify a Terry stop if an officer's later direct observations confirm the informant's information 
C)  a Terry stop can be based on information from a known informant with a history of providing reliable information 
D)  an anonymous tip can justify a Terry stop if officers found a weapon on the person they stopped based on the tip

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Terry v. Ohio, a stop justified at its beginning can:

The objective basis for stops and frisks is: I. the same as for arrests. II. higher than for arrests. III. lower than for arrests. IV. the same as for full searches of a person.

Which of the following circumstances have been found sufficient by themselves to amount to reasonable suspicion?

According to the Supreme Court: I. frisks require separate justification from that of stops. II. frisks and stops are distinct law enforcement actions. III. a lawful stop is a prerequisite for any frisk. IV. officers cannot automatically frisk all citizens they stop.

Frisks are searches.

Which of the following are legitimate purposes for frisks?

The objective basis required for making a lawful stop is .

Stops and frisks are more invasive than arrest.

Which of the following will not support stopping vehicles at a roadblock?

Reasonable suspicion can never be based on hearsay information.

In U.S. v. Sokolow, involving the stop of a suspected drug smuggler based on a "drug courier profile," the Supreme Court held that:

The patting down of a suspect's outer clothing to check for weapons is the type of search called a __________.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a state statute which permits police to require a suspect disclose his identity during a Terry stop or face prosecution for failing to answer:

Another name for the totality of circumstances test is the __________________.

The Supreme Court has adopted which of the following readings of the Fourth Amendment regarding stops and frisks? The Amendment:

Identify the three possible alternatives for applying the Fourth Amendment to stops and frisks, and explain why the U.S. Supreme Court adopted alternative three.

A brief detention that enables law enforcement officers to freeze a situation for the purpose of investigating suspicious persons is a/an .

Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain.

Reasonable suspicion needed to make a stop:

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Alabama v. White:

The Court System, Sources of Rights, and Fundamental Principles

Overview of the Criminal Justice Process

Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion

Stop and Frisk and Stationhouse Detention

Arrests and Use of Force

Searches and Seizures of Things

Motor Vehicle Stops, Searches, and Inventories

Plain View, Open Fields, Abandonment, and Border Searches

Lineups and Other Means of Pretrial Identification

Confessions and Admissions: Miranda V Arizona

Basic Constitutional Rights of the Accused During Trial

Sentencing, the Death Penalty, and Other Forms of Punishment

Legal Liabilities of Law Enforcement Officers

Electronic Surveillance and the War on Terror

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Exam 4: The Exclusionary Rule

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Terry v. Ohio, a stop justified at its beginning can:

The objective basis for stops and frisks is: I. the same as for arrests. II. higher than for arrests. III. lower than for arrests. IV. the same as for full searches of a person.

Which of the following circumstances have been found sufficient by themselves to amount to reasonable suspicion?

According to the Supreme Court: I. frisks require separate justification from that of stops. II. frisks and stops are distinct law enforcement actions. III. a lawful stop is a prerequisite for any frisk. IV. officers cannot automatically frisk all citizens they stop.

Frisks are searches.

Which of the following are legitimate purposes for frisks?

The objective basis required for making a lawful stop is .

Stops and frisks are more invasive than arrest.

Which of the following will not support stopping vehicles at a roadblock?

Reasonable suspicion can never be based on hearsay information.

In U.S. v. Sokolow, involving the stop of a suspected drug smuggler based on a "drug courier profile," the Supreme Court held that:

The patting down of a suspect's outer clothing to check for weapons is the type of search called a __________.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a state statute which permits police to require a suspect disclose his identity during a Terry stop or face prosecution for failing to answer:

Another name for the totality of circumstances test is the __________________.

The Supreme Court has adopted which of the following readings of the Fourth Amendment regarding stops and frisks? The Amendment:

Identify the three possible alternatives for applying the Fourth Amendment to stops and frisks, and explain why the U.S. Supreme Court adopted alternative three.

A brief detention that enables law enforcement officers to freeze a situation for the purpose of investigating suspicious persons is a/an .

Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain.

Reasonable suspicion needed to make a stop:

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Alabama v. White:

The Court System, Sources of Rights, and Fundamental Principles

Overview of the Criminal Justice Process

Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion

Stop and Frisk and Stationhouse Detention

Arrests and Use of Force

Searches and Seizures of Things

Motor Vehicle Stops, Searches, and Inventories

Plain View, Open Fields, Abandonment, and Border Searches

Lineups and Other Means of Pretrial Identification

Confessions and Admissions: Miranda V Arizona

Basic Constitutional Rights of the Accused During Trial

Sentencing, the Death Penalty, and Other Forms of Punishment

Legal Liabilities of Law Enforcement Officers

Electronic Surveillance and the War on Terror

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