Question 1

An officer wishes to perform a search on a backyard of a house. The officer enters into the backyard without a warrant and performs the search. The search was legal and constitutional.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

A private individual acting upon his or her own authority is not bound by Fourth Amendment considerations when performing a search.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

if a person leaves an article in another's home or in another's care, the person who has custody of such article may consent to the search of that article.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

An individual consents to a search of a vehicle. The individual states that the officer can search only the trunk. The officer can then legally search the _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   passenger compartment
B)   engine compartment
C)   trunk
D)   all of the above

Question 5

An officer can perform a search incident to an arrest for any crime no matter how serious or trivial.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A backyard adjacent to a house is an example of an open field.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Terry v. Ohio provided the rationale that led to the practice of __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   warrantless arrests
B)   stop-and-frisks
C)   inventory searches
D)   open field searches

Question 8

An officer arrests an offender. The officer can search the _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   person arrested
B)   arrestee's clothing
C)   entire premise where the arrest occurred
D)   both a and b

Question 9

An officer need not "know" that certain items are contraband or incident to the crime before a seizure is justified under the plain view approach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A(n) ______________ is an area that is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. This property is not a house or curtilage.

Accepted Answer

A)   yard
B)   porch
C)   toolshed in a yard
D)   open field

Question 11

Warrantless searches of motor vehicles are governed by standard of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   probable cause
B)   mobile suspicion
C)   reasonable suspicion
D)   expected destruction

Question 12

A(n) __________________ is an exception to the rule that searches without a warrant are per se unreasonable.

Accepted Answer

A)   unusual happening
B)   pressing need
C)   exigent circumstance
D)   exculpatory ruling

Question 13

No other individual can give consent for a search except for the person who owns a property.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A firearms dealer, gun store, or liquor store is an example of a _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   pervasively regulated business
B)   constitutionally protected business
C)   dwelling
D)   Curtilage

Question 15

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the temporary detention of a vehicle for a traffic violation is not unreasonable, even if a reasonable officer would not have stopped the vehicle without more?

Accepted Answer

A)   Arizona v. Gant
B)   Chimel v. California
C)   New York v. Belton
D)   Wren v. U.S.

Question 16

An officer lawfully arrests a driver of a car. The officer searches the driver's person as well as the area immediately within reach of the driver of the car. This search was not legal or constitutional.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A(n) _______________ is the voluntary consent of an individual to forgo his or her constitutional rights in a specific circumstance.

Accepted Answer

A)   rights removal
B)   waiver
C)   abrogation
D)   termination of rights

Question 18

An officer performs a traffic stop. As she approaches the vehicle, she notices an illegal handgun sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle. The officer seizes the evidence. This evidence was __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   illegally seized
B)   a product of an unconstitutional search
C)   in plain view
D)   both a and b

Question 19

An officer cannot automatically search a vehicle when performing a traffic stop.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

An officer stops a vehicle to issue a citation. That officer can institute a search _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   automatically
B)   if the officer is reasonably suspicious
C)   if probable cause develops
D)   if the driver seems suspicious

Exam 7: Search and Seizure Without a Warrant

An officer wishes to perform a search on a backyard of a house. The officer enters into the backyard without a warrant and performs the search. The search was legal and constitutional.

A private individual acting upon his or her own authority is not bound by Fourth Amendment considerations when performing a search.

if a person leaves an article in another's home or in another's care, the person who has custody of such article may consent to the search of that article.

An individual consents to a search of a vehicle. The individual states that the officer can search only the trunk. The officer can then legally search the _____________.

An officer can perform a search incident to an arrest for any crime no matter how serious or trivial.

A backyard adjacent to a house is an example of an open field.

Terry v. Ohio provided the rationale that led to the practice of __________________.

An officer arrests an offender. The officer can search the _____________.

An officer need not "know" that certain items are contraband or incident to the crime before a seizure is justified under the plain view approach.

A(n) ______________ is an area that is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. This property is not a house or curtilage.

Warrantless searches of motor vehicles are governed by standard of _____________.

A(n) __________________ is an exception to the rule that searches without a warrant are per se unreasonable.

No other individual can give consent for a search except for the person who owns a property.

A firearms dealer, gun store, or liquor store is an example of a _______________.

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the temporary detention of a vehicle for a traffic violation is not unreasonable, even if a reasonable officer would not have stopped the vehicle without more?

An officer lawfully arrests a driver of a car. The officer searches the driver's person as well as the area immediately within reach of the driver of the car. This search was not legal or constitutional.

A(n) _______________ is the voluntary consent of an individual to forgo his or her constitutional rights in a specific circumstance.

An officer performs a traffic stop. As she approaches the vehicle, she notices an illegal handgun sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle. The officer seizes the evidence. This evidence was __________________.

An officer cannot automatically search a vehicle when performing a traffic stop.

An officer stops a vehicle to issue a citation. That officer can institute a search _____________.