Chapter 3 Quiz

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In order to be lawful, an arrest must comply with:

the Fourth Amendment

state constitutions

state arrest laws

all of the above

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The consensual aspects of an encounter vanish once a police officer’s conduct conveys the message that the suspect is not free to terminate the encounter and leave. This conduct by the officer is known as

reasonable suspicion

show of legal authority

arrest

Terry stop

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Which of the following interactions is NOT a seizure?

An officer yells “stop in the name of the law!” and chases the subject, but the suspect continues running.

A police officer activates a siren and lights and pursues the suspect’s car. The suspect pulls over.

A police officer sees a woman shoplift a pack of cigarettes. He approaches her, grabs her by the arm, and says: “Open your purse. I want to see what you put in it.” The woman complies.

A police officer pounds on the suspect’s door for several minutes, repeating in a loud voice, “This is the police. Open up or we’ll kick the door in.” The suspect opens the door.

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Which of the following is NEVER allowed during Terry stops without the suspect’s consent:

frisking the detainee

taking the detainee to a second location for a showup identification

fully searching the detainee for evidence

detaining the suspect for more than 30 minutes

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Police must have reasonable suspicion to:

ask travelers in airport terminals for permission to search their luggage

stop a vehicle to check the driver’s license and vehicle registration at a location other than a fixed checkpoint

walk drug-detection dogs around a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation

none of the above

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Which of the following are permitted during Terry stop when they are relevant to the resolving the underlying suspicion.

ask the detainee for identification

take the detainee to the police station for fingerprinting

put the detainee in a lineup

all of the above

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Which of the following correctly states the rule concerning the duration of a Terry stop?

Terry stops may last no longer than 15 minutes.

Terry stops may last as long as necessary to resolve the underlying suspicion.

The Supreme Court has declined to establish a fixed duration.

none of the above

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Checkpoint programs violate under Fourth Amendment unless:

They serve a special need beyond the ordinary needs of law enforcement.

The decision to set up a checkpoint is approved by a supervisory level police official.

They are operated under systematic procedures that leave no discretion in deciding which vehicles to stop.

all of the above

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The Fourth Amendment requires an arrest warrant:

whenever it is practicable for the officer to obtain one

before making a nonconsensual entry into a hotel room to arrest a suspect who is staying there

before a suspect may be taken to the police station

all of the above

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10.

An arrest warrant will not protect an officer against liability for making an unconstitutional arrest if the:

warrant is not executed within 10 days after it is issued

officer deliberately includes false information in the application for the warrant

warrant is not in the officer’s possession and shown to the person arrested at the time of the arrest

all of the above

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11.

In evaluating whether probable cause exists for the issuance of an arrest warrant, the judge will:

identify all the facts and circumstances known to the officer, view them in combination, and evaluate their evidentiary significance in the way a trained police officer would

disregard information received from an informant unless the informant is brought before the judge and testifies in person

require more or stronger evidence than would be required if the officer made the arrest without a warrant

require more or stronger evidence for a misdemeanor arrest warrant than for a felony arrest

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12.

Reasonable suspicion:

requires more than a hunch but less than probable cause for arrest

must derive from the officer’s personal observations

is necessary to ask a person if they would be willing to take a lie detector test

ll of the above

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13.

Concerning authority to frisk detainees for weapons during Terry stops, the Supreme Court has ruled that:

Detainees may be frisked when nature of the crime or other circumstances create reasonable suspicion that the detainee is armed.

Officers performing a frisk are limited to patting down the suspect’s outer clothing.

Detainees may be required to empty their pockets if the officer feels an object that might be a weapon and cannot make a conclusive determination through touch alone.

all of the above

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14.

The Fourth Amendment imposes the following requirements for a valid arrest warrant.

Warrant must contain a particularized description of the place where it will be served.

The magistrate must make an independent determination that probable cause exists for the issuance of a warrant.

A copy of the officer’s sworn affidavit must be attached to the warrant.

all of the above

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15.

Concerning the level of force that a police officer may use while making an arrest:

the officer must not do any act that would or could injure the person to be arrested.

an officer may use deadly force if a person to be arrested resists in any manner.

the officer may use sufficient reasonable force to subdue a resisting individual in order to take the person into custody.

the officer must use only the level of force that the judge indicated was reasonable that was listed on the face of the warrant.

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16.

An officer may enter a private residence without a warrant.

at any time if the door to the home was unlocked because such an entry is considered reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

at any time if the pursuit occurred under circumstances that a judge would have authorized a warrant to enter to arrest.

under the doctrine of hot pursuit where the officer has been in continuous pursuit of the suspect.

none of the above.

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17.

An anonymous tip that a young black man wearing a plaid shirt standing at a certain bus stop is carrying a concealed weapon provides reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop if police encounter a young man matching the description at the location where the caller said he would be found.

TRUE

FALSE

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18.

Where an anonymous tip contains predictive information about a suspected drug dealer’s future travel plans that is likely to be known only by someone who has special knowledge of his private affairs, corroboration of the predictive information provides reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop.

TRUE

FALSE

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19.

Police have authority to search Terry detainees for drugs, weapons, or contraband when they have reasonable suspicion that the search will turn up any of them.

TRUE

FALSE

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20.

Courts view the facts from the perspective of a trained police officer in deciding whether probable cause existed for the action taken.

TRUE

FALSE

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21.

Police have the same authority to make an arrest in a second state as local police officers have.

TRUE

FALSE

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22.

The Fourth Amendment requires a post-arrest determination of probable cause by a magistrate within 48 hours after the arrest for persons who are arrested without a warrant and are not released on bail.

TRUE

FALSE

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