Criminal Investigation Section II

Chapter 4

100

1. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids what type of searches and seizures? a. illegal b. unsupervised c. unreasonable d. undercover

c. unreasonable

200

In which 1984 case did the Supreme Court define a search as “a governmental infringement of a legitimate expectation of privacy”? a. United States v. Ross b. United States v. Jacobsen c. Mapp v. Ohio d. Terry v. Ohio

b. United States v. Jacobsen

300

The most important limitation on searches is that they must be: a. expedient in scope. b. narrow in scope. c. broad in scope. d. prearranged by warrant.

b. narrow in scope.

400

Terry v. Ohio supported officers’ right to: a. question suspects with an attorney present. b. conduct a patdown or a frisk if they believe the person might be armed and dangerous. c. conduct a full-body cavity search of an individual who is not in custody. d. search vehicles upon probable cause to do so.

b. conduct a patdown or a frisk if they believe the person might be armed and dangerous.

500

The Chimel decision established that a search incidental to a lawful arrest must be made simultaneously with the arrest. A search incidental to arrest must be confined to the: a. arrested person’s body. b. arrested person’s body and car. c. area within the suspect’s immediate control. d. general area.

c. area within the suspect’s immediate control.

Chapter 4

100

Emergency circumstances (such as officers hearing shots fired or screams) that allow officers to enter a home without a warrant are referred to as: a. no-knock entries. b. high-risk entries. c. exigent circumstances. d. warrantless emergencies.

c. exigent circumstances.

200

The Carroll decision established that with probable cause: a. automobiles may not be searched unless consent is given. b. houses may be searched if the person was arrested in the house. c. individuals associated with an arrested person may be searched. d. automobiles may be searched based on their obvious mobility.

d. automobiles may be searched based on their obvious mobility.

300

Which rule states that courts will not accept evidence obtained by unreasonable search and seizure? a. silver-platter rule b. exclusionary rule c. roots-of-the-tree rule d. rule of thumb

b. exclusionary rule

400

In Nix v. Williams, the Court said that if illegally obtained evidence (a statement, in this case, which led to a little girl’s body) would, in all likelihood, eventually have been discovered, legally it may be used. This is referred to as what exception to the exclusionary rule? a. the inevitable-discovery doctrine b. the plain-view rule c. the public safety rule d. the eyes-on rule

a. the inevitable-discovery doctrine

500

In United States v. Leon, the Court established that illegally obtained evidence may be admissible if the police were truly not aware they were violating a suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights. In this case, the police were following up on a tip from an unreliable informant, which later invalidated the warrant. This exception is called the: a. sidewalk exception. b. good-faith doctrine. c. public safety exception. d. just-in-time exception.

b. good-faith doctrine.