Test Prep Test Prep Certifications TCLEOSE Questions & Answers

• Question 431:

  Generally speaking, a peace officer can not arrest, without warrant, a:

  A. person believed to have committed a misdemeanor offense outside the view of the officer

  B. person believed to have committed an assault resulting in bodily injury to another, and there is danger of further violence

  C. person believed to have committed the offense of "Violation of Court Order"

  D. person believed to have committed a felony offense outside the view of the officer

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 432:

  Probable Cause can be established through the senses of:

  A. sight

  B. smell

  C. touch

  D. hearing

  E. any of a person's senses

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 433:

  The Code of Criminal Procedure states that peace officers making arrests shall take the person arrested before a magistrate:

  A. immediately

  B. within 24 hours

  C. without unnecessary delay

  D. prior to 8:00 am of the following day

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 434:

  A peace officer may arrest when one family member assaults another and:

  A. probable cause exists to believe there will be further bodily injury

  B. a warrant has been obtained

  C. the family member refuses to get involved

  D. there are children in the home

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 435:

  Persons found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons have been guilty of some felony or breech of the peace; or threaten, or are about to commit some offense, may:

  A. not be arrested without warrant

  B. be arrested without a warrant

  C. only be arrested with a warrant

  D. only be detained for a short period of time

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 436:

  Chimel vs. California involved searches of:

  A. abandoned property

  B. the arm's reach area near an arrestee

  C. automobile glove compartments

  D. frisks of suspicious persons

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 437:

  Abandoned property:

  A. can be held as evidence only if it's contraband

  B. can be held as evidence only if directly connected to a crime

  C. is always open to police as evidence

  D. is never admissible in court

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 438:

  No warrant is required:

  A. to search a private residence

  B. to search locked luggage in the trunk of a car

  C. if valid consent is given to search

  D. to search a garage attached to a residence

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 439:

  Shoplifters may be arrested:

  A. only by security guards

  B. only by police officers

  C. only by store employees

  D. by any citizen

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 440:

  What is the sole purpose of the frisk?

  A. to protect the safety of the officer or other persons

  B. to discover illegal weapons

  C. to detect criminal offenses

  D. to protect the civil rights of the person to be free from unreasonable searches

  Correct Answer: A