Law 12 Policing and Arrest (Pre-Test) Ms. Ripley
1. A person is lawfully under arrest when they are:
A. Informed of the officer's identity
B. Touched by the police officer
C. Informed they are under arrest
D. All of these answers
2. The term peace officer refers to:
A. Prison guards
B. Border guards
C. Police officers
D. All of these answers
3. Police may arrest someone without a warrant who:
A. Has committed an indictable offence
B. Is about to commit any offence
C. Has committed a summary offence
D. None of these answers
4. An example of obstruction of justice would be:
A. Jenny is arrested by the police for a criminal act and refuses to answer any questions until speaking to her lawyer.
B. Jenny is stopped by a police officer for speeding and refuses to produce her driver's
licence and registration papers.
C. Jenny is stopped by the police at a roadside spotcheck, and refuses to submit to abreathalyzer test.
D. none of these answers
5. A writ of habeas corpus requires the Crown to prove that:
A. The accused is fit to stand trial
B. There is enough evidence for a trial
C. The accused should not be released on bail
D. Detaining the accused is valid and fair
6. A search warrant gives police the right to search:
A. Storage rooms
B. Security deposit boxes
C. Safes at banks
D. All of these answers
7.Police are allowed to search most places for drugs, without a warrant, according to:
A. Narcotic Control Act
B. Evidence and Procedures Act
C. Food and Drug Act
D. Criminal Code
8. A person held in jail must be brought before a judge to have their detention justified within:
A. 48 hours
B. 24 hours
C. 72 hours
D. There is no stated time period.
9. Every citizen in Canada has the right to make a lawful arrest in some circumstances.
A. True
B. False
10. In most cases involving less serious offences, the person accused of the offence is not arrested
A. True
B. False
11. A justice of the peace has more legal power than a judge.
A. True
B. False
Judges have considerably more power; justices of the peace deal only with certain limited situations.
12. A citizen can never arrest someone for committing a summary offence
A. True
B. False
13. A citizen who uses more force than necessary in making an arrest could be charged with assault.
A. True
B. False
14. All arrested people have the right to retain and instruct counsel without delay.
A. True
B. False
15. When a person is being arrested, the police need a warrant to search him or her.
A. True
B. False
They can be searched for items such as weapons, drugs, or alcohol.
16. The RCMP provides investigative and protective services for the federal government and the province(s) of:
A. Quebec.
B. Ontario.
C. Saskatchewan.
D. all of the above
17. First Nations Policing Policy provides for a partnership among
A. the federal government, provincial/territorial governments, and Aboriginal peoples.
B. the federal government and Aboriginal peoples.
C. provincial/territorial governments and Aboriginal peoples.
D. none of the above
18. When police officers first, arrive at the scene of a crime, their first job is to
A. protect the crime scene.
B. call in reinforcements to help eliminate any hazards that still pose a risk.
C. call an ambulance and assist injured people, if any, at the scene.
D. question any witnesses at the scene.
19. A criminal investigations bureau officer is responsible for
A. conducting the initial interviews with witnesses.
B. supervising the investigation.
C. collecting and preserving physical evidence.
D. sending certain types of evidence to a laboratory for analysis.
20. A forensic scientist who determines a murder victim's time of death by identifying the life stages of insects found on the corpse is called a(n)
A. entomologist.
B. odontologist.
C. pathologist.
D. paleontologist.
21. Latent fingerprints are developed by using
A. graphite powder.
B. iodine fuming.
C. a laser beam.
D. all of the above.
22. The police can determine valuable evidence from analyzing
A. at least two shoe prints -- one from the left foot and one from the right.
B. at least four shoe prints -- two from the left foot and two from the right.
C. at least six shoe prints -- three from the left foot and three from the right.
D. a regular pattern of footprints.
23. All of the following information about a suspect can be determined by foot print analysis except
A. an uneven gait.
B. weight.
C. gender.
D. height
24. A person's pattern of DNA is different for everyone except
A. identical twins.
B. siblings.
C. fraternal twins.
D. multiples.
25. A chain of custody must include
A. a brief description of the item of evidence.
B. a record of who had contact with the evidence
C. the brand name of the item, if any.
D. the date when the evidence was collected.
26. Which of the following methods of apprehension is used by police officers for most summary conviction offenders?
A. summons
B. bench warrant
C. arrest warrant
D. appearance notice
27. Select the incorrect answer. An arrest warrant includes all of the following information except
A. the name and badge number of the arresting officer.
B. the name of the accused.
C. the offence the person is charged with.
D. the reason for the warrant.
28. Which one of the following is not designated as a peace officer?
A. the mayor
B. aircraft pilots
C. fisheries officers
D. armoured car drivers
29. The most common form of citizen's arrest involves
A. shoplifting.
B. break and enters.
C. trespass.
D. assault.
30. The police can never compel a person to submit to a breath, blood, or urine analysis without a warrant unless
A. they have first consulted with a lawyer.
B. they are suspected of having committed a serious indictable offence.
C. they are suspected of impaired driving.
D. they are suspected of having committed a certain designated offence like murder.
31. A search warrant is
A. almost always required to search a private residence.
B. usually required to search a private residence
C. often required to search a private residence.
D. sometimes required to search a private residence.
32. Provincial police forces have jurisdiction in rural areas and in unincorporated regions around cities
A. True
B. False
33. Scenes of crime officers tend to work on more serious offences.
A. True
B. False
34. Police can use glove impressions to identify a suspect in almost the same way they use fingerprints
A. True
B. False
35. Blood cannot be used for purposes of positive identification without DNA testing.
A. True
B. False
36. Human flesh is the most common body substance typically found at a crime scene.
A. True
B. False (Blood)
37. Drug Enforcement officers enforce laws identified in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
A. True
B. False
38. A written legal document is the witnessed written record of all of the people who had controlover items of evidence.
A. True
B. False (Chain of custody)
39. A police officer's duties may include any or all of the following: preserving the peace; preventing crimes from occurring; assisting victims of crime; apprehending criminals; laying charges and participating in prosecutions; executing warrants; enforcing the laws of Canada, the province, or municipalities.
A. True
B. False
40. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the building block of a person's genetic make-up. It is found in every cell in the human body and determines a person's physical characteristics. Almost no two people have identical DNA patterns. An important advantage to DNA testing is that DNA molecules are stable. Therefore, if properly preserved, they can be used in an investigation decades after the crime occurred.
A. True
B. False
41. An appearnce noticeis a legal document issued,for an indictable offence, ordering an accused person to appear in court. It is used when the police have reason to believe that the suspect will appear in court voluntarily.
A. True
B. False (summons)
42. Open-ended questions are designed to encourage the suspect to talk about the incident and provideanswers with lots of information. "Tell me what happened", is an example of an opened-ended question. Closed questions, on the other hand, are designed to elicit specific answers. An example of this type of question is, "What time did you leave your house?"
A. True
B. False
43. Cameron and his friends are walking home one evening when the police stop them. They proceed to question the young men for several minutes. Cameron eventually informs the officer that he has to get home, is ignored and the questioning continues. Cameron is entitled to ask if he is being arrested or detained by the police. If he is prevented from leaving, Cameron may demand to speak to a lawyer. He also has the right to the officers' names and badge numbers
A. True
B. False
44. The actions of police officers in the investigation of a crime are governed and limited by the Criminal code of Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the common law. (e-learning)
A. True
B. False
45. Police follow the same rules and procedures whether they are searching a vehicle or a house.
A. True
B. False
The rules relating to house searches limit police powers considerably in comparison with the rules on vehicle searches. A vehicle search is reasonable if there are reasonable and probabable grounds for searching the vehicle. Generally, a warrant is necessary to search a house.
46.A search warrant is required to search the trunk of a vehicle
A. True
B. False
As long as there are reasonable and probable grouns to search the vehicle, police currently do not need a warrant to search it.
47. A pat-down search of an accused person must always be carried out by an officer who is the same gender as the accused.
A. True
B. False
Police may lawfully search an accused no matter what gender the person is. Where possible, it is usual practice to have female officers search females and males search males. This is a matter of policy, however, not a requirement of law.
48. Witnesses to crimes may provide the information necessary to constitute the reasonable and probable grounds police require to search a suspect
A. True
B. False
49. One of the most famous pieces of forensic equipment, the polygraph or lie detector, is also one of themost reliable. It can detect whether someone is lying or not.
A. True
B. False
One of the most famous pieces of forensic equipment, the polygraph, or lie detector, is also one of the least reliable. It cannot detect whether someone is lying or not; it can only tell us whether ther person being tested is agitated or not.
50. The basic question that a maggot can help us to answer is this: "What is the minimum time that has elapsed since death?" In other words, what is the time after which death could not have occurred?
A. True
B. False
51. Among the provinces, Ontario andQuebec reported the highest violent crime rates in 2001 (1,802 and 1,620 violent acts per 100,000 population respectively). However, per capita, thethree Territories have the highest crime rate in Canada, reporting violent crime rates at least double those of any province.
A. True
B. False
Among the provinces, Saskatchewan and Manitoba reported the highest violent crime rates in 2001. However, per capita, the three territories have the highest crime rate in Canada, reporting violent crime rates at least double those of any province.
52. According to 2001 data, although the homicide rate in the United States has declined (US Bureau of Justice), it is still about three times greater than in Canada.
A. True
B. False
53. According to police officers in Ottawa, on average, a police officer deals with violent crime about 80 times a year.
A. True
B. False
According to police officers in Ottawa, on average, a police officer deals with violent crime about 60 times a year.
54. According to police officers in Ottawa, a Canadian police officer, on average, pulls out a gun 10 times a year.
A. True
B. False
55. You can get good DNA from a hatband or the nosepiece of a pair of glasses.
A. True
B. False
56. Criminalistics is the application of various sciences to answer questions relating to examination and comparison of biological evidence, trace evidence, impression evidence, drugs and firearms.
A. True
B. False
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