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 ____________________ are actions by law enforcement officials that intrude upon people's reasonable expectations of privacy.

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Police officers can conduct a warrant search without probable cause.

A) True
B) False

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The Fourth Amendment requires that probable cause be established before a warrant is provided.

A) True
B) False

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When improperly obtained evidence is used because the evidence would later have been discovered anyway, even without improper actions by the police, this is called the ____________________.

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Which of the following is not a factor in determining if suspicion exists to justify a search by a Custom and Border Patrol officer?


A) Behavioral analysis
B) Observational techniques
C) Native language
D) K-9 Unit

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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In what case did the U.S. Supreme Court decide that the plain view doctrine permits the officers to notice and use as evidence the items that are visible to them when they are in a location that they are permitted to be in?


A) Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971)
B) Hester v. U.S. (1924)
C) Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993)
D) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Explain the Miranda warnings and what the significance is behind the use of the warnings in interrogations.

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Miranda warnings involve all of the following except:


A) the r ight to an attorney.
B) the r ight to remain silent.
C) the exclusion of s tatements made that can be used against a suspect.
D) the right to s ound legal advice.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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If a police officer is acting in good faith, then he or she may use evidence obtained through the use of a defective search warrant.

A) True
B) False

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Which is a sense that cannot be used to justify a warrantless search?


A) Touch
B) Sound
C) Sight
D) Intuition

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Based on the ruling set forth in Berghuis v. Thompson, what must a suspect do to end questioning?


A) Immediately remain silent.
B) Immediately state that he or she is asserting the right to remain silent.
C) Answer some questions and not others.
D) Request additional time to respond at a later point.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Officer Castro notices a car in front of him driving at a slow speed.  The driver seems to be driving erratically. Officer Castro activates his blue lights and attempts to pull the car over.  The driver continues to drive for approximately two additional miles before pulling over.  When Officer Castro slowly approaches the car, he smells what seems to be a heavy odor of marijuana.  The driver has dilated eyes and slurred speech.  There are four individuals in the car. When Officer Castro pulled the car over after suspicious behavior, he encountered a strong smell of a well-known drug that he has had significant experience with prior to this case.  The strong presence of the smell of this drug gives Officer Castro enough ________ to search the vehicle.


A) reasonable suspicion
B) hunch
C) probable cause
D) proof beyond a reasonable doubt

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which is false  concerning search warrants?


A) Police officers must provide reliable information when obtaining a search warrant.
B) Police officers must identify the "things" to be searched.
C) Police officers are allowed to conduct warrantless searches under certain circumstances.
D) Police officers do need a search warrant, even if a person waives his or her Fourth Amendment rights.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The Warren Court established that the exclusionary rule applied to the states.

A) True
B) False

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Police officers need to obtain a warrant before searching the trunk of a car.

A) True
B) False

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Who wrote the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) ?


A) Hugo Black
B) William Brennan
C) Earl Warren
D) Thurgood Marshall

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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In Nix v. Williams (1984), the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that improperly obtained evidence can be used when it would later have been inevitably discovered without improper actions by the police.

A) True
B) False

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The search and seizure clause is found in the ____________________ Amendment.

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 A significant deprivation of liberty because a person is taken into police custody, transported to the police station or jail, and processed into the criminal justice system is called a(n)


A) search.
B) stop.
C) arrest.
D) interrogation.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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When ___________  is in jeopardy, police may question  a suspect in custody without providing the Miranda warnings.

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