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Searches and Seizures MCQ

Is writs of assistance documents used by eighteenth-century American colonial authorities to compel individuals to assist in carrying out a search?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as approach to Fourth Amendment protection that assumes such protection is limited to physical intrusions of the home, comparable to property rights approach.

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Correct Answer: Trespassory approach

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_____ is defined as individuals have no expectation of privacy in information turned over to a third party, and a search warrant is not required.

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Correct Answer: Third-party doctrine

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_____ is a court order to produce documents.

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Correct Answer: Subpoena duces tecum

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Is show of authority seizure demonstration of authority by law enforcement officers in which they direct a suspect to halt, display his or her weapons, block the suspect’s movement, or otherwise conduct themselves in a manner that would result in a reasonable person not feeling free to leave or otherwise terminate the encounter. The suspect must actually submit to the demonstration of authority?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is a reasonable person would not believe himself or herself to be free to leave or to otherwise terminate the encounter.

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Correct Answer: Seizure

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Is search governmental intrusion on an individual’s expectation of privacy?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as an approach to Fourth Amendment protection that assumes such protection is limited to physical intrusions of the home, comparable to trespassory approach.

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Correct Answer: Property rights approach

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_____ is defined as an exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement that allows a police officer to seize an item without a search warrant when (1) the officer is lawfully positioned and (2) there is probable cause to seize the object.

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Correct Answer: Plain view

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_____ is an act in which a law enforcement officer takes hold of a suspect with the intent to prevent the individual from leaving.

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Correct Answer: Physical seizure

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Is open fields areas distant from the home that lack an expectation of privacy?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as warrants allowing colonial authorities to search anytime and anywhere.

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Correct Answer: General warrants

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_____ is defined as protection from government intrusion; areas with a high expectation of privacy may generally not be searched without a warrant.

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Correct Answer: Expectation of privacy

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_____ is informal police stops of individuals.

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Correct Answer: Encounters

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Is curtilage the area immediately surrounding the home, considered part of the home?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as property intentionally discarded by the owner.

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Correct Answer: Abandoned property

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The area surrounding the home that maintains the same level of privacy as the home itself is known as the ______.

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Correct Answer: Curtilage

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The doctrine that allows an officer to seize contraband if he or she observes it in the open is known as the ______.

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Correct Answer: Plain view doctrine

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According to Katz, for there to be a Fourth Amendment violation, a person must first have ______.

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Correct Answer: An expectation of privacy

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All of the following are explicitly protected by the Fourth Amendment EXCEPT ______.

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Correct Answer: Cars

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Items that are prohibited or otherwise inherently illegal are known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Contraband

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For an individual to be “seized” under the Fourth Amendment, the officer must either place that person in handcuffs or tell them plainly that they are under arrest.

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Correct Answer: False

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Police are required to have justification for any form of police–citizen interaction.

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Correct Answer: False

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The condition of an item may influence whether a judge deems an item “abandoned.”

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Correct Answer: True

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Police are allowed to use a low-flying helicopter to view into the curtilage, but not an airplane.

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Correct Answer: False

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Curtilage is not associated with the same “intimate activity” as the home and as such is not considered part of the home itself.

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Correct Answer: False

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A back porch is considered “curtilage” as it applies to the Fourth Amendment.

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Correct Answer: True

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A person has a reasonable expectation of privacy when conversing with an undercover government agent who is wearing a hidden microphone.

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Correct Answer: False

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Using the old physical intrusion test, for an intrusion to occur, there must have been an actual, physical entry into a home.

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Correct Answer: True

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In old England, general warrants were issued to compel citizens to serve on the English police force.

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Correct Answer: False

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A firearm used to rob a bank is known as an instrument of crime.

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Correct Answer: True

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