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Constitutional Violations MCQ

Constitutional Violations MCQ

 

1. _____ is a state court suit for damages to compensate individuals who have suffered harm.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tort actions

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2. Is title 42, Section 1983 of the U.S. Code individuals may be sued for acting under the color of state law for violating an individual’s constitutional rights or a federal right?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. _____ is known as false testimony by police officers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Testilying

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4. _____ is defined as police officers, correctional officials, and other criminal justice professionals may be sued only for violating “well-established” constitutional rights.

Answer

Correct Answer: Qualified immunity

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5. _____ is a judicial order requiring a police department to adopt various reforms.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pattern-or-practice decree

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6. Is injunction a judicial order directing a halt to a harmful act or policy?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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7. _____ is known as a federal statute that authorizes an individual to sue the federal government for various torts.

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal Tort Claims Act

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8. _____ is defined as an act under the authority of state or federal law.

Answer

Correct Answer: Color of state law

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9. _____ is civilian review boards in most large cities investigate and recommend punishments for police found to have engaged in misconduct.

Answer

Correct Answer: Civilian review

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10. Is blue wall of silence police refusal to testify about the unlawful conduct of other police officers?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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11. _____ is known as Federal law enforcement officers and other federal employees may be sued for violating an individual’s constitutional rights or a right under federal law.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bivens legal suit

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12. _____ is defined as judges, prosecutors, witnesses, and jurors may not be sued for acts undertaken as part of the judicial function.

Answer

Correct Answer: Absolute immunity

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13. ______ refer to money that pays for the actual expenses and harm suffered by the plaintiff.

Answer

Correct Answer: Compensatory damages

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14. In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court essentially expand § 1983 suits to the federal government?

Answer

Correct Answer: Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents

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15. What level of immunity, if any, is afforded to probation officers from § 1983 suits?

Answer

Correct Answer: Qualified immunity

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16. What level of immunity, if any, is afforded to witnesses from § 1983 suits?

Answer

Correct Answer: Absolute immunity

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17. An officer acting with the authority of his or her position as an officer is said to be acting ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Under color of law

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18. Traditionally, police agencies have welcomed civilian review oversight.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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19. Qualified immunity allows the police to enforce the law without fear that they will be held legally liable.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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20. Traditionally, judges have been disinclined to interfere in the affairs of police departments.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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21. One of the requirements to hold a city government liable under § 1983 is that the government was aware of and deliberately disregarded a significant risk to the public.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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22. Police officers may be sued under state law for committing a tort (civil wrong) against an individual.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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23. The police have a legal obligation to intervene in all possible situations in order to protect the general public.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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24. Prosecutors enjoy absolute immunity from § 1983 suit for much the same reasons as do judges.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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25. A supervisor cannot be held liable for the actions of officers under his or her command under a § 1983 suit.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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26. A police officer can be sued under § 1983 for any action taken by the officer that violates the civil rights of an individual.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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27. The exclusionary rule does not provide a remedy for one who is unconstitutionally arrested yet not brought to trial.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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