Colorado POST Test 2 with Complete Questions and Answers
Question : 4th amendment protections include
Correct answer: Protection from unreasonable search and
seizure
Question : One main difference between reasonable suspicion
and probable cause is
Correct answer: You can arrest for probable cause
Question : Requirements under the 4th amendment for the
execution of a warrant includes...
Correct answer: Place to be searched, who to be searched,
must have and leave signed document
Question : What two things must be done after executing a
warrant?
Correct answer: Must leave a copy of the warrant, must take
an inventory of items
Question : Warrantless searches
Correct answer: Must be by consent, or by exigency (medical
emergency, possible destruction of evidence, hot pursuit, danger to public)
Question : Exigency in regards to searches pertains to...
Correct answer: Safety of public, destruction of evidence, hot
pursuit, medical emergencies
Question : What is unique about searches of parolees?
Correct answer: They have limited rights to privacy and their
parole officer may search at any time.
Question : Which case law deals with probable cause searches
of vehicles?
Correct answer: Gant v Arizona. Officers may search the area
reachable by suspect
Question : A plain view search of a vehicle is...
Correct answer: A search of what is readily visible
Question : Warrantless bodily searches deal with...
Correct answer: Search for weapons
Question : A field show up is...
Correct answer: When a witness is taken to a suspect in order
to identify them
Question : A photographic array consists of...
Correct answer: Six different photographs of potential
suspects
Question : Search warrant requirements include...
Correct answer: Description, charges, affidavit of probable
cause, signed by judge
Question : Do you need probable cause for temporary
detainment?
Correct answer: No
Question : What are searches limited to?
Correct answer: What and where is in the warrant
Question : Terry v Ohio
Correct answer: Stop and frisk
Question : A search warrant is...
Correct answer: Approves by judge
Question : Chimmel decision
Correct answer: The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of
Chimel. It held that the search ofChimel's house was unreasonable under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.The Court reasoned that searches "incident to arrest" are limited to the area within the immediate control of the suspect