RBC Test 1 Questions with Correct Answers 100

RBC Test #1 Questions with Correct Answers 100% Verified 2024/2025 What is a constitution? - Correct Answers - a written document that embodies the basic laws of a nation or state

• Identifies the powers and duties of the government
• Identifies the rights afforded to ALL individuals in our country or state
• branches of government - Correct Answers Executive, Legislative, Judicial

Freedoms under the US Constitution - Correct Answers -HIGHEST law of the land -Basic rights and freedoms stated in the U.S. Constitution apply to ALL individuals in the United States regardless of citizenship What is the Bill of Rights? - Correct Answers The first 10 amendments of the Constitution -place limits on those powers, thus guaranteeing individual rights What powers does the criminal justice system give to L.E.? - Correct Answers - The power to arrest

• The power to use deadly force

1st Amendment - Correct Answers Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition 4th Amendment - Correct Answers Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.5th Amendment - Correct Answers -Freedom from being tried for the same crime twice - "double jeopardy" -Freedom from self-incrimination 6th Amendment - Correct Answers -Right to be told of charges when arrested Right to speedy trial Right to a public trial by an impartial jury Right to confront witnesses 1 / 3

Right to counsel 8th Amendment - Correct Answers - Freedom from excessive bail

• Freedom from cruel and unusual

punishments 14th Amendment - Correct Answers - Basic right of a defendant in a judicial proceeding

• Right to equal protection of the laws
• The requisites for trial (due process)

Components of the Criminal Justice System - Correct Answers law enforcement, judicial, corrections Primary goals of criminal justice system - Correct Answers -guarantee due process of the law -prevent crime -protect life and property -uphold and enforce the law -dispense equal justice -apprehend offenders -assure victims' rights primary federal agencies - Correct Answers US Dept of Homeland Security, FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals, ICE, ATF, Secret Service, US Postal Inspectors (USPS), Armed Forces Police primary state agencies - Correct Answers o Youth and Adult Correctional Agency

• CHP
• Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
• Department of Fish and Game (F&G)
• Department of Forestry and Protection (DOF)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Department of Insurance (DOI) 2 / 3

primary local agencies - Correct Answers o Airport Police

• County Marshals
• Housing Police
• Municipal Police
• School District Police
• Sherriff's Department
• Transportation Police
• Port Authority Police

objectives of the Judicial component of the criminal justice system - Correct Answers - Providing due process of the law

• Rendering fair judgement
• Dispensing just punishment
• Assuring victim's rights

Organization of the california court system - Correct Answers -Lower (trial courts) -Higher (appellate courts) positions in the judicial system - Correct Answers -judges -prosecuting attorneys -defense attorneys judicial process in criminal cases - Correct Answers - The process begins once an offender has been arrested or indicted for a crime

• Function of the judicial system is to determine a defendant's guilt or innocence
• Before a criminal case reaches trial, several preliminary proceedings MUST occur

Steps in a felony prosecution - Correct Answers - Arrest

• Arraignment
• Right to Bail
• Bail
• Preliminary Hearing
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