MPTC POLICE ACADEMY CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW
EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2024\2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| GRADED A+
You are sipping a Dunkin' Donuts coffee observing traffic and see a car speed past
you. By the time you catch up with the vehicle, you are in the next town. You stop
the vehicle and observe in baggie of cocaine in plain sight. You arrest the subject.
What is most likely to happen?
A. The stop was lawful and the seizure of the drugs will stand up in court.
B. The stop was unlawful and the seizure of the drugs will stand up in court.
C. The stop was lawful, but the drug charge will not hold up in court.
D. The stop was unlawful and the seizure will not hold up in court. - Ans: D. The
stop was unlawful and the seizure will not hold up in court.
The school custodian is shocked to find two male teachers in the Men's room
engaged in an "unnatural act" in the vicinity or the urinals. After you are called to
the scene, you would:
A. Arrest the teachers for indecent exposure.
B. Arrest the teachers for open and gross lewdness.
C. Nothing - the toilets are a private area.
D. Summons the teachers for indecent exposure. - Ans: B. Arrest the teachers for
open and gross lewdness.
The statute of limitations for most crimes is:
A. One year.
B. Six years.
C. Ten years.
D. Fifteen years. - Ans: B. Six years.
If a 25-year-old man is caught having consensual sex with his 16-year-old cousin,
you could charge him with:
A. Incest.
B. Statutory rape.
C. Indecent assault on a person 14 or over.
D. Nothing. - Ans: D. Nothing.
,Incest is:
A. Sex or marriage between persons who are related through affinity.
B. Sex or marriage between persons who are related through consanguinity.
C. Sex with a person under-age 14.
D. Legal in the hill towns. - Ans: B. Sex or marriage between persons who are
related through consanguinity.
An example of crime against nature is:
A. Littering.
B. Trespassing.
C. Cruelty to animals.
D. Bestiality. - Ans: D. Bestiality.
Helen, a babysitter, fondles the 9-year-old she is baby sitting for. He tells his
mother the next day. She reports it to the police, and they locate Helen at school.
What is the strongest police action you can take?
A. Arrest Helen for assault and battery on a child.
B. Arrest Helen for child endangerment.
C. Arrest Helen for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
D. Summons Helen for assault and battery. - Ans: C. Arrest Helen for indecent
assault and battery on a child under 14.
How many phone calls are needed in order to charge someone with annoying and
harassing phone calls?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four. - Ans: C. Three.
You observe a man walking down the street. He looks around then enters a yard
and takes a pink flamingo lawn ornament. He then continues walking down the
street. Upon stopping him, he admits to stealing the flamingo. It still has the $29.99
price tag on it. What is the strongest police action you can take?
, A. Summons the individual for larceny under.
B. Arrest the person for larceny over.
C. Arrest the person for larceny under.
D. Summons the person for larceny under. - Ans: C. Arrest the person for larceny
under.
You receive a call from the local video store that a customer has failed to return
several porn tapes. After contacting the customer, he reluctantly gives you the
tapes. The store manager says this is the third time that this has happened, and he
wants to press charges. What do you do?
A. Arrest the subject for larceny over, hold the tapes as evidence.
B. Summons the customer for larceny and return the tapes to the store.
C. Summons the customer for failure to return leased property and hold the tapes
for evidence.
D. Summons the individual and bring the tapes home to watch. - Ans: C. Summons
the customer for failure to return leased property and hold the tapes for evidence.
Lucy and Ricky go out on a date. Upon returning to Lucy's apartment, Ricky wants
to come in. Lucy refuses. Ricky gives her a goodnight kiss, and while doing so
grabs her buttocks firmly with both hands. Lucky breaks free and calls the police.
Upon responding they find Ricky walking down the sidewalk. What is the
strongest action police can take?
A. Arrest Ricky for Indecent Assault and Battery.
B. Summons Ricky for Indecent Assault and Battery.
C. Arrest Ricky for Assault and Battery.
D. There is nothing you can do. - Ans: A. Arrest Ricky for Indecent Assault and
Battery.
Payton and Wes are in a bar. They have never met before. They get into an
argument about sports. Payton grabs Wes and slams his head into the bar. What
charge should be brought?
A. Assault and battery.
B. Disorderly.
C. Affray.
D. Assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. - Ans: D. Assault and
Battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
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