Walker & Hemmens, Legal Guide for Police (10th Ed.)
Test Bank—Chapter 3
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The _______________ of the state includes all the general laws and regulations necessary to
secure the peace, good order, health, and prosperity of the people.
2. Police power is invested in ______________.
3. The state’s police power is limited by _________________.
4. Article ______ of the U.S. Constitution mandates all executive and judicial officers, both state
and federal, be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States.
5. The _________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable search and
seizure of persons or property.
6. The ___________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits compulsory self-
incrimination.
7. The ____________ Amendment contains the prescriptions of due process.
8. The ____________ Amendment contains the right to a speedy trial.
9. The ___________ Amendment applied the protections of due process to state proceedings.
10. The first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the
_____________.
11. The minimum standard (in terms of constitutional rights) is set by the ____________.
12. Police officers must look to _______________ for determining correct criminal procedure.
13. The Bill of Rights was ratified __________________.
14. The federal government’s police power __________________.
15. The constitutional rights as interpreted by _________________ always take precedence in
questions of criminal procedure.
True/False Questions
1. The United States Constitution places no restrictions on the police power of the states.
2. When the United States Constitution was first ratified, it did not include the Bill of Rights.
3. The Bill of Rights includes the first fifteen Amendments to the United States Constitution.
4. The Sixth Amendment includes the rights to due process of the law.
5. When the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified, it did not specifically outline what facets of
due process would apply to the individual states.
6. Over time, the Supreme Court applied specific due process provisions to the states by way of
the Fourteenth Amendment.
7. State officials and police officers must look to the state supreme courts for the final word in
criminal procedure.
8. State constitutions cannot have stricter constitutional protections than those implemented
by the United States Supreme Court.
9. Police authority is included in the concept of police power.
10. When the Bill of Rights was adopted, it was intended to apply only to federal proceedings.
11. The Bill of Rights includes specific provisions for criminal procedure. There is no need for
judicial interpretation.
12. The most important Amendment for criminal procedure is the Second Amendment.
13. The Fourteenth Amendment was part of the original Bill of Rights.
14. Article VI of the Constitution requires all executive and judicial officers to take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States.
15. Article VI applies only to federal executive and judicial officers. It does not apply to state
officers.
