Walker & Hemmens, Legal Guide for Police (10th Ed.)
Test Bank—Chapter 5
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The right to be free from unreasonable seizures is guaranteed by the ______________
Amendment.
2. The case of _________________ applied the same constitutional standards to both federal
and state arrest procedures.
3. ____________ give state officers the authority to arrest.
4. A(n) ____________ involves the taking, seizing, or detaining of a person by an officer armed
with the authority of the law with the intention of taking the person into custody.
5. In order for an arrest to occur, the officer must ________________.
6. In order for an arrest to occur, the offender must _______________.
7. The Constitution contains provisions for arrests ___________.
8. ______________ is the standard necessary to support an arrest warrant.
9. A _____________ is the official that must sign and issue an arrest warrant.
10. A _______________ is a crime that is punishable by death or imprisonment in a state
prison.
11. The standard of __________________ must be satisfied in order to affect a valid
warrantless arrest.
12. _____________ can satisfy the standard of reasonable grounds.
13. In order to perform a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor offense, the
_________________.
14. A misdemeanor is a crime that carries a punishment that is ______________.
15. In order to extend a deprivation of liberty after an arrest, a ____________ must occur.
True/False Questions
1. The Fifth Amendment prohibits unconstitutional arrests or seizures.
2. The Supreme Court has never applied Fourth Amendment protections against state-initiated
arrests.
3. Police authority to arrest is usually given by state statute.
4. All states have the same statutes and procedures for effecting an arrest.
5. Arrest has a precise definition given by the United States Supreme Court in 1984.
6. Probable cause is necessary to secure an arrest warrant.
7. An arresting officer must have a “real or assumed” legal authority to arrest in order for an
arrest to be valid.
8. An officer attempts to arrest an individual. That individual flees and avoids arrest. At this
point, an arrest has technically occurred.
9. In order for an arrest to occur, a warrant is always necessary.
10. To gain a search warrant, an officer must provide an oath that the facts leading to the
11. When attempting to secure an arrest warrant, it is not necessary to attempt to describe
who is going be seized or arrested via the arrest warrant.
12. Once an arrest warrant has been issued, any officer from any jurisdiction can execute that
warrant.
13. When executing a warrant, the officer must notify the offender that he or she is executing
an arrest warrant.
14. An officer can arrest an offender for an unwitnessed misdemeanor when that officer does
not possess an arrest warrant.
15. In most circumstances, an officer needs an arrest warrant to enter into a person’s home to
arrest an individual within the home.
