Walker & Hemmens, Legal Guide for Police (10th Ed.)
Test Bank—Chapter 9
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. _________________ may violate the right against self-incrimination.
2. An officer stops an individual for suspected drunk driving. The officer asks the individual to
say the ABCs in reverse. This request is _______________.
3. An officer arrests an individual for the sole purpose of fingerprinting the suspect. This arrest
is ______________.
4. A lineup always violates the rights contained in the _______________.
5. The police are conducting a lineup. The officers inform the eyewitness that she should look
more closely at “Suspect #3.” This sort of suggestion ______________.
6. ________________ is a factor that may influence the likelihood of misidentification during a
lineup.
7. A ______________ is a one-on-one identification procedure. The suspect is brought to a
witness so the witness can confirm identity.
8. ________________ is an investigatory process where a police officer shows a witness a series
of mugshots or photographs hoping to identify a suspect.
9. A(n) _________________ is a police investigatory technique whereby the officer asks a
suspect to say a specific phrase to help the witness identify an offender.
10. A _______________ is an electronic machine that can compare a suspect’s voice to a
recorded voice.
11. Taking ______________ from a suspect may violate his or her Fifth Amendment rights
against self-incrimination.
12. ___________ is a biological component found in blood and other bodily fluids. Officers use
this component to identify suspects.
13. A suspect gives a sample of DNA during a routine booking procedure. This seizure of DNA
evidence was _______________.
14. An officer stops an individual for drunk driving. The officer asks the suspect to take a
Breathalyzer test. The search was _______________.
15. ______________ is a police investigatory practice that does not by nature violate the rights
of the Fifth Amendment.
True/False Questions
1. Fingerprinting does not by nature violate a person’s Fifth Amendment rights.
2. The Fifth Amendment protects only against being forced to give “real evidence.”
3. An officer stops an individual for drunk driving. The officer requires the individual to submit
to a field sobriety test. The officer has violated the individual’s Fifth Amendment rights.
4. An officer arrests an individual for the sole purpose of fingerprinting him. The arrest was
unconstitutional.
5. Lineups by nature do not violate the rights of the Fifth Amendment.
6. Suggestive lineup procedures are an established and legal part of police procedure.
7. An officer is conducting a lineup. The officer points to an individual and states, “That’s our
guy. He’s our suspect.” The lineup was unconstitutional.
8. Pre-indictment lineups do not automatically invoke the right to counsel.
9. Post-indictment lineups never invoke the right to counsel.
10. A showup is more suggestive than a lineup.
11. Eyewitness misidentification is improbable during a lineup.
12. Police officers can legally conduct dental examinations on suspects if the officers have a
warrant.
13. Providing a voice exemplar violates the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
14. The Court has stated that all spectrographic analysis is unreliable and inadmissible.
15. DNA evidence is unreliable, and the Courts are reluctant to allow it at trial.
