CJBAT Deductive Reasoning 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: No evidence collected without a warrant is admissible unless an exception applies. Officers searched without a warrant and no exception applies. What follows?
- The evidence is admissible if it is material to the case
- The evidence is inadmissible (Correct answer)
- The judge decides admissibility case by case
- The evidence is admissible with prosecutor approval
Correct answer: The evidence is inadmissible
With no warrant and no applicable exception, the stated rule makes the evidence inadmissible.
Question 2: All suspects in custody must be read their Miranda rights before questioning. Suspect Delgado is in custody and officers want to question him. What must happen first?
- Officers may question Delgado if the questioning is brief
- Officers must read Delgado his Miranda rights before questioning (Correct answer)
- Officers may question Delgado if he waives his rights implicitly
- Officers read rights only if Delgado asks for a lawyer
Correct answer: Officers must read Delgado his Miranda rights before questioning
The rule requires Miranda rights before questioning any suspect in custody, so this must occur first.
Question 3: If two or more officers witness an incident, a joint report is required. Only Officer Thompson witnessed the incident. What can be concluded?
- A joint report is required
- A joint report is not required under this rule (Correct answer)
- A joint report is required if the incident is serious
- Thompson must still file a joint report with a supervisor
Correct answer: A joint report is not required under this rule
The rule triggers only when two or more officers witness the incident; one officer does not meet that condition.
Question 4: Whenever a juvenile is arrested, a parent or guardian must be notified within two hours. A juvenile named Kai is arrested at 3:00 PM. When must notification occur?
- By 6:00 PM
- By 5:00 PM (Correct answer)
- By 4:00 PM
- Within 24 hours
Correct answer: By 5:00 PM
Two hours after 3:00 PM is 5:00 PM, which is the notification deadline.
Question 5: All use-of-force incidents must be reported to a supervisor within one hour. Officer Reyes used force at 10:45 AM and reported it at 11:50 AM. What is true?
- Reyes complied because the report was filed the same morning
- Reyes did not comply because more than one hour passed (Correct answer)
- Reyes complied because 11:50 AM is within business hours
- Whether Reyes complied depends on supervisor availability
Correct answer: Reyes did not comply because more than one hour passed
10:45 AM plus one hour is 11:45 AM; reporting at 11:50 AM exceeds the one-hour window.
Question 6: Every officer who completes advanced defensive tactics training is eligible for K-9 unit assignment. Officer Lund has not completed advanced defensive tactics training. What follows?
- Officer Lund is eligible for K-9 assignment through alternative training
- Officer Lund is not eligible for K-9 assignment under this rule (Correct answer)
- Officer Lund may be eligible if the unit commander makes an exception
- Officer Lund's eligibility cannot be determined from this rule alone
Correct answer: Officer Lund is not eligible for K-9 assignment under this rule
The rule establishes training completion as the eligibility condition; without it, Lund is not eligible under this rule.
Question 7: If a crime scene has more than five pieces of physical evidence, a forensic specialist must be called. The scene has three shell casings, two footprints, and one fingerprint. Must a forensic specialist be called?
- No, because there are only three types of evidence
- Yes, because there are six total pieces of evidence (Correct answer)
- No, because the evidence does not include DNA
- Yes, because firearms evidence is always priority
Correct answer: Yes, because there are six total pieces of evidence
Three casings, two footprints, and one fingerprint total six pieces, which exceeds the threshold of more than five.
CJBAT Deductive Reasoning 5
No evidence collected without a warrant is admissible unless an exception applies.
Officers searched without a warrant and no exception applies.
What follows?