Civil Service Pasadena Police Department Exam 71 Questions with Verified Answers
Judicial - CORRECT ANSWER Authority given the courts to review
... [Show More] constitutionality of acts by the executive/state/legislature; est. in Marbury v. Madison
Arraignment - CORRECT ANSWER A court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no contest
Forfeiture - CORRECT ANSWER the process by which the government seizes private property attached to criminal activity
Revocation - CORRECT ANSWER An act or instance of calling back, an annulment, cancellation
Suicide - CORRECT ANSWER The act of intentionally taking one's own life.
Justifiable - CORRECT ANSWER able to be shown to be right or reasonable
interdiction - CORRECT ANSWER a prohibition; the act of forbidding
License - CORRECT ANSWER a legal document giving official permission to do something
Criminality - CORRECT ANSWER Willingness to commit crimes and other harmful acts, an individual characteristic
Supplementary - CORRECT ANSWER additional, supplemental, extra, more, further; More
Affirmative - CORRECT ANSWER Government or business policies favoring a historically disadvantaged minority group (university admissions, hiring decisions); raises 14th Amendment equal protection problems (reverse discrimination); limited by Bakke v. University of California (race can be "plus factor" in admissions but no racial quota system)
statute - CORRECT ANSWER a law
intervene - CORRECT ANSWER to come between
Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
Confiscate - CORRECT ANSWER seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer
Emergency - CORRECT ANSWER a serious or dangerous situation that needs immediate action
Assault - CORRECT ANSWER An unlawful physical attack or threat of attack
intoxication - CORRECT ANSWER the state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance and the person's physical and mental control is significantly reduced
drunkenness - CORRECT ANSWER the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
photograph - CORRECT ANSWER a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
indentification - CORRECT ANSWER adopt the identity of groups we categorize ourselves into
Amphetamine - CORRECT ANSWER A drug that stimulates the central nervous system
burglary - CORRECT ANSWER entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
narcotic - CORRECT ANSWER Any drug that is typically illegal or is an aesthetic or sleeping agent
writ - CORRECT ANSWER scrib, script
graph
offense - CORRECT ANSWER a criminal act; something that causes a person to be hurt, angry, or upset
syringe - CORRECT ANSWER instrument for introducing or withdrawing fluids from the body
separate - CORRECT ANSWER segregate
alienate
omission - CORRECT ANSWER The act of leaving out or neglecting
A form of deception that involves leaving consequential details out of one's story.
dispatcher - CORRECT ANSWER the person who coordinates deliveries to the distribution center
subpoena - CORRECT ANSWER notice ordering someone to appear in court
a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
waiver - CORRECT ANSWER a decision by an administrative agency granting some other part permission to violate a law or rule that would otherwise apply to it
procedure by which the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction and transfers a juvenile case to the adult criminal court
habitation - CORRECT ANSWER the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
prosecutor - CORRECT ANSWER The state or federal government attorney in a criminal case.
a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
informer - CORRECT ANSWER Provides info on rules, data, and procedures.
witness - CORRECT ANSWER someone who sees an event and reports what happened
specimen - CORRECT ANSWER sample of tissue or fluid
a single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category
Complainant - CORRECT ANSWER the assaulted person who files a complaint
inducement - CORRECT ANSWER a thing that persuades or influences someone to do something
indictment - CORRECT ANSWER A formal charge by a grand jury
(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
Laboratory - CORRECT ANSWER a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Investigation - CORRECT ANSWER a procedure carried out to gather data about an object or event
Apprehend - CORRECT ANSWER 1. (v.) to seize, arrest (The criminal was apprehended at the scene.) 2. (v.) to perceive, understand, grasp (The student has trouble apprehending concepts in math and science.)
Defandant - CORRECT ANSWER Person accused in the court of law
municipal - CORRECT ANSWER pertaining to a city (or town) and its government
plaintiff - CORRECT ANSWER One who begins a lawsuit
A person or party filing a lawsuit
Approximate - CORRECT ANSWER Not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct
close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact
Development - CORRECT ANSWER A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology.
Allegation - CORRECT ANSWER an assertion made with little or no proof or
a formal accusation
Prosecutor - CORRECT ANSWER The state or federal government attorney in a criminal case.
Mileage - CORRECT ANSWER Distance travelled, measured in miles. or
Attorney - CORRECT ANSWER Brings legal action on behalf of the state; heads the state's legal office i would say a lawyer
Examination - CORRECT ANSWER scrutiny
METHODOLOGY A formal test that is usually administered by some examining body.
Precaution - CORRECT ANSWER (n.) care taken beforehand; a step or action taken to prevent something from happening
Authority - CORRECT ANSWER Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience.
Document - CORRECT ANSWER to provide with written evidence to support
substantial - CORRECT ANSWER significant or the amount of evidence
Clearance - CORRECT ANSWER n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
Interstate - CORRECT ANSWER trade between two or more states or
National network of highways connecting US cities
Penitentiary - CORRECT ANSWER Prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners
Misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER (n.) a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony; any minor misbehavior or misconduct
constitutional - CORRECT ANSWER A system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law.
assignment - CORRECT ANSWER a piece of work or job that you are given to do
probation - CORRECT ANSWER the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision
Intrinsic - CORRECT ANSWER (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
Bellicose - CORRECT ANSWER Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. Belligerent
Belligerent - CORRECT ANSWER (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war or
Hostile and aggressive
Synchronously - CORRECT ANSWER (i.e., at the same time
Synopsis - CORRECT ANSWER a brief summary
Circumspect - CORRECT ANSWER cautious; aware of potential consequences
inhibit - CORRECT ANSWER (v.) to prevent, restrain, stop (When I told you I needed the car last night, I certainly never meant to inhibit you from going out.) [Show Less]