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I am taking Constitutional law this semester and I just finished doing a quiz. I was wondering if someone could please take a look at

I am taking Constitutional law this semester and I just finished doing a quiz. I was wondering if someone could please take a look at it and let me know If I did ok or not. I would really appreciate it.

Question 1

Assuming no one gives consent, which of the following would require a court order?

A.Intercepting pager signals using a device.

B.Using GPS and other mobile tracking devices.

C.Real time interceptions of wire communications using a device.

D.Real time interceptions of oral communications, in which there is no reasonable expectation of privacy (REP), using a device.

Question 2

Big Red is a paid police informant and has provided reliable information to officers on seven out of seven occasions. On January 7, 2016, Big Red personally witnessed four transactions involving the sale of improvised explosive devices take place in Flicker Flame's apartment. On November 11, 2016, Big Red tells the officers about his observations. The officers apply for a search warrant based solely on this information. The request for the search warrant should be -

A.Denied, because the officers did not corroborated the information provided by Big Red.

B.Denied, because the information provided by Big Red is inadequate to establish probable cause.

C.Granted, because the officer has demonstrated probable cause.

D.Granted, because Big Red meets the standards of Terry.

Question 3

Fire investigator Paul Newman has probable cause that John Leonard Orr set fire to an automobile. Rather than arrest Orr, Newman would like Orr ordered to come into court on his own to answer to the charges. Newman would have Orr served with:

A.an arrest warrant

B.a subpoena ad testificandum

C.a subpoena duces tecum

D.a summons

Question 4

Hades fire investigators determine that Axe is operating a mobile lab to manufacture and distribute large quantities of trychtichlorate to various arson-for-profit gangs. These gangs also move from location to location. Hades fire investigators decide to use GPS and other tracking devices to try and determine where the current mobile lab and gangs are. Which of the following activities would require the agents to obtain a warrant? (Assume that the gang members do not know of the Hades fire investigators activities.)

A.Concealing a GPS tracking device on the exterior of a target's vehicle as the vehicle sits in a public parking lot.

B.Concealing a GPS tracking device inside a box of trychtichlorate production products (glassware, tubing, and the like), sending it to the target, and monitoring where the box moves along local highways and streets.

C.Concealing a GPS or radio frequency tracking device inside a small package of trychtichlorate precursor chemicals, sending it to the target, and monitoring where the package goes to include inside homes and factory buildings.

D.None of the above, because the Stored Electronic Communications Act, and not 4th Amendment warrants, must be used for the installation or use of mobile tracking devices.

Question 5

Jack Morrison is suspected of running a dynamite manufacturing operation out of his garage. The garage is attached to the dwelling. Without a warrant, fire investigators step onto his curtilage, shine a flashlight into the garage, and take a quick look. They observe a number of what appear to be sticks of dynamite on a workbench. With this observation, they attempt to secure a warrant. Their request for a search warrant should be -

A.Denied, because the officers intruded on a location where Morrison had a reasonable expectation of privacy without either a warrant or an exception to the 4th Amendment.

B.Denied, because the use of a flashlight violated Morrison's reasonable expectation of privacy.

C.Granted, because the garage does not have curtilage, in that it is not a dwelling.

D.Granted, because the garage itself was not within the curtilage of Morrison's dwelling.

Question 6

Specific & articulable facts that give rise to a particularized and objective basis for suspecting an individual of criminal activity is used for what?

A.Probable Cause

B.Totality of the circumstances

C.Reasonable Suspicion

D.Custody

Question 7

What is it called when an officer by means of physical force or show of authority, has some way restrained the liberty of a person?

A.Search

B.Coercion

C.Seizure

D.Incarceration

Question 8

When a person is arrested, he or she is

A.Jailed

B.Stopped

C.Detained

D.Seized

Question 9

When do you need a warrant?

A.When arresting someone

B.Only when performing an arrest inside someone's house

C.Anytime an officer stops someone to question them

D.none of the above

Question 10

Which one of the following is not a 4th Amendment Protection?

A.Protection against unreasonable searches & seizures

B.Right to counsel in your defense

C.No warrants without probable cause

D.All of the above are protected by the 4th Amendment

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