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GPSTC MIDTERM EXAM 2025-2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ GPSTC MIDTERM EXAM 2025-2026
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A blue reflective mark that stands up on a pavement indicates what?
Fire hydrant
What is the speed of a school bus on public roads?
40 mph
What is the speed of a school bus on the interstate/highway?
55 mph
School buses are required to have
What court is the original jurisdiction?
Superior court
What are the 3 elements of rape?
What is carnal knowledge?
Penetration of a male organ and a females organ
What has to happen for carnal knowledge to occur?
The SLIGHTEST penetration
The burden of proof in criminal prosecution is?
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
If you change a price tag in the store it is considered?
shoplifting
What age can someone be found guilty of a crime?
13 years old
If a father has sex with his blood, step daughter, or anyone in the family he has committed? (EXCEPT COUSINS)
Incest
What is not a type of patrol?
Administrative patrol
4 Graham Factors
What is 17-4-20 (b)?
Deadly force for officers
What is 16-3-21?
Deadly force for civilians
What are the 3 P's for chapter 8 title 35?
Possess, Probable Cause, Poses
What are the 2 questions you have to answer when using reasonable force?
What is the purpose of a roadblock?
To check for drunk drivers
If an officer responds to a domestic violence call, the first thing the officer must do is?
Get situation under control
How can we fix someone who is prejudice?
Education
How long do you have to serve a warrant before it becomes void?
10 days
IF a female lures another female in with intent to rape, the female will be charged with?
Rape
18 USC 241 & 242 are
Criminal liability
Civil liability
A supervisor is punished because he is responsible for the acts of his subordinates, it is what type of liability?
Vicarious
What is a tort?
a civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy
Methods used to measure accident scenes
Coordinate and Triangulation
without lawful authority to do so the person knowingly or recklessly takes or entices any minor or committed person away from the individual who has lawful custody of such minor or committed person
Interference with custody
What is Form 1013?
Mentally ill
What is Form 2013?
Alcohol/drug dependent
No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic
Minimum speed
Maximum speed limit in urban/residential areas
30 mph
In GA, which is the highest court in which there will be a trial?
Superior court
DUI, reckless conduct, laying drags, can all be charged on
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE property
The main issue for Domestic Violence is
CONTROL
Driving a motor vehicle is a
privilege
How far away should a driver stop from a railroad crossing?
50 ft but not less than 15 ft
Drag racing
two or more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerated speeds in a competitive attempt to outdistance each other.
BAC level that is considered driving under the influence under 21
0.02 grams
What is objective reasonableness based upon?
totality of the circumstances
BAC for commercial motor vehicle
0.04 grams
Any person dead or unconscious
Refusal shall be deemed not to have withdrawn their consent
Procedure for collecting trace evidence such as hair and fiber
Best method for collection of trace evidence is to use a clear strip of lifting tape
Why must a suspect be removed from a crime scene as soon as possibe?
to prevent injury to officers and to prevent the destruction or alteration of evidence
A shoe impression found at a crime scene would be classified as what type of evidence?
Circumstantial evidence
A hammer, suspected to be the murder weapon, would be classified as what type of evidence?
Real evidence
What type of search begins in the middle of a circular area and works out, in sections, and then is repeated, moving back to the middle, before moving to another section of the circular section?
Wheel (pie pan)
What is the difference between rough sketch and a smooth sketch?
A rough sketch is one drawn by the investigator at the scene of the crime and smooth is the finished sketch.
Explain the relationship between crime scene photographs and crime scene sketches
Whorls
has 2 or more deltas and ridges
Arches
ridges enter on one side of print and exit on the other
Tented arch
ridges meet at the center and form a peak
Plain arch
ridges enter on one side and flow towards the other side, rising in the center, but no re-curving edge.
How should wet objects be processed?
let dry completely at room temp
What is not considered real evidence?
Witness statement
Print that you cannot see with the naked eye and have to lift
Latent print
Blood smear, grease, sharpie print is...
A patent print
Self-propelled vehicle
Motor vehicle
Highway
Any publicly-maintained roadway that is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers
BUS
The total weight of a vehicle including a trailer is
Gross weight
Who is responsible for cleaning up debris from traffic accident?
Tow trucks/wreckers
What disease can someone have that can show as DUI
Diabetes
Who cannot remove a dead body from a crime scene?
Family member
Characteristics of a profession
Common fund of knowledge
Minimum standards
Organization
Standards of conduct
GBI and GCIC are responsible for
overseeing the privacy and integrity of criminal history record information.
When you see someone weaving in lane
it is ARS
What compounds the domestic situation?
getting emotionally involved
The family violence act is an
Administrative Act
When responding to a domestic call with you partner, you must
separate but keep an eye on your partner
