16.1 - Constitutional Rights Before Trial

How does the Fourth Amendment protect Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures?

• by requiring that a lawyer be present during a search

• by requiring police to notify suspects of their rights before making a search

• by allowing a search only after suspects have been formally charged with a crime

• by requiring police to get a search warrant before making a search

Which of the following is a safeguard of the rights of the accused?

• Police may not invade the privacy of people accused of a crime to look for evidence.

• The judge must inform people accused of a crime of their rights before the trial begins.

• Police need a warrant to arrest suspects.

• Police may not use physical force or threats to obtain a confession.

What happens when the exclusionary rule is invoked?

• Certain evidence cannot be used against the defendant at trial.

• Certain people cannot be called as witnesses at the defendant's trial.

• Charges against the defendant are dropped.

• The attorneys cannot ask certain questions at the defendant's trial.

To search students or their property, school officials

• need probable cause and a warrant.

• need probable cause but not a warrant.

• need reasonable suspicion but not probable cause.

• have no restrictions.

In which of the following situations may a police officer use appearance to stop and search someone?

• The person appears out of place in a particular neighborhood.

• The person's race is the same as that of likely terrorists.

• The person is completely covered, obscuring his or her appearance.

• The person matches an eyewitness's description of a crime suspect.

Fourth Amendment rights are limited at

• international borders.

• protest gatherings.

• public events.

• places of business.

To get a search warrant, the police must state under oath that they have

• contraband.

• probable cause.

• given Miranda rights to the suspect.

• followed due process.

Racial profiling occurs

• any time race is used as a factor in identifying possible lawbreakers.

• when race is used inappropriately as a factor in identifying possible lawbreakers.

• when suspects are described using their race as an identifier.

• any time a member of a minority group is stopped on the street and searched.

Which constitutional amendment requires police to inform suspects in custody of their rights before questioning them?

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

Which of the following is considered a Miranda right?

• the right to have an attorney present during questioning

• the right to exclude a confession that was forced

• the right to hear evidence against him or her

• the right to due process of law