LESSON
PRACTICE EXERCISE
The following exercises are multiple choice. There are four possible choices to each. You are to select
the one correct choice by CIRCLING the letter beside it directly on these pages. This is a self-graded
lesson exercise. DO NOT look up the correct answer from the solution until you have finished. To do
so will endanger your ability to learn this material. Also, your final examination score will tend to be
lower than if you had followed these recommendations.
1. The Constitutional protection against unlawful searches and seizures is found in:
A.
The 1st Amendment.
B.
The 4th Amendment.
C.
The 5th Amendment.
D.
The 6th Amendment.
2. In order for the Constitutional prohibition against unlawful searches to apply, the following must be
present:
A.
Government action.
B.
A reasonable expectation of privacy.
C.
Actual ownership of the premises searched.
D.
A. and B. only.
3. A search of abandoned property is:
A.
Illegal unless there is consent.
B.
Illegal unless there is probable cause.
C.
Illegal, but the evidence will be admissible anyway.
D.
Legal.
4. A search by one's spouse:
A.
Is legal, but the evidence will be inadmissible.
B.
Is illegal, and the evidence will be inadmissible.
C.
Does not trigger the Constitutional prohibition against illegal searches and seizures.
D.
None of the above.
5. If officials of a foreign government conduct a search overseas:
A.
The evidence is never admissible in a U.S. court.
B.
The search is illegal, since the Constitution protects Americans from such a search.
C.
The evidence will be admissible in a U.S. court.
D.
There is still "government action," so the search will be illegal and the evidence will not be
admissible.
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