Q 01/05

FBI agents attached a listening device to the outside of what to catch Charles Katz placing illegal bets?

A) A telephone booth

B) A hotel room door

C) A parked taxi cab

D) A racetrack kiosk

Answer · why

A) A telephone booth

A telephone booth on Sunset Boulevard was where Katz called bookmakers in Boston and Miami. The 1967 ruling stretched the amendment from property to p...

Q 02/05

In Kyllo v. United States, federal agents checked an Oregon home for marijuana grow lamps using what device?

A) A parabolic microphone

B) A thermal imager

C) Night-vision goggles

D) An X-ray scanner

Answer · why

B) A thermal imager

A thermal imager showed unusual heat coming off the roof and side walls. The Court ruled that aiming one at a home, even from the street, is a search ...

Q 03/05

What did police attach for 28 days to a Jeep driven by a Washington nightclub owner in United States v. Jones?

A) A radio beeper

B) A hidden microphone

C) A GPS tracker

D) A dashboard camera

Answer · why

C) A GPS tracker

A GPS tracker logged the Jeep's movements 24 hours a day. The Court held that physically fixing it to the car was a search in its own right.

Q 04/05

Riley v. California requires a warrant before police search the digital contents of what item seized in an arrest?

A) A laptop computer

B) A digital camera

C) A pocket pager

D) A cell phone

Answer · why

D) A cell phone

A cell phone taken from David Riley after San Diego police pulled his car over held photos and videos that were used to tie him to a gang shooting.

Q 05/05

California v. Greenwood let police search what without a warrant once a homeowner leaves it at the curb?

A) A parked car

B) Household garbage

C) A mailbox

D) A delivered parcel

Answer · why

B) Household garbage

Household garbage at the roadside is open to animals, children, scavengers and snoops, the Court reasoned, so sealing it in opaque bags did not keep i...