LADA Investigator Written Examination Study Guide - Los Angeles ...

STUDY GUIDE:
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, D.A. AND INVESTIGATOR, D.A.
SECTION II: LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS RELATED TO
INVESTIGATION
Questions 19 through 36 measure your knowledge of local, state, and federal
criminal law as applied to investigative elements of law enforcement.
19. Which of the following is not considered one of the four commonly held theories
of theft:
a. Grand theft person
b. Embezzlement
c. Trick and device
d. False pretenses
20. A bookkeeper in a local company steals one hundred dollars ($100.00) a month
for five (5) months in a row. The money was taken from a petty cash box which
the bookkeeper had control over and the responsibility of maintaining. The
bookkeeper in this scenario committed:
a. No crime
b. Five (5) acts of petty theft
c. Embezzlement
d. Theft by false pretense
21. Every person who will fully procure another person to commit perjury is guilty of:
a. Accessory to perjury
b. Obstruction of justice
c. Subornation of perjury
d. Conspiracy to commit perjury
22. What crime involves the taking of property from another with his/her consent or
the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of
force or fear, or under the color of official right?
a. Grand theft person
b. Extortion
c. Bribery
d. Robbery
23. Criminal “capping” is:
a. Unlawful price fixing
b. Unlawful banking practice associated with setting interest rates
c. The unlawful referral of patients or clients
d. An environmental crime dealing with the sealing of wells
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