Which of the Following Statements Should Be Used as Guidance

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements should be used as guidance when making a determination of whether the police may consider race in initiating a Terry stop?

• A) Police cannot seize a person when the only reason for the stop was the person's race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or other descriptive characteristic.
• B) An individual can be stopped based on the fact that the individual does not "belong" in a certain neighborhood.
• C) Race cannot be a factor in the officer's determination of whether there is reasonable suspicion to make a Terry stop.
• D) Descriptive factors, such as race and ethnicity, cannot be a factor in a profile.

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Definitions:

Efficient Competition

A market scenario where firms can produce the goods and services that consumers demand at the lowest possible cost, maximizing societal welfare.

Price-Taker

An economic actor who accepts the market price as given and has no influence over it due to its small size in the market.

Market Demand

The aggregate amount of a product or service that every consumer in a market is prepared and capable of buying at different price levels.

Long-Run Equilibrium

A state in which market supply equals market demand and all firms in a perfectly competitive market earn zero economic profits.