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Unofficial Ohio OPOTA practice test: Revised Code questions for the peace officer state certification exam, each answer with its section.

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Legal basics: definitions, mental states, penalties 17

  • A section says recklessness is enough to establish an element. Under section 2901.22(E), what else is enough? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.22(E)
  • An offense is not specifically classified. Under section 2901.02, it is a felony if which penalty may be imposed? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.02(E)
  • At trial there is evidence tending to support that the accused used force in self-defense. Under section 2901.05, who must prove what? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.05(B)(1)
  • For which offenses does section 2901.13 set no period of limitation at all? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.13(A)(2)
  • How does section 2901.01 of the Ohio Revised Code define "deadly force"? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.01(A)(2)
  • In the Revised Code, what is a "substantial risk"? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.01(A)(8)
  • Section 2929.14 gives a definite prison term for a felony of the fifth degree. The shortest is six months. What is the longest? Ohio Revised Code section 2929.14(A)(5)
  • Under section 2901.09, where does a person have no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.09(B)
  • Under section 2901.22, when does a person act "knowingly"? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.22(B)
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Legal basics: definitions, mental states, penalties, continued

  • What does section 2901.21 say about voluntary intoxication and a mental state that is an element of an offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.21(E)
  • What is the largest fine section 2929.28 lists for a minor misdemeanor? Ohio Revised Code section 2929.28(A)(2)(a)(v)
  • What is the longest jail term section 2929.24 allows for a misdemeanor of the first degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2929.24(A)
  • Which of these is "serious physical harm to persons" under section 2901.01(A)(5)? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.01(A)(5)(d)
  • Which statement matches the Revised Code definition of "physical harm to persons"? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.01(A)(3)
  • Which words does section 2901.22 use to define acting "negligently"? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.22(D)
  • With heedless indifference to the consequences, a person disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the conduct is likely to cause a certain result. Which culpable mental state is that? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.22(C)
  • Within how long after the offense must a prosecution for a misdemeanor, other than a minor misdemeanor, ordinarily be commenced? Ohio Revised Code section 2901.13(A)(1)

Crimes against persons 23

  • A driver causes a death as the proximate result of committing an OVI offense. What does section 2903.06 call that offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.06
  • A person knowingly causes a death while in a sudden fit of rage, brought on by serious provocation from the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the use of deadly force. Which offense does the Revised Code define in those words? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.03(A)
  • Both aggravated murder under section 2903.01(A) and murder under section 2903.02(A) are purposeful killings. Which words appear only in the aggravated murder division? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.01(A)
  • By what means must the death be caused for negligent homicide under section 2903.05? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.05(A)
  • Causing a death as a proximate result of committing or attempting a felony is involuntary manslaughter of which degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.04
  • Criminal child enticement under section 2905.05(A) protects a child below what age? Ohio Revised Code section 2905.05(A)
  • In aggravated menacing, as distinct from menacing, what does the offender knowingly cause the other person to believe the offender will cause? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.21(A)
  • Kidnapping is ordinarily a felony of the first degree. What does it ordinarily become if the offender releases the victim in a safe place unharmed? Ohio Revised Code section 2905.01(C)(1)
  • Kidnapping under section 2905.01(A) needs a removal or restraint done for a listed purpose. Which of these is on the list? Ohio Revised Code section 2905.01(A)(1)
  • Menacing by stalking needs a "pattern of conduct". How does section 2903.211 define it? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.211(D)(1)
  • Negligent assault under section 2903.14 is a misdemeanor of which degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.14
  • "No person shall recklessly cause the death of another." Which offense is that, and what degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.041
  • Section 2903.01(C) makes it aggravated murder to purposely cause the death of a child below what age? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.01(C)
  • Section 2903.02(B) makes it murder to cause a death as a proximate result of committing or attempting which kind of offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.02(B)
  • Unlawful restraint, knowingly restraining another of his or her liberty without privilege, is what degree of offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2905.03
  • Unless an exception applies, menacing under section 2903.22 is a misdemeanor of which degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.22(B)
  • Unless an exception in the section applies, felonious assault is a felony of which degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.11(D)(1)(a)
  • Unless one of the section's exceptions applies, assault under section 2903.13 is which degree of offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.13(C)(1)
  • The victim of an assault is a peace officer in the performance of official duties. With no other fact, what degree does section 2903.13(C)(5) make the assault? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.13(C)(5)
  • What turns the conduct of felonious assault into aggravated assault under section 2903.12? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.12
  • Which act falls inside the definition of "strangulation or suffocation" in section 2903.18? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.18(A)(1)
  • Which act is felonious assault under section 2903.11(A)? Ohio Revised Code section 2903.11(A)(1)
  • Without privilege, a person knowingly uses force or threat to remove another from the place where that person is found. No ransom, felony or other purpose is shown. Which section is written in those words? Ohio Revised Code section 2905.02(A)(1)

Crimes against property 19

  • A check was refused for insufficient funds within 30 days of issue. The drawer is presumed to have known it would be dishonored if it is not made good within how many days after notice of dishonor? Ohio Revised Code section 2913.11(C)(2)
  • A house is kept as a permanent dwelling, but the family is away for two weeks and nobody is inside. Is it an "occupied structure" under section 2909.01(C)? Ohio Revised Code section 2909.01(C)(1)
  • A person got the owner's permission to enter by lying about who he was. What does section 2911.21 say about that permission in a criminal trespass case? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.21(C)
  • Arson of another person's property under section 2909.03(A)(1) is a first degree misdemeanor until the value of the property or the amount of harm reaches what figure? Ohio Revised Code section 2909.03(D)(2)
  • At what value of property or services does theft become grand theft, a felony of the fourth degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2913.02(B)(2)
  • By force, stealth or deception a person trespasses in an unoccupied structure with purpose to commit a theft offense there. Which offense is that? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.13(A)
  • By means of fire or explosion, a person knowingly creates a substantial risk of serious physical harm to someone else. Which offense is that under chapter 2909? Ohio Revised Code section 2909.02(A)(1)
  • By which means must the trespass be made for burglary under section 2911.12? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.12(A)
  • Criminal damaging or endangering is a misdemeanor of the second degree. What raises it to the first degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2909.06(B)
  • During a theft the offender has a deadly weapon on his person but never displays it, brandishes it, uses it or says he has it. Which section's wording does that match? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.02(A)(1)
  • In a theft offense the offender uses or threatens the immediate use of force against another, with no weapon and no physical harm. What degree of robbery is that? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.02(B)
  • Knowingly causing serious physical harm to an occupied structure or any of its contents is which offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2909.05(A)
  • The property stolen is worth $1,000 or more but less than $7,500. With no other fact, what is the theft under section 2913.02? Ohio Revised Code section 2913.02(B)(2)
  • Section 2913.02(A) lists five ways of obtaining or exerting control over property in a theft. Which of these is one of them? Ohio Revised Code section 2913.02(A)
  • Unauthorized use of a vehicle rises to a felony of the fifth degree when the person removes it from the state or keeps possession of it for more than how long? Ohio Revised Code section 2913.03(B)
  • What must a person know or believe about the property to commit receiving stolen property under section 2913.51? Ohio Revised Code section 2913.51(B)
  • Which fact is one of the two that make a trespass in an occupied structure aggravated burglary under section 2911.11? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.11(A)
  • Without privilege, a person knowingly enters or remains on the land or premises of another. What degree of offense is that criminal trespass? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.21(D)(1)
  • Without privilege, a person knowingly removes a deadly weapon from a law enforcement officer who is acting in the course of duty and whom the person knows to be an officer. Which offense does that conduct fall under? Ohio Revised Code section 2911.01(B)

Crimes against the administration of safety and justice 17

  • A driver willfully flees in a motor vehicle after a police officer's visible or audible signal to stop. With no aggravating fact, what degree is that failure to comply? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.331(C)(3)
  • A person knowingly makes a false statement with purpose to mislead a public official in performing an official function. No oath is involved. Which section is written in those words? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.13(A)(3)
  • A witness to a felony offense of violence gives her name, address and date of birth but will not describe what she saw. What does section 2921.29 say about arresting her for that? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.29(C)
  • After a warning, a person may not knowingly approach or remain within what distance of an emergency service responder and impede the responder's duty? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.31(C)
  • Bribery under section 2921.02 is a felony of which degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.02(H)
  • Failure to aid a law enforcement officer under section 2921.23 applies only when the aid can be given in what way? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.23
  • For perjury under section 2921.11, when is a false statement "material"? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.11(B)
  • Proof that a statement under oath was false rests only on the contradicting testimony of one other person. What does section 2921.11 say? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.11(E)
  • Section 2921.33 forbids resisting or interfering "recklessly or by force". What kind of arrest must it be? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.33(A)
  • Tampering with evidence under section 2921.12 is what degree of offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.12(B)
  • Under color of office, a public servant knowingly deprives a person of a constitutional or statutory right. Which offense does the Revised Code name for that? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.45
  • Under section 2921.29, what may a person in a public place not refuse to disclose to an officer who reasonably suspects the person of an offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.29(A)
  • Unless one of its exceptions applies, obstructing official business is a misdemeanor of which degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.31(D)(1)
  • What must a person know for tampering with evidence under section 2921.12(A)? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.12(A)
  • Which mental state does section 2921.44(A) use for a law enforcement officer who fails to serve a lawful warrant without delay? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.44(A)(1)
  • While resisting a lawful arrest a person causes physical harm to a law enforcement officer. No deadly weapon is involved. What degree is the resisting arrest? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.33(D)
  • With purpose to hinder another person's apprehension for a crime, someone warns that person that the police are about to find him. Which offense lists that act? Ohio Revised Code section 2921.32(A)(3)

Other offenses: public order and drugs 13

  • A caller telephones a home with purpose to harass a person there, and nobody answers. Does section 2917.21(A)(1) still apply? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.21(A)(1)
  • A person reports to a law enforcement agency an offense that the person knows did not occur. Which section of chapter 2917 lists that act? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.32(A)(3)
  • Counting the offender, how many people at the least must take part in a course of disorderly conduct for riot under section 2917.03(A)? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.03(A)
  • Does trafficking under section 2925.03(A)(1) need a completed sale of a controlled substance? Ohio Revised Code section 2925.03(A)(1)
  • Five people take part in a course of disorderly conduct with purpose to commit an offense of violence. Which offense names that purpose? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.02(A)(2)
  • Inciting to violence needs conduct designed to urge another to commit an offense of violence, and one of two further things. Which is one of them? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.01(A)
  • The intoxication division of disorderly conduct, section 2917.11(B)(1), covers offensive conduct in a public place or in the presence of how many persons? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.11(B)(1)
  • Section 2917.04 lets an officer order participants in disorderly conduct, and others nearby, to disperse. Whom does the section say it does not require to disperse? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.04(B)
  • Section 2917.13, misconduct at an emergency, says it shall not be read to limit access or deny information to whom? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.13(B)
  • Which fact raises disorderly conduct to a misdemeanor of the fourth degree? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.11(E)(3)(a)
  • Which offense has, as its result element, causing the evacuation of a public place or other serious public inconvenience or alarm? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.31(A)
  • Which three acts does section 2925.11(A) forbid a person to do knowingly with a controlled substance? Ohio Revised Code section 2925.11(A)
  • With no aggravating fact, disorderly conduct under section 2917.11 is what degree of offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2917.11(E)(2)

Domestic violence and juveniles 13

  • A "person living as a spouse" includes someone who has cohabited with the offender within how long before the act? Ohio Revised Code section 2919.25(F)(2)
  • A child is alleged to be delinquent for an act that would be a felony for an adult. For how long at most may the child be held for processing in an adult jail, if the conditions of section 2151.311 are met? Ohio Revised Code section 2151.311(C)(1)
  • A child is taken into custody for an act that would be a minor misdemeanor for an adult. May an officer fingerprint the child without the juvenile judge's consent under section 2151.313(A)(2)? Ohio Revised Code section 2151.313(A)(2)
  • A person broke a law at 17, and the complaint is filed after the person turns 18. How does section 2152.02(C)(2) treat that person? Ohio Revised Code section 2152.02(C)(2)
  • An officer does not arrest a person for domestic violence when arrest is the preferred course of action. What does section 2935.03 require of the officer? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.03(B)(3)(c)
  • An officer has reasonable grounds to believe domestic violence was committed and reasonable cause to believe a particular person did it. What does section 2935.03 call "the preferred course of action in this state"? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.03(B)(3)(b)
  • By threat of force, a person knowingly causes a family or household member to believe the person will cause imminent physical harm. With no prior conviction, what degree of domestic violence is that? Ohio Revised Code section 2919.25(D)(2)
  • Family or household members appear to have committed domestic violence against each other. Whom is it the preferred course of action to arrest under section 2935.03? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.03(B)(3)(b)
  • The offender knowingly causes physical harm to a household member and has one prior conviction for domestic violence. What degree is the new offense? Ohio Revised Code section 2919.25(D)(3)
  • Which child fits the definition of an "unruly child" in section 2151.022? Ohio Revised Code section 2151.022(B)
  • Which culpable mental state does section 2919.27 use for violating the terms of a protection order? Ohio Revised Code section 2919.27(A)
  • Which is one of the conditions section 2151.311 sets for holding a child for processing in an adult jail? Ohio Revised Code section 2151.311(C)(1)(a)
  • Which person is a "family or household member" under section 2919.25 without ever having lived with the offender? Ohio Revised Code section 2919.25(F)(1)

Arrest (Revised Code chapter 2935) 15

  • A merchant has probable cause to believe a person unlawfully took items offered for sale. How may the merchant detain the person under section 2935.041? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.041(A)
  • A person named in an arrest warrant is not found in the county where the warrant was issued. Where may the officer holding it pursue and arrest the person under section 2935.02? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.02
  • A private person has made an arrest under section 2935.04. What does section 2935.06 require next? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.06
  • After a warrantless arrest, section 2935.05 has the officer take the person before a court or magistrate without unnecessary delay. What must the officer file or cause to be filed? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.05
  • An officer arrests without a warrant. Under section 2935.07, what must the officer tell the person arrested? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.07
  • An officer is otherwise authorized to arrest a person for a minor misdemeanor. What does section 2935.26 ordinarily require? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.26(A)
  • In lieu of appearing, an offender cited for a minor misdemeanor may sign the guilty plea and waiver and pay within how many days after the citation is issued? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.26(C)
  • May a merchant who detains a person under section 2935.041 search that person? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.041(E)
  • Section 2935.03(B)(1) lets a peace officer arrest without a warrant on reasonable ground to believe one of a list of offenses was committed in the officer's territory. Which of these is on the list? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.03(B)(1)
  • Section 2935.03(D) lets an officer pursue and arrest outside the officer's territory if three things are true. Which is one of them? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.03(D)
  • Under section 2935.07, when is it not necessary to inform a person of the cause of the arrest? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.07
  • Under section 2935.12, when may an officer making an arrest break down a door or window of a dwelling? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.12(A)
  • Under section 2935.20, how soon after arrest must a person be permitted facilities to communicate with an attorney of his choice? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.20
  • When may "any person" arrest another without a warrant under section 2935.04? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.04
  • Which fact lets an officer arrest for a minor misdemeanor under section 2935.26? Ohio Revised Code section 2935.26(A)

Motor vehicle offenses 19

  • A driver meets a school bus stopped to receive or discharge school children. How far from the bus must the driver stop under section 4511.75(A)? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.75(A)
  • A public safety vehicle approaches with its lights flashing and its siren sounding. What does section 4511.45 require of other drivers? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.45(A)(1)
  • After a crash on a public road, what must the operator give to the injured person, the other driver or owner, and the police officer at the scene, under section 4549.02? Ohio Revised Code section 4549.02(A)(1)
  • At what whole-blood alcohol concentration does section 4511.19(A)(1)(b) forbid any person to operate a vehicle? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.19(A)(1)(b)
  • Besides sunset to sunrise and poor visibility, when does section 4513.03 require a vehicle's lights to be lit? Ohio Revised Code section 4513.03(A)(3)
  • For a driver under 21, at what whole-blood alcohol concentration does section 4511.19(B)(1) begin to apply? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.19(B)(1)
  • May an officer stop a car for the sole purpose of finding out whether its adult driver is wearing a seat belt, under section 4513.263? Ohio Revised Code section 4513.263(D)
  • On a highway divided into how many traffic lanes need a driver not stop for a school bus approaching from the opposite direction? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.75(C)
  • On a highway with two or more lanes in the driver's direction, a stationary public safety vehicle is displaying flashing lights. What does section 4511.213 require? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.213(A)(1)
  • Over what distance before turning must a motor vehicle's turn signal be given continuously under section 4511.39? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.39(A)
  • Section 4511.19 has a higher tier of whole-blood alcohol concentration, in division (A)(1)(f). Where does it begin? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.19(A)(1)(f)
  • Section 4511.21(A) forbids driving faster than will let the driver stop within what? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.21(A)
  • Section 4511.81(A) requires a child restraint system for a child who is in either or both of two groups. Which are they? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.81(A)
  • Two vehicles approach an intersection from different streets at about the same time. Under section 4511.41, which driver yields? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.41(A)
  • Under section 4511.191, a person who operates a vehicle on a highway is deemed to have consented to chemical tests in what event? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.191(A)(2)
  • What is the prima-facie lawful speed on an alley inside a municipal corporation? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.21(B)(7)
  • What speed does section 4511.21(B) make prima-facie lawful in a school zone during recess or while children are going to or leaving school? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.21(B)(1)(a)
  • Which words does section 4511.20 use for the kind of driving it forbids on a street or highway? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.20(A)
  • With the exceptions the section lists, what is the prima-facie lawful speed on highways outside municipal corporations? Ohio Revised Code section 4511.21(B)(5)

How this list was compiled: Ohio Revised Code chapters 2901, 2903, 2905, 2909, 2911, 2913, 2917, 2919, 2921, 2925, 2929, 2935, 2151, 2152, 4511, 4513 and 4549, each read 2026-10-16 at https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code. Topic names follow the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission's Peace Officer Basic Training Audit Sheet, curriculum BAS-045, effective July 1, 2026. Licence: Questions written for this site from Ohio statutes, which are public law. No question is copied from the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission, an academy, a prep book or any test.

How it works

This unofficial OPOTA state practice test asks 136 of our own questions on the Ohio Revised Code, sorted under the commission's legal topics. Not affiliated with the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission or the Ohio Attorney General's office.

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What the questions cover

The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission's State Certification Exam closes Peace Officer Basic Training. The commission's audit sheet for curriculum BAS-045, effective July 1, 2026, lists 13 units and 740 hours. These OPOTA law enforcement practice tests take its statute topics: legal basics, crimes against persons, property and justice, other offenses, arrest, domestic violence, juveniles and motor vehicle offenses. Which chapter sits under which topic is our own sorting.

What is left out

Court decisions, the weapons chapter, crash investigation and the skill units: firearms, driving, subject control and first aid. No question comes from the commission's lesson plans or its exam.

  • Aggravated menacing turns on serious physical harm, menacing on physical harm (sections 2903.21 and 2903.22).
  • Riot needs four or more others: five people with the offender (section 2917.03).
  • A minor misdemeanor brings a citation, not an arrest, unless one of four exceptions applies (section 2935.26).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the OPOTA state exam?

200 multiple-choice questions in two and a half hours for Peace Officer Basic, with 70% to pass. The commission's Candidate Handbook, dated April 2021 and still linked from its forms page on October 16, 2026, gives those figures.

What happens if you fail the OPOTA state test?

You get one retest inside your testing window. Ohio Administrative Code rule 109:2-1-11 says a student who fails the retest may not take the exam again until completing another peace officer basic training course.

Is there a study guide for the OPOTA test?

The Candidate Handbook prints the format and no content outline, and course material comes from your academy. Here every explanation names its Revised Code section, so the bank can be read as a study guide for the law topics.

Is there an OPOTA defensive tactics practice test here?

No. Subject Control Techniques is a 70-hour mandatory skill on the audit sheet, with its own proficiency testing record. This page asks only the law around force: deadly force, self-defense, resisting arrest and assault on a peace officer.

Is this Ohio OPOTA practice test official?

No. It is unofficial practice written from Ohio statutes read October 16, 2026. The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission and the Ohio Attorney General's office did not write or review it, and no question comes from the state exam. It is not legal advice.

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