SOCE ACTUAL STUDY EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Sentence - ✔✔a group of words that contains a subject (a noun), a verb (action),
and usually an object (affected or receives action) and that expresses a complete
thought
✔✔sentence fragment - ✔✔a group of words that lacks a subject or verb or fails to
express a complete thought
✔✔sexual abuse - ✔✔inmate, detainee, or resident by another inmate, detainee,
resident, staff member, contractor, or volunteer where the victim does not consent, is
coerced by overt or implied threats of violence, or is unable to consent or refuse
✔✔Sexual harassment - ✔✔repeated and unwelcome sexual advances, requests for
sexual favors, or verbal comments, gestures, or actions of a derogatory or offensive
sexual nature by one inmate, detainee, or resident directed toward another; repeated
verbal comments or gestures of a sexual nature to an inmate, detainee, or resident by a
staff member, contractor, or volunteer, including demeaning references to gender,
sexually suggestive or derogatory comments about body or clothing, or obscene
language or gestures
✔✔Situational awareness - ✔✔the act of paying attention to what is going on around
you
✔✔Slang - ✔✔informal vocabulary composed of invented words, or arbitrarily changed
words, that are often used by a specific group, region, trade, or profession
✔✔sovereign immunity - ✔✔a list of circumstances and requirements that must be met
before the agency or any of its employees can be sued in a state tort action; provides
protection for state and county (governmental) correctional agencies and its employees
as per s. 768.28, F.S.
✔✔Special Populations - ✔✔classifications of inmates that an officer may encounter in
their day-to-day routines that require different interactions or services
✔✔Spiral search pattern - ✔✔usually used by one person, a search pattern that begins
at a central point and moves in increasingly larger circles to the outermost boundary of
the search area
✔✔squelch - ✔✔a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal
strength falls below a certain level
✔✔Statement - ✔✔a permanent oral or written record of a person's account of an
incident or occurrence that may or may not be made under oath
,✔✔stereotype - ✔✔judging a group of people who are different from you based on your
own or others' opinions or encounters
✔✔Strip/line search pattern - ✔✔usually used in a predetermined area by several
people; the search area is divided into lanes that are searched by one or more people in
both directions until the entire area has been examined
✔✔substance misuse - ✔✔the inappropriate use of a substance that negatively affects
the mind and body, adaversely impacting an individual's social or occupational life and
psychological or physical health
✔✔Tagging - ✔✔the marking of a security threat group's territory on a wall, fence, or
ground
✔✔Textspeak - ✔✔language characteristic of text messages and digital
communications, typically using abbreviations, acronyms, or initials, and usually not
following standard grammar, spelling, or punctuation
✔✔Trailing or Chase Vehicle - ✔✔an armed escort vehicle used during transport to
follow an inmate transport vehicle and to provide additional security
✔✔Transfer - ✔✔movement of an inmate from one housing location to another
✔✔Transgender - ✔✔a person whose gender identity differs from the sex they were
assigned at birth
✔✔Transport - ✔✔when an inmate is removed and escorted from the confines of a
secure facility to another loca- tion
✔✔Unusual Occurrence - ✔✔an incident that is out of the ordinary and disrupts the
normal facility operations and
routine daily activities
✔✔Values - ✔✔principles, standards, or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable;
core beliefs or desires that guide or motivate a person's attitude and actions
✔✔Verbal Commands - ✔✔the authoritative statement used to direct, influence, or give
orders to a person or group
✔✔Verbal warning - ✔✔a statement directed to an inmate that they have committed a
rule violation and should stop the behavior immediately
, ✔✔Voyeruism - ✔✔an invasion of privacy of an inmate, detainee, or resident by staff for
reasons unrelated to official duties, such as peering at an inmate who is using a toilet in
their cell to perform bodily functions, requiring an inmate to expose their buttocks,
genitals, or breasts, or taking images of all or part of an inmate's naked body or of an
inmate performing bodily functions
✔✔Youthful Offender - ✔✔any offender younger than 24, who has either been
sentenced as an adult by the judge
or assigned youthful offender status by the Department of Corrections
✔✔Zone/quadrant search pattern - ✔✔used for searching an area that is large; the area
is divided into four sections and searched using a spiral, strip/line, or grid search pattern
✔✔abdominal evisceration - ✔✔an open wound where organs protrude from the
abdominal cavity
✔✔ability - ✔✔the capacity a subject has to carry out his or her intent to cause death or
great bodily harm
✔✔action (cycling the gun) - ✔✔the mechanism of a firearm involved with presenting
the round or cartridge for firing, and in removing the spent casing and introducing a
fresh round or cartridge. This is also known as ____________________
✔✔active resistance - ✔✔a subject's use of physically evasive movements directed
toward the officer; examples include bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the
officer from establishing control over the subject
✔✔Acuity - ✔✔sharpness of vision
✔✔Aggressive Resistance - ✔✔a subject's attacking movements toward an officer that
may cause injury but are not
likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others
✔✔Airborne pathogens - ✔✔spread from person to person through the air; caused by
breathing in microscopic, disease-causing microorganisms
✔✔Ampere - ✔✔the measure of electrical current or power
✔✔Amputation - ✔✔loss or removal of all or part of an arm or leg
✔✔Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) - ✔✔an electronic braking system that monitors
and controls each of the wheels during braking to keep them from locking
✔✔Apex - ✔✔the center point of any curve
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Sentence - ✔✔a group of words that contains a subject (a noun), a verb (action),
and usually an object (affected or receives action) and that expresses a complete
thought
✔✔sentence fragment - ✔✔a group of words that lacks a subject or verb or fails to
express a complete thought
✔✔sexual abuse - ✔✔inmate, detainee, or resident by another inmate, detainee,
resident, staff member, contractor, or volunteer where the victim does not consent, is
coerced by overt or implied threats of violence, or is unable to consent or refuse
✔✔Sexual harassment - ✔✔repeated and unwelcome sexual advances, requests for
sexual favors, or verbal comments, gestures, or actions of a derogatory or offensive
sexual nature by one inmate, detainee, or resident directed toward another; repeated
verbal comments or gestures of a sexual nature to an inmate, detainee, or resident by a
staff member, contractor, or volunteer, including demeaning references to gender,
sexually suggestive or derogatory comments about body or clothing, or obscene
language or gestures
✔✔Situational awareness - ✔✔the act of paying attention to what is going on around
you
✔✔Slang - ✔✔informal vocabulary composed of invented words, or arbitrarily changed
words, that are often used by a specific group, region, trade, or profession
✔✔sovereign immunity - ✔✔a list of circumstances and requirements that must be met
before the agency or any of its employees can be sued in a state tort action; provides
protection for state and county (governmental) correctional agencies and its employees
as per s. 768.28, F.S.
✔✔Special Populations - ✔✔classifications of inmates that an officer may encounter in
their day-to-day routines that require different interactions or services
✔✔Spiral search pattern - ✔✔usually used by one person, a search pattern that begins
at a central point and moves in increasingly larger circles to the outermost boundary of
the search area
✔✔squelch - ✔✔a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal
strength falls below a certain level
✔✔Statement - ✔✔a permanent oral or written record of a person's account of an
incident or occurrence that may or may not be made under oath
,✔✔stereotype - ✔✔judging a group of people who are different from you based on your
own or others' opinions or encounters
✔✔Strip/line search pattern - ✔✔usually used in a predetermined area by several
people; the search area is divided into lanes that are searched by one or more people in
both directions until the entire area has been examined
✔✔substance misuse - ✔✔the inappropriate use of a substance that negatively affects
the mind and body, adaversely impacting an individual's social or occupational life and
psychological or physical health
✔✔Tagging - ✔✔the marking of a security threat group's territory on a wall, fence, or
ground
✔✔Textspeak - ✔✔language characteristic of text messages and digital
communications, typically using abbreviations, acronyms, or initials, and usually not
following standard grammar, spelling, or punctuation
✔✔Trailing or Chase Vehicle - ✔✔an armed escort vehicle used during transport to
follow an inmate transport vehicle and to provide additional security
✔✔Transfer - ✔✔movement of an inmate from one housing location to another
✔✔Transgender - ✔✔a person whose gender identity differs from the sex they were
assigned at birth
✔✔Transport - ✔✔when an inmate is removed and escorted from the confines of a
secure facility to another loca- tion
✔✔Unusual Occurrence - ✔✔an incident that is out of the ordinary and disrupts the
normal facility operations and
routine daily activities
✔✔Values - ✔✔principles, standards, or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable;
core beliefs or desires that guide or motivate a person's attitude and actions
✔✔Verbal Commands - ✔✔the authoritative statement used to direct, influence, or give
orders to a person or group
✔✔Verbal warning - ✔✔a statement directed to an inmate that they have committed a
rule violation and should stop the behavior immediately
, ✔✔Voyeruism - ✔✔an invasion of privacy of an inmate, detainee, or resident by staff for
reasons unrelated to official duties, such as peering at an inmate who is using a toilet in
their cell to perform bodily functions, requiring an inmate to expose their buttocks,
genitals, or breasts, or taking images of all or part of an inmate's naked body or of an
inmate performing bodily functions
✔✔Youthful Offender - ✔✔any offender younger than 24, who has either been
sentenced as an adult by the judge
or assigned youthful offender status by the Department of Corrections
✔✔Zone/quadrant search pattern - ✔✔used for searching an area that is large; the area
is divided into four sections and searched using a spiral, strip/line, or grid search pattern
✔✔abdominal evisceration - ✔✔an open wound where organs protrude from the
abdominal cavity
✔✔ability - ✔✔the capacity a subject has to carry out his or her intent to cause death or
great bodily harm
✔✔action (cycling the gun) - ✔✔the mechanism of a firearm involved with presenting
the round or cartridge for firing, and in removing the spent casing and introducing a
fresh round or cartridge. This is also known as ____________________
✔✔active resistance - ✔✔a subject's use of physically evasive movements directed
toward the officer; examples include bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the
officer from establishing control over the subject
✔✔Acuity - ✔✔sharpness of vision
✔✔Aggressive Resistance - ✔✔a subject's attacking movements toward an officer that
may cause injury but are not
likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others
✔✔Airborne pathogens - ✔✔spread from person to person through the air; caused by
breathing in microscopic, disease-causing microorganisms
✔✔Ampere - ✔✔the measure of electrical current or power
✔✔Amputation - ✔✔loss or removal of all or part of an arm or leg
✔✔Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) - ✔✔an electronic braking system that monitors
and controls each of the wheels during braking to keep them from locking
✔✔Apex - ✔✔the center point of any curve
