POLICE SERGEANT UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force,
and mental or psychological abuse.
Answer: Third degree tactics.
●● This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame.
Answer: Exculpatory evidence.
●● A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner
normally responsible for?
Answer: Securing the body of the deceased, as well as all associated
clothing and personal property.
●● You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to
determine if the motorist is intoxicated. During the test, the motorist
experiences difficulty maintaining equilibrium. This is known as
Answer: the Romberg sign.
●● In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an
accident scene, it is important for an officer to measure skid marks to
Answer: the nearest inch.
,●● Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating
Answer: robberies and street muggings.
●● An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to
determine whether both came from the same source.
Answer: Standard of comparison.
●● The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is
scientifically known as
Answer: cyanocralyde.
●● You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol
officers originally thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three
patrol cars on the scene. The lead officer tells you that the suspects fled
over an hour ago. What should you have the other officers do?
Answer: Report back to service.
●● The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of
a particular crime by gathering information from witnesses and suspects.
Which of the following is of least concern to the police?
Answer: Why.
, ●● The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at
protecting citizens against the improper actions of which of the
following?
Answer: The Government.
●● Which of the following is the highest court in our nation?
Answer: The Supreme Court.
●● The United States has determined that free speech is protected under
the First Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following
situations would not be protected under the First Amendment?
Answer: Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater where there is no fire.
●● Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy
or being tried twice for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that
none of the following situations amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT
Answer: when a defendant is tried twice for the same act, once under
state statutes and once under federal statutes.
●● A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of
submersion?
Answer: 8 to 10 days.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force,
and mental or psychological abuse.
Answer: Third degree tactics.
●● This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame.
Answer: Exculpatory evidence.
●● A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner
normally responsible for?
Answer: Securing the body of the deceased, as well as all associated
clothing and personal property.
●● You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to
determine if the motorist is intoxicated. During the test, the motorist
experiences difficulty maintaining equilibrium. This is known as
Answer: the Romberg sign.
●● In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an
accident scene, it is important for an officer to measure skid marks to
Answer: the nearest inch.
,●● Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating
Answer: robberies and street muggings.
●● An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to
determine whether both came from the same source.
Answer: Standard of comparison.
●● The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is
scientifically known as
Answer: cyanocralyde.
●● You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol
officers originally thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three
patrol cars on the scene. The lead officer tells you that the suspects fled
over an hour ago. What should you have the other officers do?
Answer: Report back to service.
●● The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of
a particular crime by gathering information from witnesses and suspects.
Which of the following is of least concern to the police?
Answer: Why.
, ●● The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at
protecting citizens against the improper actions of which of the
following?
Answer: The Government.
●● Which of the following is the highest court in our nation?
Answer: The Supreme Court.
●● The United States has determined that free speech is protected under
the First Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following
situations would not be protected under the First Amendment?
Answer: Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater where there is no fire.
●● Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy
or being tried twice for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that
none of the following situations amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT
Answer: when a defendant is tried twice for the same act, once under
state statutes and once under federal statutes.
●● A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of
submersion?
Answer: 8 to 10 days.
