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1. While on patrol, you discover a vehicle parked in a lot behind a jewelry store at 3:00
AM, with the motor running. The proper sequence to investigate would be:
a. Position your vehicle a safe distance away and wait for someone to return.
b. Proceed up to the vehicle and look inside to determine if there may be any suspicious
activity.
c. Take down the vehicle's license plate number and notify dispatch.
c. Take down the vehicle's license plate number and notify dispatch
2. Dispatch relays a domestic disturbance complaint to you in which the complainant
states that her neighbors are arguing. Dispatch relays to you the address of where the
disturbance has been reported. A few minutes later, dispatch adds that the complainant
believes she heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the same address. When
you arrive on the scene, that address is silent and the lights are off. The appropriate
response would be to:
a. Go up to the door, announce yourselves as police officers, and await a response.
b. Proceed cautiously to the door, gun drawn, and enter the residence as quietly as
possible.
c. Verify with dispatch that you have the correct address, then wait in the patrol car for
any signs of
a. Go up to the door, announce yourselves as police officers, and await a response.
3. The best method for determining a "Hot Car" would be:
a. Check the Vehicle Identification Number through LEIN.
,b. Check the license plate number through LEIN.
c. Check both the suspect's driver's license number and the license plate number.
a. Check the Vehicle Identification Number through LEIN.
4. While on foot patrol in a dark alley behind a store, you see someone walking toward
you. He sees you, reaches into his pocket, puts something in the dumpster, turns around,
and walks the opposite way. You should:
a. Radio for backup and chase after the suspect.
b. Confront the subject and determine if the situation warrants backup.
c. Check the immediate area, discover what the suspect discarded, and then proceed
after him, if needed.
c. Check the immediate area, discover what the suspect discarded, and then proceed afterhim,
if needed.
5. You arrive as the first patrol car at the scene of a personal injury accident. One
person is dead, the ambulances have just taken the injured to the hospital, traffic is
backed up for 4 miles, and people begin tramping through the broken glass and debris
at the scene, forming a crowd around the vehicle containing the fatality. What should
your first response be, once you have determined an appropriate position for the
vehicle?
a. Arrange flares and begin directing traffic away from the scene.
b. Radio dispatch for assistance; then drive to the hospital to interview the occupants of
the vehicles involved in the accident.
c. Control the crowd at the scene, prevent the scene from further contamination, and
begin interviewing possible witnesses to the accident.
,c. Control the crowd at the scene, prevent the scene from further contamination, andbegin
interviewing possible witnesses to the accident.
6.You are assigned to observe the sight of a protest. You see a van leaving the scene
where picketers are. The picketers surround the van and start to rock it, then drag the
driver out and start to beat him with the crowbar. During the incident you shout over a
large speaker for them to disperse and they do not. You exit your patrol vehicle to
respond to the crowd. What would the weapon be?
(A) Shotgun
(B) Nightstick
(C) Handgun
(B) Nightstick
7. At the scene of an accident, you discover that one of the drivers was going 5 to 10
MPH over the speed limit and that he had been drinking. When you give him the
preliminary breath test. He blows a .06 BAC. You do not have enough to charge him
with OWI, therefore you should:
a. Write him a speeding violation
b. Write him a careless driving violation.
c. Issue a reckless driving citation and arrest him.
a. Write him a speeding violation
8. You are on beach patrol and discover an apparent heat stroke victim lying on the
beach unconscious. The first step you should take in rendering this person aid would be
to:
a. Call an ambulance.
, b. Place the person in the shade
c. Take the person to the water and submerge all but their head.
b. Place the person in the shade
9. While you are eating lunch, the man at the table next to you starts complaining of
chest pains and has trouble breathing. You should:
a. Lay him down on the floor and call for an ambulance.
b. Comfort him and call for an ambulance
c. Transport him to the hospital in the back of your patrol car.
b. Comfort him and call for an ambulance.
10. You are out in the boondocks, there is no medical assistance available right away,
and you have to assist in delivering a child. The mother's water has broken. After
spending a couple of minutes making preparations, you realize that the baby's feet are
delivering first. Your correct response would be to:
a. Grasp the baby's feet and gently tug until the baby is delivered.
b. Drive the mother to the hospital as quickly and as safely as possible.
c. Separate the baby and the mother's skin at the birth canal to provide an air passage
until medical assistance arrives.
b. Drive the mother to the hospital as quickly and as safely as possible.
11. While eating lunch, your partner begins gasping and coughing. Your immediate
response would be to:
a. Monitor your partner to see if the situation gets worse.
b. Slap your partner on the back, in the hope of dislodging the food from his throat.
c. Begin giving your partner abdominal thrusts until the food is retrieved.
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1. While on patrol, you discover a vehicle parked in a lot behind a jewelry store at 3:00
AM, with the motor running. The proper sequence to investigate would be:
a. Position your vehicle a safe distance away and wait for someone to return.
b. Proceed up to the vehicle and look inside to determine if there may be any suspicious
activity.
c. Take down the vehicle's license plate number and notify dispatch.
c. Take down the vehicle's license plate number and notify dispatch
2. Dispatch relays a domestic disturbance complaint to you in which the complainant
states that her neighbors are arguing. Dispatch relays to you the address of where the
disturbance has been reported. A few minutes later, dispatch adds that the complainant
believes she heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the same address. When
you arrive on the scene, that address is silent and the lights are off. The appropriate
response would be to:
a. Go up to the door, announce yourselves as police officers, and await a response.
b. Proceed cautiously to the door, gun drawn, and enter the residence as quietly as
possible.
c. Verify with dispatch that you have the correct address, then wait in the patrol car for
any signs of
a. Go up to the door, announce yourselves as police officers, and await a response.
3. The best method for determining a "Hot Car" would be:
a. Check the Vehicle Identification Number through LEIN.
,b. Check the license plate number through LEIN.
c. Check both the suspect's driver's license number and the license plate number.
a. Check the Vehicle Identification Number through LEIN.
4. While on foot patrol in a dark alley behind a store, you see someone walking toward
you. He sees you, reaches into his pocket, puts something in the dumpster, turns around,
and walks the opposite way. You should:
a. Radio for backup and chase after the suspect.
b. Confront the subject and determine if the situation warrants backup.
c. Check the immediate area, discover what the suspect discarded, and then proceed
after him, if needed.
c. Check the immediate area, discover what the suspect discarded, and then proceed afterhim,
if needed.
5. You arrive as the first patrol car at the scene of a personal injury accident. One
person is dead, the ambulances have just taken the injured to the hospital, traffic is
backed up for 4 miles, and people begin tramping through the broken glass and debris
at the scene, forming a crowd around the vehicle containing the fatality. What should
your first response be, once you have determined an appropriate position for the
vehicle?
a. Arrange flares and begin directing traffic away from the scene.
b. Radio dispatch for assistance; then drive to the hospital to interview the occupants of
the vehicles involved in the accident.
c. Control the crowd at the scene, prevent the scene from further contamination, and
begin interviewing possible witnesses to the accident.
,c. Control the crowd at the scene, prevent the scene from further contamination, andbegin
interviewing possible witnesses to the accident.
6.You are assigned to observe the sight of a protest. You see a van leaving the scene
where picketers are. The picketers surround the van and start to rock it, then drag the
driver out and start to beat him with the crowbar. During the incident you shout over a
large speaker for them to disperse and they do not. You exit your patrol vehicle to
respond to the crowd. What would the weapon be?
(A) Shotgun
(B) Nightstick
(C) Handgun
(B) Nightstick
7. At the scene of an accident, you discover that one of the drivers was going 5 to 10
MPH over the speed limit and that he had been drinking. When you give him the
preliminary breath test. He blows a .06 BAC. You do not have enough to charge him
with OWI, therefore you should:
a. Write him a speeding violation
b. Write him a careless driving violation.
c. Issue a reckless driving citation and arrest him.
a. Write him a speeding violation
8. You are on beach patrol and discover an apparent heat stroke victim lying on the
beach unconscious. The first step you should take in rendering this person aid would be
to:
a. Call an ambulance.
, b. Place the person in the shade
c. Take the person to the water and submerge all but their head.
b. Place the person in the shade
9. While you are eating lunch, the man at the table next to you starts complaining of
chest pains and has trouble breathing. You should:
a. Lay him down on the floor and call for an ambulance.
b. Comfort him and call for an ambulance
c. Transport him to the hospital in the back of your patrol car.
b. Comfort him and call for an ambulance.
10. You are out in the boondocks, there is no medical assistance available right away,
and you have to assist in delivering a child. The mother's water has broken. After
spending a couple of minutes making preparations, you realize that the baby's feet are
delivering first. Your correct response would be to:
a. Grasp the baby's feet and gently tug until the baby is delivered.
b. Drive the mother to the hospital as quickly and as safely as possible.
c. Separate the baby and the mother's skin at the birth canal to provide an air passage
until medical assistance arrives.
b. Drive the mother to the hospital as quickly and as safely as possible.
11. While eating lunch, your partner begins gasping and coughing. Your immediate
response would be to:
a. Monitor your partner to see if the situation gets worse.
b. Slap your partner on the back, in the hope of dislodging the food from his throat.
c. Begin giving your partner abdominal thrusts until the food is retrieved.
