EPD V6 ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The caller reports that a large load of wood has fallen off a truck and is blocking the
right lane of traffic on the highway. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? -
✔✔132-C-2
✔✔The Determinant Code is derived using which of the following formulas? - ✔✔Chief
Complaint Protocol number + Determinant Level letter + Determinant Descriptor number
+ Determinant Suffix letter (when appropriate)
✔✔Instructions about following a suspect's vehicle should be handled according to local
policy. - ✔✔true
✔✔When using the PPDS®, all actual response assignments and emergency modes
(lights-and-siren vs. no lights-and-siren) are predetermined by: - ✔✔local Police &
Emergency Services Administration.
✔✔The caller is reporting that she just found a plastic baggie containing what appears
to be several roaches in her son's bedroom. She is pretty sure it's marijuana. What is
the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔116-B-1
✔✔Minutes after an officer arrives at the scene of a DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, you
get a call from that location. During Case Entry, the caller explains that when she
opened the door for the officer, her boyfriend pulled a gun out of his coat, shot the
officer, and then took off in his car. The caller does not know where the suspect might
be going. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔124-E-1G
✔✔The caller reports that someone punched him in the face and then took his wallet by
force. What is the most appropriate Chief Complaint Protocol? - ✔✔126:
Robbery/Carjacking
, ✔✔What is indicated when Key Questions are marked with the light blue symbol? -
✔✔For COLD CALL incidents, you only need to ask these Key Questions.
✔✔The caller wants to report some additional evidence he just discovered related to a
forgery case he reported a week earlier. What is the most appropriate Chief Complaint
Protocol? - ✔✔128: Supplemental
✔✔A quality control specialist at an ice cream plant reports that the batch of ice cream
she just tested contained unusually high quantities of Salmonella bacteria. She believes
the Salmonella had to have been purposefully added by an employee but she has no
idea who did it. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔108-D-5
✔✔The caller reports that her neighbor's dog has been barking off and on all night. She
would like someone to come take the dog away so she can get some sleep. What is the
most appropriate Chief Complaint Protocol? - ✔✔105: Animal
✔✔According to the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, the motto of any
quality improvement effort should be: "Do it right or be penalized!" - ✔✔false
✔✔The caller reports a witnessed murder. The victim is unquestionably dead. What is
the most appropriate Chief Complaint Protocol? - ✔✔106: Assault/Sexual Assault
✔✔The caller reports that he has just planted several bombs filled with chemical nerve
agents inside a public high school. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? -
✔✔108-D-1
✔✔The caller reports that he just returned home from work to find his 61-year-old wife
obviously dead on the kitchen floor. He says he has no idea what might have caused
her death. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔112-D-1
✔✔The caller reports during Case Entry that an ACTIVE ASSAILANT situation is
occurring at a shopping mall. What should you do after sending 136-E-1? - ✔✔Provide
Case Entry Post-Dispatch Instruction b, complete Case Entry interrogation, and then go
to Protocol 136 Active Assailant (Shooter).
✔✔The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch recommends that emergency
dispatchers verify the address and callback number by repeating the information back to
the caller. - ✔✔false
✔✔The caller reports that her neighbor is playing his music way too loud. She says this
has happened before, and when she asks him to turn it down, he just ignores her. What
is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔113-B-2
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The caller reports that a large load of wood has fallen off a truck and is blocking the
right lane of traffic on the highway. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? -
✔✔132-C-2
✔✔The Determinant Code is derived using which of the following formulas? - ✔✔Chief
Complaint Protocol number + Determinant Level letter + Determinant Descriptor number
+ Determinant Suffix letter (when appropriate)
✔✔Instructions about following a suspect's vehicle should be handled according to local
policy. - ✔✔true
✔✔When using the PPDS®, all actual response assignments and emergency modes
(lights-and-siren vs. no lights-and-siren) are predetermined by: - ✔✔local Police &
Emergency Services Administration.
✔✔The caller is reporting that she just found a plastic baggie containing what appears
to be several roaches in her son's bedroom. She is pretty sure it's marijuana. What is
the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔116-B-1
✔✔Minutes after an officer arrives at the scene of a DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, you
get a call from that location. During Case Entry, the caller explains that when she
opened the door for the officer, her boyfriend pulled a gun out of his coat, shot the
officer, and then took off in his car. The caller does not know where the suspect might
be going. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔124-E-1G
✔✔The caller reports that someone punched him in the face and then took his wallet by
force. What is the most appropriate Chief Complaint Protocol? - ✔✔126:
Robbery/Carjacking
, ✔✔What is indicated when Key Questions are marked with the light blue symbol? -
✔✔For COLD CALL incidents, you only need to ask these Key Questions.
✔✔The caller wants to report some additional evidence he just discovered related to a
forgery case he reported a week earlier. What is the most appropriate Chief Complaint
Protocol? - ✔✔128: Supplemental
✔✔A quality control specialist at an ice cream plant reports that the batch of ice cream
she just tested contained unusually high quantities of Salmonella bacteria. She believes
the Salmonella had to have been purposefully added by an employee but she has no
idea who did it. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔108-D-5
✔✔The caller reports that her neighbor's dog has been barking off and on all night. She
would like someone to come take the dog away so she can get some sleep. What is the
most appropriate Chief Complaint Protocol? - ✔✔105: Animal
✔✔According to the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, the motto of any
quality improvement effort should be: "Do it right or be penalized!" - ✔✔false
✔✔The caller reports a witnessed murder. The victim is unquestionably dead. What is
the most appropriate Chief Complaint Protocol? - ✔✔106: Assault/Sexual Assault
✔✔The caller reports that he has just planted several bombs filled with chemical nerve
agents inside a public high school. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? -
✔✔108-D-1
✔✔The caller reports that he just returned home from work to find his 61-year-old wife
obviously dead on the kitchen floor. He says he has no idea what might have caused
her death. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔112-D-1
✔✔The caller reports during Case Entry that an ACTIVE ASSAILANT situation is
occurring at a shopping mall. What should you do after sending 136-E-1? - ✔✔Provide
Case Entry Post-Dispatch Instruction b, complete Case Entry interrogation, and then go
to Protocol 136 Active Assailant (Shooter).
✔✔The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch recommends that emergency
dispatchers verify the address and callback number by repeating the information back to
the caller. - ✔✔false
✔✔The caller reports that her neighbor is playing his music way too loud. She says this
has happened before, and when she asks him to turn it down, he just ignores her. What
is the most appropriate Determinant Code? - ✔✔113-B-2
