MCOLES LICENSING EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔While interviewing a child, you notice cigarette burns on his arm. Your first course of
action should be to do which of the following:
(A) Contact CPS
(B) Contact the parents
(C) Contact the juvenile courts - ✔✔(A) Contact CPS
✔✔You are sent to the local hospital regarding a possible sexual assault. At the scene
you make contact with a doctor who states while performing a medical exam of a 12
year old girl, he discovered she has syphilis (STD). Your first response should be to do
which of the following:
(A) Remove her from home and place in protective custody
(B) Investigate for possible CSC case
(C) Do nothing, as syphilis is a medical condition - ✔✔(B) Investigate for possible CSC
case
✔✔You arrive at the scene of an accident. Both cars are off the roadway, it is raining,
and there are light skid marks on the road surface. What is the first thing you should do?
(A) Measure skid marks from beginning to end
(B) Determine resting position of both vehicles
(C) Look for gauge marks in the roadway - ✔✔(A) Measure skid marks from beginning
to end
✔✔You respond to a domestic violence complaint and observe the wife's eye is black
and blue. She tells you that nothing happened. The 6 year old son states "Daddy hit
mommy". What do you do? - ✔✔Arrest the husband
,✔✔You respond to a domestic violence complaint. You find the house to be in disarray
with furniture thrown around. Both the husband and wife's clothes are disheveled. Nor
the husband or wife appear to be injured. Both parties tell you that nothing happened.
What do you do? - ✔✔Investigate further
✔✔You observe a driver driving erratically and swerving in the lane of travel. You stop
the vehicle. As you approach the vehicle you notice the driver has glassy and bloodshot
eyes, and his speech is slurred. He states that he only had two beers. You ask him to
exit the vehicle and perform standard field sobriety tests, but he refuses. What should
you do? - ✔✔Arrest the driver. You have Probable Cause to arrest.
✔✔You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord is moving the tenant's
belongings out. What is the most appropriate response? - ✔✔This is a civil matter. You
are not a master of determining court documents. Do not try to.
The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the
persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of
the prosecutor", choose that answer.
✔✔You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord wants to press charges
against the tenant for holes punched in the walls. How do you respond? - ✔✔This is a
civil matter.
The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the
persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of
the prosecutor", choose that answer.
✔✔You are working the front desk and a caller makes a bomb threat to blow up the
building. Your first action should be: - ✔✔Keep the caller on the line and obtain as much
information as possible.
✔✔You stop a vehicle and upon approach, you notice the driver has a loaded pistol on
the passenger seat. You learn that the driver does not have a valid CPL. What is the
charge? - ✔✔CCW
✔✔Your arrest a driver for OWI and initiate two chemical tests. One result reads 0.35,
and the other reads 0.40. What do you do next? - ✔✔Take to hospital
✔✔On a domestic run, you observe a man cleaning a shotgun. What is the crime? -
✔✔No crime.
✔✔If hemophiliac refuses a blood test, what other alternatives can be taken? -
✔✔Search warrant or court order (if answer is available). If the question says they have
,a condition that prevents them from getting blood, and if there is no option to get a court
order, have them take a urine test.
✔✔When a person is in the hospital for OWI, how can you legally obtain a blood test if
the person refuses? - ✔✔Search warrant
✔✔You suspect a driver of OWI after he weaves back and forth across the road. You
pull over the driver and when he rolls down his window, you smell an odor of marijuana
coming from the vehicle. What do you do next? - ✔✔Arrest for OWI (The smell of
marijuana coming from a vehicle constitutes Probable Cause and a good arrest)
✔✔You see a person speed through a red light. You make a U-turn and follow the
vehicle. How do you proceed?
(A) Wait for the light to turn green and chase the vehicle
(B) Cautiously and slowly proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle
(C) Let the vehicle go as it is only a civil infraction - ✔✔(B) Cautiously and slowly
proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle
NOTE* There could be another question on the state test that may include information
that there is "heavy traffic". If there is heavy traffic, and the answer is (C) — "Let them
go". If the question doesn't say there's heavy traffic, then you will cautiously and slowly
proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle. This question will definitely be on
the state test. Most of our class answered the same for this.
✔✔During a Felony stop, who has control over the suspect vehicle?
(A) Primary Vehicle
(B) Secondary Vehicle
(C) Backup Unit - ✔✔(A) Primary Vehicle
✔✔3 classifications of firearms ballistics are:
(A) Potential, Kinetic, Forensic
(B) Mechanical, DNA, Velocity
(C) Internal, Externamal, Terminal - ✔✔(C) Internal, External, Terminal
✔✔The Coreolis Effect is the direct result of one of the following:
(A) Rotation and curvature of the earth
(B) How radars determine speed by the travel of sound frequency
, (C) The phenomenon of knowing less about something than one actually does - ✔✔(A)
Rotation and curvature of the earth
✔✔Which scientific method do radars use to calculate the distance to an object?
(A) The Coriolis Effect
(B) The Doppler Effect
(C) The Kruger Effect - ✔✔(B) The Doppler Effect
✔✔Rifling is the:
(A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not
for cleaning.
(B) Proper and safe handling of the rifle
(C) Proper and safe operation of the rifle - ✔✔(A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in
the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not for cleaning.
✔✔You're on patrol and you pull a vehicle over on a highway. You have no backup
vehicles coming. What is the proper way to position your vehicle?
(A) Behind and offset to the left on an angle
(B) Behind and offset to the right on an angle
(C) Behind the vehicle and centered - ✔✔(A) Behind and offset to the left on an angle
✔✔The primary unit of a high risk traffic stop should position their vehicle:
(A) Behind and offset to the left
(B) Behind and offset to the right
(C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle - ✔✔(B) Behind and offset to the right
✔✔The backup unit of a high risk stop should position their vehicle in which manner:
(A) Behind and offset to the left
(B) Behind and offset to the right
(C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle - ✔✔(A) Behind and offset to the left
✔✔For a sexual assault victim, it is best to ask:
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔While interviewing a child, you notice cigarette burns on his arm. Your first course of
action should be to do which of the following:
(A) Contact CPS
(B) Contact the parents
(C) Contact the juvenile courts - ✔✔(A) Contact CPS
✔✔You are sent to the local hospital regarding a possible sexual assault. At the scene
you make contact with a doctor who states while performing a medical exam of a 12
year old girl, he discovered she has syphilis (STD). Your first response should be to do
which of the following:
(A) Remove her from home and place in protective custody
(B) Investigate for possible CSC case
(C) Do nothing, as syphilis is a medical condition - ✔✔(B) Investigate for possible CSC
case
✔✔You arrive at the scene of an accident. Both cars are off the roadway, it is raining,
and there are light skid marks on the road surface. What is the first thing you should do?
(A) Measure skid marks from beginning to end
(B) Determine resting position of both vehicles
(C) Look for gauge marks in the roadway - ✔✔(A) Measure skid marks from beginning
to end
✔✔You respond to a domestic violence complaint and observe the wife's eye is black
and blue. She tells you that nothing happened. The 6 year old son states "Daddy hit
mommy". What do you do? - ✔✔Arrest the husband
,✔✔You respond to a domestic violence complaint. You find the house to be in disarray
with furniture thrown around. Both the husband and wife's clothes are disheveled. Nor
the husband or wife appear to be injured. Both parties tell you that nothing happened.
What do you do? - ✔✔Investigate further
✔✔You observe a driver driving erratically and swerving in the lane of travel. You stop
the vehicle. As you approach the vehicle you notice the driver has glassy and bloodshot
eyes, and his speech is slurred. He states that he only had two beers. You ask him to
exit the vehicle and perform standard field sobriety tests, but he refuses. What should
you do? - ✔✔Arrest the driver. You have Probable Cause to arrest.
✔✔You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord is moving the tenant's
belongings out. What is the most appropriate response? - ✔✔This is a civil matter. You
are not a master of determining court documents. Do not try to.
The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the
persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of
the prosecutor", choose that answer.
✔✔You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord wants to press charges
against the tenant for holes punched in the walls. How do you respond? - ✔✔This is a
civil matter.
The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the
persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of
the prosecutor", choose that answer.
✔✔You are working the front desk and a caller makes a bomb threat to blow up the
building. Your first action should be: - ✔✔Keep the caller on the line and obtain as much
information as possible.
✔✔You stop a vehicle and upon approach, you notice the driver has a loaded pistol on
the passenger seat. You learn that the driver does not have a valid CPL. What is the
charge? - ✔✔CCW
✔✔Your arrest a driver for OWI and initiate two chemical tests. One result reads 0.35,
and the other reads 0.40. What do you do next? - ✔✔Take to hospital
✔✔On a domestic run, you observe a man cleaning a shotgun. What is the crime? -
✔✔No crime.
✔✔If hemophiliac refuses a blood test, what other alternatives can be taken? -
✔✔Search warrant or court order (if answer is available). If the question says they have
,a condition that prevents them from getting blood, and if there is no option to get a court
order, have them take a urine test.
✔✔When a person is in the hospital for OWI, how can you legally obtain a blood test if
the person refuses? - ✔✔Search warrant
✔✔You suspect a driver of OWI after he weaves back and forth across the road. You
pull over the driver and when he rolls down his window, you smell an odor of marijuana
coming from the vehicle. What do you do next? - ✔✔Arrest for OWI (The smell of
marijuana coming from a vehicle constitutes Probable Cause and a good arrest)
✔✔You see a person speed through a red light. You make a U-turn and follow the
vehicle. How do you proceed?
(A) Wait for the light to turn green and chase the vehicle
(B) Cautiously and slowly proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle
(C) Let the vehicle go as it is only a civil infraction - ✔✔(B) Cautiously and slowly
proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle
NOTE* There could be another question on the state test that may include information
that there is "heavy traffic". If there is heavy traffic, and the answer is (C) — "Let them
go". If the question doesn't say there's heavy traffic, then you will cautiously and slowly
proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle. This question will definitely be on
the state test. Most of our class answered the same for this.
✔✔During a Felony stop, who has control over the suspect vehicle?
(A) Primary Vehicle
(B) Secondary Vehicle
(C) Backup Unit - ✔✔(A) Primary Vehicle
✔✔3 classifications of firearms ballistics are:
(A) Potential, Kinetic, Forensic
(B) Mechanical, DNA, Velocity
(C) Internal, Externamal, Terminal - ✔✔(C) Internal, External, Terminal
✔✔The Coreolis Effect is the direct result of one of the following:
(A) Rotation and curvature of the earth
(B) How radars determine speed by the travel of sound frequency
, (C) The phenomenon of knowing less about something than one actually does - ✔✔(A)
Rotation and curvature of the earth
✔✔Which scientific method do radars use to calculate the distance to an object?
(A) The Coriolis Effect
(B) The Doppler Effect
(C) The Kruger Effect - ✔✔(B) The Doppler Effect
✔✔Rifling is the:
(A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not
for cleaning.
(B) Proper and safe handling of the rifle
(C) Proper and safe operation of the rifle - ✔✔(A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in
the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not for cleaning.
✔✔You're on patrol and you pull a vehicle over on a highway. You have no backup
vehicles coming. What is the proper way to position your vehicle?
(A) Behind and offset to the left on an angle
(B) Behind and offset to the right on an angle
(C) Behind the vehicle and centered - ✔✔(A) Behind and offset to the left on an angle
✔✔The primary unit of a high risk traffic stop should position their vehicle:
(A) Behind and offset to the left
(B) Behind and offset to the right
(C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle - ✔✔(B) Behind and offset to the right
✔✔The backup unit of a high risk stop should position their vehicle in which manner:
(A) Behind and offset to the left
(B) Behind and offset to the right
(C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle - ✔✔(A) Behind and offset to the left
✔✔For a sexual assault victim, it is best to ask:
