DETECTIVE EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Select the false statement according to directive# 90, DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE:
Answer:
An officer does not need evidence of recent injury to affect an arrest
Question:
2. An interview is questoning people who are not suspects in a crime but know something about it or trie
people involved. Most cases are solved through good interviewing techniques. In reference to interviewing
techniques, select the FALSE statement.
Answer:
direct questions should be used sparingly where indirect questions should dominate the interview
Question:
3. Before interrogating any suspect, you must give the Miranda warning. Suspects must be informed of
their right to remain silent, to have an attorney present and to have a state appointed attorney appointed if
they cannot afford private counsel. Select the TRUE statement in reference to Miranda warnings.
Answer:
A waiver of right should be accompanied by a written or witnessed oral statement that the waiver was
voluntary
Question:
4. Interrogation techniques includedirectlyor indirectly, forcing responses, deflating or inflating the ego,
minimizing or maximizing the crime, projecting the blame or rationalizing and combining approaches. The
inquiry, "What time did you and your wife leave the restaurant?" is an example of what type inquiry?
Answer:
direct inquiry
Question:
5. 1. A ______________is legal narrative description of events related to a crime. It is a more or less
formal, exact, detailed presentation. It begins with an introduction that gives the place, time, date and
names of the people conducting and present at the interview.
Answer:
statement
Question:
6. Select the FALSE statement when evaluating and corroborating information
Answer:
it is a safe assumption that information volunteered is usually truthful
, Question:
7. An investigator must constantly review and evaluate evidence when preparing a case for court.
Videotapes are being used increasingly in court for many cases. Select the TRUE statement in the use of
videotape for court presentation:
Answer:
Expert witnesses with heavy time commitments may be allowed to testify by way of videotape
Question:
8. An obvious advantage of is that they accurately represent the crime scene in court. They can be taken
immediately and are highly effective visual aids that corroborate the facts presented.
Answer:
crime scene photography
Question:
9. When photographing a crime scene, you should take sufficient photographs to reconstruct the entire
scene. Which choice is usually NOT part of the succession of photographs;
Answer:
aerial photo
Question:
10. Like interviews, interrogations are conducted as soon as possible after the crime is committed. Most
interrogations are conducted at police headquarters, however if a suspect refuses and there is insufficient
evidence for an arrest, what location would be the best advantage to the investigator for an interview?
Answer:
unfamiliar place away from family and friends
Question:
11. Investigators use questions and repetition effectively and also know how to interview reluctant
interviewees. No matter what particular technique or combination of techniques you select, you should
follow what two basic requirements?
Answer:
listen and observe
Question:
12. Often, investigators during the course of an interrogation may fabricate evidence, make promises, use
the good cop/bad cop routine misrepresenting the seriousness of the offence or misrepresenting identity
such as posing as a cellmate. While it 1nay not be public knowledge that police lie to suspects, the use of
deception during an interrogation is considered to be;
Answer:
a tool
Question:
13. Note taking is an acquired skill that every investigator should acquire. Notes should be brief, legible,
abbreviated that others can understand. Which statement would an investigator likely use for recording a
statement in his/her notebook?
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Select the false statement according to directive# 90, DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE:
Answer:
An officer does not need evidence of recent injury to affect an arrest
Question:
2. An interview is questoning people who are not suspects in a crime but know something about it or trie
people involved. Most cases are solved through good interviewing techniques. In reference to interviewing
techniques, select the FALSE statement.
Answer:
direct questions should be used sparingly where indirect questions should dominate the interview
Question:
3. Before interrogating any suspect, you must give the Miranda warning. Suspects must be informed of
their right to remain silent, to have an attorney present and to have a state appointed attorney appointed if
they cannot afford private counsel. Select the TRUE statement in reference to Miranda warnings.
Answer:
A waiver of right should be accompanied by a written or witnessed oral statement that the waiver was
voluntary
Question:
4. Interrogation techniques includedirectlyor indirectly, forcing responses, deflating or inflating the ego,
minimizing or maximizing the crime, projecting the blame or rationalizing and combining approaches. The
inquiry, "What time did you and your wife leave the restaurant?" is an example of what type inquiry?
Answer:
direct inquiry
Question:
5. 1. A ______________is legal narrative description of events related to a crime. It is a more or less
formal, exact, detailed presentation. It begins with an introduction that gives the place, time, date and
names of the people conducting and present at the interview.
Answer:
statement
Question:
6. Select the FALSE statement when evaluating and corroborating information
Answer:
it is a safe assumption that information volunteered is usually truthful
, Question:
7. An investigator must constantly review and evaluate evidence when preparing a case for court.
Videotapes are being used increasingly in court for many cases. Select the TRUE statement in the use of
videotape for court presentation:
Answer:
Expert witnesses with heavy time commitments may be allowed to testify by way of videotape
Question:
8. An obvious advantage of is that they accurately represent the crime scene in court. They can be taken
immediately and are highly effective visual aids that corroborate the facts presented.
Answer:
crime scene photography
Question:
9. When photographing a crime scene, you should take sufficient photographs to reconstruct the entire
scene. Which choice is usually NOT part of the succession of photographs;
Answer:
aerial photo
Question:
10. Like interviews, interrogations are conducted as soon as possible after the crime is committed. Most
interrogations are conducted at police headquarters, however if a suspect refuses and there is insufficient
evidence for an arrest, what location would be the best advantage to the investigator for an interview?
Answer:
unfamiliar place away from family and friends
Question:
11. Investigators use questions and repetition effectively and also know how to interview reluctant
interviewees. No matter what particular technique or combination of techniques you select, you should
follow what two basic requirements?
Answer:
listen and observe
Question:
12. Often, investigators during the course of an interrogation may fabricate evidence, make promises, use
the good cop/bad cop routine misrepresenting the seriousness of the offence or misrepresenting identity
such as posing as a cellmate. While it 1nay not be public knowledge that police lie to suspects, the use of
deception during an interrogation is considered to be;
Answer:
a tool
Question:
13. Note taking is an acquired skill that every investigator should acquire. Notes should be brief, legible,
abbreviated that others can understand. Which statement would an investigator likely use for recording a
statement in his/her notebook?
