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TCOLE EXAM BPOC STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2023
What is Hazardous Material? - Correct answer A substance or material capable of posing an
unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property
when transported in commerce.
What is a Hazard Class? - Correct answer A group of hazardous materials that share
dangerous characteristics. The DOT has identified nine ______________ based on the dangers
posed in transportation.
What is CBRNE? - Correct answer Chemical
Biological
Radiation
Nuclear
Explosive
What are Flammable Substances? - Correct answer Materials that have a high hazard due to
ease of ignition, high burning temperature, or difficulty in extinguishment. These materials exist
as solids, liquids, or gasses.
What are Oxidizers? - Correct answer A group of chemicals that do not burn on their own, but
when in combination with other chemicals may cause them to burn or burn at a higher than
normal temperature. These chemicals can cause materials that would not ordinarily catch fire to
begin to burn readily.
What are Corrosives/Acids? - Correct answer Chemical materials that may attack and destroy
living tissue (such as skin), some of these materials may also attack and destroy through
chemical reaction metals, glass, or plastics.
What is Toxicology? - Correct answer Study of adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents
on living organisms
What is the RAIN Principle? - Correct answer R- Recognize the presence of a CBRNE threat
Avoid contamination/exposure to the threat
Isolate the threat and immediate area
N- Notify the appropriate response agency
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What is the National Incident Management System? - Correct answer A systematic, proactive
approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental
organizations, and the private sector to work together seamlessly and manage incidents
involving all threats and hazards—regardless
of cause, size, location, or complexity—in order to reduce loss of life, property and harm to the
environment.
What is the Incident Command System? - Correct answer Management system designed to
enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of
facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common
organizational structure.
What is Authoritative? - Correct answer Able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.
Commanding, self-confident; likely to be respected and obeyed
What is Authoritarian? - Correct answer Enforcing very strict obedience to authority. Much like
an autocrat, or dictator, oppressive,
tyrant
What is Crises? - Correct answer A temporary state of upset and disorganization, characterized
by an inability to cope with a
particular situation using customary methods of problem solving
What three questions are people asking about you? - Correct answer Do you care for me?
Can you help me?
Can I trust you?
What is Nonverbal Communication? - Correct answer Affected by means other than words; it
includes apparent behaviors such as: facial expressions, eyes, touching, spatial distance
What is Paralinguistic communication? - Correct answer Aspects of speech:
voice, tone
inflection, rate, pitch
timing, hesitation
Contributes to the meaning and purpose
What are the 6 principles of persuasion? - Correct answer Reciprocity
Scarcity
Authority
Consistency
Liking
Consensus
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What are the 5 Universal Truths? - Correct answer -All people want to be treated with dignity
and respect.
-All people want to be asked rather than told to do something.
-All people want to be told why they are being asked to do something.
-All people want to be given options rather than threats.
-All people want a second chance.
What are Field Notes? - Correct answer Brief notations concerning specific events and
circumstances that are recorded while fresh in the officer's mind and used to prepare a report.
Observation Skills - Correct answer -An officers ability to be descriptive in field notes and
reports
-Uses all five senses
-It is perishable and must be frequently practiced in order to keep them sharp
What are the common types of police reports? - Correct answer Arrest
Incident
Offense
Crash
Supplemental
What are the three basic kinds of information necessary in police reports? - Correct answer -
Identification of the involved persons, vehicles, etc
-Narrative description of the offense or incident
-Elements of the offense or probable cause
Brinegar v United States - Correct answer Probable cause exists where the facts and
circumstances within the officer's knowledge, and
of which they have reasonable trustworthy information, are sufficient in themselves to warrant a
belief by a man of reasonable caution that a crime is being committed.
Carroll v United States - Correct answer Probable cause to search exists when "the facts and
circumstances within their knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information
sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that seizable
property would be found in a particular place or on a particular person
What is Mere Suspicion? - Correct answer A hunch or the feeling of intuition
US v Sokolow - Correct answer Reasonable suspicion is based upon the totality of the
circumstances and is less burden than probable cause
Consensual Encounters court case - Correct answer Florida v Royer
TCOLE EXAM BPOC STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2023
What is Hazardous Material? - Correct answer A substance or material capable of posing an
unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property
when transported in commerce.
What is a Hazard Class? - Correct answer A group of hazardous materials that share
dangerous characteristics. The DOT has identified nine ______________ based on the dangers
posed in transportation.
What is CBRNE? - Correct answer Chemical
Biological
Radiation
Nuclear
Explosive
What are Flammable Substances? - Correct answer Materials that have a high hazard due to
ease of ignition, high burning temperature, or difficulty in extinguishment. These materials exist
as solids, liquids, or gasses.
What are Oxidizers? - Correct answer A group of chemicals that do not burn on their own, but
when in combination with other chemicals may cause them to burn or burn at a higher than
normal temperature. These chemicals can cause materials that would not ordinarily catch fire to
begin to burn readily.
What are Corrosives/Acids? - Correct answer Chemical materials that may attack and destroy
living tissue (such as skin), some of these materials may also attack and destroy through
chemical reaction metals, glass, or plastics.
What is Toxicology? - Correct answer Study of adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents
on living organisms
What is the RAIN Principle? - Correct answer R- Recognize the presence of a CBRNE threat
Avoid contamination/exposure to the threat
Isolate the threat and immediate area
N- Notify the appropriate response agency
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What is the National Incident Management System? - Correct answer A systematic, proactive
approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental
organizations, and the private sector to work together seamlessly and manage incidents
involving all threats and hazards—regardless
of cause, size, location, or complexity—in order to reduce loss of life, property and harm to the
environment.
What is the Incident Command System? - Correct answer Management system designed to
enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of
facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common
organizational structure.
What is Authoritative? - Correct answer Able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.
Commanding, self-confident; likely to be respected and obeyed
What is Authoritarian? - Correct answer Enforcing very strict obedience to authority. Much like
an autocrat, or dictator, oppressive,
tyrant
What is Crises? - Correct answer A temporary state of upset and disorganization, characterized
by an inability to cope with a
particular situation using customary methods of problem solving
What three questions are people asking about you? - Correct answer Do you care for me?
Can you help me?
Can I trust you?
What is Nonverbal Communication? - Correct answer Affected by means other than words; it
includes apparent behaviors such as: facial expressions, eyes, touching, spatial distance
What is Paralinguistic communication? - Correct answer Aspects of speech:
voice, tone
inflection, rate, pitch
timing, hesitation
Contributes to the meaning and purpose
What are the 6 principles of persuasion? - Correct answer Reciprocity
Scarcity
Authority
Consistency
Liking
Consensus
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What are the 5 Universal Truths? - Correct answer -All people want to be treated with dignity
and respect.
-All people want to be asked rather than told to do something.
-All people want to be told why they are being asked to do something.
-All people want to be given options rather than threats.
-All people want a second chance.
What are Field Notes? - Correct answer Brief notations concerning specific events and
circumstances that are recorded while fresh in the officer's mind and used to prepare a report.
Observation Skills - Correct answer -An officers ability to be descriptive in field notes and
reports
-Uses all five senses
-It is perishable and must be frequently practiced in order to keep them sharp
What are the common types of police reports? - Correct answer Arrest
Incident
Offense
Crash
Supplemental
What are the three basic kinds of information necessary in police reports? - Correct answer -
Identification of the involved persons, vehicles, etc
-Narrative description of the offense or incident
-Elements of the offense or probable cause
Brinegar v United States - Correct answer Probable cause exists where the facts and
circumstances within the officer's knowledge, and
of which they have reasonable trustworthy information, are sufficient in themselves to warrant a
belief by a man of reasonable caution that a crime is being committed.
Carroll v United States - Correct answer Probable cause to search exists when "the facts and
circumstances within their knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information
sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that seizable
property would be found in a particular place or on a particular person
What is Mere Suspicion? - Correct answer A hunch or the feeling of intuition
US v Sokolow - Correct answer Reasonable suspicion is based upon the totality of the
circumstances and is less burden than probable cause
Consensual Encounters court case - Correct answer Florida v Royer
