NC BLET State Exam 2023
Crime Fighter - correct answer ✔✔-warrior mindset
-citizens are the enemy
-emphasis on speed and finality
-"conveyor belt"
Public Servant - correct answer ✔✔-due process model
-finality is not a priority
Define Morals - correct answer ✔✔principles of right and wrong
Define Ethics - correct answer ✔✔the discipline of determining good and evil and defining moral duties
Define Integrity - correct answer ✔✔is being the same person in both private and public life
Define Character - correct answer ✔✔means the quality that distinguish an individual
Define Courage - correct answer ✔✔having the strength to withstand unethical pressure, fear, or danger
How many Canons of Police Ethics are there? - correct answer ✔✔11
How many Major Groups of Unethical Behavior in Law Enforcement are there? - correct answer ✔✔6
What are the common drivers of unethical behavior? - correct answer ✔✔1) Noble Cause Corruption
2) "The Blue Curtain" / Code of Silence
3) Slippery Slope / "Mama Rosa's Test"
,What is the Noble Cause Corruption? - correct answer ✔✔The rationalization that the "end" of crime
fighting justifies "means" that might be otherwise illegal or unethical
a) the belief that legal technicalities made the job impossible
b) the belief that the offender was guilty
What is the "The Blue Curtain" / Code of Silence? - correct answer ✔✔covering another officer and
his/her mistakes
What is the Slippery Slope? - correct answer ✔✔helping corruptions while on duty; money, drugs, and
more
What is the "Mama Rosa's Test"? - correct answer ✔✔see what you do when put to the test
People in many Western Cultures value direct eye contact as a what? - correct answer ✔✔Sign of
sympathy or respect
Define Nonassertive: - correct answer ✔✔behavior is passive and indirect. It allows the wants, needs,
and right of others to be more important than our own, inferior, creates a lose-win
Define Aggressive: - correct answer ✔✔can be either passive or aggressive, can be direct or indirect,
honest or dishonest, but it always communicates an impression of superiority and disrespect. It puts our
own wants, needs, and right above those of others, creates a win-lose
Define Assertive - correct answer ✔✔behavior is active, direct, and honest. It allows our wants, needs,
and rights as equal with those of others. This type of behavior wins by influencing, listening, and
negotiating, works towards a win-win
In Asian or Latin cultures, what is seen as disrespectful? - correct answer ✔✔Asking a child questions
(i.e. to translate)
In some Native American cultures, what is seen as disrespectful and impolite? - correct answer
✔✔Asking questions to elders
,Utilizing Voice commands in Law Enforcement are used to do what? - correct answer ✔✔Project Control
and Direct Actions
What are the Strategies to Enhance Active Listening? - correct answer ✔✔Paraphrasing, Reflecting or
Mirroring, Open-Ended Questions, Minimal Encouragers, Silence, "I" Message, Emotional Labeling
The content of what you are verbalizing accounts for ______ of what the receiver processes. - correct
answer ✔✔Approximately 7-10%
The voice that carries our message accounts for ________ of what the receiver processes as he or she
hears it. - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 33-40%
Other nonverbal clues account for ________ of how the receiver processes the message you are
delivering. - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 50-60%
______ percent of your success with people has to do with your delivery and only the slightest percent
has to do with what you actually said. - correct answer ✔✔93%
What are the four characteristics of Translation? - correct answer ✔✔1. Content
2. Coding
3. Sending
4. Decoding
What is Intimate Location? - correct answer ✔✔Very close distance of conversation used for intimate
parties, around 1 foot
What is Personal Location? - correct answer ✔✔Distance which is kept for normal casual interactions,
around 2 feet
What is Moderate Location? - correct answer ✔✔Generally the distance at which we conduct
impersonal business, 3 to 4 feet
, What is Conversation Location? - correct answer ✔✔Distance used to have casual conversation just out
of physical range, singular or in a group, generally 4 to 6 feet
What are the Primary Risk Factors that contribute to CHD? - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal Blood
Cholesterol
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Tobacco Smoking
Sedentary Lifestyle/Physical Inactivity
What are the different types of Cholesterol? - correct answer ✔✔HDL = Good
LDL = Bad
VLDL = Triglycerides
What total Cholesterol Level is a major risk factor? - correct answer ✔✔200+
What is the Ideal Cholesterol Ratio for Men and Women? - correct answer ✔✔Men: < 4.0
Women: < 3.5
What determines High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? - correct answer ✔✔140/90 + on two separate
occasions OR someone taking BP meds is hypertension
Every US Adult should accumulate how much exercise? - correct answer ✔✔30 minutes or more of
moderate-intensity physical activity on more, preferably all days of the week
What BMI is classified as overweight? - correct answer ✔✔25+
What BMI is classified as obese? - correct answer ✔✔BMI 30+
Obesity is defined as roughly how many pounds over a healthy weight? - correct answer ✔✔30+
Crime Fighter - correct answer ✔✔-warrior mindset
-citizens are the enemy
-emphasis on speed and finality
-"conveyor belt"
Public Servant - correct answer ✔✔-due process model
-finality is not a priority
Define Morals - correct answer ✔✔principles of right and wrong
Define Ethics - correct answer ✔✔the discipline of determining good and evil and defining moral duties
Define Integrity - correct answer ✔✔is being the same person in both private and public life
Define Character - correct answer ✔✔means the quality that distinguish an individual
Define Courage - correct answer ✔✔having the strength to withstand unethical pressure, fear, or danger
How many Canons of Police Ethics are there? - correct answer ✔✔11
How many Major Groups of Unethical Behavior in Law Enforcement are there? - correct answer ✔✔6
What are the common drivers of unethical behavior? - correct answer ✔✔1) Noble Cause Corruption
2) "The Blue Curtain" / Code of Silence
3) Slippery Slope / "Mama Rosa's Test"
,What is the Noble Cause Corruption? - correct answer ✔✔The rationalization that the "end" of crime
fighting justifies "means" that might be otherwise illegal or unethical
a) the belief that legal technicalities made the job impossible
b) the belief that the offender was guilty
What is the "The Blue Curtain" / Code of Silence? - correct answer ✔✔covering another officer and
his/her mistakes
What is the Slippery Slope? - correct answer ✔✔helping corruptions while on duty; money, drugs, and
more
What is the "Mama Rosa's Test"? - correct answer ✔✔see what you do when put to the test
People in many Western Cultures value direct eye contact as a what? - correct answer ✔✔Sign of
sympathy or respect
Define Nonassertive: - correct answer ✔✔behavior is passive and indirect. It allows the wants, needs,
and right of others to be more important than our own, inferior, creates a lose-win
Define Aggressive: - correct answer ✔✔can be either passive or aggressive, can be direct or indirect,
honest or dishonest, but it always communicates an impression of superiority and disrespect. It puts our
own wants, needs, and right above those of others, creates a win-lose
Define Assertive - correct answer ✔✔behavior is active, direct, and honest. It allows our wants, needs,
and rights as equal with those of others. This type of behavior wins by influencing, listening, and
negotiating, works towards a win-win
In Asian or Latin cultures, what is seen as disrespectful? - correct answer ✔✔Asking a child questions
(i.e. to translate)
In some Native American cultures, what is seen as disrespectful and impolite? - correct answer
✔✔Asking questions to elders
,Utilizing Voice commands in Law Enforcement are used to do what? - correct answer ✔✔Project Control
and Direct Actions
What are the Strategies to Enhance Active Listening? - correct answer ✔✔Paraphrasing, Reflecting or
Mirroring, Open-Ended Questions, Minimal Encouragers, Silence, "I" Message, Emotional Labeling
The content of what you are verbalizing accounts for ______ of what the receiver processes. - correct
answer ✔✔Approximately 7-10%
The voice that carries our message accounts for ________ of what the receiver processes as he or she
hears it. - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 33-40%
Other nonverbal clues account for ________ of how the receiver processes the message you are
delivering. - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 50-60%
______ percent of your success with people has to do with your delivery and only the slightest percent
has to do with what you actually said. - correct answer ✔✔93%
What are the four characteristics of Translation? - correct answer ✔✔1. Content
2. Coding
3. Sending
4. Decoding
What is Intimate Location? - correct answer ✔✔Very close distance of conversation used for intimate
parties, around 1 foot
What is Personal Location? - correct answer ✔✔Distance which is kept for normal casual interactions,
around 2 feet
What is Moderate Location? - correct answer ✔✔Generally the distance at which we conduct
impersonal business, 3 to 4 feet
, What is Conversation Location? - correct answer ✔✔Distance used to have casual conversation just out
of physical range, singular or in a group, generally 4 to 6 feet
What are the Primary Risk Factors that contribute to CHD? - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal Blood
Cholesterol
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Tobacco Smoking
Sedentary Lifestyle/Physical Inactivity
What are the different types of Cholesterol? - correct answer ✔✔HDL = Good
LDL = Bad
VLDL = Triglycerides
What total Cholesterol Level is a major risk factor? - correct answer ✔✔200+
What is the Ideal Cholesterol Ratio for Men and Women? - correct answer ✔✔Men: < 4.0
Women: < 3.5
What determines High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? - correct answer ✔✔140/90 + on two separate
occasions OR someone taking BP meds is hypertension
Every US Adult should accumulate how much exercise? - correct answer ✔✔30 minutes or more of
moderate-intensity physical activity on more, preferably all days of the week
What BMI is classified as overweight? - correct answer ✔✔25+
What BMI is classified as obese? - correct answer ✔✔BMI 30+
Obesity is defined as roughly how many pounds over a healthy weight? - correct answer ✔✔30+
