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Missouri Post Study Guide Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Q: Do all ATV accidents have to be reported in Statewide Traffic Accident Records System
(STARS)? - Answer✔A: No. However, every law enforcement officer who investigates a vehicle
accident resulting in injury to or death of a person, or total property damage to an apparent
extent of "five hundred dollars" or more to one person, or who otherwise prepares a written
report as a result of an investigation.
Q: What is the preferred method of measurement in a traffic accident? - Answer✔A:
Triangulation - triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring
angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring
distances to the point directly (trilateration). The point can then be fixed as the third point of a
triangle with one known side and two known angles.
Q: How many types of fingerprints are there? - Answer✔A: There are three main fingerprint
patterns: Arches, Loops and Whorls.
Q: Who should advise juveniles of their rights? - Answer✔A: Juvenile Officer.
Q: Who can transport juveniles? - Answer✔A: Officers can transport juveniles to a juvenile
detention facility or to a medical facility for treatment when necessary.
Q: What do you write in a block that is not used in a STARRS report? - Answer✔A: If the
question asked does not apply, mark the "NA" box when available or neatly enter "NA" (Not
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Applicable) in the section. If the information is not known, enter "Unknown". EVERY FIELD
MUST HAVE A RESPONSE.
Q: How is the date/time written in a STARS report (ex. MM-DD-YYY)? - Answer✔A: Example:
January 3, 2000 should be shown as 01-03-2000. Use Military time (24 hr clock) when recording
time on a STARS
Q: Who should you be cautious with, when conducting a traffic stop?(everyone) - Answer✔A:
Everyone - you must maintain situational awareness at all times of the driver, any passengers,
traffic, and what you cannot see (i.e. hidden compartments such as the trunk).
Q: What are the two firing stances for the pistol? - Answer✔A: The Isosceles and the Weaver.
Q: Is the year of the vehicle indicated in the VIN? - Answer✔A: Yes
Q: Can the VIN be located on the dashboard of a vehicle? - Answer✔A: Enter Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN) as shown on vehicle. Normally, the VIN on cars and trucks is
located on the left front dashboard adjacent to the windshield (Driver Side).
Q: What three types of driving are conducted in a law enforcement vehicle? - Answer✔A:
Emergency, non-emergency, and pursuit
Q: When operating a vehicle in a non-emergency status, what traffic laws must be followed? -
Answer✔A: Vehicles shall comply with all of the traffic laws and rules of the road that apply to
all other vehicles.
Q: What should you not do for someone suffering from heat stroke? - Answer✔A: Ice Blanket,
do not give them food or water. While waiting for the paramedics to arrive, initiate first aid.
Move the person to an air-conditioned environment -- or at least a cool, shady area -- and
remove any unnecessary clothing. If possible, take the person's core body temperature and
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initiate first aid to cool it to 101 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. If no thermometers are available,
don't hesitate to initiate first aid.
You may also try these cooling strategies:
• Fan air over the patient while wetting his or her skin with water from a sponge or garden
hose.
• Apply ice packs to the patient's armpits, groin, neck, and back. Because these areas are rich
with blood vessels close to the skin, cooling them may reduce body temperature.
• Immerse the patient in a shower or tub of cool water, or an ice bath.
Q: What should you not do for someone suffering from a heart attack? - Answer✔A: non-
prescription pain medication
Q: On what waterways can a watercraft operator receive a DWI? - Answer✔A: By operating a
vessel on Missouri waters, you have consented to be tested for alcohol or drugs if so requested
by a law enforcement official. If you refuse to be tested, you will be subject to arrest and
punishment consistent with the penalties described above.
Possession or use of drinking devices for the rapid consumption of large amounts of alcohol,
commonly referred to as "beer bongs," along with four gallon containers which hold any
alcoholic beverage are prohibited on the state's rivers except the Mississippi, Missouri, and
Osage Rivers.
Q: If an operator of a motor vehicle exits the vehicle while you are conducting a traffic stop, are
you then authorized to search the vehicle? - Answer✔A: Not without probable cause and
consent to search
Q: What is squelch used for on the radio? - Answer✔A: In devices such as two-way radios (also
known as radiotelephones), the squelch can be adjusted with a knob, others have push buttons
or a sequence of button presses. This setting adjusts the threshold at which signals will open
(un-mute) the audio channel. Backing off the control will turn on the audio, and the operator
will hear white noise (also called "static" or squelch noise) if there is no signal present. The
usual operation is to adjust the control until the channel just shuts off - then only a small
threshold signal is needed to turn on the speaker. However, if a weak signal is annoying, the
operator can adjust the squelch to open only when stronger signals are received.
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Missouri Post Study Guide Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Q: Do all ATV accidents have to be reported in Statewide Traffic Accident Records System
(STARS)? - Answer✔A: No. However, every law enforcement officer who investigates a vehicle
accident resulting in injury to or death of a person, or total property damage to an apparent
extent of "five hundred dollars" or more to one person, or who otherwise prepares a written
report as a result of an investigation.
Q: What is the preferred method of measurement in a traffic accident? - Answer✔A:
Triangulation - triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring
angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring
distances to the point directly (trilateration). The point can then be fixed as the third point of a
triangle with one known side and two known angles.
Q: How many types of fingerprints are there? - Answer✔A: There are three main fingerprint
patterns: Arches, Loops and Whorls.
Q: Who should advise juveniles of their rights? - Answer✔A: Juvenile Officer.
Q: Who can transport juveniles? - Answer✔A: Officers can transport juveniles to a juvenile
detention facility or to a medical facility for treatment when necessary.
Q: What do you write in a block that is not used in a STARRS report? - Answer✔A: If the
question asked does not apply, mark the "NA" box when available or neatly enter "NA" (Not
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Applicable) in the section. If the information is not known, enter "Unknown". EVERY FIELD
MUST HAVE A RESPONSE.
Q: How is the date/time written in a STARS report (ex. MM-DD-YYY)? - Answer✔A: Example:
January 3, 2000 should be shown as 01-03-2000. Use Military time (24 hr clock) when recording
time on a STARS
Q: Who should you be cautious with, when conducting a traffic stop?(everyone) - Answer✔A:
Everyone - you must maintain situational awareness at all times of the driver, any passengers,
traffic, and what you cannot see (i.e. hidden compartments such as the trunk).
Q: What are the two firing stances for the pistol? - Answer✔A: The Isosceles and the Weaver.
Q: Is the year of the vehicle indicated in the VIN? - Answer✔A: Yes
Q: Can the VIN be located on the dashboard of a vehicle? - Answer✔A: Enter Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN) as shown on vehicle. Normally, the VIN on cars and trucks is
located on the left front dashboard adjacent to the windshield (Driver Side).
Q: What three types of driving are conducted in a law enforcement vehicle? - Answer✔A:
Emergency, non-emergency, and pursuit
Q: When operating a vehicle in a non-emergency status, what traffic laws must be followed? -
Answer✔A: Vehicles shall comply with all of the traffic laws and rules of the road that apply to
all other vehicles.
Q: What should you not do for someone suffering from heat stroke? - Answer✔A: Ice Blanket,
do not give them food or water. While waiting for the paramedics to arrive, initiate first aid.
Move the person to an air-conditioned environment -- or at least a cool, shady area -- and
remove any unnecessary clothing. If possible, take the person's core body temperature and
2
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initiate first aid to cool it to 101 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. If no thermometers are available,
don't hesitate to initiate first aid.
You may also try these cooling strategies:
• Fan air over the patient while wetting his or her skin with water from a sponge or garden
hose.
• Apply ice packs to the patient's armpits, groin, neck, and back. Because these areas are rich
with blood vessels close to the skin, cooling them may reduce body temperature.
• Immerse the patient in a shower or tub of cool water, or an ice bath.
Q: What should you not do for someone suffering from a heart attack? - Answer✔A: non-
prescription pain medication
Q: On what waterways can a watercraft operator receive a DWI? - Answer✔A: By operating a
vessel on Missouri waters, you have consented to be tested for alcohol or drugs if so requested
by a law enforcement official. If you refuse to be tested, you will be subject to arrest and
punishment consistent with the penalties described above.
Possession or use of drinking devices for the rapid consumption of large amounts of alcohol,
commonly referred to as "beer bongs," along with four gallon containers which hold any
alcoholic beverage are prohibited on the state's rivers except the Mississippi, Missouri, and
Osage Rivers.
Q: If an operator of a motor vehicle exits the vehicle while you are conducting a traffic stop, are
you then authorized to search the vehicle? - Answer✔A: Not without probable cause and
consent to search
Q: What is squelch used for on the radio? - Answer✔A: In devices such as two-way radios (also
known as radiotelephones), the squelch can be adjusted with a knob, others have push buttons
or a sequence of button presses. This setting adjusts the threshold at which signals will open
(un-mute) the audio channel. Backing off the control will turn on the audio, and the operator
will hear white noise (also called "static" or squelch noise) if there is no signal present. The
usual operation is to adjust the control until the channel just shuts off - then only a small
threshold signal is needed to turn on the speaker. However, if a weak signal is annoying, the
operator can adjust the squelch to open only when stronger signals are received.
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