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1. Basic Speed Law is - ANSWER 1. reasonable and prudent
2. Under existing conditions
2. Absolute Speed Law - ANSWER Numerical Sign if it says 55, then 56
speeding.
3. T/F There is no primia facie speed law in NC - ANSWER True
4. Elements of Speed Offense - ANSWER 1. Driver Identification
2. Location
3. Speed
4.. Conditions
5. T/F Speed limit of 55 was imposed to save fuel. 55 was chosen because it
was the median efficient speed - ANSWER True
,6. At the end of 1974 when the speed limit was lowered it was found that
traffic fatalities had been reduced by what number that translates into what
percent - ANSWER 8,885 and 16.8%
7. The probability of a fatality from crash roughly what's as speeds go from 45-
60, and what again as speeds go to 70 MPH - ANSWER Doubles
8. T/F The study in 1977 found raising the speed limit had relatively little effect
on the number of crashes (1-2%) however there was a 9% increase in
fatalities. The 9% fatalities translates into 3500 lives - ANSWER TRUE
9. What percent of all fatal crashes in North Carolina occur in local
jurisdictions - ANSWER 25%
10.Although the use of a radio echo for detection purposes was discussed for
many years it took the imminent threat of war in Europe in the late 1930's
to bring about serious research and development - ANSWER Although
the use of a radio echo for detection purposes was discussed for many
years it took the imminent threat of war in Europe in the late 1930's to
bring about serious research and development
11.Radar stands for - ANSWER Radio Detection and Ranging
12.In 2011 some radars will give you ____ information during the tracking
history remember this ______ information must be expressed in either
yards or feet - ANSWER Distance/Range
, 13.Antenna does what - ANSWER Shapes, Forms, transmits, and receives
microwave energy
14.Microwave radar energy will travel indefinitely Unless - ANSWER 1.
Reflected (metal, stone wood, concrete)
2. Refracted ( glass, plastics)
3. Absorbed (leaves, grass, earth)
15.Radio microwave energy in radar (signal Speed ) travels - ANSWER 1.
Speed of Light
2. 186,000 miles per second
3. 30 billion Centimeters per second
ALL MEAN SAME THING
16.Wave is measure from the _____ to the ______ - ANSWER beginning of
peak to end of valley
17.Frequency is - ANSWER Number of waves transmitted in one second of
time
18.Frequency of Police radar is - ANSWER 1. X-BAND 10.525 GIGAHERTS/
WAVE LENGTH 3 CENTIMETERS
2. K-BAND 24.150 GIGAHERTZ/ WAVE LENGTH 1 1/4 CENTIMETERS