NC DOCC Practice EXAM (updated 2026)
Questions & Answers | Latest Already
Graded A+ UPDATE 2025|2026
Orientation -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
CJ Systems -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Legal -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Contraband Searches -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Processing Inmates -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Medical Care in the Jail -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Patrol and Security -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Key and Tool Control -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Supervision and Management of Inmates -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY
QUESTION
,Suicides and Crisis Management -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Introduction to Rules and Regulations Governing Jails -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A
STUDY QUESTION
Stress -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Investigative Process in the Jail -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Subject Control and Techniques -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Aspects of Mental Illness -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Transportation of Inmates -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Fire Emergencies -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Physical Fitness for Detention Officers -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Communication Skills for Detention Officers -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY
QUESTION
Ethics for Detention Officers -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Notetaking and Report Writing -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
,Prison Rape Elimination Act 'PREA' -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
If you fail to achieve a passing score on your first attempt to successfully pass the State
Comprehensive Exam, you may request a retest within how many days after the original exam? -
answer B. 30
How long do you have to notify the Sheriffs Standards Division and your department head of a
criminal offense or domestic Violence Order (50B)? -answer B. 5 Business days
There is a minimum of how many topical areas and you are expected to become proficient in
each and every one of these course topics? -answer C. 23
At what number of deficiencies will a student be dismissed from the course? -answer
B. 4
What percentage of total class hours is a student allowed to miss, complete makeup work and
still be able to sit for the state exam? -answer B. 10%
Your limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the training program, in order to complete
the specified topic areas of deficiency, must occur within how many days from the last date of
trainee participation in a prior course delivery? -answer D. 180
A trainee shall successfully complete the comprehensive written examination if he/she achieves
a minimum of percent correct answers on each of the four units. -answer B. 70
Which of the following are viewed by the Sheriffs' Commission as disqualifying offenses in
obtaining certification either by conviction or commission? -answer D. All the above
, You must be _____ years of age to be eligible for certification by the Sheriffs' Commission as a
detention officer, in either a county jail or a regional/district confinement facility. -answer
C. 20
___________ is charged with the statutory responsibility for developing and implementing the
minimum employment, training, certification, and retention standards for all deputy sheriffs
and detention officers in North Carolina. -answer c. North Carolina Sheriffs' Education
and Training Standards Commission
Who is ultimately responsible for the trainee's successful completion of the Detention Officer
Certification Course? -answer a. Trainee
If a trainee is deficient in any of the topic areas, you will NOT be eligible to sit for the state
comprehensive written examination of the Commission nor will you receive certification. -
answer a. 1
The School Director may terminate a trainee from course participation or may deny certification
of successful course completion where the trainee is habitually tardy to, or regularly departs
early from, class meetings or field exercises. -answer a. True
The ___________ serves as the curriculum development entity of the Commission and
continues to revise and publish the mandated curricula of both the Sheriffs' and the Criminal
Justice Education and Training Standards Commissions for the detention officer certification
course. -answer d. North Carolina Justice Academy
This committee is appointed by the Commission's chairman and consists of five (5) members
[Sheriffs only] of the Commission, one of whom will serve as the Committee's chairman. The
Committee deliberates and decides whether the evidence is sufficient to establish probable
cause for adverse actions to be taken against an applicant or a certified officer. -answer
c. Probable Cause Committee
Questions & Answers | Latest Already
Graded A+ UPDATE 2025|2026
Orientation -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
CJ Systems -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Legal -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Contraband Searches -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Processing Inmates -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Medical Care in the Jail -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Patrol and Security -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Key and Tool Control -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Supervision and Management of Inmates -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY
QUESTION
,Suicides and Crisis Management -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Introduction to Rules and Regulations Governing Jails -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A
STUDY QUESTION
Stress -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Investigative Process in the Jail -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Subject Control and Techniques -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Aspects of Mental Illness -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Transportation of Inmates -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Fire Emergencies -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Physical Fitness for Detention Officers -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Communication Skills for Detention Officers -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY
QUESTION
Ethics for Detention Officers -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
Notetaking and Report Writing -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
,Prison Rape Elimination Act 'PREA' -answer SKIP, THIS IS NOT A STUDY QUESTION
If you fail to achieve a passing score on your first attempt to successfully pass the State
Comprehensive Exam, you may request a retest within how many days after the original exam? -
answer B. 30
How long do you have to notify the Sheriffs Standards Division and your department head of a
criminal offense or domestic Violence Order (50B)? -answer B. 5 Business days
There is a minimum of how many topical areas and you are expected to become proficient in
each and every one of these course topics? -answer C. 23
At what number of deficiencies will a student be dismissed from the course? -answer
B. 4
What percentage of total class hours is a student allowed to miss, complete makeup work and
still be able to sit for the state exam? -answer B. 10%
Your limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the training program, in order to complete
the specified topic areas of deficiency, must occur within how many days from the last date of
trainee participation in a prior course delivery? -answer D. 180
A trainee shall successfully complete the comprehensive written examination if he/she achieves
a minimum of percent correct answers on each of the four units. -answer B. 70
Which of the following are viewed by the Sheriffs' Commission as disqualifying offenses in
obtaining certification either by conviction or commission? -answer D. All the above
, You must be _____ years of age to be eligible for certification by the Sheriffs' Commission as a
detention officer, in either a county jail or a regional/district confinement facility. -answer
C. 20
___________ is charged with the statutory responsibility for developing and implementing the
minimum employment, training, certification, and retention standards for all deputy sheriffs
and detention officers in North Carolina. -answer c. North Carolina Sheriffs' Education
and Training Standards Commission
Who is ultimately responsible for the trainee's successful completion of the Detention Officer
Certification Course? -answer a. Trainee
If a trainee is deficient in any of the topic areas, you will NOT be eligible to sit for the state
comprehensive written examination of the Commission nor will you receive certification. -
answer a. 1
The School Director may terminate a trainee from course participation or may deny certification
of successful course completion where the trainee is habitually tardy to, or regularly departs
early from, class meetings or field exercises. -answer a. True
The ___________ serves as the curriculum development entity of the Commission and
continues to revise and publish the mandated curricula of both the Sheriffs' and the Criminal
Justice Education and Training Standards Commissions for the detention officer certification
course. -answer d. North Carolina Justice Academy
This committee is appointed by the Commission's chairman and consists of five (5) members
[Sheriffs only] of the Commission, one of whom will serve as the Committee's chairman. The
Committee deliberates and decides whether the evidence is sufficient to establish probable
cause for adverse actions to be taken against an applicant or a certified officer. -answer
c. Probable Cause Committee
