SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL ACTUAL
TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is most correct?
a. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by his immediate superior than by any other factor in his
environment.
b. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by the Chief of Police than by any other factor in his
environment.
c. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by the Mayor than by any other factor in his environment.
d. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by the employment contract than by any other factor in
his environment..
Answer: a. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by his immediate superior than by any other factor in his
environment.
◉ Which is not true regarding morale?
,a. Morale cannot be achieved through incentive or policy.
b. A supervisor can influence it if he remembers that people are
interested in themselves and in the things that affect them.
c. A supervisor should not provide his workers with performance
feedback.
d. A supervisor should not become tranquilized into believing that
because his morale is high, the morale of his subordinates is also
high..
Answer: c. A supervisor should not provide his workers with
performance feedback.
◉ The supervisor must be able to help his subordinates establish
and achieve reasonable goals. He must be able to provide answers to
their many job problems and give them wise counsel and assurance
in their personal and professional lives when the need arises,
recognizing that they will not all react the same when he tries to
help them. At times, they will misinterpret his motives and accuse
him of meddling in their affairs, yet their affairs are his when which
of the following is affected?
a. Personal beliefs
b. An officer's performance
c. Educational goals
d. All public posts on websites.
Answer: b. An officer's performance
,◉ The supervisor often finds it difficult to reconcile the goals of
management with the goals of the employees and the sentiments of
their social group. He is often torn between the loyalties he owes
both, but must realize that the best interests of which of the
following must prevail?
a. The employee
b. The union
c. The organization
d. The squad.
Answer: c. The organization
◉ Supervisors need not become highly skilled in every technical
aspect of the job they supervise to be effective—to do so would
impose an impossible burden on them—but they should have a good
working knowledge of the principal aspects of the job for which they
are responsible. They must have a basic understanding of the other
scientific disciplines that have contributed to the science of
leadership. In regards to technical supervisory competence, which of
the following is not true?
a. Every supervisor should keep himself abreast of fundamental
changes in practices, techniques, and procedures in order to be
, equipped to carry to his subordinates the information they need to
perform their jobs properly.
b. Every supervisor should prepare himself for this position by
gaining a good working knowledge of the principles of organization,
administration, and management.
c. Every supervisor should know and understand the princi.
Answer: d. Every supervisor need not become an expert in directing
the efforts of his subordinates.
◉ Every supervisor should know how to make assignments, through
the process of delegation, of many tasks that others below him are
capable of performing as well as or better than he can. In delegating
routine tasks to subordinates, the expert supervisor will give them
sufficient ___________________ to match the responsibility he has
imposed on them.
a. Personal power
b. Authority
c. Direction
d. Responsibility.
Answer: b. Authority
◉ The supervisor should prepare himself for his position by gaining
knowledge and understanding of the policies, rules, procedures, and
____________________ of his organization.
TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is most correct?
a. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by his immediate superior than by any other factor in his
environment.
b. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by the Chief of Police than by any other factor in his
environment.
c. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by the Mayor than by any other factor in his environment.
d. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by the employment contract than by any other factor in
his environment..
Answer: a. The worker's performance and morale are more strongly
influenced by his immediate superior than by any other factor in his
environment.
◉ Which is not true regarding morale?
,a. Morale cannot be achieved through incentive or policy.
b. A supervisor can influence it if he remembers that people are
interested in themselves and in the things that affect them.
c. A supervisor should not provide his workers with performance
feedback.
d. A supervisor should not become tranquilized into believing that
because his morale is high, the morale of his subordinates is also
high..
Answer: c. A supervisor should not provide his workers with
performance feedback.
◉ The supervisor must be able to help his subordinates establish
and achieve reasonable goals. He must be able to provide answers to
their many job problems and give them wise counsel and assurance
in their personal and professional lives when the need arises,
recognizing that they will not all react the same when he tries to
help them. At times, they will misinterpret his motives and accuse
him of meddling in their affairs, yet their affairs are his when which
of the following is affected?
a. Personal beliefs
b. An officer's performance
c. Educational goals
d. All public posts on websites.
Answer: b. An officer's performance
,◉ The supervisor often finds it difficult to reconcile the goals of
management with the goals of the employees and the sentiments of
their social group. He is often torn between the loyalties he owes
both, but must realize that the best interests of which of the
following must prevail?
a. The employee
b. The union
c. The organization
d. The squad.
Answer: c. The organization
◉ Supervisors need not become highly skilled in every technical
aspect of the job they supervise to be effective—to do so would
impose an impossible burden on them—but they should have a good
working knowledge of the principal aspects of the job for which they
are responsible. They must have a basic understanding of the other
scientific disciplines that have contributed to the science of
leadership. In regards to technical supervisory competence, which of
the following is not true?
a. Every supervisor should keep himself abreast of fundamental
changes in practices, techniques, and procedures in order to be
, equipped to carry to his subordinates the information they need to
perform their jobs properly.
b. Every supervisor should prepare himself for this position by
gaining a good working knowledge of the principles of organization,
administration, and management.
c. Every supervisor should know and understand the princi.
Answer: d. Every supervisor need not become an expert in directing
the efforts of his subordinates.
◉ Every supervisor should know how to make assignments, through
the process of delegation, of many tasks that others below him are
capable of performing as well as or better than he can. In delegating
routine tasks to subordinates, the expert supervisor will give them
sufficient ___________________ to match the responsibility he has
imposed on them.
a. Personal power
b. Authority
c. Direction
d. Responsibility.
Answer: b. Authority
◉ The supervisor should prepare himself for his position by gaining
knowledge and understanding of the policies, rules, procedures, and
____________________ of his organization.
