POLICE SERGEANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Photographing the exterior of a building where a crime occurred, a hallway leading
to the exact location of the crime, and the exact location itself is most accurately
referred to as - ✔✔orientation.
✔✔On-the-scene identification of a suspect by a victim or witness to a crime is called a -
✔✔show up.
✔✔Generally at the scene of a crime for the purpose of compiling facts in the order in
which they present themselves is known as - ✔✔field notes.
✔✔As a police officer, it is important to understand that your most frequent source of
information is generally - ✔✔those in whom you have cultivated a feeling of pride and
respect by keeping their neighborhood crime-free.
✔✔When it becomes necessary to handcuff a suspect behind his or her back, the best
course of action is to - ✔✔use the double lock to prevent the cuffs from tightening and
have the suspect's palms in a outward position.
✔✔Today's writing style of police reports should reflect - ✔✔writing reports in the first
person, active voice, and using the conventional English style.
✔✔This seminal experiment found that traditional routine patrol strategies in marked
police cars do not appear to affect the level of crime, nor does it affect the public's
feeling of security. - ✔✔Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment.
✔✔On a burglary-in-progress call, once you have searched a particular room or portion
of the building, what is the best way to "clear" the searched area? - ✔✔Close the door
, and place available furniture in strategic locations so it would have to be moved by
someone to pass though that area.
✔✔Assume that you are a training sergeant in charge of training new recruits in the
correct procedure in burglary-in-progress calls. Which one of the following should you
probably NOT include in your training instructions to the recruits? - ✔✔Open any doors
in the suspect's building as quietly as possible while looking through the opening of the
hinge side to observe anyone inside.
✔✔There are five basic objectives in the interview or interrogation process. Which of the
following encompasses the five basic objectives most completely. - ✔✔Ascertain the
truth, whatever it is; secure complete information in detail; distinguish fact from fantasy;
have a target objective (the truth); and proceed according to plan.
✔✔Experts agree about the importance of interviewing (or interrogation) in criminal
investigation. Which of the following should a police interviewer do first? - ✔✔Study and
know him-or herself- flaws, temperament and personality, strengths and weaknesses.
✔✔At the scene of a bomb threat inside a building, an officer should do all the following
EXCEPT - ✔✔Transmit a description of the explosive device over his or her handheld
radio.
✔✔Which of the following does NOT describe traditional policing? - ✔✔Crime
prevention by community social programs.
✔✔A report should have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. When the author of
the report includes recommendations for further action or a statement that this particular
case requires no further action, this should most accurately be included where? - ✔✔In
the conclusion.
✔✔In a large percentage of cases, adult missing persons are - ✔✔missing by choice.
✔✔According to many experts in the field, which one of the following is most critical to
the success of an interview? - ✔✔Listening to what is said.
✔✔What is generally considered to be the final step in the police investigation process?
- ✔✔Testifying in court.
✔✔Most community relations experts believe that the primary mission of a police force
is - ✔✔promotion and maintenance of order in the community.
✔✔Read the following paragraph and choose the answer it best describes:
SURE A+
✔✔Photographing the exterior of a building where a crime occurred, a hallway leading
to the exact location of the crime, and the exact location itself is most accurately
referred to as - ✔✔orientation.
✔✔On-the-scene identification of a suspect by a victim or witness to a crime is called a -
✔✔show up.
✔✔Generally at the scene of a crime for the purpose of compiling facts in the order in
which they present themselves is known as - ✔✔field notes.
✔✔As a police officer, it is important to understand that your most frequent source of
information is generally - ✔✔those in whom you have cultivated a feeling of pride and
respect by keeping their neighborhood crime-free.
✔✔When it becomes necessary to handcuff a suspect behind his or her back, the best
course of action is to - ✔✔use the double lock to prevent the cuffs from tightening and
have the suspect's palms in a outward position.
✔✔Today's writing style of police reports should reflect - ✔✔writing reports in the first
person, active voice, and using the conventional English style.
✔✔This seminal experiment found that traditional routine patrol strategies in marked
police cars do not appear to affect the level of crime, nor does it affect the public's
feeling of security. - ✔✔Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment.
✔✔On a burglary-in-progress call, once you have searched a particular room or portion
of the building, what is the best way to "clear" the searched area? - ✔✔Close the door
, and place available furniture in strategic locations so it would have to be moved by
someone to pass though that area.
✔✔Assume that you are a training sergeant in charge of training new recruits in the
correct procedure in burglary-in-progress calls. Which one of the following should you
probably NOT include in your training instructions to the recruits? - ✔✔Open any doors
in the suspect's building as quietly as possible while looking through the opening of the
hinge side to observe anyone inside.
✔✔There are five basic objectives in the interview or interrogation process. Which of the
following encompasses the five basic objectives most completely. - ✔✔Ascertain the
truth, whatever it is; secure complete information in detail; distinguish fact from fantasy;
have a target objective (the truth); and proceed according to plan.
✔✔Experts agree about the importance of interviewing (or interrogation) in criminal
investigation. Which of the following should a police interviewer do first? - ✔✔Study and
know him-or herself- flaws, temperament and personality, strengths and weaknesses.
✔✔At the scene of a bomb threat inside a building, an officer should do all the following
EXCEPT - ✔✔Transmit a description of the explosive device over his or her handheld
radio.
✔✔Which of the following does NOT describe traditional policing? - ✔✔Crime
prevention by community social programs.
✔✔A report should have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. When the author of
the report includes recommendations for further action or a statement that this particular
case requires no further action, this should most accurately be included where? - ✔✔In
the conclusion.
✔✔In a large percentage of cases, adult missing persons are - ✔✔missing by choice.
✔✔According to many experts in the field, which one of the following is most critical to
the success of an interview? - ✔✔Listening to what is said.
✔✔What is generally considered to be the final step in the police investigation process?
- ✔✔Testifying in court.
✔✔Most community relations experts believe that the primary mission of a police force
is - ✔✔promotion and maintenance of order in the community.
✔✔Read the following paragraph and choose the answer it best describes:
