MCJA PHASE 1 FINAL EXAMS ACTUAL ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Long-term exposure to stress can cause all of the following physical problems
EXCEPT:
Raise blood pressure
Suppress immune system
Lower cholesterol
Increase risk of heart attack - ✔✔Lower cholesterol
✔✔Officers who exhibit which of the following behaviors may be experiencing stress
overload? (Select all that apply.)
Poor judgment
Physical pain
Increased job performance.
Decrease in quality of work - ✔✔Poor judgment
Physical pain
Decrease in quality of work
✔✔Stress overload is also responsible for a number of other problems that officers may
experience. Some of these include an increase in procrastination; sleep disorders;
obesity; skin conditions and ________________ .
Depression
Repression
Digression
Oppression - ✔✔Depression
✔✔Which of the following aspects of the law enforcement profession can involve
stress? (Select all that apply.)
Excessive paperwork
,Fear and dangers of the job
Constant responsibilities for protecting other people - ✔✔Excessive paperwork
Fear and dangers of the job
Constant responsibilities for protecting other people
✔✔An officer experiencing stress overload might begin __________ him or herself.
Aggravating
Isolating
Insulating
Irritating - ✔✔Isolating
✔✔Life factors that can lead to stress overload include: (Select all that apply.)
A life change such as moving to a new town
Financial difficulty
Relationships/interactions with others - ✔✔A life change such as moving to a new town
Financial difficulty
Relationships/interactions with others
✔✔Officers see a great deal of violence on the job. In some cases, criminals may even
threaten an officer or their family. If an officer allows his/her __________ to get out of
control, he or she can obsess about these threats and become over-protective of their
family.
Mind
Emotions
Actions - ✔✔Emotions
✔✔Officers who experience trauma may exhibit which of the following feelings? (Select
all that apply.)
Guilt
Withdrawal
Sadness - ✔✔Guilt
Withdrawal
Sadness
✔✔Managing stress in the moment involves three steps including training the mind to
interject with a message of "Stand by", taking charge of personal emotions through
tactical breathing, and which of the following?
Reaching out for assistance.
Behaving/speaking in a calm, steady manner.
Removing yourself from the stressful event.
,None of the above. - ✔✔Behaving/speaking in a calm, steady manner.
✔✔Useful stress management skills for officers to develop include: (Select all that
apply.)
Focus on what is within your control to change.
Build a tolerance to stress by eating well and getting enough exercise and rest.
Accepting that little can be done to control stress. - ✔✔Focus on what is within your
control to change.
Build a tolerance to stress by eating well and getting enough exercise and rest.
✔✔Occupational wellness refers to: (Select all that apply.)
Tipping the balance between work and leisure heavily toward work in order to ensure
the best performance on the job.
Balancing work and leisure in order to ensure the best performance on the job. -
✔✔Balancing work and leisure in order to ensure the best performance on the job.
✔✔Intellectual wellness can be maintained by: (Select all that apply.)
Seeking learning opportunities.
Getting involved in cultural activities. - ✔✔Seeking learning opportunities.
Getting involved in cultural activities.
✔✔Examining spiritual wellness includes asking: (Select all that apply.)
Do I make time for relaxation and quiet reflection?
Do my values guide my decisions and actions?
Am I accepting of the views of others? - ✔✔Do I make time for relaxation and quiet
reflection?
Do my values guide my decisions and actions?
Am I accepting of the views of others?
✔✔Emotional wellness involves being attentive to personal thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors. Officers can maintain emotional wellness by: (Select all that apply.)
Focusing exclusively on positive emotions.
Being aware of all feelings and accepting them.
Managing anger, worry, and the blues, in particular. - ✔✔Being aware of all feelings and
accepting them.
Managing anger, worry, and the blues, in particular.
✔✔Cynicism is not inevitable in law enforcement, and officers can avoid cynicism by
focusing on: (Select all that apply.)
, Stress management and wellness
The ethical and professional standards of law enforcement
The financial rewards of the law enforcement profession. - ✔✔Stress management and
wellness
The ethical and professional standards of law enforcement
✔✔In order to immediately deal with stress, officers should use _________________.
This will help the body respond to the full fight-or-flight syndrome.
Tactical breathing
Prescription drugs
Liquor
Violence - ✔✔Tactical breathing
✔✔Officers under stress should avoid ___________ and ______________.
Rest and nicotine.
Nicotine and liquor consumption.
Good diet and liquor consumption.
None of the above. - ✔✔Nicotine and liquor consumption.
✔✔Burnout, stress and cynicism produce two general unhealthy responses from law
enforcement officers: ______________ and __________________.
Withdrawal from society / A loss of idealism
Working hard to be promoted / A loss of idealism
Solid family bonds / Withdrawal from society
Working hard to be promoted / Solid family bonds - ✔✔Withdrawal from society / A loss
of idealism
✔✔Prior to appearing in court, officer responsibilities include all of the following,
EXCEPT:
Preparing witnesses to testify.
Receive notification of appearance and prepare to produce evidence.
Meet with the prosecutor(s) and Victim/Witness Advocate at the District Attorney's
Office.
Maintain confidentiality of the case. - ✔✔Preparing witnesses to testify.
✔✔An officer's professional demeanor at court includes: (Select all that apply.)
Appropriate dress.
Being polite to everyone.
Understanding that smoking or chewing tobacco in public view is discouraged. -
✔✔Appropriate dress.
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Long-term exposure to stress can cause all of the following physical problems
EXCEPT:
Raise blood pressure
Suppress immune system
Lower cholesterol
Increase risk of heart attack - ✔✔Lower cholesterol
✔✔Officers who exhibit which of the following behaviors may be experiencing stress
overload? (Select all that apply.)
Poor judgment
Physical pain
Increased job performance.
Decrease in quality of work - ✔✔Poor judgment
Physical pain
Decrease in quality of work
✔✔Stress overload is also responsible for a number of other problems that officers may
experience. Some of these include an increase in procrastination; sleep disorders;
obesity; skin conditions and ________________ .
Depression
Repression
Digression
Oppression - ✔✔Depression
✔✔Which of the following aspects of the law enforcement profession can involve
stress? (Select all that apply.)
Excessive paperwork
,Fear and dangers of the job
Constant responsibilities for protecting other people - ✔✔Excessive paperwork
Fear and dangers of the job
Constant responsibilities for protecting other people
✔✔An officer experiencing stress overload might begin __________ him or herself.
Aggravating
Isolating
Insulating
Irritating - ✔✔Isolating
✔✔Life factors that can lead to stress overload include: (Select all that apply.)
A life change such as moving to a new town
Financial difficulty
Relationships/interactions with others - ✔✔A life change such as moving to a new town
Financial difficulty
Relationships/interactions with others
✔✔Officers see a great deal of violence on the job. In some cases, criminals may even
threaten an officer or their family. If an officer allows his/her __________ to get out of
control, he or she can obsess about these threats and become over-protective of their
family.
Mind
Emotions
Actions - ✔✔Emotions
✔✔Officers who experience trauma may exhibit which of the following feelings? (Select
all that apply.)
Guilt
Withdrawal
Sadness - ✔✔Guilt
Withdrawal
Sadness
✔✔Managing stress in the moment involves three steps including training the mind to
interject with a message of "Stand by", taking charge of personal emotions through
tactical breathing, and which of the following?
Reaching out for assistance.
Behaving/speaking in a calm, steady manner.
Removing yourself from the stressful event.
,None of the above. - ✔✔Behaving/speaking in a calm, steady manner.
✔✔Useful stress management skills for officers to develop include: (Select all that
apply.)
Focus on what is within your control to change.
Build a tolerance to stress by eating well and getting enough exercise and rest.
Accepting that little can be done to control stress. - ✔✔Focus on what is within your
control to change.
Build a tolerance to stress by eating well and getting enough exercise and rest.
✔✔Occupational wellness refers to: (Select all that apply.)
Tipping the balance between work and leisure heavily toward work in order to ensure
the best performance on the job.
Balancing work and leisure in order to ensure the best performance on the job. -
✔✔Balancing work and leisure in order to ensure the best performance on the job.
✔✔Intellectual wellness can be maintained by: (Select all that apply.)
Seeking learning opportunities.
Getting involved in cultural activities. - ✔✔Seeking learning opportunities.
Getting involved in cultural activities.
✔✔Examining spiritual wellness includes asking: (Select all that apply.)
Do I make time for relaxation and quiet reflection?
Do my values guide my decisions and actions?
Am I accepting of the views of others? - ✔✔Do I make time for relaxation and quiet
reflection?
Do my values guide my decisions and actions?
Am I accepting of the views of others?
✔✔Emotional wellness involves being attentive to personal thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors. Officers can maintain emotional wellness by: (Select all that apply.)
Focusing exclusively on positive emotions.
Being aware of all feelings and accepting them.
Managing anger, worry, and the blues, in particular. - ✔✔Being aware of all feelings and
accepting them.
Managing anger, worry, and the blues, in particular.
✔✔Cynicism is not inevitable in law enforcement, and officers can avoid cynicism by
focusing on: (Select all that apply.)
, Stress management and wellness
The ethical and professional standards of law enforcement
The financial rewards of the law enforcement profession. - ✔✔Stress management and
wellness
The ethical and professional standards of law enforcement
✔✔In order to immediately deal with stress, officers should use _________________.
This will help the body respond to the full fight-or-flight syndrome.
Tactical breathing
Prescription drugs
Liquor
Violence - ✔✔Tactical breathing
✔✔Officers under stress should avoid ___________ and ______________.
Rest and nicotine.
Nicotine and liquor consumption.
Good diet and liquor consumption.
None of the above. - ✔✔Nicotine and liquor consumption.
✔✔Burnout, stress and cynicism produce two general unhealthy responses from law
enforcement officers: ______________ and __________________.
Withdrawal from society / A loss of idealism
Working hard to be promoted / A loss of idealism
Solid family bonds / Withdrawal from society
Working hard to be promoted / Solid family bonds - ✔✔Withdrawal from society / A loss
of idealism
✔✔Prior to appearing in court, officer responsibilities include all of the following,
EXCEPT:
Preparing witnesses to testify.
Receive notification of appearance and prepare to produce evidence.
Meet with the prosecutor(s) and Victim/Witness Advocate at the District Attorney's
Office.
Maintain confidentiality of the case. - ✔✔Preparing witnesses to testify.
✔✔An officer's professional demeanor at court includes: (Select all that apply.)
Appropriate dress.
Being polite to everyone.
Understanding that smoking or chewing tobacco in public view is discouraged. -
✔✔Appropriate dress.
