JAIL SCHOOL EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are the things that every medication label should include? - Answers Name of the pharmacy;
Patient's name; Prescribing doctor's name; Date the prescription is filled; Number of prescriptions;
Name of drug; Dosage; Instruction for taking; Initials of pharmacist.
What are some example of non-approved weapons that a jail officer may not carry or use? - Answers
Saps; Billies; Brass or metal knuckles; Knives.
Describe professionalism and how a professional officer is identified? - Answers Professionalism is a
calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation; a principal
calling, vocation or employment; the whole body of person engaged in a calling.
A professional law enforcement officer may be identified by his/her conduct, knowledge, and obligation
to serve the public and the agency.
What are the four distinguishing characteristics of a professional? - Answers A common area or standard
of knowledge; Members meet or exceed certain set standards of qualifications; controlled or guided by
a state/national governing organization; a nationwide standard of conduct.
What is ethics? - Answers What is good or bad, or what is right or wrong, based on what is morally
expected of a person.
List and describe 4 influences of ethical behavior. - Answers 1. Peer pressure: Needing or wanting to
associate with others to feel accepted, or have a need to belong.
2. Social Control: The expectations of society that hold the tendencies of deviant or criminal behavior in
check.
3. Fear or Punishment: Fear of being disciplined or punished for not adhering to standards of conduct,
written laws, or unwritten laws.
4. Training: Many people behave in an ethical manner simply because that is what they have been
conditioned or trained to do.
List and describe 3 reasons for ethical behavior. - Answers 1. Personal Pride: knowing that you are doing
the right thing and what is expected of you by the administration and the community.
2. Rules and Regulations: A specific set of rule and regulations to safely and securely operate the facility.
3. Upward Mobility: Doing the job to best of your ability.
4. Role Model: A jail officer that carries themselves with pride and adhere to the rules and regulations of
the facility.
, 5.Avoid the Set-up: Jail officers that utilize good judgement based on ethical and professional standards
are less likely to become entrapped in inmate con games and fall prey to being set-up.
What is the Correctional Officer's Code of Conduct? - Answers As a Correctional Officer, I regard myself
as a member of an important and honorable profession.
I will keep myself in the best possible physical condition at all times.
I will perform my duty with efficiency at all times.
I will be exemplary in my conduct, edifying in my conversation, honest in my dealings, an obedient to
the laws of the city, state, and country.
I will regard my oath as I regard my sacred honor.
I will not, in the performance of my duty, work for personal advantage or profit.
I will at all times recognize that I am a public servant.
I will give the most efficient and impartial service of which I am capable at all times.
I will be courteous in my contacts at all times.
I will regard my fellow officers with the same standards as I hold myself.
I will guard my fellow officer's honor and life as I guard my own.
I will be loyal to my fellow officers, my supervisors, and my institution.
I will accept responsibility for my actions.
I will do only those things that will reflect honor on my fellow officers, my institution, and myself.
List and describe 6 types of unethical conduct. - Answers 1. Dishonesty: The most degrading act of
unethical behavior.
2. Prejudice: There is no place in law enforcement for prejudice against anyone because of their race,
age, sex, national origin, or religion, etc.
3. Civil Rights Violations: An officer cannot feel privileged to violate another person's civil rights.
4. Accepting Gratuities: An officer has no right to receive anything of value from anybody outside of the
employer for performing the job.
5. Apathy: When an officer observes unethical conduct of others bur fails to report that misconduct.
6. Sexual Misconduct: When an officer allows themselves or is put into a situation where unethical
relationships with informants, victims, co-workers, or others arise.
What are the things that every medication label should include? - Answers Name of the pharmacy;
Patient's name; Prescribing doctor's name; Date the prescription is filled; Number of prescriptions;
Name of drug; Dosage; Instruction for taking; Initials of pharmacist.
What are some example of non-approved weapons that a jail officer may not carry or use? - Answers
Saps; Billies; Brass or metal knuckles; Knives.
Describe professionalism and how a professional officer is identified? - Answers Professionalism is a
calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation; a principal
calling, vocation or employment; the whole body of person engaged in a calling.
A professional law enforcement officer may be identified by his/her conduct, knowledge, and obligation
to serve the public and the agency.
What are the four distinguishing characteristics of a professional? - Answers A common area or standard
of knowledge; Members meet or exceed certain set standards of qualifications; controlled or guided by
a state/national governing organization; a nationwide standard of conduct.
What is ethics? - Answers What is good or bad, or what is right or wrong, based on what is morally
expected of a person.
List and describe 4 influences of ethical behavior. - Answers 1. Peer pressure: Needing or wanting to
associate with others to feel accepted, or have a need to belong.
2. Social Control: The expectations of society that hold the tendencies of deviant or criminal behavior in
check.
3. Fear or Punishment: Fear of being disciplined or punished for not adhering to standards of conduct,
written laws, or unwritten laws.
4. Training: Many people behave in an ethical manner simply because that is what they have been
conditioned or trained to do.
List and describe 3 reasons for ethical behavior. - Answers 1. Personal Pride: knowing that you are doing
the right thing and what is expected of you by the administration and the community.
2. Rules and Regulations: A specific set of rule and regulations to safely and securely operate the facility.
3. Upward Mobility: Doing the job to best of your ability.
4. Role Model: A jail officer that carries themselves with pride and adhere to the rules and regulations of
the facility.
, 5.Avoid the Set-up: Jail officers that utilize good judgement based on ethical and professional standards
are less likely to become entrapped in inmate con games and fall prey to being set-up.
What is the Correctional Officer's Code of Conduct? - Answers As a Correctional Officer, I regard myself
as a member of an important and honorable profession.
I will keep myself in the best possible physical condition at all times.
I will perform my duty with efficiency at all times.
I will be exemplary in my conduct, edifying in my conversation, honest in my dealings, an obedient to
the laws of the city, state, and country.
I will regard my oath as I regard my sacred honor.
I will not, in the performance of my duty, work for personal advantage or profit.
I will at all times recognize that I am a public servant.
I will give the most efficient and impartial service of which I am capable at all times.
I will be courteous in my contacts at all times.
I will regard my fellow officers with the same standards as I hold myself.
I will guard my fellow officer's honor and life as I guard my own.
I will be loyal to my fellow officers, my supervisors, and my institution.
I will accept responsibility for my actions.
I will do only those things that will reflect honor on my fellow officers, my institution, and myself.
List and describe 6 types of unethical conduct. - Answers 1. Dishonesty: The most degrading act of
unethical behavior.
2. Prejudice: There is no place in law enforcement for prejudice against anyone because of their race,
age, sex, national origin, or religion, etc.
3. Civil Rights Violations: An officer cannot feel privileged to violate another person's civil rights.
4. Accepting Gratuities: An officer has no right to receive anything of value from anybody outside of the
employer for performing the job.
5. Apathy: When an officer observes unethical conduct of others bur fails to report that misconduct.
6. Sexual Misconduct: When an officer allows themselves or is put into a situation where unethical
relationships with informants, victims, co-workers, or others arise.
