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OPOTA Exam Questions And Answers
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Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question - Answer✔A test question must
respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question
Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training - Answer✔To be able to protect the
life and property of yourself and the public
List a peace officer's main goals - Answer✔- Enforce the laws
- Preserve the peace,
- Prevent crime
- Protect civil rights and liberties
- Provide services
Explain items to consider when exercising discretion - Answer✔- Use sound judgment to
determine which laws are to be formally enforced
- Determine if there is a more constructive remedy without arrest or citation
Explain the factors necessary for the commission of crime - Answer✔Desire - the motivation
behind criminal behavior
Victim - potential target, unaware of surroundings
Opportunity - crime prevention strategies
State the core concepts of community policing - Answer✔-partnership between community and
police
-crime prevention
-organizational change of agency
-problem solving approach to police role is proactive
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Considerations for off duty situations - Answer✔Behavior - social media, uphold ethics
Situational Awareness- be alert, pre plan, off duty weapon policy, be a good witness
State the purpose of Bill of Rights - Answer✔protect a individual's freedoms
-prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Describe the major components of the criminal justice system - Answer✔Law Enforcement
Courts - hold fair & impartial trials, guilt or innocence, Impose sentences
Corrections - supervise offender
Goals of Sentencing - Answer✔-protect society
-punish offender/rehabilitate
-restore the victim
Recognize the tenets of the Below 100 - Answer✔-wear your seatbelt
-wear your vest
-WIN what's important now
-watch your speed
-complacency kills
Lawful - Answer✔defined by laws and standards
Criminal Law - Answer✔identifies what actions are prohibited
Rules of Agency - Answer✔Administrative rules, general orders
Constitutional Law - Answer✔amendments
Police Legitimacy - Answer✔exists when the public view the police as authorized to exercise
power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and solve problems in community
Judgement 1/3
public trust and confidence in police as being honest, trying to do jobs well, and protecting
community - Answer✔Result
individuals are more likely to become actively involved in police community partnerships
Judgment #2
public willingness to defer the law and police authority - Answer✔Result
Correlation between those who obey and those who view police as legitimate, cooperate by
reporting crimes and providing information
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Judgement #3
public belief that police actions are morally justified and appropriate - Answer✔Result
citizens are more likely to cooperate and defer in moments of crisis
circumstances when filming police officers is permissible - Answer✔-one party consents
-as long as it does not interfere with officers carrying out their duties
Race - Answer✔modern concept used to classify people by similar, observable physical
characteristics
Genetically influenced traits - Answer✔Skin color, hair, eye shape, blood type, intelligence
connection between in / out groups, and police legitimacy - Answer✔some people interpret
their encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position rather than immediate
circumstances of the police contact
Types of Racism - Answer✔individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural
Individual Racism - Answer✔internalized, unexpressed biases and prejudices based on race
Interpersonal Racism - Answer✔occurs between individuals, public expressions of racial
prejudice and hate
institutional racism - Answer✔discriminatory policies and treatment by institutions
Structural Racism - Answer✔Collective way of history, culture, power inequality, unequal access
to opportunities
Components of bias - Answer✔stereotypes, prejudice, attitude
Stereotypes - Answer✔generalizations about the perceived typical characteristics of a social
category
Prejudice - Answer✔a often negative prejudgment based on characteristics such as race, age
Attitude - Answer✔positive or negative feelings associated with individuals or groups
Bias-based profiling - Answer✔-Racial/illegal profiling
-unequal treatment by officers by stopping, questioning, searching, detaining on basis of their
ethnicity
Criminal profiling - Answer✔Based on observed behaviors and characteristics
Two types of Bias - Answer✔explicit and implicit
Explicit Bias - Answer✔conscious preference for a social category
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Implicit bias - Answer✔preference for a social category based on stereotypes that we hold and
tend to develop in early life
Two modes of thinking - Answer✔automatic (system 1)
deliberative (system 2)
System 1 thinking - Answer✔automatic, effortless, unconscious, very fast
System 2 thinking - Answer✔Conscious, controlled, effortful, slower
practical purpose - Answer✔simplifies tasks which most adults do without having to
systematically think about each step
protection mechanism - Answer✔we evaluate everything we see to determine if threatening or
not
strategies to counter implicit biases - Answer✔-Guarding against influence in decision making
-awareness
-know when you're susceptible ( in complete info, cognitive load, fatigue)
-slow down thinking
-empathetic
-effort (intention, attention, time)
Two-pronged Approach to Procedural Justice - Answer✔person based approach
community based model
person based approach - Answer✔emphasizes the importance of face to face interactions
between officer and a citizen
Community based model - Answer✔ultimate goal is to achieve police legitimacy through entire
society
community bank account concept as it relates to procedural justice - Answer✔every encounter
is either a deposit or withdrawal (increase or decrease public perception of police)
four core principles of procedural justice - Answer✔giving others a voice, neutrality in decision
making, respectful treatment, trustworthiness
explain the generally accepted ethical responsibilities of officers - Answer✔-owed to your
community, citizens, profession, agency, family, yourself
-treat everyone professionally
-never allow cynicism, excessive force, perjury and accept gratuities
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OPOTA Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question - Answer✔A test question must
respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question
Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training - Answer✔To be able to protect the
life and property of yourself and the public
List a peace officer's main goals - Answer✔- Enforce the laws
- Preserve the peace,
- Prevent crime
- Protect civil rights and liberties
- Provide services
Explain items to consider when exercising discretion - Answer✔- Use sound judgment to
determine which laws are to be formally enforced
- Determine if there is a more constructive remedy without arrest or citation
Explain the factors necessary for the commission of crime - Answer✔Desire - the motivation
behind criminal behavior
Victim - potential target, unaware of surroundings
Opportunity - crime prevention strategies
State the core concepts of community policing - Answer✔-partnership between community and
police
-crime prevention
-organizational change of agency
-problem solving approach to police role is proactive
1
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Considerations for off duty situations - Answer✔Behavior - social media, uphold ethics
Situational Awareness- be alert, pre plan, off duty weapon policy, be a good witness
State the purpose of Bill of Rights - Answer✔protect a individual's freedoms
-prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Describe the major components of the criminal justice system - Answer✔Law Enforcement
Courts - hold fair & impartial trials, guilt or innocence, Impose sentences
Corrections - supervise offender
Goals of Sentencing - Answer✔-protect society
-punish offender/rehabilitate
-restore the victim
Recognize the tenets of the Below 100 - Answer✔-wear your seatbelt
-wear your vest
-WIN what's important now
-watch your speed
-complacency kills
Lawful - Answer✔defined by laws and standards
Criminal Law - Answer✔identifies what actions are prohibited
Rules of Agency - Answer✔Administrative rules, general orders
Constitutional Law - Answer✔amendments
Police Legitimacy - Answer✔exists when the public view the police as authorized to exercise
power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and solve problems in community
Judgement 1/3
public trust and confidence in police as being honest, trying to do jobs well, and protecting
community - Answer✔Result
individuals are more likely to become actively involved in police community partnerships
Judgment #2
public willingness to defer the law and police authority - Answer✔Result
Correlation between those who obey and those who view police as legitimate, cooperate by
reporting crimes and providing information
2
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Judgement #3
public belief that police actions are morally justified and appropriate - Answer✔Result
citizens are more likely to cooperate and defer in moments of crisis
circumstances when filming police officers is permissible - Answer✔-one party consents
-as long as it does not interfere with officers carrying out their duties
Race - Answer✔modern concept used to classify people by similar, observable physical
characteristics
Genetically influenced traits - Answer✔Skin color, hair, eye shape, blood type, intelligence
connection between in / out groups, and police legitimacy - Answer✔some people interpret
their encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position rather than immediate
circumstances of the police contact
Types of Racism - Answer✔individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural
Individual Racism - Answer✔internalized, unexpressed biases and prejudices based on race
Interpersonal Racism - Answer✔occurs between individuals, public expressions of racial
prejudice and hate
institutional racism - Answer✔discriminatory policies and treatment by institutions
Structural Racism - Answer✔Collective way of history, culture, power inequality, unequal access
to opportunities
Components of bias - Answer✔stereotypes, prejudice, attitude
Stereotypes - Answer✔generalizations about the perceived typical characteristics of a social
category
Prejudice - Answer✔a often negative prejudgment based on characteristics such as race, age
Attitude - Answer✔positive or negative feelings associated with individuals or groups
Bias-based profiling - Answer✔-Racial/illegal profiling
-unequal treatment by officers by stopping, questioning, searching, detaining on basis of their
ethnicity
Criminal profiling - Answer✔Based on observed behaviors and characteristics
Two types of Bias - Answer✔explicit and implicit
Explicit Bias - Answer✔conscious preference for a social category
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Implicit bias - Answer✔preference for a social category based on stereotypes that we hold and
tend to develop in early life
Two modes of thinking - Answer✔automatic (system 1)
deliberative (system 2)
System 1 thinking - Answer✔automatic, effortless, unconscious, very fast
System 2 thinking - Answer✔Conscious, controlled, effortful, slower
practical purpose - Answer✔simplifies tasks which most adults do without having to
systematically think about each step
protection mechanism - Answer✔we evaluate everything we see to determine if threatening or
not
strategies to counter implicit biases - Answer✔-Guarding against influence in decision making
-awareness
-know when you're susceptible ( in complete info, cognitive load, fatigue)
-slow down thinking
-empathetic
-effort (intention, attention, time)
Two-pronged Approach to Procedural Justice - Answer✔person based approach
community based model
person based approach - Answer✔emphasizes the importance of face to face interactions
between officer and a citizen
Community based model - Answer✔ultimate goal is to achieve police legitimacy through entire
society
community bank account concept as it relates to procedural justice - Answer✔every encounter
is either a deposit or withdrawal (increase or decrease public perception of police)
four core principles of procedural justice - Answer✔giving others a voice, neutrality in decision
making, respectful treatment, trustworthiness
explain the generally accepted ethical responsibilities of officers - Answer✔-owed to your
community, citizens, profession, agency, family, yourself
-treat everyone professionally
-never allow cynicism, excessive force, perjury and accept gratuities
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