Final MCOLES UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 3 things to advise person of constitutional rights? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1) Reading rights to person
2) Asking person if he/she understands rights
3) Explaining rights to person
What are the steps to interview of a suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Establish rapport
- Listen
- Take notes and clarify details
- Evaluates body language
- Process info to utilize in the interrogation approach and/or theme
How to conduct interrogation of a suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Using interrogation
techniques
- Controls dialogue and challenges denials
- Obtains admission and/or confession
- Records exact statements of suspect
,Steps to record statements of suspects? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Obtain written waivers
of rights
- Obtains written confession/admission of events that occurred, asking them to be concise and
include names, dates, times, places
- Witnesses recording of confession/admission
- Writes report concerning the confession/admission given by suspect, using exact verbiage of
the individual
What are the steps in searching unlocked businesses and dwellings for signs of illegal entry -
CORRECT ANSWER - - Notifies dispatcher of unlocked building
- Secures building perimeter using backup units
- Visually checks outside of building for signs of entry
- Enters building in safe and cautious manner, checking for points of entry
- Evaluates information gathered in search to determine next course of action (notify owner)
What are the steps in securing a dwelling or business? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Notifies
owner to secure a dwelling/business
- Determines appropriate method of securing dwelling/business, if owner is not available, based
on visual and manual inspection
- Secures the property
(impounds probable property)
,- Notifies dispatcher to request further checking of secured property when deemed necessary
When checking a building what direction do you want to check? - CORRECT ANSWER -
- Counter clockwise
What are the 3 things you want to notify the owner or agent of, of potentially hazardous
conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Hazardous condition
2) Actions to be taken
3) Consequences of failure to comply with request
How do you notify citizens of damage to their property? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Determine ownership of property that has been damaged by checking records
- Notifies owners about nature and source of damage to their property using proper procedures
(notify by phone, requests neighbors or relatives to notify)
How to secure a vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Secure it by impounding, locks
vehicles at scene, removes valuables
- Documents action taken
How to investigate unattended suspicious vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Notify
dispatch of location and registration number
- Observe for criminal activity
- Investigate suspicious vehicle using proper procedures (checking VIN, etc)
, - Impounds suspicious vehicle if found wanted or stolen
When to follow a suspicious vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Determine if vehicle
should be followed by observing vehicle and number of occupants to check for illegal activities
- Follows vehicle at a good distance away while observing for illegal activity
- Then take appropriate enforcement
How to investigate unusual orders? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Determine nature, location
and source
- Notifies dispatcher of situations, providing all necessary information
- Informs the appropriate non-police department or agency
- Secures area if environmental hazard exists
How to investigate unusual sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Locates nature and source
of sound
- Notifies dispatcher of situation, providing all necessary information
- Takes appropriate action to terminate cause of sound
How to interview suspicious persons? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Person makes fugitive
movements, is in certain area at the wrong time
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 3 things to advise person of constitutional rights? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1) Reading rights to person
2) Asking person if he/she understands rights
3) Explaining rights to person
What are the steps to interview of a suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Establish rapport
- Listen
- Take notes and clarify details
- Evaluates body language
- Process info to utilize in the interrogation approach and/or theme
How to conduct interrogation of a suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Using interrogation
techniques
- Controls dialogue and challenges denials
- Obtains admission and/or confession
- Records exact statements of suspect
,Steps to record statements of suspects? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Obtain written waivers
of rights
- Obtains written confession/admission of events that occurred, asking them to be concise and
include names, dates, times, places
- Witnesses recording of confession/admission
- Writes report concerning the confession/admission given by suspect, using exact verbiage of
the individual
What are the steps in searching unlocked businesses and dwellings for signs of illegal entry -
CORRECT ANSWER - - Notifies dispatcher of unlocked building
- Secures building perimeter using backup units
- Visually checks outside of building for signs of entry
- Enters building in safe and cautious manner, checking for points of entry
- Evaluates information gathered in search to determine next course of action (notify owner)
What are the steps in securing a dwelling or business? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Notifies
owner to secure a dwelling/business
- Determines appropriate method of securing dwelling/business, if owner is not available, based
on visual and manual inspection
- Secures the property
(impounds probable property)
,- Notifies dispatcher to request further checking of secured property when deemed necessary
When checking a building what direction do you want to check? - CORRECT ANSWER -
- Counter clockwise
What are the 3 things you want to notify the owner or agent of, of potentially hazardous
conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Hazardous condition
2) Actions to be taken
3) Consequences of failure to comply with request
How do you notify citizens of damage to their property? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Determine ownership of property that has been damaged by checking records
- Notifies owners about nature and source of damage to their property using proper procedures
(notify by phone, requests neighbors or relatives to notify)
How to secure a vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Secure it by impounding, locks
vehicles at scene, removes valuables
- Documents action taken
How to investigate unattended suspicious vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Notify
dispatch of location and registration number
- Observe for criminal activity
- Investigate suspicious vehicle using proper procedures (checking VIN, etc)
, - Impounds suspicious vehicle if found wanted or stolen
When to follow a suspicious vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Determine if vehicle
should be followed by observing vehicle and number of occupants to check for illegal activities
- Follows vehicle at a good distance away while observing for illegal activity
- Then take appropriate enforcement
How to investigate unusual orders? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Determine nature, location
and source
- Notifies dispatcher of situations, providing all necessary information
- Informs the appropriate non-police department or agency
- Secures area if environmental hazard exists
How to investigate unusual sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Locates nature and source
of sound
- Notifies dispatcher of situation, providing all necessary information
- Takes appropriate action to terminate cause of sound
How to interview suspicious persons? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Person makes fugitive
movements, is in certain area at the wrong time
