Police Sergeant Practice EXAM
2025/2026 || QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100%
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1. Community Engagement - ANSWER ✓ Seeks to resolve conflicts between
police and citizens and improve police service quality.
2. Report Review - ANSWER ✓ Reviews reports submitted by subordinates,
ensuring completeness and accuracy.
3. Command Assumption - ANSWER ✓ Assumes command of a Division or
Unit in the absence of a higher-ranking officer.
4. Misconduct Investigation - ANSWER ✓ Investigates allegations of
subordinates' misconduct and prepares thorough reports.
5. Training Provision - ANSWER ✓ Trains subordinates in skills necessary to
carry out assigned tasks effectively.
6. Equipment Maintenance - ANSWER ✓ Ensures equipment assigned to
subordinates is in good working condition.
7. Personnel Orientation - ANSWER ✓ Orients newly assigned department
members to the characteristics and problems of the area served.
8. Friction Resolution - ANSWER ✓ Resolves friction and tensions among
personnel under supervision.
,9. Dispute Resolution - ANSWER ✓ Resolves disputes among subordinates
and between personnel within the department.
10.Major Crime Scene Command - ANSWER ✓ Assumes command of police
responses in field situations of a complex or sensitive nature and at major
crime scenes.
11.You are a sergeant in charge of a unit. One of your officers, Officer Thomas,
approaches you and informs you that she is concerned about Officer Suki,
who is also in your unit. Officer Thomas tells you that she thinks Officer
Suki has a drinking problem. She tells you that Officer Suki is beginning to
physically deteriorate. If what Officer This is telling you is true, Officer Suki
would be at what stage of problem drinking? - ANSWER ✓ The acute stage.
12.Certain rating errors seem to occur more often in supervisors that exhibit
certain traits. A supervisor who attaches a high degree of approval to static
employees who don't "rock the boat" is probably engaging in which rating
error? - ANSWER ✓ The error of leniency.
13.A friend of yours has just been appointed to the rank of sergeant. She knows
you are a highly respected sergeant and that you know your workers well.
Your friend tells you that she realizes a skillful supervisor supervisor learns
about her officers by various means, but she wants to know the most
important way to learn about the employees in her unit. To be most
consistent with sound supervisory practices, what would you tell the new
sergeant? - ANSWER ✓ You need to talk with your employees.
14.Under which situation should a supervisor intervene into the personal
problems of an officer under his or her direct supervision? - ANSWER ✓
When the problem begins to affect the officer's performance.
15.When using which of the following types of orders is a supervisor often left
without the ability to follow up? - ANSWER ✓ Suggestions.
16.During an employee-centered interview, the wise interviewer should adopt
what approach? - ANSWER ✓ "Big ears, little mouth."
,17.A supervisor is seeking to establish strict liability for employee compliance
with a new order. What is the best method for the supervisor to
communicate the order to his or her subordinates? - ANSWER ✓ Written
communication.
18.Which one of the following workers would be most likely to accuse a
supervisor of partiality in rating the employee on a service rating? -
ANSWER ✓ The marginal worker.
19.Upon observing a breach of discipline, a supervisor should usually call the
matter to the attention of the employee promptly and privately. In which of
the following situations may chastisement in the presence of fellow
employees or the public be justified? - ANSWER ✓ When it is necessary to
stop a continuing breach of order.
20.The essence of participatory management is - ANSWER ✓ involving
employees in decision making.
21.In which of the following four steps of the five step teaching method may a
teacher have the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of his or her
teaching and the learner's comprehension of the subject matter? - ANSWER
✓ The test.
22.When a supervisor investigates complaints against personnel, the ultimate
purpose of the investigation is - ANSWER ✓ to arrive at the truth.
23.There are occasions where the supervisor must conduct s separation
interview. Which of the following is most accurate concerning this important
interview? - ANSWER ✓ It is usually desirable to prepare notes as the
interview progresses.
24.In most police agencies, the single most important training activity is -
ANSWER ✓ teaching new employees to perform their basic duties.
25.When a supervisor must take disciplinary action against a subordinate, there
should be no hesitation. Failure to act decisively may result in the supervisor
- ANSWER ✓ abdicating his or her position of leadership.
, 26.Which type of communication is most effective in coordinating the efforts of
an organizational unit? - ANSWER ✓ Lateral.
27.Of the following, what is considered to be the prime duty of a police
sergeant? - ANSWER ✓ Supervising his or her subordinates.
28.Authored the most important works of American criminology published in
this century; Causes of Delinquency (1969) presents the author's social
control theory. - ANSWER ✓ Travis Hirshi.
29.People react to failure in multiple ways. Of the following, which choice
should supervisors recognize as the most common reaction to failure? -
ANSWER ✓ Rationalization.
30.This theory of criminology maintains that delinquent behavior is learned
through he same psychological process as any other behavior. - ANSWER ✓
Social Learning Theory.
31.As the sergeant in charge of a unit, you have discovered that one of your
officers has been intentionally withholding information from you in an effort
to show you that he is displeased with your leadership. According to
management experts, this officer is practicing - ANSWER ✓ upward
discipline.
32.What is the penalty for an unlawful seizure - ANSWER ✓ SUPPRESSION
OF EVIDENCE, and IN ADDITION INDER THE FRUIT OF
POISONOUS TREE DOCTRINE evidence which is discovered as a result
of information gained by unlawful seizure will also be suppressed
33.Unreasonable - ANSWER ✓ Any search or seizure not based upon a warrant
is considered unreasonable unless an exception exists, e.g., consent,
exigency circumstances, vehicle searches, stop and frisk, etc.
34.United States Supreme Court - ANSWER ✓ Held that police could conduct
a warrantless search with the consent of the occupant who possesses
common authority over the premises even if another occupant has objected
to the search, but is physically absent from the premises due to a lawful
detention or arrest
2025/2026 || QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
1. Community Engagement - ANSWER ✓ Seeks to resolve conflicts between
police and citizens and improve police service quality.
2. Report Review - ANSWER ✓ Reviews reports submitted by subordinates,
ensuring completeness and accuracy.
3. Command Assumption - ANSWER ✓ Assumes command of a Division or
Unit in the absence of a higher-ranking officer.
4. Misconduct Investigation - ANSWER ✓ Investigates allegations of
subordinates' misconduct and prepares thorough reports.
5. Training Provision - ANSWER ✓ Trains subordinates in skills necessary to
carry out assigned tasks effectively.
6. Equipment Maintenance - ANSWER ✓ Ensures equipment assigned to
subordinates is in good working condition.
7. Personnel Orientation - ANSWER ✓ Orients newly assigned department
members to the characteristics and problems of the area served.
8. Friction Resolution - ANSWER ✓ Resolves friction and tensions among
personnel under supervision.
,9. Dispute Resolution - ANSWER ✓ Resolves disputes among subordinates
and between personnel within the department.
10.Major Crime Scene Command - ANSWER ✓ Assumes command of police
responses in field situations of a complex or sensitive nature and at major
crime scenes.
11.You are a sergeant in charge of a unit. One of your officers, Officer Thomas,
approaches you and informs you that she is concerned about Officer Suki,
who is also in your unit. Officer Thomas tells you that she thinks Officer
Suki has a drinking problem. She tells you that Officer Suki is beginning to
physically deteriorate. If what Officer This is telling you is true, Officer Suki
would be at what stage of problem drinking? - ANSWER ✓ The acute stage.
12.Certain rating errors seem to occur more often in supervisors that exhibit
certain traits. A supervisor who attaches a high degree of approval to static
employees who don't "rock the boat" is probably engaging in which rating
error? - ANSWER ✓ The error of leniency.
13.A friend of yours has just been appointed to the rank of sergeant. She knows
you are a highly respected sergeant and that you know your workers well.
Your friend tells you that she realizes a skillful supervisor supervisor learns
about her officers by various means, but she wants to know the most
important way to learn about the employees in her unit. To be most
consistent with sound supervisory practices, what would you tell the new
sergeant? - ANSWER ✓ You need to talk with your employees.
14.Under which situation should a supervisor intervene into the personal
problems of an officer under his or her direct supervision? - ANSWER ✓
When the problem begins to affect the officer's performance.
15.When using which of the following types of orders is a supervisor often left
without the ability to follow up? - ANSWER ✓ Suggestions.
16.During an employee-centered interview, the wise interviewer should adopt
what approach? - ANSWER ✓ "Big ears, little mouth."
,17.A supervisor is seeking to establish strict liability for employee compliance
with a new order. What is the best method for the supervisor to
communicate the order to his or her subordinates? - ANSWER ✓ Written
communication.
18.Which one of the following workers would be most likely to accuse a
supervisor of partiality in rating the employee on a service rating? -
ANSWER ✓ The marginal worker.
19.Upon observing a breach of discipline, a supervisor should usually call the
matter to the attention of the employee promptly and privately. In which of
the following situations may chastisement in the presence of fellow
employees or the public be justified? - ANSWER ✓ When it is necessary to
stop a continuing breach of order.
20.The essence of participatory management is - ANSWER ✓ involving
employees in decision making.
21.In which of the following four steps of the five step teaching method may a
teacher have the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of his or her
teaching and the learner's comprehension of the subject matter? - ANSWER
✓ The test.
22.When a supervisor investigates complaints against personnel, the ultimate
purpose of the investigation is - ANSWER ✓ to arrive at the truth.
23.There are occasions where the supervisor must conduct s separation
interview. Which of the following is most accurate concerning this important
interview? - ANSWER ✓ It is usually desirable to prepare notes as the
interview progresses.
24.In most police agencies, the single most important training activity is -
ANSWER ✓ teaching new employees to perform their basic duties.
25.When a supervisor must take disciplinary action against a subordinate, there
should be no hesitation. Failure to act decisively may result in the supervisor
- ANSWER ✓ abdicating his or her position of leadership.
, 26.Which type of communication is most effective in coordinating the efforts of
an organizational unit? - ANSWER ✓ Lateral.
27.Of the following, what is considered to be the prime duty of a police
sergeant? - ANSWER ✓ Supervising his or her subordinates.
28.Authored the most important works of American criminology published in
this century; Causes of Delinquency (1969) presents the author's social
control theory. - ANSWER ✓ Travis Hirshi.
29.People react to failure in multiple ways. Of the following, which choice
should supervisors recognize as the most common reaction to failure? -
ANSWER ✓ Rationalization.
30.This theory of criminology maintains that delinquent behavior is learned
through he same psychological process as any other behavior. - ANSWER ✓
Social Learning Theory.
31.As the sergeant in charge of a unit, you have discovered that one of your
officers has been intentionally withholding information from you in an effort
to show you that he is displeased with your leadership. According to
management experts, this officer is practicing - ANSWER ✓ upward
discipline.
32.What is the penalty for an unlawful seizure - ANSWER ✓ SUPPRESSION
OF EVIDENCE, and IN ADDITION INDER THE FRUIT OF
POISONOUS TREE DOCTRINE evidence which is discovered as a result
of information gained by unlawful seizure will also be suppressed
33.Unreasonable - ANSWER ✓ Any search or seizure not based upon a warrant
is considered unreasonable unless an exception exists, e.g., consent,
exigency circumstances, vehicle searches, stop and frisk, etc.
34.United States Supreme Court - ANSWER ✓ Held that police could conduct
a warrantless search with the consent of the occupant who possesses
common authority over the premises even if another occupant has objected
to the search, but is physically absent from the premises due to a lawful
detention or arrest
