FLORIDA BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING
SOCE EXAM
Interpersonal Communication - Correct Answers -Involves the exchange of ideas,
messages or information between two or more people through speaking, writing, or
behavior to affect some kind of action.
Plan your interactions by following these basic elements of communication: - Correct
Answers -*Consider what you want to say and construct the message in your head.
*Convey the message via verbal, nonverbal, telecommunication, or written format to the
person or group to whom it is intended.
*Allow time for the person or group to receive and understand the message.
*Gauge whether one has received an appropriate response or change in behavior from
the person or group to whom the message was addressed.
Nonverbal Communication - Correct Answers -Is a very important form of
communication, when officers interact with inmates, visitors, and staff, they receive
countless nonverbal signals.
Body language or nonverbal cues - Correct Answers -*Sweating, Rapid breathing,
Fidgeting, blinking, or rocking back and forth may indicate nervousness.
Court Declared - Correct Answers -* Cannot be sentenced to prison for more than 6
years.
*Must have been younger than 21 years of age on the date the sentence was imposed
for offenses committed on or after 10/01/2008
*Cannot have previously been classified as a youthful offender.
Department-Designated - Correct Answers -*Total length of prison sentence cannot
exceed 10 years
*The age of the offender cannot exceed 24 years
*The individual cannot have previously been classified as a youthful offender
Department-Declared - Correct Answers -*Not a youthful offender, but housed at a
youthful offender facility by virtue of mental or physical vulnerability.
*Mental or physically vulnerability would significant jeopardize his or her safety in a non-
youthful offender facility.
SOCE EXAM
Interpersonal Communication - Correct Answers -Involves the exchange of ideas,
messages or information between two or more people through speaking, writing, or
behavior to affect some kind of action.
Plan your interactions by following these basic elements of communication: - Correct
Answers -*Consider what you want to say and construct the message in your head.
*Convey the message via verbal, nonverbal, telecommunication, or written format to the
person or group to whom it is intended.
*Allow time for the person or group to receive and understand the message.
*Gauge whether one has received an appropriate response or change in behavior from
the person or group to whom the message was addressed.
Nonverbal Communication - Correct Answers -Is a very important form of
communication, when officers interact with inmates, visitors, and staff, they receive
countless nonverbal signals.
Body language or nonverbal cues - Correct Answers -*Sweating, Rapid breathing,
Fidgeting, blinking, or rocking back and forth may indicate nervousness.
Court Declared - Correct Answers -* Cannot be sentenced to prison for more than 6
years.
*Must have been younger than 21 years of age on the date the sentence was imposed
for offenses committed on or after 10/01/2008
*Cannot have previously been classified as a youthful offender.
Department-Designated - Correct Answers -*Total length of prison sentence cannot
exceed 10 years
*The age of the offender cannot exceed 24 years
*The individual cannot have previously been classified as a youthful offender
Department-Declared - Correct Answers -*Not a youthful offender, but housed at a
youthful offender facility by virtue of mental or physical vulnerability.
*Mental or physically vulnerability would significant jeopardize his or her safety in a non-
youthful offender facility.
