AZ POST COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔What constitutes a reportable collision? (3) - ✔✔- Bodily injury/death
- Issuance of citation
- Damage in excess of $2000
✔✔When must a juvenile be segregated from other prisoners? (3) - ✔✔- When confined
with adults
- When being transported with adults
- When juvenile endangers the safety of other children
✔✔Rap sheets contain what information? (10) - ✔✔- Arrest history
- Conviction history
- Henry/NCIC fingerprint class
- FBI#
- Arrest#
- Demographics on suspect (age, race, sex, etc.)
- Types of charges
- Driver's license #
- AKA info
- Other
✔✔Patrol techniques for minimizing officer ambush - ✔✔- Assess call; ID suspicious
circumstances and geographic considerations
- Vary patrol patterns
✔✔BAC presumptions of intoxication - ✔✔- <0.05 = presumed not under influence
- 0.05-0.08 = further evaluation of intoxication
- >0.08 = presumed under the influence
✔✔Subpoena - ✔✔An order requiring a person to appear at a court to give testimony
✔✔What does "mi vida loca" mean? - ✔✔My crazy life
✔✔Good Samaritan Law - ✔✔Protective law applying to first aid given gratuitously
*without pay*. This is done in good faith when you believe you are doing the act to the
best of your knowledge/ability. Does NOT apply to on-duty officers because they are
being paid. It DOES apply to off-duty officers because they are acting as any other
person
✔✔3 phases of a physical encounter - ✔✔-Pre-contact
- Contact
- Neutralization
,✔✔Officer responsibilities during a DUI refusal (5) - ✔✔- Petition for warrant
- File refusal report
- Serve order of suspension
- Require immediate surrender of license for destruction
- If not surrendered, why? Issue temporary permit and advise of suspension
✔✔Regulations regarding loads extending beyond a vehicle - ✔✔- No more than 3 feet
beyond foremost
- No more than 6 feet beyond rearmost
✔✔Injunction against harassment - ✔✔Against someone who has committed harassing
acts. *Non-DV relationship*
✔✔5 parts of body - ✔✔- Head
- Neck
- Trunk
- Upper extremities
- Lower extremities
✔✔***SARA method and what is it used for?*** - ✔✔- Scanning
- Analysis
- Responding
- Assessment
*Used for problem solving*
✔✔Altering a vehicle (VIN) - ✔✔- Knowingly removes, alters, or defaces = Class 3 Misd
- Intentionally removes, alters, or defaces with the intent to conceal the ID of the vehicle
= Class 5 Fel
✔✔Actual vs implied consent - ✔✔- Actual - Patient gives consent
- Implied - patient is incapacitated and injuries are so extreme, it's assumed consent
would be given
✔✔Search with a warrant may be made... (3) - ✔✔- After notice and officer receives no
response within a reasonable time
- After notice and subject refuses to allow officers to search
- A magistrate has authorized a "no-knock" warrant
✔✔"Bias motivated crime" - ✔✔Crime motivated by race, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, or disability
✔✔Emergency order of protection - ✔✔- Available 24 hours
- Victim/3rd party can request
- Officer will call sheriff's office
- Sheriff's office will transfer to judge
, **In effect until close of next judicial day**
✔✔What crimes or categories of crimes do NOT enjoy doctor/patient confidentiality with
regard to reporting? - ✔✔DUI and crimes against children
✔✔Can a landlord place a lien on a tenant's personal property due to non-payment of
rent? - ✔✔NO
✔✔In the absence of further direction, warrants may be served at what time? -
✔✔Daytime: 0630-2200
✔✔All warrants must be _______ prior to service/arrest - ✔✔Confirmed
✔✔What are the time limits for an arrestee's initial appearance and grand jury/prelim
hearing (in and out of custody)? - ✔✔- Initial appearance: 24 hours
- Prelim/grand jury: 10 days (in custody) & 20 days (out of custody)
✔✔Arrests can be made... - ✔✔Any time day or night
✔✔True/False: If an arrestee for a warrant requests to see such warrant, the officer
must show him when it is reasonable to do so. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: If a person would be justified in threatening to use, or using deadly
force, he/she must retreat before doing so. - ✔✔False
✔✔Consequences of bias-motivated crimes... (4) - ✔✔- Victim denied constitutional
rights; may suffer loss of property, injury, or death
- Psychological/emotional trauma exceeds that which would be present under normal
circumstances
- Targeted groups become fearful, angry, alienated, and may retaliate
- Division in community that may lead to violence
✔✔Arrest warrant - ✔✔An order signed by a magistrate/judge, identifying the
defendant, and commanding the arrest of the defendant
✔✔Summons - ✔✔An order from the court commanding the named defendant to
appear in court of law to answer for a criminal charge
✔✔Define civil litigation - ✔✔An action brought to enforce, redress, or protect rights.
Civil litigations remedy private wrongs
✔✔What types of property may be repossessed? (3) - ✔✔- Self-help remedies (auto
repo)
SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔What constitutes a reportable collision? (3) - ✔✔- Bodily injury/death
- Issuance of citation
- Damage in excess of $2000
✔✔When must a juvenile be segregated from other prisoners? (3) - ✔✔- When confined
with adults
- When being transported with adults
- When juvenile endangers the safety of other children
✔✔Rap sheets contain what information? (10) - ✔✔- Arrest history
- Conviction history
- Henry/NCIC fingerprint class
- FBI#
- Arrest#
- Demographics on suspect (age, race, sex, etc.)
- Types of charges
- Driver's license #
- AKA info
- Other
✔✔Patrol techniques for minimizing officer ambush - ✔✔- Assess call; ID suspicious
circumstances and geographic considerations
- Vary patrol patterns
✔✔BAC presumptions of intoxication - ✔✔- <0.05 = presumed not under influence
- 0.05-0.08 = further evaluation of intoxication
- >0.08 = presumed under the influence
✔✔Subpoena - ✔✔An order requiring a person to appear at a court to give testimony
✔✔What does "mi vida loca" mean? - ✔✔My crazy life
✔✔Good Samaritan Law - ✔✔Protective law applying to first aid given gratuitously
*without pay*. This is done in good faith when you believe you are doing the act to the
best of your knowledge/ability. Does NOT apply to on-duty officers because they are
being paid. It DOES apply to off-duty officers because they are acting as any other
person
✔✔3 phases of a physical encounter - ✔✔-Pre-contact
- Contact
- Neutralization
,✔✔Officer responsibilities during a DUI refusal (5) - ✔✔- Petition for warrant
- File refusal report
- Serve order of suspension
- Require immediate surrender of license for destruction
- If not surrendered, why? Issue temporary permit and advise of suspension
✔✔Regulations regarding loads extending beyond a vehicle - ✔✔- No more than 3 feet
beyond foremost
- No more than 6 feet beyond rearmost
✔✔Injunction against harassment - ✔✔Against someone who has committed harassing
acts. *Non-DV relationship*
✔✔5 parts of body - ✔✔- Head
- Neck
- Trunk
- Upper extremities
- Lower extremities
✔✔***SARA method and what is it used for?*** - ✔✔- Scanning
- Analysis
- Responding
- Assessment
*Used for problem solving*
✔✔Altering a vehicle (VIN) - ✔✔- Knowingly removes, alters, or defaces = Class 3 Misd
- Intentionally removes, alters, or defaces with the intent to conceal the ID of the vehicle
= Class 5 Fel
✔✔Actual vs implied consent - ✔✔- Actual - Patient gives consent
- Implied - patient is incapacitated and injuries are so extreme, it's assumed consent
would be given
✔✔Search with a warrant may be made... (3) - ✔✔- After notice and officer receives no
response within a reasonable time
- After notice and subject refuses to allow officers to search
- A magistrate has authorized a "no-knock" warrant
✔✔"Bias motivated crime" - ✔✔Crime motivated by race, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, or disability
✔✔Emergency order of protection - ✔✔- Available 24 hours
- Victim/3rd party can request
- Officer will call sheriff's office
- Sheriff's office will transfer to judge
, **In effect until close of next judicial day**
✔✔What crimes or categories of crimes do NOT enjoy doctor/patient confidentiality with
regard to reporting? - ✔✔DUI and crimes against children
✔✔Can a landlord place a lien on a tenant's personal property due to non-payment of
rent? - ✔✔NO
✔✔In the absence of further direction, warrants may be served at what time? -
✔✔Daytime: 0630-2200
✔✔All warrants must be _______ prior to service/arrest - ✔✔Confirmed
✔✔What are the time limits for an arrestee's initial appearance and grand jury/prelim
hearing (in and out of custody)? - ✔✔- Initial appearance: 24 hours
- Prelim/grand jury: 10 days (in custody) & 20 days (out of custody)
✔✔Arrests can be made... - ✔✔Any time day or night
✔✔True/False: If an arrestee for a warrant requests to see such warrant, the officer
must show him when it is reasonable to do so. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: If a person would be justified in threatening to use, or using deadly
force, he/she must retreat before doing so. - ✔✔False
✔✔Consequences of bias-motivated crimes... (4) - ✔✔- Victim denied constitutional
rights; may suffer loss of property, injury, or death
- Psychological/emotional trauma exceeds that which would be present under normal
circumstances
- Targeted groups become fearful, angry, alienated, and may retaliate
- Division in community that may lead to violence
✔✔Arrest warrant - ✔✔An order signed by a magistrate/judge, identifying the
defendant, and commanding the arrest of the defendant
✔✔Summons - ✔✔An order from the court commanding the named defendant to
appear in court of law to answer for a criminal charge
✔✔Define civil litigation - ✔✔An action brought to enforce, redress, or protect rights.
Civil litigations remedy private wrongs
✔✔What types of property may be repossessed? (3) - ✔✔- Self-help remedies (auto
repo)
