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Police Sergeant Exam Verified Multiple Choice & Conceptual Actual Exam Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct Detailed Answers Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update 1. Assume that you are a training sergeant in charge of training new recruits in the correct procedure in burglary-in-progress calls. Which one of the following should you probably NOT include in your training instructions to the recruits? - ANSWER Open any doors in the suspect's building as quietly as possible while looking through the opening of the hinge side to observe anyone inside. 2. There are five basic objectives in the interview or interrogation process. Which of the following encompasses the five basic objectives most completely. - ANSWER Ascertain the truth, whatever it is; secure complete information in detail; distinguish fact from fantasy; have a target objective (the truth); and proceed according to plan. 3. Experts agree about the importance of interviewing (or interrogation) in criminal investigation. Which of the following should a police interviewer do f irst? - ANSWER Study and know him-or herself- flaws, temperament and personality, strengths and weaknesses. 4. At the scene of a bomb threat inside a building, an officer should do all the following EXCEPT - ANSWER Transmit a description of the explosive device over his or her handheld radio. 5. Which of the following does NOT describe traditional policing? - ANSWER Crime prevention by community social programs.

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Police Sergeant Exam Verified Multiple Choice &
Conceptual Actual Exam Questions With Reviewed
100% Correct Detailed Answers

Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update


1. Assume that you are a training sergeant in charge of training new recruits in
the correct procedure in burglary-in-progress calls. Which one of the
following should you probably NOT include in your training instructions to
the recruits? - ANSWER Open any doors in the suspect's building as
quietly as possible while looking through the opening of the hinge side to
observe anyone inside.


2. There are five basic objectives in the interview or interrogation process.
Which of the following encompasses the five basic objectives most
completely. - ANSWER Ascertain the truth, whatever it is; secure
complete information in detail; distinguish fact from fantasy; have a target
objective (the truth); and proceed according to plan.


3. Experts agree about the importance of interviewing (or interrogation) in
criminal investigation. Which of the following should a police interviewer do
first? - ANSWER Study and know him-or herself- flaws, temperament
and personality, strengths and weaknesses.


4. At the scene of a bomb threat inside a building, an officer should do all the
following EXCEPT - ANSWER Transmit a description of the explosive
device over his or her handheld radio.

,5. Which of the following does NOT describe traditional policing? - ANSWER
Crime prevention by community social programs.


6. A report should have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. When the
author of the report includes recommendations for further action or a
statement that this particular case requires no further action, this should
most accurately be included where? - ANSWER In the conclusion.



7. In a large percentage of cases, adult missing persons are - ANSWER
missing by choice.


8. According to many experts in the field, which one of the following is most
critical to the success of an interview? - ANSWER Listening to what is
said.


9. What is generally considered to be the final step in the police investigation
process? - ANSWER Testifying in court.


10.Most community relations experts believe that the primary mission of a
police force is - ANSWER promotion and maintenance of order in the
community.


11.Read the following paragraph and choose the answer it best describes:
Attitude adapted without sufficient exploration of the facts results in
prejudging, that is, making a judgement before or independently of the
relevant facts in the matter. - ANSWER Prejudice.

, 12.Read the following paragraph and choose the answer it best describes:
It is related to prejudice, but it is not the same as prejudice. it entails the
unequal treatment of different people depending on the group to which they
belong. - ANSWER Discrimination.


13.The notification to the general public, by various media outlets, that
confirmed abduction of a child has happened. - ANSWER AMBER alert.


14.In reference to influence on police/community relations, the most
influential level in any police agency is the - ANSWER patrol level.


15.The police action that tends to have the greatest effect on public perception
of the police is - ANSWER traffic enforcement.


16.Which of the following is the main barrier to communication when the
police deal with citizens? - ANSWER Treating citizens as children.


17.Occasionally, the press works at cross-purposes with the police, and this
sometimes hinders law enforcement. This is particularly true in - ANSWER
kidnapping cases.


18.When citizens feel that a police officer has treated them improperly, they
sometimes initiate complaints. Officers should know that the majority of
complaints concern - ANSWER noncriminal conduct.

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