POLICE SERGEANT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+<RECENT VERSION>

POLICE SERGEANT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+&lt;RECENT VERSION&gt; 1) Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping violations of the law from happening are most widely known as - ANSWER crime prevention. 2) These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force, and mental or psychological abuse. - ANSWER Third degree tactics. 3) This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame. - ANSWER Exculpatory evidence. 4) A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner normally responsible for? - ANSWER Securing the body of the deceased, as well as all associated clothing and personal property. 5) You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to determine if the motorist is intoxicated. During the test, the motorist experiences difficulty maintaining equilibrium. This is known as - ANSWER the Romberg sign. 6) In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an accident scene, it is important for an officer to measure skid marks to - ANSWER the nearest inch. 7) Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating - ANSWER robberies and street muggings. 8) An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to determine whether both came from the same source. - ANSWER Standard of comparison. 9) You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol officers originally thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three patrol cars on the scene. The lead officer tells you that the suspects fled over an hour ago. What should you have the other officers do? - ANSWER Report back to service. 10) The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of a particular crime by gathering information from witnesses and suspects. Which of the following is of least concern to the police? - ANSWER Why. 11) The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at protecting citizens against the improper actions of which of the following? - ANSWER The Government. 12) Which of the following is the highest court in our nation? - ANSWER The Supreme Court. 13) The United States has determined that free speech is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following situations would not be protected under the First Amendment? - ANSWER Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater where there is no fire. 14) Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy or being tried twice for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that none of the following situations amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT - ANSWER when a defendant is tried twice for the same act, once under state statutes and once under federal statutes. 15) A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of submersion? - ANSWER 8 to 10 days. 16) The understanding of human behavior is paramount to good supervisory practices. A variety of barriers may get in the way of the ability of personnel to perform at their peak. When the barrier is an inadequate salary, this would be called a - ANSWER situational barrier. 17) According to experts in the field of law enforcement, when searching for a lost child, which of these areas should be searched first? - ANSWER The immediate area from where the child disappeared. 18) What is the result of psychological problems that go unaddressed and untreated? - ANSWER The program grow in severity and become worse. 19) Under most standard regulations for dealing with complaints, at what point in the process does a complaint officially become a grievance? - ANSWER When the supervisor fails to resolve the complaint and refers it to the next level of management. 20) Death by attempting to sexually gratify oneself with the use of ropes and pulleys and contraption to choke oneself is called - ANSWER auto-erotic asphyxiation. 21) It is agreed among present-day industrial psychologists that there are several steps in the teaching process. These include the "introduction step," the "presentation step," the "application step," and the "test step." problem solving or role playing should be used during which of these steps? - ANSWER The application step. 22) Law enforcement officers acting under the color of law who violate a person's Fourth Amendment rights are subject to a suit for damages and other remedies in Federal Courts under this federal statute. - ANSWER 42 USC 1983 23) The portion of a residence that is not open to the public and is reserved for private owner or family use. - ANSWER Curtilage. 24) A conference that consists of persons with widely differing ranks is most accurately referred to as - ANSWER a vertical conference. 25) Supervisors at the scene of an unusual incident, such as a riot, should know that their initial responsibility is to - ANSWER evaluate the incident and report back to superior officers. 26) The appraisal made of the police by the general public is brought about in large measure by the encounters between citizens and the police during traffic stops. The police sergeant should emphasize to his or her subordinates that the police officer's salutation to the violator should NOT be - ANSWER condescending. 27) Photographing the exterior of a building where a crime occurred, a hallway leading to the exact location of the crime, and the exact location itself is most accurately referred to as - ANSWER orientation. 28) On-the-scene identification of a suspect by a victim or witness to a crime is called a - ANSWER show up. 29) Generally at the scene of a crime for the purpose of compiling facts in the order in which they present themselves is known as - ANSWER field notes. 30) When it becomes necessary to handcuff a suspect behind his or her back, the best course of action is to - ANSWER use the double lock to prevent the cuffs from tightening and have the suspect's palms in a outward position. 31) Today's writing style of police reports should reflect - ANSWER writing reports in the first person, active voice, and using the conventional English style. 32) This seminal experiment found that traditional routine patrol strategies in marked police cars do not appear to affect the level of crime, nor does it affect the public's feeling of security. - ANSWER Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment. 33) On a burglary-in-progress call, once you have searched a particular room or portion of the building, what is the best way to "clear" the searched area? - ANSWER Close the door and place available furniture in strategic locations so it would have to be moved by someone to pass though that area. 34) 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.