NV POST EXAM /STATE OF NEVADA WORK
CARD STUDY GUIDE /NV STATE LAW
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The age constituting an older person - ANSWER-60 or older
Abuse of an older person - ANSWER-Willful and unjustified by a person (suspect)
of infliction of pain, injury or mental anguish on an older person (victim).
Exploitation - ANSWER-Any act taken by a person (suspect) who has the trust and
confidence of an older person.
Isolation - ANSWER-Willfully, maliciously and intentionally preventing an older
person or a vulnerable person from having contact with another person or a family
member.
Neglect - ANSWER-The failure of a person who has assumed legal responsibility
or a contractual obligation for caring for an older/vulnerable person.
3 main causes of traffic crashes - ANSWER-Vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
4 reasons why traffic crashes are investigated - ANSWER-1. Criminal prosecution
2. Civil liability
3. Public service
4. Improve traffic/vehicle safety
5 elements of a traffic crash - ANSWER-1. Unplanned
2. Must involve a motor vehicle or an object set in motion by a motor vehicle
3. Must be in transport
4. Must occur on a highway
5. Must be damage
3 classifications of a crash - ANSWER-1. Property damage
2. Injury
3. Death
,13 steps in crash investigation - ANSWER-1. Getting to the scene
2. Establishing initial traffic control
3. Checking for injuries and emergencies
4. Completing traffic control
5. Locating drivers and witnesses
6. Photograph the crash scene
7. Examining the crash vehicles
8. Examining roadway/roadside marks and conditions.
9. Clear the crash scene
10. Complete the investigation
11. Determine what happened
12. The enforcement action
13. Complete forms and reports
Active Assailant - ANSWER-An individual actively engaged in killing or
attempting to kill people in a confined or populated area
How past active assailant incidents led to current law enforcement policies
regarding active assailant response - ANSWER-After Columbine, law enforcement
must be trained as first responders who are able to act swiftly to put quick and
deliberate end to an active shooter incident.
Characteristics of an active shooter - ANSWER-1. Likely to engage more than one
target.
2. Intentions are usually an expression of hatred or rage.
3. Often have made detailed plans for an attack.
4. Often, but not always, are suicidal.
Difference between an active assailant and barricade/hostage situations -
ANSWER-1. Active assailant is an individual or group of individuals who,
regardless of motivation, ideology, or means, are actively killing victims.
2. A barricaded subject is a person who has secured themselves within a location,
dis-allowing access to law enforcement/first responders, who may or may not have
hostages.
3. Active assailant demands quick, direct action. Barricaded subjects should be
handled with teams and negotiators, etc...
,Describe the role and function EMS plays in response to an active assailant -
ANSWER-EMS responders will triage and medically treat the most seriously
injured.
Preventative Patrol - ANSWER-Directly attempts to eliminate opportunity for
misconduct. Accomplished by increasing police presence.
Directed enforcement - ANSWER-Creates specialized groups to target specific
issues that are occurring in a police department's community.
Distance - ANSWER-Maintaining a reactionary gap with the suspect. The
reactionary gap is a term used to describe how long a police officer has to react to a
changing situation.
Stance - ANSWER-As an officer you want to have a good stance that provides the
most stability and gives you the tactical advantage over the suspect.
Positioning - ANSWER-Refers to how you and your partner position yourselves
regarding the location of the suspect(s).
Procedure for transporting persons in custody - ANSWER-Proper handcuffing,
proper search of suspect, visual search of area suspect is to be placed, placement of
subject, securing suspect in vehicle, juveniles, radio transmission,
decontamination/medical considerations.
Responsibilities an officer has for the care and custody of those stopped, detained,
arrested or housed - ANSWER-1. Where they pull over/where they make the party
stand.
2. The persons safety during the stop.
3. Concluding the stop and the citizen reentering the flow of traffic.
Searching regarding transports - ANSWER-1. Vehicle: Ensure the entire backseat
of the patrol vehicle is cleaned prior to the shift.
2. Arrestee: A full and systematic search should be done prior to transport.
, Positional asphyxia - ANSWER-When a person is placed in an improper position
that causes a respiratory distress leading to lack of oxygenation and/or cardiac
arrhythmia. could result in death.
Right of a person to make telephone calls NRS 171.153 - ANSWER-The
exceptions that can deny the right to make phone calls include the following: 1.
Physically impossible and 2. Long distance
Elements for child harm/injury/endangerment - ANSWER-any person willfully
causing or permitting any child to suffer, or inflicting unjustifiable physical pain or
mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child less than 18 years old,
and willfully causing or permitting that child to be placed in such a situation that
his or her person or health is endangered.
Physical abuse of a child - ANSWER-Includes: sprain or dislocation, damage to
cartilage, a fracture of a bone or the skull, an intracranial hemorrhage or injury to
internal organ, burn or scalding, cut or laceration, puncture or bite, etc.
Lewd or lascivious acts with a child - ANSWER-Lewdness with a child under 16.
Willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, other than acts
constituting sexual assault, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof,
of a child under 16, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust
or passions or sexual desires of that person or of that child.
Possession of Child Pornography - ANSWER-An act in which a person knowingly
possesses or controls material showing a person under 18 years of age engaging in
or simulating sexual conduct. First offense - Felony.
Unlawful sexual intercourse - ANSWER-Means cunnilingus, fellatio, or any
intrusion, however slight, of any person's body or any object manipulated or
inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body.
Civil Liability - ANSWER-Potential responsibility for payment of damages or
other court-ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in a lawsuit.
Vicarious Liability - ANSWER-Liability for the negligent or criminal acts of
another person that is assigned to someone by law.
CARD STUDY GUIDE /NV STATE LAW
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The age constituting an older person - ANSWER-60 or older
Abuse of an older person - ANSWER-Willful and unjustified by a person (suspect)
of infliction of pain, injury or mental anguish on an older person (victim).
Exploitation - ANSWER-Any act taken by a person (suspect) who has the trust and
confidence of an older person.
Isolation - ANSWER-Willfully, maliciously and intentionally preventing an older
person or a vulnerable person from having contact with another person or a family
member.
Neglect - ANSWER-The failure of a person who has assumed legal responsibility
or a contractual obligation for caring for an older/vulnerable person.
3 main causes of traffic crashes - ANSWER-Vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
4 reasons why traffic crashes are investigated - ANSWER-1. Criminal prosecution
2. Civil liability
3. Public service
4. Improve traffic/vehicle safety
5 elements of a traffic crash - ANSWER-1. Unplanned
2. Must involve a motor vehicle or an object set in motion by a motor vehicle
3. Must be in transport
4. Must occur on a highway
5. Must be damage
3 classifications of a crash - ANSWER-1. Property damage
2. Injury
3. Death
,13 steps in crash investigation - ANSWER-1. Getting to the scene
2. Establishing initial traffic control
3. Checking for injuries and emergencies
4. Completing traffic control
5. Locating drivers and witnesses
6. Photograph the crash scene
7. Examining the crash vehicles
8. Examining roadway/roadside marks and conditions.
9. Clear the crash scene
10. Complete the investigation
11. Determine what happened
12. The enforcement action
13. Complete forms and reports
Active Assailant - ANSWER-An individual actively engaged in killing or
attempting to kill people in a confined or populated area
How past active assailant incidents led to current law enforcement policies
regarding active assailant response - ANSWER-After Columbine, law enforcement
must be trained as first responders who are able to act swiftly to put quick and
deliberate end to an active shooter incident.
Characteristics of an active shooter - ANSWER-1. Likely to engage more than one
target.
2. Intentions are usually an expression of hatred or rage.
3. Often have made detailed plans for an attack.
4. Often, but not always, are suicidal.
Difference between an active assailant and barricade/hostage situations -
ANSWER-1. Active assailant is an individual or group of individuals who,
regardless of motivation, ideology, or means, are actively killing victims.
2. A barricaded subject is a person who has secured themselves within a location,
dis-allowing access to law enforcement/first responders, who may or may not have
hostages.
3. Active assailant demands quick, direct action. Barricaded subjects should be
handled with teams and negotiators, etc...
,Describe the role and function EMS plays in response to an active assailant -
ANSWER-EMS responders will triage and medically treat the most seriously
injured.
Preventative Patrol - ANSWER-Directly attempts to eliminate opportunity for
misconduct. Accomplished by increasing police presence.
Directed enforcement - ANSWER-Creates specialized groups to target specific
issues that are occurring in a police department's community.
Distance - ANSWER-Maintaining a reactionary gap with the suspect. The
reactionary gap is a term used to describe how long a police officer has to react to a
changing situation.
Stance - ANSWER-As an officer you want to have a good stance that provides the
most stability and gives you the tactical advantage over the suspect.
Positioning - ANSWER-Refers to how you and your partner position yourselves
regarding the location of the suspect(s).
Procedure for transporting persons in custody - ANSWER-Proper handcuffing,
proper search of suspect, visual search of area suspect is to be placed, placement of
subject, securing suspect in vehicle, juveniles, radio transmission,
decontamination/medical considerations.
Responsibilities an officer has for the care and custody of those stopped, detained,
arrested or housed - ANSWER-1. Where they pull over/where they make the party
stand.
2. The persons safety during the stop.
3. Concluding the stop and the citizen reentering the flow of traffic.
Searching regarding transports - ANSWER-1. Vehicle: Ensure the entire backseat
of the patrol vehicle is cleaned prior to the shift.
2. Arrestee: A full and systematic search should be done prior to transport.
, Positional asphyxia - ANSWER-When a person is placed in an improper position
that causes a respiratory distress leading to lack of oxygenation and/or cardiac
arrhythmia. could result in death.
Right of a person to make telephone calls NRS 171.153 - ANSWER-The
exceptions that can deny the right to make phone calls include the following: 1.
Physically impossible and 2. Long distance
Elements for child harm/injury/endangerment - ANSWER-any person willfully
causing or permitting any child to suffer, or inflicting unjustifiable physical pain or
mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child less than 18 years old,
and willfully causing or permitting that child to be placed in such a situation that
his or her person or health is endangered.
Physical abuse of a child - ANSWER-Includes: sprain or dislocation, damage to
cartilage, a fracture of a bone or the skull, an intracranial hemorrhage or injury to
internal organ, burn or scalding, cut or laceration, puncture or bite, etc.
Lewd or lascivious acts with a child - ANSWER-Lewdness with a child under 16.
Willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, other than acts
constituting sexual assault, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof,
of a child under 16, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust
or passions or sexual desires of that person or of that child.
Possession of Child Pornography - ANSWER-An act in which a person knowingly
possesses or controls material showing a person under 18 years of age engaging in
or simulating sexual conduct. First offense - Felony.
Unlawful sexual intercourse - ANSWER-Means cunnilingus, fellatio, or any
intrusion, however slight, of any person's body or any object manipulated or
inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body.
Civil Liability - ANSWER-Potential responsibility for payment of damages or
other court-ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in a lawsuit.
Vicarious Liability - ANSWER-Liability for the negligent or criminal acts of
another person that is assigned to someone by law.
