APCO POLICE COMMUNICATIONS 2026 EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔After getting the location of the emergency from the colour, the next most important
piece of information is: - ✔✔Caller's call back number
✔✔Which type of crime has the highest incidence in Canada? - ✔✔Property crime
✔✔At what stage of the dispatch process would a dispatcher be monitoring on scene
Communications by actively listening for transmissions that might go unnoticed? -
✔✔post-dispatch
✔✔Police dispatchers need to maintain radio contact with responders to ensure
responses are all of the following except: - ✔✔Selective
✔✔In what year were Provincial Police Department established to police vast rural
areas of Eastern Canada? - ✔✔1867
✔✔Which of the following codes denotes a request that a breathalyzer operator is
required? - ✔✔10-68
✔✔Which of the following codes denotes a request by a police officer for location
information? - ✔✔10-20
✔✔What is used in Radio Systems to ensure that surveillance, special enforcement
activities, or tactical operations are not compromised? - ✔✔Encryption
✔✔Tactical channels are often used for routine response calls where a single unit is
attending a high priority call such as an armed robbery. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which one of these is not one of the critical information elements weighed and
McPherson note as being part of a call takers Duty? - ✔✔Notify responding units of
Post-Dispatch information
✔✔Which city is credited with deploying the first one way radio car in 1929? - ✔✔Detroit
✔✔According to police procedure, when a member of a police service is in doubt about
the acceptability of any CAD related communication or activity, the member shall: -
✔✔Consult their supervisor
✔✔Which criminological theory suggests that crime is shaped by factors external to the
individual, including their experiences within the neighbourhood, the peer group, and the
family? - ✔✔Sociological
, ✔✔Aircraft emergencies can be called into a PSAP by the pilot or passenger on board,
or buy a witness on the ground. - ✔✔True
✔✔Bomb threats may be called in by a first-party (The bomb maker) for a third-party (a
witness or recipient of the bomb or the threat). - ✔✔True
✔✔An incident cannot be classified as a robbery if no weapon was used. - ✔✔False
✔✔From the list of incident types, identify which ones are crimes against persons. -
✔✔Abduction, adduction, stabbing/shooting, robbery, mischief, breaking and entering
✔✔In the event of a foot or vehicle Pursuit, the telecommunicator is usually responsible
for which of the following? - ✔✔Alerting nearby units about the pursuit
✔✔Telecommunicator should handle all reports of missing persons equally, not thinking
about circumstances, such as age, mental or physical condition or the suspect's
behavior. - ✔✔False
✔✔A fail to remain incident type refers only to a vehicle striking a pedestrian and
leaving the scene of the accident without providing any assistance or identification. -
✔✔False
✔✔APCO Guide cards include all caller questions, vital points questions, and often
provide pre-arrival instructions. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which principles provide the foundation of Police Service delivery in Canada? -
✔✔Peel
✔✔How does a cad system sort and identify priority calls? - ✔✔Stacking
✔✔UCR data reflect reported crime that has been substantiated by the crown attorney
in court. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is the first order of business for law enforcement organizations? - ✔✔Crime
prevention
✔✔Who pointed to the differential opportunity structures available to lower class young
people in different neighborhoods, such as criminal, conflict and retreatist as
explanations of crime? - ✔✔cloward and Ohlin
✔✔What is the definition of IPAWS? - ✔✔The Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔After getting the location of the emergency from the colour, the next most important
piece of information is: - ✔✔Caller's call back number
✔✔Which type of crime has the highest incidence in Canada? - ✔✔Property crime
✔✔At what stage of the dispatch process would a dispatcher be monitoring on scene
Communications by actively listening for transmissions that might go unnoticed? -
✔✔post-dispatch
✔✔Police dispatchers need to maintain radio contact with responders to ensure
responses are all of the following except: - ✔✔Selective
✔✔In what year were Provincial Police Department established to police vast rural
areas of Eastern Canada? - ✔✔1867
✔✔Which of the following codes denotes a request that a breathalyzer operator is
required? - ✔✔10-68
✔✔Which of the following codes denotes a request by a police officer for location
information? - ✔✔10-20
✔✔What is used in Radio Systems to ensure that surveillance, special enforcement
activities, or tactical operations are not compromised? - ✔✔Encryption
✔✔Tactical channels are often used for routine response calls where a single unit is
attending a high priority call such as an armed robbery. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which one of these is not one of the critical information elements weighed and
McPherson note as being part of a call takers Duty? - ✔✔Notify responding units of
Post-Dispatch information
✔✔Which city is credited with deploying the first one way radio car in 1929? - ✔✔Detroit
✔✔According to police procedure, when a member of a police service is in doubt about
the acceptability of any CAD related communication or activity, the member shall: -
✔✔Consult their supervisor
✔✔Which criminological theory suggests that crime is shaped by factors external to the
individual, including their experiences within the neighbourhood, the peer group, and the
family? - ✔✔Sociological
, ✔✔Aircraft emergencies can be called into a PSAP by the pilot or passenger on board,
or buy a witness on the ground. - ✔✔True
✔✔Bomb threats may be called in by a first-party (The bomb maker) for a third-party (a
witness or recipient of the bomb or the threat). - ✔✔True
✔✔An incident cannot be classified as a robbery if no weapon was used. - ✔✔False
✔✔From the list of incident types, identify which ones are crimes against persons. -
✔✔Abduction, adduction, stabbing/shooting, robbery, mischief, breaking and entering
✔✔In the event of a foot or vehicle Pursuit, the telecommunicator is usually responsible
for which of the following? - ✔✔Alerting nearby units about the pursuit
✔✔Telecommunicator should handle all reports of missing persons equally, not thinking
about circumstances, such as age, mental or physical condition or the suspect's
behavior. - ✔✔False
✔✔A fail to remain incident type refers only to a vehicle striking a pedestrian and
leaving the scene of the accident without providing any assistance or identification. -
✔✔False
✔✔APCO Guide cards include all caller questions, vital points questions, and often
provide pre-arrival instructions. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which principles provide the foundation of Police Service delivery in Canada? -
✔✔Peel
✔✔How does a cad system sort and identify priority calls? - ✔✔Stacking
✔✔UCR data reflect reported crime that has been substantiated by the crown attorney
in court. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is the first order of business for law enforcement organizations? - ✔✔Crime
prevention
✔✔Who pointed to the differential opportunity structures available to lower class young
people in different neighborhoods, such as criminal, conflict and retreatist as
explanations of crime? - ✔✔cloward and Ohlin
✔✔What is the definition of IPAWS? - ✔✔The Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System
