UTAH SFO FINAL EXAM Question and Answer
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• Trustworthiness . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Respect . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Responsibility . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Fairness . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Caring . CORRECT ANSWER: Heart of ethics, one of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Citizenship . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Peelian principles . CORRECT ANSWER: Maintaining a relationship with the public.
• Police legitimacy . CORRECT ANSWER: Dependent on public approval.
• Minimum degree of force . CORRECT ANSWER: Use only after persuasion, advice,
and warning prove insufficient.
• Gratuities . CORRECT ANSWER: Gifts accepted by officers.
• Grass eaters . CORRECT ANSWER: Officers who accept gifts.
• Meat eaters . CORRECT ANSWER: Officers who seek gifts.
• Nonfeasance . CORRECT ANSWER: Failure to carry out duty to standard.
• Misfeasance . CORRECT ANSWER: Act that is proper but wrongful.
• Noble cause corruption . CORRECT ANSWER: Ends justify the means.
• Malfeasance . CORRECT ANSWER: Intentionally wrongful conduct.
• Self-awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• Self-regulation . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• Motivation . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• Social skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
,• Decision making . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• System 1 . CORRECT ANSWER: Fast, automatic, emotional, reaction.
• System 2 . CORRECT ANSWER: Deliberate, conscious, logical.
• 5 step decision making process . CORRECT ANSWER: Identify problem, Research,
Analyze, Identify & implement a solution, Evaluate solution.
• OODA Loop . CORRECT ANSWER: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
• PLUS Filters . CORRECT ANSWER: Policies, Legal, Universal, Self.
• Interpersonal . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Intrapersonal . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Stress management . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Adaptability . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• General mood . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Physical noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Physiological noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Psychological noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Semantic noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Cultural noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Distance . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
• Awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
• Balance . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
• Self-control . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
,• Sympathetic nervous system . CORRECT ANSWER: Part of the Automatic Nervous
System.
• Fight, flight, freeze, or fawn . CORRECT ANSWER: Responses activated by the
Sympathetic nervous system.
• Increased adrenaline . CORRECT ANSWER: A response of the Sympathetic nervous
system.
• Vasoconstriction . CORRECT ANSWER: A response of the Sympathetic nervous
system.
• Tunnel vision . CORRECT ANSWER: A response of the Sympathetic nervous system.
• 4 triggers to activate SNS . CORRECT ANSWER: Threat in close proximity, Fear of
killing, death, injury, failure, Physical exhaustion, Startle response.
• Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) . CORRECT ANSWER: Rest and digest,
calming the nerves, breathing.
• Motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Types include Fine, Complex, and Gross.
• Fine motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Small movements, fingers.
• Complex motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Series of muscles, multiple movements,
hand-eye coordination.
• Gross motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Arms, legs, large body parts.
• 145 bpm . CORRECT ANSWER: Heart rate at which fine motor skills are lost.
• 185 bpm . CORRECT ANSWER: Heart rate at which complex motor skills are lost.
• Frisk/Search positions . CORRECT ANSWER: Descending by level of control: Prone,
Kneeling, Standing.
• Terry frisk . CORRECT ANSWER: Refers to Terry v. Ohio.
• Reasonable force . CORRECT ANSWER: Constantly assess for a state of de-
escalation.
• Totality of situation . CORRECT ANSWER: Take into account life experience, law,
equipment available, officer/suspect physical matchup, access to weapons.
, • Liability in Use of Force . CORRECT ANSWER: What a reasonable officer would do in
the same situation with the same knowledge
• Types of Behavior . CORRECT ANSWER: Cognitive behavior - mentally acquiring,
processing, storing, and using information
• Murder of Kitty Genovese . CORRECT ANSWER: Bystander effect
• Milgram shock experiment . CORRECT ANSWER: In obedience over personal
conscience
• Types of Bias . CORRECT ANSWER: Confirmation Bias - tendency to notice, focus on
and give greater credence to evidence that fits our beliefs
• Types of Memory . CORRECT ANSWER: Explicit memory - conscious recollection of
info/experiences
• Nonassociative learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Changes in behavior to SINGLE
stimuli
• Habituation . CORRECT ANSWER: Forming habits filtering out irrelevant stimuli over
repetition
• Sensitization . CORRECT ANSWER: Intense or arousing stimuli, helps respond
effectively to harmful stimuli
• Associative learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Forming connections between two or
more stimuli. This is how you develop expectations, predictions, and learned
relationships.
• Classical conditioning . CORRECT ANSWER: Pavlovian
• Instrumental learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Reward & punishment
• Neurobiology of learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Neural connections - when neurons
fire together, they strengthen their connections
• Forming habits and skills . CORRECT ANSWER: More repetition = stronger neural
connections which eventually become habit
• Forming addiction . CORRECT ANSWER: With addictive substances, neural pathways
become reinforced, powerful, and resistant to change.
• Traumatic reactions . CORRECT ANSWER: Traumatic events can disrupt regular
neural pathways that affect memory, emotion, and stress responses.
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• Trustworthiness . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Respect . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Responsibility . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Fairness . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Caring . CORRECT ANSWER: Heart of ethics, one of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Citizenship . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 6 pillars of Character.
• Peelian principles . CORRECT ANSWER: Maintaining a relationship with the public.
• Police legitimacy . CORRECT ANSWER: Dependent on public approval.
• Minimum degree of force . CORRECT ANSWER: Use only after persuasion, advice,
and warning prove insufficient.
• Gratuities . CORRECT ANSWER: Gifts accepted by officers.
• Grass eaters . CORRECT ANSWER: Officers who accept gifts.
• Meat eaters . CORRECT ANSWER: Officers who seek gifts.
• Nonfeasance . CORRECT ANSWER: Failure to carry out duty to standard.
• Misfeasance . CORRECT ANSWER: Act that is proper but wrongful.
• Noble cause corruption . CORRECT ANSWER: Ends justify the means.
• Malfeasance . CORRECT ANSWER: Intentionally wrongful conduct.
• Self-awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• Self-regulation . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• Motivation . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• Social skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
,• Decision making . CORRECT ANSWER: Basic component of Emotional Intelligence.
• System 1 . CORRECT ANSWER: Fast, automatic, emotional, reaction.
• System 2 . CORRECT ANSWER: Deliberate, conscious, logical.
• 5 step decision making process . CORRECT ANSWER: Identify problem, Research,
Analyze, Identify & implement a solution, Evaluate solution.
• OODA Loop . CORRECT ANSWER: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
• PLUS Filters . CORRECT ANSWER: Policies, Legal, Universal, Self.
• Interpersonal . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Intrapersonal . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Stress management . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Adaptability . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• General mood . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 5 characteristics of Emotional
Intelligence.
• Physical noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Physiological noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Psychological noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Semantic noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Cultural noise . CORRECT ANSWER: Type of communication noise.
• Distance . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
• Awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
• Balance . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
• Self-control . CORRECT ANSWER: One of the 4 basic principles of Defensive Tactics.
,• Sympathetic nervous system . CORRECT ANSWER: Part of the Automatic Nervous
System.
• Fight, flight, freeze, or fawn . CORRECT ANSWER: Responses activated by the
Sympathetic nervous system.
• Increased adrenaline . CORRECT ANSWER: A response of the Sympathetic nervous
system.
• Vasoconstriction . CORRECT ANSWER: A response of the Sympathetic nervous
system.
• Tunnel vision . CORRECT ANSWER: A response of the Sympathetic nervous system.
• 4 triggers to activate SNS . CORRECT ANSWER: Threat in close proximity, Fear of
killing, death, injury, failure, Physical exhaustion, Startle response.
• Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) . CORRECT ANSWER: Rest and digest,
calming the nerves, breathing.
• Motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Types include Fine, Complex, and Gross.
• Fine motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Small movements, fingers.
• Complex motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Series of muscles, multiple movements,
hand-eye coordination.
• Gross motor skills . CORRECT ANSWER: Arms, legs, large body parts.
• 145 bpm . CORRECT ANSWER: Heart rate at which fine motor skills are lost.
• 185 bpm . CORRECT ANSWER: Heart rate at which complex motor skills are lost.
• Frisk/Search positions . CORRECT ANSWER: Descending by level of control: Prone,
Kneeling, Standing.
• Terry frisk . CORRECT ANSWER: Refers to Terry v. Ohio.
• Reasonable force . CORRECT ANSWER: Constantly assess for a state of de-
escalation.
• Totality of situation . CORRECT ANSWER: Take into account life experience, law,
equipment available, officer/suspect physical matchup, access to weapons.
, • Liability in Use of Force . CORRECT ANSWER: What a reasonable officer would do in
the same situation with the same knowledge
• Types of Behavior . CORRECT ANSWER: Cognitive behavior - mentally acquiring,
processing, storing, and using information
• Murder of Kitty Genovese . CORRECT ANSWER: Bystander effect
• Milgram shock experiment . CORRECT ANSWER: In obedience over personal
conscience
• Types of Bias . CORRECT ANSWER: Confirmation Bias - tendency to notice, focus on
and give greater credence to evidence that fits our beliefs
• Types of Memory . CORRECT ANSWER: Explicit memory - conscious recollection of
info/experiences
• Nonassociative learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Changes in behavior to SINGLE
stimuli
• Habituation . CORRECT ANSWER: Forming habits filtering out irrelevant stimuli over
repetition
• Sensitization . CORRECT ANSWER: Intense or arousing stimuli, helps respond
effectively to harmful stimuli
• Associative learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Forming connections between two or
more stimuli. This is how you develop expectations, predictions, and learned
relationships.
• Classical conditioning . CORRECT ANSWER: Pavlovian
• Instrumental learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Reward & punishment
• Neurobiology of learning . CORRECT ANSWER: Neural connections - when neurons
fire together, they strengthen their connections
• Forming habits and skills . CORRECT ANSWER: More repetition = stronger neural
connections which eventually become habit
• Forming addiction . CORRECT ANSWER: With addictive substances, neural pathways
become reinforced, powerful, and resistant to change.
• Traumatic reactions . CORRECT ANSWER: Traumatic events can disrupt regular
neural pathways that affect memory, emotion, and stress responses.
