VA LETC Week 1 Exam Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Secretary of VA: Denis McDonough
Answer:
Responsible to the Pres. for the admin. of the VA
Chief advisor on the VA
Vested w/ full authority to operate the VA
Implement laws that govern the VA
Establishes policies governing operations & organizational structures of the VA
Q: Executive Order 5398
Answer:
Veterans Administration Created by What Exectutive Order?
Q: VHA, VBA, NCA
Answer:
3 Major Branches of the VA
Q: Oct 28 1988
Answer:
Date Congress passed the "Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Act"?
Q: Secretary of VA
Answer:
Dennis McDonough Responsible to the President, members the cabinet, full
authority of VA
Q: Deputy Secretary of VA
Answer:
Carolyn Clancy
Shares Responsibility, directs policy & Ops of VA on daily basis.
Q: Asst. Secretary for operations, security and preparedness
,Answer:
facilitates & integrates VA's comprehensive emergency management "All Hazards
Program"
Q: Frederick Jackson
Answer:
Director of OS AND LE
Q: Michael Franklin
Answer:
Director of Police Services
Q: Dr. James L Ward
Answer:
VA CHIEF OF POLICE
Q: 5 Core Values
Answer:
ICARE(Integrity,Commitment,Advocacy,Respect and excellence)
Q: Voluntary Compliance
Answer:
Process of meeting the legal requirements of a wrong doing by the persons own
free will. Getting people to do what you want them to do because its the right thing
to do.
Q: VA police can make an arrest when :
Answer:
a MISDEMEANOR is committed in the presence of the ofcr. or when a FELONY
has been committed & probable cause exists that the person arrested committed it.
Q: The Goal of Law Enforcement is to generate :
Answer:
Voluntary Compliance
Q: Identify when the Veterans Administration was originally formed and how it
transitioned into the Department of Veterans Affairs.
,Answer:
Order 5398, signed by President Herbert Hoover on July 21, 1930.
Oct 25th Congress passed legislation that became the VA with an effective date of
march 15th 1989
President George Bush (senior) implemented the Act in 1989 and the VA became a
cabinet-level department.
Q: VHA is responsible for
Answer:
Addresses all areas of health care services
. ■ Nation's largest provider of graduate medical education
. ■ Major contributor to medical and scientific research.
VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including surgery, critical
care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy
Q: The VBA is Responsible for
Answer:
Veterans Benefits, Pensions, Vocational Rehabilitation and employment,
Education, Home Loans and Life Insurance
Q: The NCA is responsible for
Answer:
All Funeral matters/ Burial Benefits
Q: Office of Security and Law Enforcement
Answer:
Mr .Fredrick Jackson Reports to the Chief Security Officer
Responsible for policy and assessment of VA police service Nationwide
Q: VA Chief Of Police
Answer:
Dr. James Ward
Reports to the Chief Security Officer
Responsible for the Police Modernization Office and the Law Enforcement
Training Center
, Q: Recognize how the VA Police support the Mission of the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the veteran patient experience.
Answer:
To Assist Those Who Cannot Care For Themselves:
A police officer not only has a duty, but an obligation, to help people who are less
fortunate
Q: We are preserving the peace and maintaining order by lending assistance
Answer:
not by threats, intimidation, or arrest. As we give assistance to others, we are
fulfilling our obligation as a VA Police Officer.
Q: Mission (OS&LE)
Answer:
(Mission) Deliver professional law enforcement and security services, while
maintaining law and order ,and the protection of persons and property on VA
campuses and buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Q: Mission of the VA Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC).
Answer:
(Mission) To provide high-quality law enforcement training for those men and
women who protect the Veterans, staff, visitors, and infrastructure on Department
of Veterans Affairs property, as well as that of other government agencies with
limited jurisdictions.
Q: Introduction to the Federal Law Enforcement training Accreditation (FLETA)
Program.
Answer:
Began in 2000 to increase professionalism of federal law enforcement training.
Accreditation is a process of self-regulation with the goal of successfully achieving
and maintaining compliance with a set of standards that have been collectively
established within the federal law enforcement community.
FLETA Accreditation ■ Ensures quality training ■ Increases confidence among
leadership ■ Increases confidence among the public ■ Builds law enforcement
alliances
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Secretary of VA: Denis McDonough
Answer:
Responsible to the Pres. for the admin. of the VA
Chief advisor on the VA
Vested w/ full authority to operate the VA
Implement laws that govern the VA
Establishes policies governing operations & organizational structures of the VA
Q: Executive Order 5398
Answer:
Veterans Administration Created by What Exectutive Order?
Q: VHA, VBA, NCA
Answer:
3 Major Branches of the VA
Q: Oct 28 1988
Answer:
Date Congress passed the "Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Act"?
Q: Secretary of VA
Answer:
Dennis McDonough Responsible to the President, members the cabinet, full
authority of VA
Q: Deputy Secretary of VA
Answer:
Carolyn Clancy
Shares Responsibility, directs policy & Ops of VA on daily basis.
Q: Asst. Secretary for operations, security and preparedness
,Answer:
facilitates & integrates VA's comprehensive emergency management "All Hazards
Program"
Q: Frederick Jackson
Answer:
Director of OS AND LE
Q: Michael Franklin
Answer:
Director of Police Services
Q: Dr. James L Ward
Answer:
VA CHIEF OF POLICE
Q: 5 Core Values
Answer:
ICARE(Integrity,Commitment,Advocacy,Respect and excellence)
Q: Voluntary Compliance
Answer:
Process of meeting the legal requirements of a wrong doing by the persons own
free will. Getting people to do what you want them to do because its the right thing
to do.
Q: VA police can make an arrest when :
Answer:
a MISDEMEANOR is committed in the presence of the ofcr. or when a FELONY
has been committed & probable cause exists that the person arrested committed it.
Q: The Goal of Law Enforcement is to generate :
Answer:
Voluntary Compliance
Q: Identify when the Veterans Administration was originally formed and how it
transitioned into the Department of Veterans Affairs.
,Answer:
Order 5398, signed by President Herbert Hoover on July 21, 1930.
Oct 25th Congress passed legislation that became the VA with an effective date of
march 15th 1989
President George Bush (senior) implemented the Act in 1989 and the VA became a
cabinet-level department.
Q: VHA is responsible for
Answer:
Addresses all areas of health care services
. ■ Nation's largest provider of graduate medical education
. ■ Major contributor to medical and scientific research.
VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including surgery, critical
care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy
Q: The VBA is Responsible for
Answer:
Veterans Benefits, Pensions, Vocational Rehabilitation and employment,
Education, Home Loans and Life Insurance
Q: The NCA is responsible for
Answer:
All Funeral matters/ Burial Benefits
Q: Office of Security and Law Enforcement
Answer:
Mr .Fredrick Jackson Reports to the Chief Security Officer
Responsible for policy and assessment of VA police service Nationwide
Q: VA Chief Of Police
Answer:
Dr. James Ward
Reports to the Chief Security Officer
Responsible for the Police Modernization Office and the Law Enforcement
Training Center
, Q: Recognize how the VA Police support the Mission of the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the veteran patient experience.
Answer:
To Assist Those Who Cannot Care For Themselves:
A police officer not only has a duty, but an obligation, to help people who are less
fortunate
Q: We are preserving the peace and maintaining order by lending assistance
Answer:
not by threats, intimidation, or arrest. As we give assistance to others, we are
fulfilling our obligation as a VA Police Officer.
Q: Mission (OS&LE)
Answer:
(Mission) Deliver professional law enforcement and security services, while
maintaining law and order ,and the protection of persons and property on VA
campuses and buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Q: Mission of the VA Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC).
Answer:
(Mission) To provide high-quality law enforcement training for those men and
women who protect the Veterans, staff, visitors, and infrastructure on Department
of Veterans Affairs property, as well as that of other government agencies with
limited jurisdictions.
Q: Introduction to the Federal Law Enforcement training Accreditation (FLETA)
Program.
Answer:
Began in 2000 to increase professionalism of federal law enforcement training.
Accreditation is a process of self-regulation with the goal of successfully achieving
and maintaining compliance with a set of standards that have been collectively
established within the federal law enforcement community.
FLETA Accreditation ■ Ensures quality training ■ Increases confidence among
leadership ■ Increases confidence among the public ■ Builds law enforcement
alliances
