COLORADO POST COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
Question:
What is sensory distortion?
Answer:
An officer may hallucinate that an offender already shot him
Question:
How does an officer react to the threat of another person?
Answer:
Locate, react, control, identify
Question:
The simplest way for an officer to relieve stress?
Answer:
Deep belly breathing
Question:
When is an officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in jail?
Answer:
When there is no room in an institution and he is placed in jail for safety reasons. Only a facility that
is suitable and readily available. A mentally ill person amy only be held in a jail for a maximum of
24 hours
,Question:
When there is a robbery in progress, and a suspect is in the area an officer should?
Answer:
Proceed as rapidly as possible but use extreme caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene
Question:
When an officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?
Answer:
Record any victim, witness and suspect statements related to the crime. Do not cherry pick your
witnesses
Question:
An officer's note taking is minimized at the crime scene by?
Answer:
The type of offense, conditions of the case, officer attitude, officer ability and the number of officers
assigned to the case
Question:
When going to the scene of a domestic disdpute, there are four phases, what are they?
Answer:
Assess the situation Take immediate corrective action Listen and observe Follow-up
Question:
When an officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the witness heard a loud noise,
what perception might the witness have?
Answer:
A small crowd may seem large
, Question:
When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?
Answer:
Tactical techniques that buy you the greatest safety. (Diagonal deployment)
Question:
Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur when a locked and sliding
wheel bounces over a bump, rut, rails or hole in the road. It is called?
Answer:
A skip skid mark
Question:
Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?
Answer:
Turn the wheel to the left
Question:
On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach?
Answer:
Tactical Edge states on p. 291 that when working with a partner, one officer approach only, the
officer must stay out of the kill zone
Question:
What is verbal judo used for?
Answer:
To get the individual to comply with verbal demands
SOLUTIONS
Question:
What is sensory distortion?
Answer:
An officer may hallucinate that an offender already shot him
Question:
How does an officer react to the threat of another person?
Answer:
Locate, react, control, identify
Question:
The simplest way for an officer to relieve stress?
Answer:
Deep belly breathing
Question:
When is an officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in jail?
Answer:
When there is no room in an institution and he is placed in jail for safety reasons. Only a facility that
is suitable and readily available. A mentally ill person amy only be held in a jail for a maximum of
24 hours
,Question:
When there is a robbery in progress, and a suspect is in the area an officer should?
Answer:
Proceed as rapidly as possible but use extreme caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene
Question:
When an officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?
Answer:
Record any victim, witness and suspect statements related to the crime. Do not cherry pick your
witnesses
Question:
An officer's note taking is minimized at the crime scene by?
Answer:
The type of offense, conditions of the case, officer attitude, officer ability and the number of officers
assigned to the case
Question:
When going to the scene of a domestic disdpute, there are four phases, what are they?
Answer:
Assess the situation Take immediate corrective action Listen and observe Follow-up
Question:
When an officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the witness heard a loud noise,
what perception might the witness have?
Answer:
A small crowd may seem large
, Question:
When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?
Answer:
Tactical techniques that buy you the greatest safety. (Diagonal deployment)
Question:
Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur when a locked and sliding
wheel bounces over a bump, rut, rails or hole in the road. It is called?
Answer:
A skip skid mark
Question:
Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?
Answer:
Turn the wheel to the left
Question:
On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach?
Answer:
Tactical Edge states on p. 291 that when working with a partner, one officer approach only, the
officer must stay out of the kill zone
Question:
What is verbal judo used for?
Answer:
To get the individual to comply with verbal demands
