OPOTA PRACTICE TEST EXAM 2
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question.
Answer: The test question must respond directly to an SPO and
every SPO may be the basis of a test question
◉ Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training.
Answer: To be able to protect the life and property of yourself and
the public
◉ 4511.
Answer: Traffic Laws - operation of motor vehicles
◉ 4513.
Answer: Equipment Violations
◉ 4549.
Answer: Criminal Traffic section
◉ 4510.
Answer: Covers driver's license suspensions
,◉ List a Peace officers main goals.
Answer: -enforce laws
-preserve the peace
-prevent crimes
-protect civil rights and liberties
-provide services
◉ Explain the factors necessary for the commission of a crime.
Answer: Opportunity, Ability, and Desire
◉ State the purpose of the Bill of Rights.
Answer: -Protect an individual's freedoms
-Prevent the government from interfering in protected rights
◉ Laws are designed to.
Answer: -Maintain order
-enhance predictability
-promote orderly social change
-sustain individual rights
-identify wrongdoers
-mandate punishment
,◉ Describe the major components of the criminal justice system.
Answer: Law enforcement, courts, corrections
◉ Identify the relationship between race, genetics, and physical
characteristics.
Answer: Race is a modern concept used to classify people as similar,
observable physical characteristics, it is not based on genetics.
humans are genetically similar of all species, there is no distinct
genetic profile that completely distinguishes one so called race from
another.
◉ The connection between in-groups and out-groups and police
legitimacy.
Answer: Some individuals interpret their encounters with police in
terms of their groups societal position rather than the immediate
circumstance of the police contact
◉ Types of Racism.
Answer: -Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
, ◉ Two types of Bias.
Answer: Explicit bias and implicit bias - common characteristics
• Everyone possesses them
• They have real-world effects on behavior
• They can relate, for example, to race, religion, gender, sexuality,
disability, height, weight, or age
Explicit bias - conscious preference (positive or negative) for a social
category
Implicit bias - preference (positive or negative) for a social category
based on stereotypes or attitudes that we hold and tend to develop
early in life and that operate outside of our awareness
◉ Two modes of thinking.
Answer: Automatic (System 1)
- unconscious
-effortless
-automatic
-uses associative memory
-very fast
More deliberative (System 2)
-conscious
-effortful
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question.
Answer: The test question must respond directly to an SPO and
every SPO may be the basis of a test question
◉ Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training.
Answer: To be able to protect the life and property of yourself and
the public
◉ 4511.
Answer: Traffic Laws - operation of motor vehicles
◉ 4513.
Answer: Equipment Violations
◉ 4549.
Answer: Criminal Traffic section
◉ 4510.
Answer: Covers driver's license suspensions
,◉ List a Peace officers main goals.
Answer: -enforce laws
-preserve the peace
-prevent crimes
-protect civil rights and liberties
-provide services
◉ Explain the factors necessary for the commission of a crime.
Answer: Opportunity, Ability, and Desire
◉ State the purpose of the Bill of Rights.
Answer: -Protect an individual's freedoms
-Prevent the government from interfering in protected rights
◉ Laws are designed to.
Answer: -Maintain order
-enhance predictability
-promote orderly social change
-sustain individual rights
-identify wrongdoers
-mandate punishment
,◉ Describe the major components of the criminal justice system.
Answer: Law enforcement, courts, corrections
◉ Identify the relationship between race, genetics, and physical
characteristics.
Answer: Race is a modern concept used to classify people as similar,
observable physical characteristics, it is not based on genetics.
humans are genetically similar of all species, there is no distinct
genetic profile that completely distinguishes one so called race from
another.
◉ The connection between in-groups and out-groups and police
legitimacy.
Answer: Some individuals interpret their encounters with police in
terms of their groups societal position rather than the immediate
circumstance of the police contact
◉ Types of Racism.
Answer: -Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
, ◉ Two types of Bias.
Answer: Explicit bias and implicit bias - common characteristics
• Everyone possesses them
• They have real-world effects on behavior
• They can relate, for example, to race, religion, gender, sexuality,
disability, height, weight, or age
Explicit bias - conscious preference (positive or negative) for a social
category
Implicit bias - preference (positive or negative) for a social category
based on stereotypes or attitudes that we hold and tend to develop
early in life and that operate outside of our awareness
◉ Two modes of thinking.
Answer: Automatic (System 1)
- unconscious
-effortless
-automatic
-uses associative memory
-very fast
More deliberative (System 2)
-conscious
-effortful
