BEST NC RADAR ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED SOLUTIONS.

BEST NC RADAR ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED SOLUTIONS. The minimum hrs. for the Radar Operator training course? 30 hours and shall not exceed 4 consecutive weeks. Attendance of the minimum course hours cannot be less than? 100% Each applicant for the Radar Operator training course? Be employed or appointed as a law enforcement officer by a state or local law enforcement agency, Hold a general or probationary LEO cert, Be a federal law enforcement officer. What must each applicant seeking certification for RADAR provide? Radar for practice and testing on which the trainee seeks certification For RADAR operator training certification the trainee must score a minimum of ____ on a commission administered examination? 70% To successfully complete the radar operator training the trainee must score? 100% on motor skills (no more than 2 hours) and 70% on a written examination After successful completion of the radar training course the trainee must present or perform? Evidence showing prior certification or 16 hours of supervised field practice. An officer may begin to use Radar for enforcement. Only upon receipt of operator certification The Radar Operators certification is valid for? 3 years The RADAR Operator Re-Certification: Shall Consist of a minimum of 6 hours (shall not exceed 1 week). When completing the 16 hours field practice, the trainee must operate the patrol vehicle while being supervised by? A currently certified Radar instructor and or operator for the unit being seeking certification. The basic goal of all police work is? Protect the lives and property of the public The most important traffic laws are those that: regulate driving behaviors that are most dangerous. Excessive speeds increases the __ of accidents that do occur? Severity Research has shown that __is a major contributing factor in motor vehicle accidents? Excessive speed 2009 NHTSA facts: the percentage of fatal crashes that occur in a speed zone of 40 mph or less is about 15%......while 65% of all fatal crashes occur in a speed zone of 55 mph or more. Radar is only a? Tool Learning how to operate radar is important but it is not our basic goal. We are concerned primarily with? Speed enforcement The overall course goal is to? Improve effectiveness of speed enforcement through the proper and efficient use of speed measuring instruments. Which court used the phrase "with a reckless disregard of the right of others? Brazier v. City of Philadelphia Increased speeds affect the three elements of driving? Operator, vehicle, and road What is the average reaction time of a person? 3/4 a second The braking distance at 40 MPH is not twice the distance required at 20 MPH but __ , and the braking distance at 80 MPH is not __ the distance required at 20 MPH but more than __? 4 times, 4 times, and 16 times According to Joseph Nathan 's "Famous Firsts", the first traffic law in America was passed on: June 12, 1652, by New Amsterdam (now New York). It prohibited the riding or driving of horses at a gallop within city limits. Hartford, Connecticut, lays claim to the distinction of having the first automobile speed regulation. This law was enacted in 1901 and limited automobile speeds to 12 mph in the country and 8 mph within city limits. What speed law states reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions? Basic speed law Loosely translated, the term "prima facie" means? "At first sight" The State of North Carolina has no? Prima facie speed law Speed limits which simply prohibit driving faster than a specified numeric speed, is known as an __speed law? Absolute Driver identification, location, speed, and conditions (basic speed law) are all various __ which make up the speed offence? Elements With the oil embargo of 1973, congress imposed a nationwide __ MPH max speed in 1974? 55 MPH At the end of 1974 an additional effect of the reduced speed limit was noticed: traffic fatalities had been reduced by? 8,856 or 16.8% Not only did the reduction of the speed limit reduce the number of fatalities it also reduced the number of __injuries? Significant The probability of a fatality roughly __ as traveling speed increases from 45 to 60 MPH, and __as speeds go to 70 MPH? Doubles, doubles With a 5 MPH increase in the national speed limit, what % in the number of fatalities were expected? 9% (3500 lives) 25% of fatal crashes occur: in local jurisdiction The word "RADAR" is an acronym, an abbreviation of the phrase RAdio Detection And __? Ranging The police radar provides us with the speed reading on a detected target but not the ___ to the target? Range The radar's transmitted beam will travel __ unless it is absorbed, reflected, refracted? Infinitely The operation of the Radar's timing circuits are made possible by the fact that radio energy always travels at approximately? 186,000 miles per second (speed of light) Both the transmitted and received Radar signals always travel at a __ speed? Constant The wave length is literally the physical distance, or length from the? Beginning of the peak to the end of the valley The number of waves transmitted in one second of time equals the ? Frequency Police radar signals have frequencies of more than ___ waves per second? Ten billion Radio signals always travel at? The speed of light Which of the following have exactly the same meaning? One hertz = one cycle = one wave per second A so called X-band radar signal is? 10.525 Gigahertz (wave length of 3 centimeters) (1.1 in) A so called K-band radar signal is __ Gigahertz? 24.150 Gigahertz (wave length of 1-1/4 centimeters) (.49 in) A so called Ka-band radar signal is __ Gigahertz? 34.700 Gigahertz ( 33.4-36) (wave length of 4/5 centimeters) (between .35 & .33 in) The Ka-band radar signal has a wavelength of about? 4/5 centimeters The X-band radar signal has a wavelength of about? 3 centimeters The radar signal's speed stays the same, but its __ and __ both change?