Police Sergeant Practice Exam with 100% Correct
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It is agreed among present-day industrial psychologists that there are several steps in the teaching
process. These include the "introduction step," the "presentation step," the "application step," and the
"test step." problem solving or role playing should be used during which of these steps? - ✔✔The
application step.
Law enforcement officers acting under the color of law who violate a person's Fourth Amendment rights
are subject to a suit for damages and other remedies in Federal Courts under this federal statute. -
✔✔42 USC 1983
The portion of a residence that is not open to the public and is reserved for private owner or family use.
- ✔✔Curtilage.
A conference that consists of persons with widely differing ranks is most accurately referred to as -
✔✔a vertical conference.
Supervisors at the scene of an unusual incident, such as a riot, should know that their initial
responsibility is to - ✔✔evaluate the incident and report back to superior officers.
The appraisal made of the police by the general public is brought about in large measure by the
encounters between citizens and the police during traffic stops. The police sergeant should emphasize
to his or her subordinates that the police officer's salutation to the violator should NOT be -
✔✔condescending.
Photographing the exterior of a building where a crime occurred, a hallway leading to the exact
location of the crime, and the exact location itself is most accurately referred to as - ✔✔orientation.
, On-the-scene identification of a suspect by a victim or witness to a crime is called a - ✔✔show up.
Generally at the scene of a crime for the purpose of compiling facts in the order in which they
present themselves is known as - ✔✔field notes.
As a police officer, it is important to understand that your most frequent source of information is
generally - ✔✔those in whom you have cultivated a feeling of pride and respect by keeping their
neighborhood crime-free.
When it becomes necessary to handcuff a suspect behind his or her back, the best course of action is to
- ✔✔use the double lock to prevent the cuffs from tightening and have the suspect's palms in a outward
position.
Today's writing style of police reports should reflect - ✔✔writing reports in the first person, active
voice, and using the conventional English style.
This seminal experiment found that traditional routine patrol strategies in marked police cars do
not appear to affect the level of crime, nor does it affect the public's feeling of security. - ✔✔Kansas
City Preventive Patrol Experiment.
On a burglary-in-progress call, once you have searched a particular room or portion of the building, what
is the best way to "clear" the searched area? - ✔✔Close the door and place available furniture in
strategic locations so it would have to be moved by someone to pass though that area.
Assume that you are a training sergeant in charge of training new recruits in the correct procedure in
burglary-in-progress calls. Which one of the following should you probably NOT include in your
training instructions to the recruits? - ✔✔Open any doors in the suspect's building as quietly as
possible while looking through the opening of the hinge side to observe anyone inside.
There are five basic objectives in the interview or interrogation process. Which of the following
encompasses the five basic objectives most completely. - ✔✔Ascertain the truth, whatever it is;
secure complete information in detail; distinguish fact from fantasy; have a target objective (the
truth); and proceed according to plan.
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