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Police Officer Quick Quiz
Are you ready? Try out a few Police Officer Exam practice questions and find out.


Police Judgment

You have just graduated from the police academy, and now you are patrolling under the supervision of a field-training officer. Together you pull over a motorist for a minor traffic violation. Your field-training officer orders you to search the woman's car. Based on what you have learned in the academy, you believe that under these circumstance, a search of her car would be unethical and illegal.

1. Which of the following would be best for you to do first in this situation?
(A) Ask your supervisor to clarify his order.
(B) Refuse to comply with the order because you believe that it is unethical and illegal.
(C) Comply with the order because your field-training officer has more experience than you do.
(D) Comply with the order but speak with your field-training officer's immediate supervisor after the incident.

2. Increased police vigilance would probably be least successful in preventing:
(A) murder.
(B) burglary.
(C) prostitution.
(D) auto theft.

Reading-Based Questions

Answer the questions below based on the information in the following passage.

The use of a roadblock is simply an adaptation of the military practice of encirclement by the police. Successful operation of a roadblock plan depends almost entirely on the amount of advance study and planning given to such operations. A thorough and detailed examination of the roads and terrain under the jurisdiction of a given police agency should be made with the locations of the road blocks pinpointed in advance. The first principle to be borne in mind in the location of each roadblock is the tie element. Its location must be at a point beyond which the fugitive could not have possibly traveled in the time elapsed from the commission of the crime to the arrival of the officers at the roadblock.

1. According to the passage:
(A) military operations have made extensive use of roadblocks.
(B) the military practice of encirclement is an adaptation of police use of roadblocks.
(C) the technique of encirclement has been widely used by military forces.
(D) a roadblock is generally more effective than encirclement.

2. According to the passage:
(A) The factor of time is the sole consideration in the location of a roadblock.
(B) The maximum speed possible in the method of escape is of major importance in roadblock location.
(C) The time at which the officers arrive at the site of a proposed roadblock is of little importance.
(D) A roadblock should be sited as close to the scene of the crime as the terrain will permit.

Observation and Memory

Answer the question below based on the information contained in the floor plan. Note that on the actual exam you will be asked to study an image for a set amount of time and then answer questions from memory.

1. The main entrance to these premises is the:
(A) door to the kitchen.
(B) front vestibule.
(C) door to the living room.
(D) door to the dining area.


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