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Police Sergeant Practice Exam|100 Questions and answers
Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping
violations of the law from happening are most widely known as - -crime
prevention.
-These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force, and
mental or psychological abuse. - -Third degree tactics.
-This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame. - -Exculpatory
evidence.
-A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner
normally responsible for? - -Securing the body of the deceased, as well as all
associated clothing and personal property.
-You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to determine if
the motorist is intoxicated. During the test, the motorist experiences
difficulty maintaining equilibrium. This is known as - -the Romberg sign.
-In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an accident
scene, it is important for an officer to measure skid marks to - -the nearest
inch.
-Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating - -robberies
and street muggings.
-An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to
determine whether both came from the same source. - -Standard of
comparison.
-The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is
scientifically known as - -cyanocralyde.
-You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol officers
originally thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three patrol cars
on the scene. The lead officer tells you that the suspects fled over an hour
ago. What should you have the other officers do? - -Report back to service.
-The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of a
particular crime by gathering information from witnesses and suspects.
Which of the following is of least concern to the police? - -Why.
, -The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at protecting
citizens against the improper actions of which of the following? - -The
Government.
-Which of the following is the highest court in our nation? - -The Supreme
Court.
-The United States has determined that free speech is protected under the
First Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following situations would
not be protected under the First Amendment? - -Yelling "fire" in a crowded
theater where there is no fire.
-Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy or
being tried twice for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that none
of the following situations amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT - -when a
defendant is tried twice for the same act, once under state statutes and once
under federal statutes.
-A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of submersion? -
-8 to 10 days.
-The understanding of human behavior is paramount to good supervisory
practices. A variety of barriers may get in the way of the ability of personnel
to perform at their peak. When the barrier is an inadequate salary, this would
be called a - -situational barrier.
-According to experts in the field of law enforcement, when searching for a
lost child, which of these areas should be searched first? - -The immediate
area from where the child disappeared.
-What is the result of psychological problems that go unaddressed and
untreated? - -The program grow in severity and become worse.
-Under most standard regulations for dealing with complaints, at what point
in the process does a complaint officially become a grievance? - -When the
supervisor fails to resolve the complaint and refers it to the next level of
management.
-Death by attempting to sexually gratify oneself with the use of ropes and
pulleys and contraption to choke oneself is called - -auto-erotic asphyxiation.
-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.
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