APCO Police Communications Final Exam Study Questions And Answers
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APCO Police Communications Final Exam Study Questions And Answers
A fail to remain incident type refers only to a vehicle striking a pedestrian and leaving the scene of the accident without providing any assistance or identification. - Answer-False
/.According to police procedure, when a memb...
A fail to remain incident type refers only to a vehicle striking a pedestrian and leaving
the scene of the accident without providing any assistance or identification. - Answer-
False
/.According to police procedure, when a member of a police service is in doubt about
the acceptability of any CAD related communication or activity, the member shall: -
Answer-Consult their supervisor
/.According to statistics, when Public Safety agencies are aware of an explosive device
involving terrorist activity, they have what percentage of chance finding it? - Answer-
20%
/.According to Wade & MacPherson, Which of the following is not one of the advantages
of using specialized units - Answer-A reduction in patrol coverage as Personnel for
specialized units are drawn from Patrol officers.
/.After getting the location of the emergency from the colour, the next most important
piece of information is: - Answer-Caller's call back number
/.Aircraft emergencies can be called into a PSAP by the pilot or passenger on board, or
buy a witness on the ground. - Answer-True
/.An incident cannot be classified as a robbery if no weapon was used. - Answer-False
/.APCO Guide cards include all caller questions, vital points questions, and often
provide pre-arrival instructions. - Answer-True
/.At what stage of the dispatch process would a dispatcher be monitoring on scene
Communications by actively listening for transmissions that might go unnoticed? -
Answer-post-dispatch
/.Being attentive to the first phrase spoken by the caller will typically provide an
indication of the type and severity of the emergency being reported. This approach is an
example of. - Answer-Active listening
/.Bomb threats may be called in by a first-party (The bomb maker) for a third-party (a
witness or recipient of the bomb or the threat). - Answer-True
/.Data from the UCR survey provide key information for all of the following except: -
Answer-Crime initiation design
, /.During the colonial., law enforcement in cities like Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia and
New York was influenced by models based on institutions from: - Answer-Great Britain
/.From the list of incident types, identify which ones are crimes against persons. -
Answer-Abduction, adduction, stabbing/shooting, robbery, mischief, breaking and
entering
/.How does a cad system sort and identify priority calls? - Answer-Stacking
/.How many children or abducted worldwide every year by their parents? - Answer-
200,000
/.How many tenets of Officer safety are listed by below 100? - Answer-5
/.In a major incident when many calls come into the PSAP about the same incident, only
the first call is important because the other calls can be disregarded as redundant. -
Answer-False
/.In the event of a foot or vehicle Pursuit, the telecommunicator is usually responsible for
which of the following? - Answer-Alerting nearby units about the pursuit
/.In the ICS scenario, what role does a canine unit serve? - Answer-Strike team
/.In what year was the British Columbia Provincial Police absorbed by the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police? - Answer-1950
/.In what year were Provincial Police Department established to police vast rural areas
of Eastern Canada? - Answer-1867
/.It is important for communicators to know that if a law enforcement officer has an
arrest warrant, he or she may make an arrest anywhere in the province where their
primary jurisdiction is located or perhaps anywhere in Canada if the warrant has been
endorsed by a: - Answer-Justice of the Peace
/.Just a crown represents: - Answer-Superintendent
/.Lapse of time refers to which of the following call classification factors? - Answer-The
time since the incident occurred and when it was reported
/.Most CAD systems consider the incident type and the number of available units in
recommending a response. - Answer-False
/.Multisite Trunked Radio Systems offer advantages over simpler systems. Which one of
the following choices gives examples of these advantages? - Answer-It offers expanded
Range and more efficient frequency use
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