Police Sergeant Practice Exam Questions and
Answers Latest Update 2024
Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping
violations of the law from happening are most widely known as ANS✔✔
crime prevention.
These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force, and
mental or psychological abuse. ANS✔✔ Third degree tactics.
This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame. ANS✔✔
Exculpatory evidence.
A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner
normally responsible for? ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ the
nearest inch.
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Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating ANS✔✔
robberies and street muggings.
An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to
determine whether both came from the same source. ANS✔✔ Standard of
comparison.
The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is
scientifically known as ANS✔✔ 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? ANS✔✔ 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? ANS✔✔ Why.
The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at protecting
citizens against the improper actions of which of the following? ANS✔✔ The
Government.
Which of the following is the highest court in our nation? ANS✔✔ 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
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