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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Test dated June of 2006

Police recruit test

Choose the correct spelling of the word:

1. A) Maryjuana

B) marijuana

C) majuana

D) all incorrect

2. A) justafiabal

B) justafiable

C) justifiable

D) all incorrect

3. A) resescitate

B) resusitate

C) recessitate

D) all incorrect

Use the following information, answer the questions:

The body of the victim was discovered by Mr. Howard Johnson at 8:05 a.m. on Monday, May 10, 2006

At 8:55 a.m. of the same day, Detective Davis inspected the scene of the crime, and collected the following information: the victim, a 29-year-old woman, 5'1" tall, weighing 105 pounds. Had been dead for 33 hours; cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the back of the head; found near body, were a pair of black leather gloves (size Sm.), some strands of long blond hair, fibers from a blue tweed suit, clay similar to that used in some tennis courts, and a book of matches from a Mexican restaurant.

Witnesses reported seeing the victim at 10 p.m. with a young, blond haired man who was about 5'11" tall, 250 pounds, and wearing a blue suit.

One witness reported seeing another woman about 25 years old, 5'1", 100 pounds with the victim about 11:50 a.m.

It was later determined that this was the young man's ex-girlfriend.

4. Who killed the victim?

A) The tennis pro

B) The young man

C) The ex-girlfriend

D) Cannot be determined from given information

5. At what date and time was victim killed?

A) 1:55 a.m., Friday, May 7

B) 11:55 p.m. Saturday, May 8

C) 9:55 p.m. Sunday, May 9

D) Cannot be determined from information given

6. As a police officer you will probably come in contact with a great number of citizens who are under emotional stress. If one of these citizens reacts to you in a resentful manner, your best approach would be to:

A) remind the citizen that his/her behavior will reflect unfavorably upon him/her

B) refuse to talk with citizen until he/she cools down

C) respond as unemotionally and as objectively as possible

D) ignore the citizen's comments and treat him/her forcefully

7. Two officers in an unmarked patrol car were following a suspect. The suspect went two blocks east, turned right, went four blocks, and turned left. He mad a U-turn in the middle of the block, crossed the street he had just turned from, went another block and turned left. The suspect was now headed:

A) north

B) west

C) east

D) south

8. You respond to a report of a domestic violence at a residence. The husband comes to the door and reports everything is fine. What should you do?

A) ask briefly what the problem was and leave

B) request to speak to the wife and get both sides of the situation

C) tell the husband you are leaving and then check the back of the residence

D) call for a backup cruiser

9. A parade has been scheduled to run 5 miles through the city. It is desirable to have an officer stationed every 3 blocks. If there are 12 blocks in a mile, how many officers will be needed?

A) 13

B) 15

C) 18

D) 20

10. At 11 a.m. a concession stand on the bike path was robbed of $45. At 11:05 a.m. Jim was found running on the same bike path a few blocks away; he had $45 in his pocket. From this statement it can be concluded:

A) Jim was not the robber

B) Jim was the robber

C) It's dangerous to jog on the bike path

D) Jim may be the robber

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