Ace Your Police Exam With Free Police Exam Sample Questions [2022]

Each line is marked by a different color and is associated with a different letter. Stations are numbered by their location on the line(s). The numbering of the stations progresses from the beginning of the line to its end. Lines always begin at the northernmost station, except for lines G and M which begin at the westernmost station. Codes associated with some of the stations have been written below them.

A station can have more than one code associated with it, as some stations have more than one line passing through them.

Question: Ms. Sol Aroches needs to commute from station M3 to station O3. Which of the following routes would be the least efficient (passes through the most stations)?

1. M3 → M2 → B8 → C3 → O3

2. M3 → C4 → O4 → O3.

3. M3 → B10 → B5 → O3

4. M3 → M5 → O3

Explanation

Note that you are asked to find the least efficient route- this means you must look for the answer with the most stations passed through.

The route that gets you from M3 to O3 in the most steps is route 1.

Police Sample Question 2:

Question: Mr. Absalom Holmes needs to commute from station B9 to station M9 but cannot take his usual route since section M6 → M7 is blocked due to a malfunction. Which of the following routes would be the most efficient (passes through the least stations)?

1. B9 → B5 → P4 → H4 → M9

2. B9 → B6 → O4 → M9

3. M3 → B10 → B5 → O3

4. B9 → B8 → C3 → C4 → M9

Explanation

This time, we are asked for the most efficient route- so we look for the route that passes through the least number of stations while getting Mr Absalom from B9 to M9.

Answer #1 takes 11 stations to reach the destination.

Answer #2 is disqualified because it passes through M6/M7, which we know is blocked. Note that while route #3 also passes through the same number of stations, it does not start and end at stations B9 and M9, respectively.

Answer #3 is disqualified since it does not get Mr Absalom to/from where he needs to go.

And answer #4 is also disqualified since going from C4 to M9 means passing M6 and M7 which are blocked. going around this blockage in any way would add 9 stations to this route, making it much longer than answer #1.

Since answer #1 is the shortest legitimate route offered, it is the right answer.

Police Sample Question 3:

OFFICER NOTES: At about 11 am on September 6, 2014, I met with Mr. David Lewis at 11 Allenby Street, the Westside Mall, regarding a vehicle theft.

QUESTION: Which one of the following choices most clearly and accurately expresses the facts presented in the note above?

A. Responding to a call at 11 am at 11 Allenby Street, the Westside Mall, and pulling up to the parking lot, I saw the victim standing there. He identified himself as Mr. David Lewis.

B. I responded to a call at 11 am at 11 Allenby Street, the Westside Mall. When I pulled up to the mall, I saw a man standing there. He identified himself as Mr. David Lewis and said that he was reporting a vehicle theft.

C. When I responded to a call from 11 Allenby, the Westside mall I saw pulling into the parking lot a man who identified himself as Mr. David Lewis.

D. Responding to a call from 11 Allenby Street, I saw a man in the parking lot. He identified himself as the victim of the vehicle theft, Mr. David Lewis.

Explanation

Answer A is structured in a way that makes it hard to read. compared to answer B which is structured like a chain of events/story, This one places details all over the place. Answers C&D  suffer from the same issue- the only answer written in a clear and accurate manner is B.

Police Sample Question 4: 

A train travels 90 miles in 15 minutes, how many miles does it travel in 2 hours?

A. 542

B. 720

C. 789

D. 800

E. 942

F. None of these

Explanation

15 minutes are a 1/4 of an hour. To reach 2 hours from a 1/4 of an hour we need to multiply by 8. Because the time is multiplied by 8 we also multiply the distance traveled by 8:

90*8=720 miles- therefore, B is the correct option.

Police Sample Question 5:

Find the answer that completes this sentence correctly.

____ claim that new lines of inquiry are being ____ . 

A. Investigations, purused

B. Investigators, pursued

C. investigations, pursue

D. investigators, purseud

E. None of these

Explanation

The correct way to spell the sentence is: "Investigators claim that new lines of inquiry are being pursued."

Incorrect Answers:

The first word must be capitalized, so you can eliminate C and D. Although A and B would have two different sentence meanings, A can be eliminated because "pursued'' is spelled incorrectly.

Police Sample Question 6:
An officer would MOST likely require the backup assistance of other officers in which of the following situations?

1. A woman files a complaint against her neighbor for sexual assault.

2. An elderly man carrying a cane is having an argument with a younger man in the middle of the day next to a shopping mall.

3. There's been a call forwarded from dispatch about two women robbing a grocery store.

4. A couple of teenagers report to the police station about a break-in at their mother's house the previous night.

Explanation:

Assistance from other officers would most likely be needed when an officer cannot handle a situation themselves.

Answers 1, 2, and 4 can all be handled by a single policeman:

Answer 1 would begin with questioning the woman.

Answer 2 should require de-escalation at worst, since it is only an argument at the moment.

Answer 4, like 1, begins with questioning.

Answer 3, however, is a crime currently taking place- robbery, which is potentially violent and whose perpetrators might be armed. This calls for backup since more officers would have a better chance of dealing with such a possibly dangerous situation.

Therefore, The correct answer is 3.

Police Sample Question 7: Paragraph Organization
For this question type, you need to choose the most coherent and effective order for the sentences presented.

1. This building will utilize less energy and resources while still being a state of the art facility.
2. All future buildings are going to require this type of certification, and the aquarium is honored to be the first certified.
3. The department of parks and recreation opened its first aquarium in San Beach this week which will be LEED certified.
4. As a LEED-certified building, this aquarium will serve as a model for future buildings.

Select the answer choice that represents the most appropriate and effective ordering of the sentences above.

A. 3241

B. 3412

C. 3421

D. 3214

Explanation

3412 Represents the best-organized paragraph. The first thing that should be done is to read all the sentences and see if you can easily identify the introduction, supporting or closing sentences.

Sentences 1 and 4 provide specific information, indicating that they are support sentences; while sentences 2 and 3 are very general and could be either introductions or closing sentences. So then you can eliminate an option that starts with 1 or 4 (none) or any option that ends with 1 or 4 (option 1, 3 and 4).

In this specific paragraph you should also notice all the choices start with sentence 3, so we automatically know what the introduction sentence is. Looking at all the options we also know that the second sentence is either 2 or 4. Sentence 4 provides new information, while sentence 2 is a conclusion, providing closure. Remember- a great paragraph introduces the idea (introduction sentences) then has 2-3 supporting the idea (supporting sentences) and then summarizes the information given (closing sentence).

Arranged correctly it should read:
The department of parks and recreation opened its first aquarium in San Beach this week which will be LEED certified. As a LEED-certified building, this aquarium will serve as a model to future buildings. This building will utilize less energy and resources while still being a state of the art facility. All future buildings are going to require this type of certification, and the aquarium is honored to be the first certified.

The correct answer is 3412.

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