SPECIAL FUNCTION OFFICER END OF COURSE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What are some examples of Central Nervous System - (CNS) stimulants and their
effects?
Test Question: (INTX 1010.102 - Categories of Drugs) - ✔✔Accelerate the heart rate
and elevate the blood pressure and "speed up" or over-stimulate the body.
(Examples: Cocaine, Amphetamines, Methamphetamine)
✔✔(Define) - Interview
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔A conversation
held to generate information from a person who has knowledge of a crime, so an
investigation can be continued or concluded.
✔✔(Define) - Interrogation
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔Questioning a
person suspected of having committed an offense or who is reluctant to make a full
disclosure of information that is pertinent to an investigation.
✔✔(Define) - Custody
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔Deprivation of
freedom in any significant manner as it relates to interviews and interrogations.
✔✔(Define) - Confession
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔An
acknowledgement of the commission of all elements of a crime and the individual's
involvement in their commission.
✔✔(Define) - Admission
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔An
acknowledgement of certain facts which tend to be incriminating with respect to a
specific crime, but not complete enough to constitute a confession.
✔✔When would you require a written statement while interviewing a witness?
Test Question: (INV 1010.105 - Written Statement) - ✔✔When a witness who:
- Is reluctant
- Is a key witness in a major case
,- Will not be available to testify
- May change his/her statement in court
✔✔Brown -v- Illinois - (1975)
Test Question: (INV 1010.107 - Court Decisions) - ✔✔Confessions or statements
obtained as a result of an illegal arrest will not be admissible even though Miranda
warnings are given.
✔✔What are the (2) common signs with their elements, which may indicate deception in
a subject being interviewed or interrogated?
Test Question: (INV 1010.109 - Subject Deception) - ✔✔1. Physical
--- Increased Perspiration
--- Skin Color Changes
--- Dry Mouth / Lip Wetting
--- Increased Pulse Rate or Change in Breathing Rate
2. Behavioral
--- Nervous Movements
--- Pacing
--- Inability to Sit Still
--- Refusal to Look at Interviewer
--- Memorized or Rehearsed Answers
--- Inconsistent Responses
--- Attempt to Change Line of Questioning
--- Over-eagerness to Help
--- Too Much or Too Little Clarification
--- Repeated Insistence that simple questions are not understood
✔✔Massiah -v- United States - ✔✔Trickery cannot be used to obtain incriminating
statements.
✔✔(10) key elements of the preliminary investigation.
Test Question: (INV 1020.101 - Key Elements) - ✔✔1. Request medical aid, if
necessary
2. Determine what crime has been committed
3. Preserve the integrity of the crime scene
4. Identify suspects and broadcast a description
5. Identify witnesses
6. Document case and gather evidence
7. Prepare a crime report recording facts of the case
8. Issue Attempt To Locate - (ATL)
9. Transport Evidence
10. Record the statements or confessions from witnesses or suspects to include:
, --- Name, Address, Telephone Number, Date, Time, and Location of Statement.
--- Information provided to officer by suspect or witness. - (Officer's Notes)
--- Written statement or confession prepared by the suspect or witness.
✔✔(6) methods to verify reliability and credibility of witnesses
Test Question: (INV 1020.102 - Credibility of Witnesses) - ✔✔1. Relationship to the
Crime Scene
2. Relationship to the Victim / Suspect
3. Motive for providing information
4. Criminal Background
5. Any past assistance to law enforcement
6. Credibility with peers or other LE agencies
✔✔(Define) - Evidence
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Something legally submitted to
ascertain the truth of the matter.
✔✔(Define) - Forensic
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Using legally acceptable scientific
knowledge or methods in solving crimes.
✔✔(Define) - Atavistic
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Belief in born criminals easily
identifiable by congenital physical abnormalities.
✔✔(Define) - Classical
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Belief that man is a calculating animal -
(Pleasure -v- Pain).
✔✔(4) elements of The Scientific Method
Test Question: (INV 1030.104 - Guiding Scientific Principles for Investigation) - ✔✔1.
Hypothesis
2. Control
3. Known
4. Observations
✔✔(4) fundamental crime scene investigation tasks
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What are some examples of Central Nervous System - (CNS) stimulants and their
effects?
Test Question: (INTX 1010.102 - Categories of Drugs) - ✔✔Accelerate the heart rate
and elevate the blood pressure and "speed up" or over-stimulate the body.
(Examples: Cocaine, Amphetamines, Methamphetamine)
✔✔(Define) - Interview
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔A conversation
held to generate information from a person who has knowledge of a crime, so an
investigation can be continued or concluded.
✔✔(Define) - Interrogation
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔Questioning a
person suspected of having committed an offense or who is reluctant to make a full
disclosure of information that is pertinent to an investigation.
✔✔(Define) - Custody
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔Deprivation of
freedom in any significant manner as it relates to interviews and interrogations.
✔✔(Define) - Confession
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔An
acknowledgement of the commission of all elements of a crime and the individual's
involvement in their commission.
✔✔(Define) - Admission
Test Question: (INV 1010.101 - Interview & Interrogation Defined) - ✔✔An
acknowledgement of certain facts which tend to be incriminating with respect to a
specific crime, but not complete enough to constitute a confession.
✔✔When would you require a written statement while interviewing a witness?
Test Question: (INV 1010.105 - Written Statement) - ✔✔When a witness who:
- Is reluctant
- Is a key witness in a major case
,- Will not be available to testify
- May change his/her statement in court
✔✔Brown -v- Illinois - (1975)
Test Question: (INV 1010.107 - Court Decisions) - ✔✔Confessions or statements
obtained as a result of an illegal arrest will not be admissible even though Miranda
warnings are given.
✔✔What are the (2) common signs with their elements, which may indicate deception in
a subject being interviewed or interrogated?
Test Question: (INV 1010.109 - Subject Deception) - ✔✔1. Physical
--- Increased Perspiration
--- Skin Color Changes
--- Dry Mouth / Lip Wetting
--- Increased Pulse Rate or Change in Breathing Rate
2. Behavioral
--- Nervous Movements
--- Pacing
--- Inability to Sit Still
--- Refusal to Look at Interviewer
--- Memorized or Rehearsed Answers
--- Inconsistent Responses
--- Attempt to Change Line of Questioning
--- Over-eagerness to Help
--- Too Much or Too Little Clarification
--- Repeated Insistence that simple questions are not understood
✔✔Massiah -v- United States - ✔✔Trickery cannot be used to obtain incriminating
statements.
✔✔(10) key elements of the preliminary investigation.
Test Question: (INV 1020.101 - Key Elements) - ✔✔1. Request medical aid, if
necessary
2. Determine what crime has been committed
3. Preserve the integrity of the crime scene
4. Identify suspects and broadcast a description
5. Identify witnesses
6. Document case and gather evidence
7. Prepare a crime report recording facts of the case
8. Issue Attempt To Locate - (ATL)
9. Transport Evidence
10. Record the statements or confessions from witnesses or suspects to include:
, --- Name, Address, Telephone Number, Date, Time, and Location of Statement.
--- Information provided to officer by suspect or witness. - (Officer's Notes)
--- Written statement or confession prepared by the suspect or witness.
✔✔(6) methods to verify reliability and credibility of witnesses
Test Question: (INV 1020.102 - Credibility of Witnesses) - ✔✔1. Relationship to the
Crime Scene
2. Relationship to the Victim / Suspect
3. Motive for providing information
4. Criminal Background
5. Any past assistance to law enforcement
6. Credibility with peers or other LE agencies
✔✔(Define) - Evidence
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Something legally submitted to
ascertain the truth of the matter.
✔✔(Define) - Forensic
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Using legally acceptable scientific
knowledge or methods in solving crimes.
✔✔(Define) - Atavistic
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Belief in born criminals easily
identifiable by congenital physical abnormalities.
✔✔(Define) - Classical
Test Question: (INV 1030.102 - Definitions) - ✔✔Belief that man is a calculating animal -
(Pleasure -v- Pain).
✔✔(4) elements of The Scientific Method
Test Question: (INV 1030.104 - Guiding Scientific Principles for Investigation) - ✔✔1.
Hypothesis
2. Control
3. Known
4. Observations
✔✔(4) fundamental crime scene investigation tasks
