NC DOCC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
If you fail to achieve a passing score on your first attempt to successfully pass the State
Comprehensive Exam, you may request a retest within how many days after the original
exam? (a. 20 days b. 30 days c. 60 days d. 90 days) - Answers -30 days
How long do you have to notify the Sheriffs Standards Division and your department
head of a criminal offense or domestic Violence Order (50B)? (a. 3 business days b. 5
business days c. 10 business days d. 30 business days) - Answers -5 business days
There is a minimum of how many topical areas and you are expected to become
proficient in each and every one of these course topics? (a. 19 b. 21 c. 23 d. 25) -
Answers -23
At what number of deficiencies will a student be dismissed from the course? (a. 3 b. 4 c.
5 d. 6) - Answers -4
What percentage of total class hours is a student allowed to miss, complete makeup
work and still be able to sit for the state exam? (a. 5% b. 10% c. 15% d. 20%) -
Answers -10%
Your limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the training program, in order to
complete the specified topic areas of deficiency, must occur within how many days from
the last date of trainee participation in a prior course delivery? (a. 90 b. 100 c. 120 d.
180) - Answers -180 days
A trainee shall successfully complete the comprehensive written examination if he/she
achieves a minimum of percent correct answers on each of the four units. (a. 60 b. 70 c.
75 d. 80) - Answers -70%
Which of the following are viewed by the Sheriffs' Commission as disqualifying offenses
in obtaining certification either by conviction or commission? (a. A felony b. A crime for
which the punishment could have been imprisonment for more than two years c. A
misdemeanor on the Class B Misdemeanor list occurring after the date of appointment
d. All the above) - Answers -All the above
You must be _____ years of age to be eligible for certification by the Sheriffs'
Commission as a detention officer, in either a county jail or a regional/district
confinement facility. (a. 18 b. 19 c. 20 d. 21) - Answers -20 years
___________ is charged with the statutory responsibility for developing and
implementing the minimum employment, training, certification, and retention standards
for all deputy sheriffs and detention officers in North Carolina. (a. American Correctional
Association b. North Carolina Crime Justice Commission c. North Carolina Sheriffs'
Education and Training Standards Commission d. North Carolina Justice Officers'
, Commission) - Answers -North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards
Commission
Who is ultimately responsible for the trainee's successful completion of the Detention
Officer Certification Course? (a. Trainee b. Instructor c. School Director d. NC Justice
Academy) - Answers -Trainee
If a trainee is deficient in any of the topic areas, you will NOT be eligible to sit for the
state comprehensive written examination of the Commission nor will you receive
certification. (a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4) - Answers -1
The School Director may terminate a trainee from course participation or may deny
certification of successful course completion where the trainee is habitually tardy to, or
regularly departs early from, class meetings or field exercises. (a. True b. False) -
Answers -True
The ___________ serves as the curriculum development entity of the Commission and
continues to revise and publish the mandated curricula of both the Sheriffs' and the
Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commissions for the detention
officer certification course. (a. National Sheriffs' Association b. North Carolina Sheriffs'
Association c. Justice Standards Division d. North Carolina Justice Academy) -
Answers -North Carolina Justice Academy
This committee is appointed by the Commission's chairman and consists of five (5)
members [Sheriffs only] of the Commission, one of whom will serve as the Committee's
chairman. The Committee deliberates and decides whether the evidence is sufficient to
establish probable cause for adverse actions to be taken against an applicant or a
certified officer. (a. Sheriffs Association Committee b. Sheriffs Disciplinary Review
Committee c. Probable Cause Committee d. Certification Review Committee) -
Answers -Probable Cause Committee
Any detention officer employed by a sheriffs office or a district confinement facility
holding a probationary certification shall satisfactorily complete a commission-
accredited detention officer training course within ______________ from the date of his
original appointment as a detention officer as determined by the date of the
probationary certification. (a. 180 days b. 240 days c. One year d. Two years with a
valid extension) - Answers -One year
An accredited school MAY NOT enroll you in a basic training course later than the initial
(first) day of course delivery. (a. True b. False) - Answers -True
One of the rights that the Eighth Amendment guarantees is the right: (a. Of no cruel and
unusual punishment b. Of having a speedy and public trial c. Of freedom from self-
incrimination d. Of freedom of the press) - Answers -Of no cruel and unusual
punishment
If you fail to achieve a passing score on your first attempt to successfully pass the State
Comprehensive Exam, you may request a retest within how many days after the original
exam? (a. 20 days b. 30 days c. 60 days d. 90 days) - Answers -30 days
How long do you have to notify the Sheriffs Standards Division and your department
head of a criminal offense or domestic Violence Order (50B)? (a. 3 business days b. 5
business days c. 10 business days d. 30 business days) - Answers -5 business days
There is a minimum of how many topical areas and you are expected to become
proficient in each and every one of these course topics? (a. 19 b. 21 c. 23 d. 25) -
Answers -23
At what number of deficiencies will a student be dismissed from the course? (a. 3 b. 4 c.
5 d. 6) - Answers -4
What percentage of total class hours is a student allowed to miss, complete makeup
work and still be able to sit for the state exam? (a. 5% b. 10% c. 15% d. 20%) -
Answers -10%
Your limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the training program, in order to
complete the specified topic areas of deficiency, must occur within how many days from
the last date of trainee participation in a prior course delivery? (a. 90 b. 100 c. 120 d.
180) - Answers -180 days
A trainee shall successfully complete the comprehensive written examination if he/she
achieves a minimum of percent correct answers on each of the four units. (a. 60 b. 70 c.
75 d. 80) - Answers -70%
Which of the following are viewed by the Sheriffs' Commission as disqualifying offenses
in obtaining certification either by conviction or commission? (a. A felony b. A crime for
which the punishment could have been imprisonment for more than two years c. A
misdemeanor on the Class B Misdemeanor list occurring after the date of appointment
d. All the above) - Answers -All the above
You must be _____ years of age to be eligible for certification by the Sheriffs'
Commission as a detention officer, in either a county jail or a regional/district
confinement facility. (a. 18 b. 19 c. 20 d. 21) - Answers -20 years
___________ is charged with the statutory responsibility for developing and
implementing the minimum employment, training, certification, and retention standards
for all deputy sheriffs and detention officers in North Carolina. (a. American Correctional
Association b. North Carolina Crime Justice Commission c. North Carolina Sheriffs'
Education and Training Standards Commission d. North Carolina Justice Officers'
, Commission) - Answers -North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards
Commission
Who is ultimately responsible for the trainee's successful completion of the Detention
Officer Certification Course? (a. Trainee b. Instructor c. School Director d. NC Justice
Academy) - Answers -Trainee
If a trainee is deficient in any of the topic areas, you will NOT be eligible to sit for the
state comprehensive written examination of the Commission nor will you receive
certification. (a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4) - Answers -1
The School Director may terminate a trainee from course participation or may deny
certification of successful course completion where the trainee is habitually tardy to, or
regularly departs early from, class meetings or field exercises. (a. True b. False) -
Answers -True
The ___________ serves as the curriculum development entity of the Commission and
continues to revise and publish the mandated curricula of both the Sheriffs' and the
Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commissions for the detention
officer certification course. (a. National Sheriffs' Association b. North Carolina Sheriffs'
Association c. Justice Standards Division d. North Carolina Justice Academy) -
Answers -North Carolina Justice Academy
This committee is appointed by the Commission's chairman and consists of five (5)
members [Sheriffs only] of the Commission, one of whom will serve as the Committee's
chairman. The Committee deliberates and decides whether the evidence is sufficient to
establish probable cause for adverse actions to be taken against an applicant or a
certified officer. (a. Sheriffs Association Committee b. Sheriffs Disciplinary Review
Committee c. Probable Cause Committee d. Certification Review Committee) -
Answers -Probable Cause Committee
Any detention officer employed by a sheriffs office or a district confinement facility
holding a probationary certification shall satisfactorily complete a commission-
accredited detention officer training course within ______________ from the date of his
original appointment as a detention officer as determined by the date of the
probationary certification. (a. 180 days b. 240 days c. One year d. Two years with a
valid extension) - Answers -One year
An accredited school MAY NOT enroll you in a basic training course later than the initial
(first) day of course delivery. (a. True b. False) - Answers -True
One of the rights that the Eighth Amendment guarantees is the right: (a. Of no cruel and
unusual punishment b. Of having a speedy and public trial c. Of freedom from self-
incrimination d. Of freedom of the press) - Answers -Of no cruel and unusual
punishment
