NYPD Academy 1st Trimester Review Exam
NYPD ACADEMY 1ST TRIMESTER REVIEW EXAM PREPARATION NEWEST
2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS| BRAND NEW VERSION!
What did the Lexow Committee uncover and what were the end results after the
investigation?
a) Police brutality leading to union reforms
b) Political corruption with no major reforms
c) Bribery for police ranks and led to civil service reform, police academy creation,
training, fingerprint files, and crime labs
d) Federal involvement in local policing
Correct answer: c) Bribery for police ranks and led to civil service reform, police
academy creation, training, fingerprint files, and crime labs
What was the Curran Commission?
a) A commission that restructured patrol boroughs
b) An investigation in 1912 exposing police ties to racketeers and indicting eight
inspectors
c) A study on police response times
d) A commission that created CompStat
Correct answer: b) An investigation in 1912 exposing police ties to racketeers and
indicting eight inspectors
What did the Knapp Commission uncover?
a) Corruption limited to traffic enforcement
b) Widespread corruption in the Plainclothes Division revealed by a New York
Times article
c) Misuse of police technology
d) Budget mismanagement within the NYPD
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Correct answer: b) Widespread corruption in the Plainclothes Division revealed by
a New York Times article
Who was Samuel Battle?
a) First police commissioner
b) First detective promoted to inspector
c) First Black police officer hired in 1914
d) Founder of the police academy
Correct answer: c) First Black police officer hired in 1914
What did the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment uncover?
a) Increased patrols greatly reduced violent crime
b) Reduced patrols caused a crime wave
c) Changes in patrol levels had no significant effect on crime or public perception
d) Patrol visibility improved community trust significantly
Correct answer: c) Changes in patrol levels had no significant effect on crime or
public perception
What did the Kansas City Response Times Analysis uncover?
a) Faster arrests depended on patrol size
b) The most important factor was how fast police arrived
c) The key factor was how quickly a crime was reported
d) Arrests depended on detective availability
Correct answer: c) The key factor was how quickly a crime was reported
What was the San Diego Field Interrogation Study?
a) A study showing stop and frisk reduced crime
b) A study proving patrol saturation worked
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c) A study showing that stopping field interrogations increased suppressible
crimes
d) A study on police response times
Correct answer: c) A study showing that stopping field interrogations increased
suppressible crimes
What was the New Haven Directed Patrol Study?
a) Directed patrol reduced crime permanently
b) Increased patrols improved public favor
c) Crime was displaced rather than reduced
d) Patrol increases eliminated violent crime
Correct answer: c) Crime was displaced rather than reduced
What kind of organization is the NYPD?
a) Private security organization
b) Military organization
c) Paramilitary organization
d) Political organization
Correct answer: c) Paramilitary organization
What are the roots of the NYPD and what year did it start?
a) French gendarmerie system, 1805
b) Old Dutch and English watchman system, 1845
c) Spanish colonial patrol system, 1820
d) Federal marshal system, 1860
Correct answer: b) Old Dutch and English watchman system, 1845
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NYPD ACADEMY 1ST TRIMESTER REVIEW EXAM PREPARATION NEWEST
2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS| BRAND NEW VERSION!
What did the Lexow Committee uncover and what were the end results after the
investigation?
a) Police brutality leading to union reforms
b) Political corruption with no major reforms
c) Bribery for police ranks and led to civil service reform, police academy creation,
training, fingerprint files, and crime labs
d) Federal involvement in local policing
Correct answer: c) Bribery for police ranks and led to civil service reform, police
academy creation, training, fingerprint files, and crime labs
What was the Curran Commission?
a) A commission that restructured patrol boroughs
b) An investigation in 1912 exposing police ties to racketeers and indicting eight
inspectors
c) A study on police response times
d) A commission that created CompStat
Correct answer: b) An investigation in 1912 exposing police ties to racketeers and
indicting eight inspectors
What did the Knapp Commission uncover?
a) Corruption limited to traffic enforcement
b) Widespread corruption in the Plainclothes Division revealed by a New York
Times article
c) Misuse of police technology
d) Budget mismanagement within the NYPD
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Correct answer: b) Widespread corruption in the Plainclothes Division revealed by
a New York Times article
Who was Samuel Battle?
a) First police commissioner
b) First detective promoted to inspector
c) First Black police officer hired in 1914
d) Founder of the police academy
Correct answer: c) First Black police officer hired in 1914
What did the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment uncover?
a) Increased patrols greatly reduced violent crime
b) Reduced patrols caused a crime wave
c) Changes in patrol levels had no significant effect on crime or public perception
d) Patrol visibility improved community trust significantly
Correct answer: c) Changes in patrol levels had no significant effect on crime or
public perception
What did the Kansas City Response Times Analysis uncover?
a) Faster arrests depended on patrol size
b) The most important factor was how fast police arrived
c) The key factor was how quickly a crime was reported
d) Arrests depended on detective availability
Correct answer: c) The key factor was how quickly a crime was reported
What was the San Diego Field Interrogation Study?
a) A study showing stop and frisk reduced crime
b) A study proving patrol saturation worked
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c) A study showing that stopping field interrogations increased suppressible
crimes
d) A study on police response times
Correct answer: c) A study showing that stopping field interrogations increased
suppressible crimes
What was the New Haven Directed Patrol Study?
a) Directed patrol reduced crime permanently
b) Increased patrols improved public favor
c) Crime was displaced rather than reduced
d) Patrol increases eliminated violent crime
Correct answer: c) Crime was displaced rather than reduced
What kind of organization is the NYPD?
a) Private security organization
b) Military organization
c) Paramilitary organization
d) Political organization
Correct answer: c) Paramilitary organization
What are the roots of the NYPD and what year did it start?
a) French gendarmerie system, 1805
b) Old Dutch and English watchman system, 1845
c) Spanish colonial patrol system, 1820
d) Federal marshal system, 1860
Correct answer: b) Old Dutch and English watchman system, 1845
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