IDAHO POST STUDY GUIDE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔What are the 3 inchoate crimes? - ✔✔Attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation.
✔✔What are some examples of natural water hazards? - ✔✔Slippery rocks, irregular
bottoms, trees/vegetation, floating debris, currents, cold water.
✔✔How close to shore to most injuries happen? - ✔✔Within 10 feet.
✔✔What are the 4 steps of water rescue? - ✔✔Preach, reach, throw, go and tow.
✔✔What 3 questions must be asked in all water rescues? - ✔✔Is this a rescue or a
recovery? What is the overall risk? What are my realistic abilities?
✔✔What are the priorities of life when performing a water rescue? - ✔✔Officers,
innocents, victims, property.
✔✔What are some examples of manmade water hazards? - ✔✔Dams, canals,
submerged objects, bridges and roadways.
✔✔Describe the Bloods gang. - ✔✔Primarily black membership; color is red; rivals with
Crips and other Bloods gangs.
✔✔What is the primary source of income for gangs? - ✔✔Narcotics.
✔✔What are some examples of non-criminal calls for service? - ✔✔VIN inspections,
civil standbys, found property.
✔✔What is the purpose of a report? - ✔✔To record conditions upon arrival; to protect
integrity of evidence; to make proper notifications to investigative personnel and collect
helpful information; to record eyewitness statements.
✔✔Describe the Nortenos gang. - ✔✔Allegiance to Northern California and Nuestra
Familia; color is red; number is 14; symbol is Huelga bird.
✔✔What is the leadership structure in an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMG)? - ✔✔Officer,
member, prospect.
✔✔What are the 3 Rs of gang ideology? - ✔✔Respect, retaliation, and representation.
✔✔Describe the Crips gang. - ✔✔Primarily black membership; color is blue; rivals with
Bloods and other Crip gangs.
,✔✔What are the 2 types of security threat groups? - ✔✔Criminal gangs (cars) and
extremist groups.
✔✔Describe the Surenos gang. - ✔✔Allegiance to Southern California and the Mexican
Mafia; the largest gang in Idaho; color is blue; number is 13.
✔✔What is a security threat group (STG)? - ✔✔A group of 3 or more inmates who have
been determined to pose a potential threat to the safety, security, and operation of a jail
or prison.
✔✔List the 3 types of gangs. - ✔✔Street gang, prison gang/security threat group,
outlaw motorcycle gang.
✔✔What are some common gang member identifiers? - ✔✔Clothings, tattoos,
admission to membership, and hand signs.
✔✔List the characteristics that define a gang. - ✔✔An ongoing organization,
association, or group; consists of 3 or more persons; has a common name and/or
common identifying sign/symbol; members individually or collectively engage in a
pattern of criminal gang activity.
✔✔List the characteristics that define a gang member. - ✔✔An individual who engages
in criminal activity AND has two or more of the following characteristics: admits to
membership; is identified as a gang member; frequents gang areas, adopts the style of
dress, uses hand signs, has tattoos associated with a gang, associates with other
known gang members; is identified as a gang member by physical evidence; has been
stopped with known gang members 4 or more times.
✔✔Why is evidence packaged? - ✔✔To prevent cross-contamination, and to prevent
loss or unintentional obliteration.
✔✔What are some examples of external packaging for evidence? - ✔✔Paper envelope,
paper sack, cardboard box, heat seal plastic, metal can.
✔✔What are some examples of internal packaging for evidence? - ✔✔Heat seal/zipper
top baggie, screw top vial, syringe tubes, small envelopes/bindles, signal-blocking
pouches.
✔✔What 3 types of photos should be taken of a crime scene? - ✔✔General/overall,
midrange/relationship/orientation, and close-up/identification.
✔✔What are the 5 basic components of a sketch? - ✔✔Heading, diagram area, legend,
title block, scale and direction notations.
, ✔✔What actions are taken to recognize, document, and collect evidence at a crime
scene? - ✔✔Video/initial scene evaluation; as-is photos (before placing evidence
markers); scene search (placement of evidence markers); photos (after placement of
evidence markers); scene documentation (sketches, notes, measurements); scene
processing/evidence collection; final scene walkthrough; exit photos/video.
✔✔What are the primary duties as a first responder on a crime scene? - ✔✔Preserve,
protect, recognize, document, collect.
✔✔Describe crime scene investigation. - ✔✔Crime scene investigation consists of an
examination and evaluation of the scene for the purposes of recovering physical
evidence and documenting the scene's condition as it was found.
✔✔What are the 6 basic steps crime scene investigators engage in? - ✔✔Assessing,
observing, documenting, searching, collecting, analyzing.
✔✔What steps are taken to preserve and protect a crime scene? - ✔✔Secure the
scene, protect the scene, and establish a crime scene entry log.
✔✔What is the most basic aspect of crime scene processing? - ✔✔Observing.
✔✔What do most forensic photos contain? - ✔✔A scale.
✔✔What are the 3 types of crime scene sketches? - ✔✔Cross-projection or exploded,
elevation, 3D.
✔✔Name 3 methods for measuring/mapping a crime scene. - ✔✔Rectangular
coordinates, triangulation, baseline coordinates.
✔✔Name 4 crime scene search patterns. - ✔✔Circle/spiral, strip/line, grid, and zone.
✔✔Name 3 early postmortem indicators. - ✔✔Livor mortis/lividity (settling of the blood);
rigor mortis (stiffening of muscles); algor mortis (cooling of the body).
✔✔What are some reasons an officer might transport to the hospital prior to
transporting to jail? - ✔✔A person is highly intoxicated; a person is experiencing a
mental health crisis; there is a medical emergency.
✔✔What are an officer's primary goals in a civil dispute? - ✔✔To safeguard persons
and property; to prevent criminal activity; to maintain peace.
✔✔What are the Graham factors? - ✔✔What was the severity of the crime? Was there
active resistance or flight? Was there an immediate threat to the safety of officers or
others?
SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔What are the 3 inchoate crimes? - ✔✔Attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation.
✔✔What are some examples of natural water hazards? - ✔✔Slippery rocks, irregular
bottoms, trees/vegetation, floating debris, currents, cold water.
✔✔How close to shore to most injuries happen? - ✔✔Within 10 feet.
✔✔What are the 4 steps of water rescue? - ✔✔Preach, reach, throw, go and tow.
✔✔What 3 questions must be asked in all water rescues? - ✔✔Is this a rescue or a
recovery? What is the overall risk? What are my realistic abilities?
✔✔What are the priorities of life when performing a water rescue? - ✔✔Officers,
innocents, victims, property.
✔✔What are some examples of manmade water hazards? - ✔✔Dams, canals,
submerged objects, bridges and roadways.
✔✔Describe the Bloods gang. - ✔✔Primarily black membership; color is red; rivals with
Crips and other Bloods gangs.
✔✔What is the primary source of income for gangs? - ✔✔Narcotics.
✔✔What are some examples of non-criminal calls for service? - ✔✔VIN inspections,
civil standbys, found property.
✔✔What is the purpose of a report? - ✔✔To record conditions upon arrival; to protect
integrity of evidence; to make proper notifications to investigative personnel and collect
helpful information; to record eyewitness statements.
✔✔Describe the Nortenos gang. - ✔✔Allegiance to Northern California and Nuestra
Familia; color is red; number is 14; symbol is Huelga bird.
✔✔What is the leadership structure in an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMG)? - ✔✔Officer,
member, prospect.
✔✔What are the 3 Rs of gang ideology? - ✔✔Respect, retaliation, and representation.
✔✔Describe the Crips gang. - ✔✔Primarily black membership; color is blue; rivals with
Bloods and other Crip gangs.
,✔✔What are the 2 types of security threat groups? - ✔✔Criminal gangs (cars) and
extremist groups.
✔✔Describe the Surenos gang. - ✔✔Allegiance to Southern California and the Mexican
Mafia; the largest gang in Idaho; color is blue; number is 13.
✔✔What is a security threat group (STG)? - ✔✔A group of 3 or more inmates who have
been determined to pose a potential threat to the safety, security, and operation of a jail
or prison.
✔✔List the 3 types of gangs. - ✔✔Street gang, prison gang/security threat group,
outlaw motorcycle gang.
✔✔What are some common gang member identifiers? - ✔✔Clothings, tattoos,
admission to membership, and hand signs.
✔✔List the characteristics that define a gang. - ✔✔An ongoing organization,
association, or group; consists of 3 or more persons; has a common name and/or
common identifying sign/symbol; members individually or collectively engage in a
pattern of criminal gang activity.
✔✔List the characteristics that define a gang member. - ✔✔An individual who engages
in criminal activity AND has two or more of the following characteristics: admits to
membership; is identified as a gang member; frequents gang areas, adopts the style of
dress, uses hand signs, has tattoos associated with a gang, associates with other
known gang members; is identified as a gang member by physical evidence; has been
stopped with known gang members 4 or more times.
✔✔Why is evidence packaged? - ✔✔To prevent cross-contamination, and to prevent
loss or unintentional obliteration.
✔✔What are some examples of external packaging for evidence? - ✔✔Paper envelope,
paper sack, cardboard box, heat seal plastic, metal can.
✔✔What are some examples of internal packaging for evidence? - ✔✔Heat seal/zipper
top baggie, screw top vial, syringe tubes, small envelopes/bindles, signal-blocking
pouches.
✔✔What 3 types of photos should be taken of a crime scene? - ✔✔General/overall,
midrange/relationship/orientation, and close-up/identification.
✔✔What are the 5 basic components of a sketch? - ✔✔Heading, diagram area, legend,
title block, scale and direction notations.
, ✔✔What actions are taken to recognize, document, and collect evidence at a crime
scene? - ✔✔Video/initial scene evaluation; as-is photos (before placing evidence
markers); scene search (placement of evidence markers); photos (after placement of
evidence markers); scene documentation (sketches, notes, measurements); scene
processing/evidence collection; final scene walkthrough; exit photos/video.
✔✔What are the primary duties as a first responder on a crime scene? - ✔✔Preserve,
protect, recognize, document, collect.
✔✔Describe crime scene investigation. - ✔✔Crime scene investigation consists of an
examination and evaluation of the scene for the purposes of recovering physical
evidence and documenting the scene's condition as it was found.
✔✔What are the 6 basic steps crime scene investigators engage in? - ✔✔Assessing,
observing, documenting, searching, collecting, analyzing.
✔✔What steps are taken to preserve and protect a crime scene? - ✔✔Secure the
scene, protect the scene, and establish a crime scene entry log.
✔✔What is the most basic aspect of crime scene processing? - ✔✔Observing.
✔✔What do most forensic photos contain? - ✔✔A scale.
✔✔What are the 3 types of crime scene sketches? - ✔✔Cross-projection or exploded,
elevation, 3D.
✔✔Name 3 methods for measuring/mapping a crime scene. - ✔✔Rectangular
coordinates, triangulation, baseline coordinates.
✔✔Name 4 crime scene search patterns. - ✔✔Circle/spiral, strip/line, grid, and zone.
✔✔Name 3 early postmortem indicators. - ✔✔Livor mortis/lividity (settling of the blood);
rigor mortis (stiffening of muscles); algor mortis (cooling of the body).
✔✔What are some reasons an officer might transport to the hospital prior to
transporting to jail? - ✔✔A person is highly intoxicated; a person is experiencing a
mental health crisis; there is a medical emergency.
✔✔What are an officer's primary goals in a civil dispute? - ✔✔To safeguard persons
and property; to prevent criminal activity; to maintain peace.
✔✔What are the Graham factors? - ✔✔What was the severity of the crime? Was there
active resistance or flight? Was there an immediate threat to the safety of officers or
others?
