OPOTA Exam {LATEST 2026 -2027 update}
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Guidelines to be followed when taking field notes - correct answer -Head notebook
page with day and time of shift
-Do not place information from one incident on the same page with information from
another incident
-Write or print neatly so you can read and understand your notes later
-Record all information in ink
-Let victims and witnesses talk through the event before you start recording notes
-Ask clarifying follow-up questions
-Be as complete as possible
-Consider the use of electronic data device or template
-Do not record personal information in your notebook
,Essential questions answered in a report - correct answer Who, what, where, when,
how, why
Requirements of a well written report - correct answer complete, factual, objective,
accurate
Explain crime - correct answer An act that the law makes punishable
Culpable mental states - correct answer knowingly, purposely, recklessly, negligently
Purposely - correct answer Specific intention to cause a certain result; or when the
offense is a prohibition against certain conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what
the offender intends to accomplish, it is the offender's specific intention to engage in
the conduct
,Knowingly - correct answer aware that conduct is practically certain to cause a result,
regardless of purpose
Recklessly - correct answer with heedless indifference to the consequences,
disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that conduct is likely to cause a certain
result or is likely to be of a certain nature
Negligently - correct answer Because of substantial lapse from due care, fails to
perceive or avoid a risk that his/her conduct may cause a certain result or may be of a
certain nature
Jurisdiction - correct answer a government's general power to exercise authority over
all persons and things within its territory
, Statutory law - correct answer The body of law derived from statutes rather than from
constitutions or judicial decisions.
Case Law - correct answer The law found in the collection of reported cases that form
all or part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction
Criminal Law - correct answer identifies what actions are prohibited
Rules of Agency - correct answer Administrative rules, general orders
Constitutional Law - correct answer amendments
Police Legitimacy - correct answer exists when the public view the police as
authorized to exercise power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and
solve problems in community
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Guidelines to be followed when taking field notes - correct answer -Head notebook
page with day and time of shift
-Do not place information from one incident on the same page with information from
another incident
-Write or print neatly so you can read and understand your notes later
-Record all information in ink
-Let victims and witnesses talk through the event before you start recording notes
-Ask clarifying follow-up questions
-Be as complete as possible
-Consider the use of electronic data device or template
-Do not record personal information in your notebook
,Essential questions answered in a report - correct answer Who, what, where, when,
how, why
Requirements of a well written report - correct answer complete, factual, objective,
accurate
Explain crime - correct answer An act that the law makes punishable
Culpable mental states - correct answer knowingly, purposely, recklessly, negligently
Purposely - correct answer Specific intention to cause a certain result; or when the
offense is a prohibition against certain conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what
the offender intends to accomplish, it is the offender's specific intention to engage in
the conduct
,Knowingly - correct answer aware that conduct is practically certain to cause a result,
regardless of purpose
Recklessly - correct answer with heedless indifference to the consequences,
disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that conduct is likely to cause a certain
result or is likely to be of a certain nature
Negligently - correct answer Because of substantial lapse from due care, fails to
perceive or avoid a risk that his/her conduct may cause a certain result or may be of a
certain nature
Jurisdiction - correct answer a government's general power to exercise authority over
all persons and things within its territory
, Statutory law - correct answer The body of law derived from statutes rather than from
constitutions or judicial decisions.
Case Law - correct answer The law found in the collection of reported cases that form
all or part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction
Criminal Law - correct answer identifies what actions are prohibited
Rules of Agency - correct answer Administrative rules, general orders
Constitutional Law - correct answer amendments
Police Legitimacy - correct answer exists when the public view the police as
authorized to exercise power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and
solve problems in community
