Colorado POST Study Guide (2026) |
Practice Test with Correct Answers | Graded
A+
• What is sensory distortion? Answer: An officer may hallucinate that an
offender already shot him
• How does an officer react to the threat of another person? Answer:
Locate, react, control, identify
• The simplest way for an officer to relieve stress? Answer: Deep belly
breathing
• When is an officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in jail?
Answer: When there is no room in an institution and he is placed in jail
for safety reasons. Only a facility that is suitable and readily available. A
mentally ill person amy only be held in a jail for a maximum of 24 hours
• When there is a robbery in progress, and a suspect is in the area an
officer should? Answer: Proceed as rapidly as possible but use extreme
caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene
• When an officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?
Answer: Record any victim, witness and suspect statements related to
the crime. Do not cherry pick your witnesses
,• An officer's note taking is minimized at the crime scene by? Answer:
The type of offense, conditions of the case, officer attitude, officer
ability and the number of officers assigned to the case
• When going to the scene of a domestic disdpute, there are four phases,
what are they? Answer: Assess the situation
Take immediate corrective action
Listen and observe
Follow-up
• When an officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the
witness heard a loud noise, what perception might the witness have?
Answer: A small crowd may seem large
• When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?
Answer: Tactical techniques that buy you the greatest safety. (Diagonal
deployment)
• Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur
when a locked and sliding wheel bounces over a bump, rut, rails or hole
in the road. It is called? Answer: A skip skid mark
• Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?
Answer: Turn the wheel to the left
, • On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach?
Answer: Tactical Edge states on p. 291 that when working with a
partner, one officer approach only, the officer must stay out of the kill
zone
• What is verbal judo used for? Answer: To get the individual to comply
with verbal demands
• What are characteristics of a hate crime? Answer: No gain is made and
property is usually not stolen. Typically involves harassment or assault
• When you are testifying on the stand, once you are finished, what
should you do? Answer: Leave the courtroom and resume your normal
duties
• What are the 2 core components of community policing? Answer:
Community Partnership
Problem Solving
• What part of S.A.R.A. model is a police officer? Answer: Assessment
• Characteristics of gang activity are? Answer: Graffiti
Drive by shooting
Collecting on street corners and alleys, schools etc.
Practice Test with Correct Answers | Graded
A+
• What is sensory distortion? Answer: An officer may hallucinate that an
offender already shot him
• How does an officer react to the threat of another person? Answer:
Locate, react, control, identify
• The simplest way for an officer to relieve stress? Answer: Deep belly
breathing
• When is an officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in jail?
Answer: When there is no room in an institution and he is placed in jail
for safety reasons. Only a facility that is suitable and readily available. A
mentally ill person amy only be held in a jail for a maximum of 24 hours
• When there is a robbery in progress, and a suspect is in the area an
officer should? Answer: Proceed as rapidly as possible but use extreme
caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene
• When an officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?
Answer: Record any victim, witness and suspect statements related to
the crime. Do not cherry pick your witnesses
,• An officer's note taking is minimized at the crime scene by? Answer:
The type of offense, conditions of the case, officer attitude, officer
ability and the number of officers assigned to the case
• When going to the scene of a domestic disdpute, there are four phases,
what are they? Answer: Assess the situation
Take immediate corrective action
Listen and observe
Follow-up
• When an officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the
witness heard a loud noise, what perception might the witness have?
Answer: A small crowd may seem large
• When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?
Answer: Tactical techniques that buy you the greatest safety. (Diagonal
deployment)
• Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur
when a locked and sliding wheel bounces over a bump, rut, rails or hole
in the road. It is called? Answer: A skip skid mark
• Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?
Answer: Turn the wheel to the left
, • On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach?
Answer: Tactical Edge states on p. 291 that when working with a
partner, one officer approach only, the officer must stay out of the kill
zone
• What is verbal judo used for? Answer: To get the individual to comply
with verbal demands
• What are characteristics of a hate crime? Answer: No gain is made and
property is usually not stolen. Typically involves harassment or assault
• When you are testifying on the stand, once you are finished, what
should you do? Answer: Leave the courtroom and resume your normal
duties
• What are the 2 core components of community policing? Answer:
Community Partnership
Problem Solving
• What part of S.A.R.A. model is a police officer? Answer: Assessment
• Characteristics of gang activity are? Answer: Graffiti
Drive by shooting
Collecting on street corners and alleys, schools etc.
