MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Transporting prisoners -
correct answer ✅Determine age, advise dispatch to nature of
arrest, identification of prisoner, destination and starting mileage
Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE) -
correct answer ✅Handcuff and search before placing in vehicle
Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes -
correct answer ✅Time and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~ -
correct answer ✅Note date/time and location
Identified person making sketch with personal identifier (initials)
and marks as evidence.
Photograph crime scene -
correct answer ✅Selects proper equipment
Photographs exact location of crime(house number/street sign)
,MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Photographs general exterior (perimeter)
Photographs specifics of the crime (evidence/victims)
Logs sequence of pictures taken at crime scene
Grid Search -
correct answer ✅A search method employed by two or more
people overlapping separate line searches forming a grid. This
method is best used in large crime scenes such as fields or woods
(outside). Several searches, or a line of them, move alongside each
other from one end to the other.
Quadrant/zone search -
correct answer ✅A search method in which the crime scene is
divided into smaller sections (zones or quadrants) and team
members are assigned to search each section. Each of these
sections can be divided into smaller sections for smaller teams to
search thoroughly. Best searching for a small object
Spiral Search -
correct answer ✅Carried out by a single person involves the
searcher walking in a circular fashion from the outer point of crime
scence towards the central point. DO NOT START IN CENTER AS
EVIDENCE COULD BE DESTROYED
,MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death -
correct answer ✅Notify medical examiner of death
Investigate death scene for evidence of unnatural death before
searching the body by considering the length of time the person
has been dead, visual signs of violence, apperance of the body, etc.
Search bodies for identification when death is determined to be
natural -
correct answer ✅Searches body to locate identification (e.g,
checks pockets, checks purse) or identifying marks (e.g., scars,
tattoos, amputations, medical alert tags) if death was natural
Inventories valuables obtained in search
Secured personal property obtained from a dead body
Conduct a Show up -
correct answer ✅Identifies possible suspects at the scene of the
crime by:
-Interviewing witnesses
-reviewing evidence; or
-reviewing suspect's description
, MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Locates the suspect by radio communications with base station or
other officers or searching the surrounding area
Determines whether it is legal to conduct a show up:
-a limited period of time has elapsed since the crime was
committed;
-probably cause is absent that the suspect committed the crime;
and
-to eliminate innocent victims of circumstances from suspicion.
Transports victim/witnesses to the suspect for viewing
-to eliminate a potentially innocent person from being a victim of
circumstances
-to minimize the level of government intrusion
Plan for a search -
correct answer ✅Determines the appropriate search method
based upon available personnel, equipment, and physical
characteristics of the area to be searched, including:
-spiral
-grid
-quadrant
Conducts a briefing describing:
AND ANSWERS
Transporting prisoners -
correct answer ✅Determine age, advise dispatch to nature of
arrest, identification of prisoner, destination and starting mileage
Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE) -
correct answer ✅Handcuff and search before placing in vehicle
Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes -
correct answer ✅Time and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~ -
correct answer ✅Note date/time and location
Identified person making sketch with personal identifier (initials)
and marks as evidence.
Photograph crime scene -
correct answer ✅Selects proper equipment
Photographs exact location of crime(house number/street sign)
,MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Photographs general exterior (perimeter)
Photographs specifics of the crime (evidence/victims)
Logs sequence of pictures taken at crime scene
Grid Search -
correct answer ✅A search method employed by two or more
people overlapping separate line searches forming a grid. This
method is best used in large crime scenes such as fields or woods
(outside). Several searches, or a line of them, move alongside each
other from one end to the other.
Quadrant/zone search -
correct answer ✅A search method in which the crime scene is
divided into smaller sections (zones or quadrants) and team
members are assigned to search each section. Each of these
sections can be divided into smaller sections for smaller teams to
search thoroughly. Best searching for a small object
Spiral Search -
correct answer ✅Carried out by a single person involves the
searcher walking in a circular fashion from the outer point of crime
scence towards the central point. DO NOT START IN CENTER AS
EVIDENCE COULD BE DESTROYED
,MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death -
correct answer ✅Notify medical examiner of death
Investigate death scene for evidence of unnatural death before
searching the body by considering the length of time the person
has been dead, visual signs of violence, apperance of the body, etc.
Search bodies for identification when death is determined to be
natural -
correct answer ✅Searches body to locate identification (e.g,
checks pockets, checks purse) or identifying marks (e.g., scars,
tattoos, amputations, medical alert tags) if death was natural
Inventories valuables obtained in search
Secured personal property obtained from a dead body
Conduct a Show up -
correct answer ✅Identifies possible suspects at the scene of the
crime by:
-Interviewing witnesses
-reviewing evidence; or
-reviewing suspect's description
, MCOLES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Locates the suspect by radio communications with base station or
other officers or searching the surrounding area
Determines whether it is legal to conduct a show up:
-a limited period of time has elapsed since the crime was
committed;
-probably cause is absent that the suspect committed the crime;
and
-to eliminate innocent victims of circumstances from suspicion.
Transports victim/witnesses to the suspect for viewing
-to eliminate a potentially innocent person from being a victim of
circumstances
-to minimize the level of government intrusion
Plan for a search -
correct answer ✅Determines the appropriate search method
based upon available personnel, equipment, and physical
characteristics of the area to be searched, including:
-spiral
-grid
-quadrant
Conducts a briefing describing:
