Police Sergeant Practice Exam – Law Enforcement Promotion
Preparation, 2026 – Practice Questions with Answers
Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping
violations of the law from happening are most widely known as - correct answer
✔✔ crime prevention.
These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force, and mental
or psychological abuse. - correct answer ✔✔ Third degree tactics.
This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame. - correct answer ✔✔
Exculpatory evidence.
A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner normally
responsible for? - correct answer ✔✔ Securing the body of the deceased, as well
as all associated clothing and personal property.
You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to determine if the
motorist is intoxicated. During the test, the motorist experiences difficulty
maintaining equilibrium. This is known as - correct answer ✔✔ the Romberg sign.
In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an accident scene, it
is important for an officer to measure skid marks to - correct answer ✔✔ the
nearest inch.
Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating - correct answer ✔✔
robberies and street muggings.
,An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to determine
whether both came from the same source. - correct answer ✔✔ Standard of
comparison.
The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is scientifically
known as - correct answer ✔✔ cyanocralyde.
You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol officers
originally thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three patrol cars on the
scene. The lead officer tells you that the suspects fled over an hour ago. What
should you have the other officers do? - correct answer ✔✔ Report back to
service.
The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of a particular
crime by gathering information from witnesses and suspects. Which of the
following is of least concern to the police? - correct answer ✔✔ Why.
The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at protecting citizens
against the improper actions of which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ The
Government.
Which of the following is the highest court in our nation? - correct answer ✔✔
The Supreme Court.
The United States has determined that free speech is protected under the First
Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following situations would not be
, protected under the First Amendment? - correct answer ✔✔ Yelling "fire" in a
crowded theater where there is no fire.
Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy or being tried
twice for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that none of the following
situations amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔ when a
defendant is tried twice for the same act, once under state statutes and once
under federal statutes.
A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of submersion? -
correct answer ✔✔ 8 to 10 days.
The understanding of human behavior is paramount to good supervisory
practices. A variety of barriers may get in the way of the ability of personnel to
perform at their peak. When the barrier is an inadequate salary, this would be
called a - correct answer ✔✔ situational barrier.
According to experts in the field of law enforcement, when searching for a lost
child, which of these areas should be searched first? - correct answer ✔✔ The
immediate area from where the child disappeared.
What is the result of psychological problems that go unaddressed and untreated?
- correct answer ✔✔ The program grow in severity and become worse.
Under most standard regulations for dealing with complaints, at what point in the
process does a complaint officially become a grievance? - correct answer ✔✔
When the supervisor fails to resolve the complaint and refers it to the next level of
management.
Preparation, 2026 – Practice Questions with Answers
Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping
violations of the law from happening are most widely known as - correct answer
✔✔ crime prevention.
These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force, and mental
or psychological abuse. - correct answer ✔✔ Third degree tactics.
This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame. - correct answer ✔✔
Exculpatory evidence.
A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner normally
responsible for? - correct answer ✔✔ Securing the body of the deceased, as well
as all associated clothing and personal property.
You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to determine if the
motorist is intoxicated. During the test, the motorist experiences difficulty
maintaining equilibrium. This is known as - correct answer ✔✔ the Romberg sign.
In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an accident scene, it
is important for an officer to measure skid marks to - correct answer ✔✔ the
nearest inch.
Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating - correct answer ✔✔
robberies and street muggings.
,An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to determine
whether both came from the same source. - correct answer ✔✔ Standard of
comparison.
The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is scientifically
known as - correct answer ✔✔ cyanocralyde.
You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol officers
originally thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three patrol cars on the
scene. The lead officer tells you that the suspects fled over an hour ago. What
should you have the other officers do? - correct answer ✔✔ Report back to
service.
The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of a particular
crime by gathering information from witnesses and suspects. Which of the
following is of least concern to the police? - correct answer ✔✔ Why.
The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at protecting citizens
against the improper actions of which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ The
Government.
Which of the following is the highest court in our nation? - correct answer ✔✔
The Supreme Court.
The United States has determined that free speech is protected under the First
Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following situations would not be
, protected under the First Amendment? - correct answer ✔✔ Yelling "fire" in a
crowded theater where there is no fire.
Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy or being tried
twice for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that none of the following
situations amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔ when a
defendant is tried twice for the same act, once under state statutes and once
under federal statutes.
A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of submersion? -
correct answer ✔✔ 8 to 10 days.
The understanding of human behavior is paramount to good supervisory
practices. A variety of barriers may get in the way of the ability of personnel to
perform at their peak. When the barrier is an inadequate salary, this would be
called a - correct answer ✔✔ situational barrier.
According to experts in the field of law enforcement, when searching for a lost
child, which of these areas should be searched first? - correct answer ✔✔ The
immediate area from where the child disappeared.
What is the result of psychological problems that go unaddressed and untreated?
- correct answer ✔✔ The program grow in severity and become worse.
Under most standard regulations for dealing with complaints, at what point in the
process does a complaint officially become a grievance? - correct answer ✔✔
When the supervisor fails to resolve the complaint and refers it to the next level of
management.
