NC RADAR/LIDAR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LIDAR: Judicial notice: Principles such as speed of _____ (186,000 miles per second) -
Answers - light
the north carolina criminal justice education training standards commission gets its
power from G.S.? - Answers - G.S. 17C-6
basic speed law 20-141(a), a consist of unreasonable and imprudent driving under
existing _____. - Answers - conditions
What is the general statue for Basic Speed Law? - Answers - 20-141(a)
Be employed or appointed as a law enforcement officer by a state or local law
enforcement agency or be a federal law enforcement officer. such a trainee shall _____
be certified as a radar operator until the basic law enforcement training course has been
successfully completed and probationary or general law enforcement certification has
been granted. - Answers - not
If the applicant is a deputy sheriff, he/she must be in total compliance with the standards
established by the _____ _____ _____ _____ and _____ _____ _____. - Answers - NC
Sheriff's Education and Training Standards Commission
present the endorsement of a commission recognized _____ _____ or a law
enforcement agency executive officer or his designee. - Answers - school director
Provide, for practice, and testing, a vehicle, and the RADAR instruments(s) on which
the trainee seeks _____. - Answers - certification
the radar operator training course for law enforcement officers shall consist of a
minimum of _____ hours and shall not exceed _____ weeks. - Answers - 30
4
to complete the radar operator re certification course, the minimum number of hours of
attendance is _____. the course shall not exceed _____ week. - Answers - 6
1
north carolina criminal justice education and training standards commission grant radar
operator _____. - Answers - certifications
you must make a minimum of a ____% on the written examination and demonstrate
_____% competence in the setup, test for accuracy, and operation of the radar
instrument. (2-hour time limit on the road test) in basic operator course. - Answers - 70
100
,you must make a minimum of a ____% on the written test and demonstrate _____%
competence in the setup, test for accuracy, and operation of the radar instrument. (2-
hour time limit on the road test) in radar recertification. - Answers - 75
100
if you fail the written test or motor skills for radar you must request in writing within
_____ days and you must retake the test within _____ days. - Answers - 30
90
you _____ _____ _____ the written test and motor skills to be able to retake the exams
in radar recertification. - Answers - cannot fail both
an officer may begin to use radar for enforcement purposes only upon receipt of his/her
operator certification from the _____. - Answers - commission
once you obtain your radar certification, it is good for _____ years. - Answers - 3
SMI is an acronym for _____ _____ _____ - Answers - speed measuring instrument
after passing the written test and motor skills, you have _____ days to obtain _____
hours of operation with a certified radar operator. (certified filed practice) - Answers - 90
12
What is the basic goal of all police work? - Answers - To protect the lives and property
of the public.
research shows that excessive _____ is a major contributing factor to motor vehicle
crashes. it also shows excessive _____ increases the severity of crashes that do occur
and a high speed crash is much more likely to produce death or serious injury than a
_____ speed crash. - Answers - speed
speed
low
in 2009 NHTSA reported the percentage of fatal crashes that occur in a speed zone of
40 mph or less is about _____% while 65% of all fatal crashes occur in a speed zone of
55mph or more. - Answers - 15
NHTSA believes RADAR is an effective _____ _____. - Answers - Enforcement tool
RADAR is only a _____. learning how to operate a radar is important but it is not our
basic goal. we are concerned primarily with _____ enforcement. - Answers - Tool
speed
Radar overall course goal is to improve the effectiveness of enforcement through the
proper and efficient use of _____ - Answers - SMIs
,you are taking a radar call to improve your speed enforcement because _____
enforcement improves traffic safety and saves lives. - Answers - better
Course Topics Radar:
speed _____ and speed _____
basic principles of _____ speed measurement
legal and _____ considerations
familiarization and operation of specific _____ instruments
courtroom _____
motor-skills _____ testing
course review and _____ examination - Answers - offenses; enforcement
radar
operational
radar
preparation
performance
written
_____ _____ has been the target in almost all successful challenges to using a radar -
Answers - human error
_____, _____, and _____ _____ are the three elements of driving. - Answers - Operator
Vehicle
Road surface
An average person's reaction time is _____ __ _ _____. - Answers - 3/4 of a second
At 20 mph, his car moves 22 ft during 3/4 of a second. it will require about an additional
20 ft of braking distance to bring his car to a complete stop. in all, it has taken _____ ft
to stop the car. - Answers - 42ft
at 40 mph you would have traveled _____ ft during reaction time and _____ ft during
braking. it now requires a total of _____ ft to bring the vehicle to a halt. remember, at 20
mph his braking distance was only 20 ft. the braking distance at 40 mph is not twice the
distance required at 20 mph but 4 times. - Answers - 44ft
81ft
125ft
the braking distance at 80 mph would not be _____ times the distance required at 20
mph but more than _____ times. - Answers - 4
16
First _____ _____ in America: New Amsterdam (now New York) prohibited the riding of
horses at a gallop or driving a horse-drawn vehicle at a galloping speed within the city
limits. - Answers - Traffic law
, First _____ _____ _____: Hartford, Connecticut in 1901. (12 mph in the country, and 8
mph in the city limits) - Answers - Automobile Speed Regulation
Speed limits at first glance is what? Example: Exit Ramp Suggested Speed - Not
Enforceable - Answers - Prima Facie Speed Law
the reported number of spinal cord injuries caused by auto crashes dropped as much as
_____% to _____% in some areas of the country. - Answers - 60
70
Is there prima facie in North Carolina? - Answers - No
Based on laws which simply prohibit driving faster than a specified numeric speed is
what? (This is what NC operates under. Set by DOT) - Answers - Absolute Speed Limit
G.S. 20-141(b)
What are the four elements of speed offense? - Answers - Driver Identification
Location
Speed
Conditions (if Basic Speed Law)
Congress imposed a nationwide 55 mph maximum speed in 1974 due to what? (55 mph
was chosen because it is the median energy efficient speed.) - Answers - The Oil
Embargo of 1973
Due to the 55 mph limit, traffic fatalities decreased _____ the first year or 8,856 traffic
fatalities - Answers - 16.8%
although the use of radio echo for detection purposes was discussed for many years in
the literature, it took the imminent threat of war in _____ in the late 1930s to bring about
serious research and development. - Answers - Europe
It was determined that raising the speed limit from 55 to 60 would have a relatively small
effect on the number of crashes and injuries (approximately 1% and 2% respectively).
however a _____% increase in the number of fatalities was expected which equates to
_____ lives. - Answers - 9%
3,500
The probability of a fatality doubles as traveling speed increases from _____ to _____
mph and doubles again as speeds go up to _____ mph. - Answers - 45 to 60 mph
70 mph
the means that a 5 mph increase in speed limit would not significantly change the _____
of crashes, but rather the _____ of these crashes. - Answers - frequency
severity
LIDAR: Judicial notice: Principles such as speed of _____ (186,000 miles per second) -
Answers - light
the north carolina criminal justice education training standards commission gets its
power from G.S.? - Answers - G.S. 17C-6
basic speed law 20-141(a), a consist of unreasonable and imprudent driving under
existing _____. - Answers - conditions
What is the general statue for Basic Speed Law? - Answers - 20-141(a)
Be employed or appointed as a law enforcement officer by a state or local law
enforcement agency or be a federal law enforcement officer. such a trainee shall _____
be certified as a radar operator until the basic law enforcement training course has been
successfully completed and probationary or general law enforcement certification has
been granted. - Answers - not
If the applicant is a deputy sheriff, he/she must be in total compliance with the standards
established by the _____ _____ _____ _____ and _____ _____ _____. - Answers - NC
Sheriff's Education and Training Standards Commission
present the endorsement of a commission recognized _____ _____ or a law
enforcement agency executive officer or his designee. - Answers - school director
Provide, for practice, and testing, a vehicle, and the RADAR instruments(s) on which
the trainee seeks _____. - Answers - certification
the radar operator training course for law enforcement officers shall consist of a
minimum of _____ hours and shall not exceed _____ weeks. - Answers - 30
4
to complete the radar operator re certification course, the minimum number of hours of
attendance is _____. the course shall not exceed _____ week. - Answers - 6
1
north carolina criminal justice education and training standards commission grant radar
operator _____. - Answers - certifications
you must make a minimum of a ____% on the written examination and demonstrate
_____% competence in the setup, test for accuracy, and operation of the radar
instrument. (2-hour time limit on the road test) in basic operator course. - Answers - 70
100
,you must make a minimum of a ____% on the written test and demonstrate _____%
competence in the setup, test for accuracy, and operation of the radar instrument. (2-
hour time limit on the road test) in radar recertification. - Answers - 75
100
if you fail the written test or motor skills for radar you must request in writing within
_____ days and you must retake the test within _____ days. - Answers - 30
90
you _____ _____ _____ the written test and motor skills to be able to retake the exams
in radar recertification. - Answers - cannot fail both
an officer may begin to use radar for enforcement purposes only upon receipt of his/her
operator certification from the _____. - Answers - commission
once you obtain your radar certification, it is good for _____ years. - Answers - 3
SMI is an acronym for _____ _____ _____ - Answers - speed measuring instrument
after passing the written test and motor skills, you have _____ days to obtain _____
hours of operation with a certified radar operator. (certified filed practice) - Answers - 90
12
What is the basic goal of all police work? - Answers - To protect the lives and property
of the public.
research shows that excessive _____ is a major contributing factor to motor vehicle
crashes. it also shows excessive _____ increases the severity of crashes that do occur
and a high speed crash is much more likely to produce death or serious injury than a
_____ speed crash. - Answers - speed
speed
low
in 2009 NHTSA reported the percentage of fatal crashes that occur in a speed zone of
40 mph or less is about _____% while 65% of all fatal crashes occur in a speed zone of
55mph or more. - Answers - 15
NHTSA believes RADAR is an effective _____ _____. - Answers - Enforcement tool
RADAR is only a _____. learning how to operate a radar is important but it is not our
basic goal. we are concerned primarily with _____ enforcement. - Answers - Tool
speed
Radar overall course goal is to improve the effectiveness of enforcement through the
proper and efficient use of _____ - Answers - SMIs
,you are taking a radar call to improve your speed enforcement because _____
enforcement improves traffic safety and saves lives. - Answers - better
Course Topics Radar:
speed _____ and speed _____
basic principles of _____ speed measurement
legal and _____ considerations
familiarization and operation of specific _____ instruments
courtroom _____
motor-skills _____ testing
course review and _____ examination - Answers - offenses; enforcement
radar
operational
radar
preparation
performance
written
_____ _____ has been the target in almost all successful challenges to using a radar -
Answers - human error
_____, _____, and _____ _____ are the three elements of driving. - Answers - Operator
Vehicle
Road surface
An average person's reaction time is _____ __ _ _____. - Answers - 3/4 of a second
At 20 mph, his car moves 22 ft during 3/4 of a second. it will require about an additional
20 ft of braking distance to bring his car to a complete stop. in all, it has taken _____ ft
to stop the car. - Answers - 42ft
at 40 mph you would have traveled _____ ft during reaction time and _____ ft during
braking. it now requires a total of _____ ft to bring the vehicle to a halt. remember, at 20
mph his braking distance was only 20 ft. the braking distance at 40 mph is not twice the
distance required at 20 mph but 4 times. - Answers - 44ft
81ft
125ft
the braking distance at 80 mph would not be _____ times the distance required at 20
mph but more than _____ times. - Answers - 4
16
First _____ _____ in America: New Amsterdam (now New York) prohibited the riding of
horses at a gallop or driving a horse-drawn vehicle at a galloping speed within the city
limits. - Answers - Traffic law
, First _____ _____ _____: Hartford, Connecticut in 1901. (12 mph in the country, and 8
mph in the city limits) - Answers - Automobile Speed Regulation
Speed limits at first glance is what? Example: Exit Ramp Suggested Speed - Not
Enforceable - Answers - Prima Facie Speed Law
the reported number of spinal cord injuries caused by auto crashes dropped as much as
_____% to _____% in some areas of the country. - Answers - 60
70
Is there prima facie in North Carolina? - Answers - No
Based on laws which simply prohibit driving faster than a specified numeric speed is
what? (This is what NC operates under. Set by DOT) - Answers - Absolute Speed Limit
G.S. 20-141(b)
What are the four elements of speed offense? - Answers - Driver Identification
Location
Speed
Conditions (if Basic Speed Law)
Congress imposed a nationwide 55 mph maximum speed in 1974 due to what? (55 mph
was chosen because it is the median energy efficient speed.) - Answers - The Oil
Embargo of 1973
Due to the 55 mph limit, traffic fatalities decreased _____ the first year or 8,856 traffic
fatalities - Answers - 16.8%
although the use of radio echo for detection purposes was discussed for many years in
the literature, it took the imminent threat of war in _____ in the late 1930s to bring about
serious research and development. - Answers - Europe
It was determined that raising the speed limit from 55 to 60 would have a relatively small
effect on the number of crashes and injuries (approximately 1% and 2% respectively).
however a _____% increase in the number of fatalities was expected which equates to
_____ lives. - Answers - 9%
3,500
The probability of a fatality doubles as traveling speed increases from _____ to _____
mph and doubles again as speeds go up to _____ mph. - Answers - 45 to 60 mph
70 mph
the means that a 5 mph increase in speed limit would not significantly change the _____
of crashes, but rather the _____ of these crashes. - Answers - frequency
severity
