NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY BCOT 73 REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Question: What does the core tenet of "Commitment" mean for the Office of
Selections and Development Training (OSDT)?
Answer: ✔✔ OSDT pledges to instruct correctional staff to the most rigorous
professional benchmarks, focusing heavily on critical decision-making capabilities
and overall operational preparedness.
Question: How is "Responsibility" defined within the training framework?
Answer: ✔✔ It is an institutional duty owed to every correctional officer to deliver
exceptional, high-tier instruction while fostering a culture of mutual support,
collaborative teamwork, and leadership development.
Question: What does being "Goal Oriented" encompass in this program?
Answer: ✔✔ Aligning all educational efforts toward maximizing officer safety,
instilling dedicated professional pride, and maintaining the highest workplace
standards.
Question: What three core pillars make up the foundational OSDT Training
Philosophy?
Answer: ✔✔ Commitment, Responsibility, and remaining Goal Oriented.
Question: What role do "Training Objectives" play in the curriculum design?
Answer: ✔✔ They represent the essential takeaways and core benchmarks of each
lesson plan, serving as the direct blueprint from which all written exam questions
are created.
How are the objectives used? -ANSWER ✔✔1. Each class has a list of objectives.
,2. Are covered in class or by study assignment
3. Are used for review.
The Examination -ANSWER ✔✔Consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Grade
of 70 or higher is considered a passing score. Score of 95 or above constitutes
honor grad. Honor students will receive a gold deal on their Basic Training
Certificate.
Officer Responsibilities -ANSWER ✔✔1. Control, custody, and welfare.
2. Maintain discipline and security.
3. Implement policies relating to offenders.
4. Protect from accident, conflict, and hazards.
5. Safeguard health.
6. Provide adequate clothing.
7. Communicate prison rules and regulations.
8. Maintain control and custody.
9. Report breach of policy and misconduct.
If you observe a breach of order or disciplinary violation what do you do? -
ANSWER ✔✔Report it to the Facility Head/Designee (Officer In Charge or OIC).
How do you implement policies relating to offenders? -ANSWER ✔✔1. Stay
current by reading policy and procedures manual.
2. Read changes as they are distributed. (Ex. work emails, staff meetings LMS
acknowledgement.)
3. Attend shift briefings.
,What to do during a shift briefing? -ANSWER ✔✔Listen, ask questions to make
sure you understand, and then make sure to follow the instructions.
How to safeguard health of offenders? -ANSWER ✔✔1. By not exposing them to
conditions that will endanger their health.
2. Be careful about work conditions and do not allow offenders to preform work
beyond their capabilities either physically or mentally.
What happens when an offender becomes ill or injured? -ANSWER ✔✔It is your
job responsibility to provide immediate medical attention.
Who are the sources of information? -ANSWER ✔✔1. OIC/Supervisor
2. Chaplin
3. Programs Staff Member
Inappropriate and improper Conduct -ANSWER ✔✔Conduct that would be
considered inappropriate and improper..
Examples of inappropriate and improper conduct -ANSWER ✔✔1. Borrowing
anything from an offender.
2. Lending anything to an offender.
3. Accepting any gift or personal service from offender.
4. Tipping an offender.
5. Making gifts or performing personal services for an offender.
6. Selling or giving any offender intoxicating drink, barbiturates or stimulant drug,
or any narcotic, poison or poisonous substance, except upon the prescription of a
physician.
, What should the employee do if contacted by family, friends, or close associate of
an offender? -ANSWER ✔✔The employee shall report this fact to his/her
supervisor at the earliest practical time.
What shall an employee do when they learn that a person they know or have had a
personal relationship has come under supervision of or is incarcerated by the
Department of Public Safety? -ANSWER ✔✔The employee shall report in writing
to his/her supervisor within 48 hours of learning that the person is under
supervision or incarcerated.
Personal and Objective Relationships -ANSWER ✔✔Correctional Officers shall
maintain a professional and objective relationship in their dealings with offenders.
Professional -ANSWER ✔✔Knowledgeable, trained, a leader, neat in appearance,
self-disciplined, FIRM, FAIR, CONSISTENT, and unimpeachable conduct on and
off duty.
Objective Relationship -ANSWER ✔✔Free from bias and prejudice; empathy not
sympathy; impersonal not cold and aloof.
Categories for Discipline -ANSWER ✔✔Two categories for causes of disciplinary
action are unsatisfactory or grossly inefficient job performance and unacceptable
personal conduct.
Unsatisfactory or grossly inefficient job performance -ANSWER ✔✔Not meeting
the standards that are needed to perform the job (ex. Slacking off on work
assignments)
PUBLIC SAFETY BCOT 73 REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Question: What does the core tenet of "Commitment" mean for the Office of
Selections and Development Training (OSDT)?
Answer: ✔✔ OSDT pledges to instruct correctional staff to the most rigorous
professional benchmarks, focusing heavily on critical decision-making capabilities
and overall operational preparedness.
Question: How is "Responsibility" defined within the training framework?
Answer: ✔✔ It is an institutional duty owed to every correctional officer to deliver
exceptional, high-tier instruction while fostering a culture of mutual support,
collaborative teamwork, and leadership development.
Question: What does being "Goal Oriented" encompass in this program?
Answer: ✔✔ Aligning all educational efforts toward maximizing officer safety,
instilling dedicated professional pride, and maintaining the highest workplace
standards.
Question: What three core pillars make up the foundational OSDT Training
Philosophy?
Answer: ✔✔ Commitment, Responsibility, and remaining Goal Oriented.
Question: What role do "Training Objectives" play in the curriculum design?
Answer: ✔✔ They represent the essential takeaways and core benchmarks of each
lesson plan, serving as the direct blueprint from which all written exam questions
are created.
How are the objectives used? -ANSWER ✔✔1. Each class has a list of objectives.
,2. Are covered in class or by study assignment
3. Are used for review.
The Examination -ANSWER ✔✔Consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Grade
of 70 or higher is considered a passing score. Score of 95 or above constitutes
honor grad. Honor students will receive a gold deal on their Basic Training
Certificate.
Officer Responsibilities -ANSWER ✔✔1. Control, custody, and welfare.
2. Maintain discipline and security.
3. Implement policies relating to offenders.
4. Protect from accident, conflict, and hazards.
5. Safeguard health.
6. Provide adequate clothing.
7. Communicate prison rules and regulations.
8. Maintain control and custody.
9. Report breach of policy and misconduct.
If you observe a breach of order or disciplinary violation what do you do? -
ANSWER ✔✔Report it to the Facility Head/Designee (Officer In Charge or OIC).
How do you implement policies relating to offenders? -ANSWER ✔✔1. Stay
current by reading policy and procedures manual.
2. Read changes as they are distributed. (Ex. work emails, staff meetings LMS
acknowledgement.)
3. Attend shift briefings.
,What to do during a shift briefing? -ANSWER ✔✔Listen, ask questions to make
sure you understand, and then make sure to follow the instructions.
How to safeguard health of offenders? -ANSWER ✔✔1. By not exposing them to
conditions that will endanger their health.
2. Be careful about work conditions and do not allow offenders to preform work
beyond their capabilities either physically or mentally.
What happens when an offender becomes ill or injured? -ANSWER ✔✔It is your
job responsibility to provide immediate medical attention.
Who are the sources of information? -ANSWER ✔✔1. OIC/Supervisor
2. Chaplin
3. Programs Staff Member
Inappropriate and improper Conduct -ANSWER ✔✔Conduct that would be
considered inappropriate and improper..
Examples of inappropriate and improper conduct -ANSWER ✔✔1. Borrowing
anything from an offender.
2. Lending anything to an offender.
3. Accepting any gift or personal service from offender.
4. Tipping an offender.
5. Making gifts or performing personal services for an offender.
6. Selling or giving any offender intoxicating drink, barbiturates or stimulant drug,
or any narcotic, poison or poisonous substance, except upon the prescription of a
physician.
, What should the employee do if contacted by family, friends, or close associate of
an offender? -ANSWER ✔✔The employee shall report this fact to his/her
supervisor at the earliest practical time.
What shall an employee do when they learn that a person they know or have had a
personal relationship has come under supervision of or is incarcerated by the
Department of Public Safety? -ANSWER ✔✔The employee shall report in writing
to his/her supervisor within 48 hours of learning that the person is under
supervision or incarcerated.
Personal and Objective Relationships -ANSWER ✔✔Correctional Officers shall
maintain a professional and objective relationship in their dealings with offenders.
Professional -ANSWER ✔✔Knowledgeable, trained, a leader, neat in appearance,
self-disciplined, FIRM, FAIR, CONSISTENT, and unimpeachable conduct on and
off duty.
Objective Relationship -ANSWER ✔✔Free from bias and prejudice; empathy not
sympathy; impersonal not cold and aloof.
Categories for Discipline -ANSWER ✔✔Two categories for causes of disciplinary
action are unsatisfactory or grossly inefficient job performance and unacceptable
personal conduct.
Unsatisfactory or grossly inefficient job performance -ANSWER ✔✔Not meeting
the standards that are needed to perform the job (ex. Slacking off on work
assignments)
