CDCR CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT
INTERVIEW ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● You're a new Correctional Sergeant on a new yard, how do you
familiarize yourself with day to day operations?
Answer: Familiarize yourself with institutional count procedures.
Escape procedures.
Alarm response procedures for any codes, on your yard or institution
wide.
Inclement weather procedures.
Introduce yourself to your staff, and lieutenant.
Read local OP for the specific institution.
●● What are Correctional Sergeant Duties
Answer: Maintains staff accountability.
Maintains Falsa.
Unit/building tours.
Cell search logs.
Prea checks.
Review and sign logbooks.
,Controlling disturbances.
Conduct Admin 115 hearings.
Train staff.
Perform annual evaluations.
Key and tool control.
Uniform standards/grooming standards.
Proof reading reports.
A1 for incident packages.
Establishing crime scenes.
●● Tell me about inmates with Disabilities, how do we identify them?
Answer: We identify disabled inmates through vests', glasses, canes,
hearing aids, ect. Usually inmates suffering from a disability will wear a
vest that identifies there disability. Ex. Hearing impaired, mobility
impaired.
●● What are the levels of staff disciplinary process?
Answer: Preventative.
Corrective.
Adverse.
Preventative: Verbal Warning, On the job training.
, Corrective: 1123 Employee Counseling Record (ECR), Letter of
Instruction (LOI).
Adverse: Letter of Reprimand (LOR), 3 year max, Pay reduction,
Demotion in rank, Suspension, Termination, Possible criminal
prosecution.
●● What are dispositions a Hearing Officer can apply with an Admin
115?
Answer: 30 days loss of privileges.
40 hours of extra duty.
Confined to Quarters X10 days on RDO's or 5 Consecutive days.
Trust account hold for property violations.
Verbal Counseling or 128a.
Dismiss in the interest of justice.
Not guilty.
●● A Correctional Officer hands you report, which he explains his use of
force. What details are you looking for that must be documented?
Answer: What type of UOF was used, if it was MK4/9 how far he/she
was distance in feet. How long was the burst, intended target, was it
effective, did it reach desired result?
If baton used what type of strikes were used, what zone was the intended
target vs actual strike placement, was it effective, did it reach desired
result?
INTERVIEW ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● You're a new Correctional Sergeant on a new yard, how do you
familiarize yourself with day to day operations?
Answer: Familiarize yourself with institutional count procedures.
Escape procedures.
Alarm response procedures for any codes, on your yard or institution
wide.
Inclement weather procedures.
Introduce yourself to your staff, and lieutenant.
Read local OP for the specific institution.
●● What are Correctional Sergeant Duties
Answer: Maintains staff accountability.
Maintains Falsa.
Unit/building tours.
Cell search logs.
Prea checks.
Review and sign logbooks.
,Controlling disturbances.
Conduct Admin 115 hearings.
Train staff.
Perform annual evaluations.
Key and tool control.
Uniform standards/grooming standards.
Proof reading reports.
A1 for incident packages.
Establishing crime scenes.
●● Tell me about inmates with Disabilities, how do we identify them?
Answer: We identify disabled inmates through vests', glasses, canes,
hearing aids, ect. Usually inmates suffering from a disability will wear a
vest that identifies there disability. Ex. Hearing impaired, mobility
impaired.
●● What are the levels of staff disciplinary process?
Answer: Preventative.
Corrective.
Adverse.
Preventative: Verbal Warning, On the job training.
, Corrective: 1123 Employee Counseling Record (ECR), Letter of
Instruction (LOI).
Adverse: Letter of Reprimand (LOR), 3 year max, Pay reduction,
Demotion in rank, Suspension, Termination, Possible criminal
prosecution.
●● What are dispositions a Hearing Officer can apply with an Admin
115?
Answer: 30 days loss of privileges.
40 hours of extra duty.
Confined to Quarters X10 days on RDO's or 5 Consecutive days.
Trust account hold for property violations.
Verbal Counseling or 128a.
Dismiss in the interest of justice.
Not guilty.
●● A Correctional Officer hands you report, which he explains his use of
force. What details are you looking for that must be documented?
Answer: What type of UOF was used, if it was MK4/9 how far he/she
was distance in feet. How long was the burst, intended target, was it
effective, did it reach desired result?
If baton used what type of strikes were used, what zone was the intended
target vs actual strike placement, was it effective, did it reach desired
result?
