SCCJA PRE-ACADEMY BLOCK 3-
PREJUDICE AND PERSONALITY,
REPORT WRITING, INTERVIEWING,
VULNERABLE ADULT, OFFICER
SURVIVAL, DRUG ENFORCEMENT,
CRIME SCENE AND PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE, HAZMAT EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|
100% ACCURATE| 2025 UPDATE.
Culture - ANSWER ✔✔ a characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a
place or time; the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon
the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations, or the customary
beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
Characteristics of culture - ANSWER ✔✔ •learned
•gives a range of acceptable behaviors
•subject to change
•can't remain in isolation
Prejudice - ANSWER ✔✔ A preconceived judgment or opinion, or an adverse opinion or
learning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge; it can be favorable or
unfavorable and shows a lack of tolerance
Personal prejudice - ANSWER ✔✔ when members of another racial or ethnic group are
perceived as a threat to one's own interests
Group prejudice - ANSWER ✔✔ When a person conforms to group norms because it appears
that is what is expected
Stanford Prison Experiment - ANSWER ✔✔ study conducted to investigate the effects of
becoming a prisoner or prison guard and role playing
Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment - ANSWER ✔✔ Study conducted to demonstrate his
prejudicial attitudes and intolerance can affect even the youngest of people
,intolerance - ANSWER ✔✔ unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from
one's own; based on ignorance, indifference, and limited perception
ignorance - ANSWER ✔✔ lack of knowledge or information
indifference - ANSWER ✔✔ lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
Limited perception - ANSWER ✔✔ Perceiving others through a range of limited experiences
which ultimately could create stereotyping of an entire group
stereotype - ANSWER ✔✔ a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief
about a group of people
3 ways stereotypes change - ANSWER ✔✔ • Bookkeeping-slow adjustment as we learn and
adapt to new information
• Conversion-old stereotypes are thrown away, usually when there is signification contradictory
evidence
• Subtyping-new stereotype is created as a sub-classification of the original
Hate crime - ANSWER ✔✔ criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or
in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation
Wisconsin v. Mitchell - ANSWER ✔✔ court upheld statute providing for higher penalties if a
criminal selects a victim because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation
Arguments for hate crime legislation - ANSWER ✔✔ •a victim may suffer more psychological
harm
•victim may suffer more physical trauma
•hate crimes have a wide impact
•hate crimes may spark retaliation or community unrest
Police response at the scene of a hate crime - ANSWER ✔✔ •secure the scene
•stabilization the victim
•preserve the crime scene
•identify criminal evidence
•1 officer interview the victim
•report crime to supervisor
•document thoroughly
•determine if probable cause exists for arrest
How to determine if a hate crime has been committed - ANSWER ✔✔ •perceptions of victim
and witnesses
•suspect's reflection of bias
•any differences between victim and suspect
•similar incidents in same or nearby location
,•whether victim was promoting group allegiance
•whether incident was close or coincided with a significant holiday for victim
•absence of other motive
Reasons hate crime victims may not come forward - ANSWER ✔✔ •fear of retaliation
•humiliation
•lack of support
•cultural or language barriers
Interview techniques for victims of a hate crime - ANSWER ✔✔ •reassure them it is not their
fault
•try to ascertain why the victim feels this happened to them
•create an open dialogue
•hold neighborhood meetings to ensure community awareness
Gold Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •keeper of tradition
•motivation is to belong
•feel there is a right way to do everything
•majority of police officers
Green Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •always questioning the status quo
•motivation is a quest for power
•knowledge is power
•visionaries and careful planners
Blue Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •searching for meaning of life
•motivation is to feel authentic
•yearn for self-actualization
•peacemakers and cooperative team players
Orange Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •wants to do things now
•motivation is to be free
•like variety and spontaneity
•enjoy action and competition
Baby Boomers - ANSWER ✔✔ •people born between 1946 and 1964
•work to live
•motivated by people who tell them they are valued and needed
Generation X - ANSWER ✔✔ •people born between 1965 and 1980
•self reliant
•challenge authority
•motivated by hands-off approach
Generation Y (Millennials) - ANSWER ✔✔ •people both between 1981-2000
, •motivated by being surrounding with bright, creative people
•change jobs frequently
•value realism, confidence, and fun
Who reads police reports - ANSWER ✔✔ •supervisors
•investigators
•attorneys
•judges
•backup officers
•victims
•civil courts
•probation officers
•advocates
•the media
Communication - ANSWER ✔✔ The exchange of information or the technique of expressing
ideas effectively
Report - ANSWER ✔✔ Any written or electronic communication on a departmental firm
Report form - ANSWER ✔✔ A preprinted, standardized set of questions
Common characteristics of a report - ANSWER ✔✔ •made at or about the time of an event and
should be accurate to the best of the officer's knowledge
•should also reflect what the officer heard at the time of the incident
•reports serve as permanent records of events
Operational reports - ANSWER ✔✔ Reports taken by individual officers in reference to crimes,
incidents, arrests, and other daily activities
Administrative reports - ANSWER ✔✔ Reports that affect the administration of a department
When to initiate a report - ANSWER ✔✔ •whenever departmental policy prescribes
•whenever police action is taken
•when statutes require
Elements of a good report - ANSWER ✔✔ •factual
•clear
•complete
•concise
•impartial
•transition words
•cardinal rule
Steps to successful report writing - ANSWER ✔✔ •prewriting
PREJUDICE AND PERSONALITY,
REPORT WRITING, INTERVIEWING,
VULNERABLE ADULT, OFFICER
SURVIVAL, DRUG ENFORCEMENT,
CRIME SCENE AND PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE, HAZMAT EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|
100% ACCURATE| 2025 UPDATE.
Culture - ANSWER ✔✔ a characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a
place or time; the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon
the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations, or the customary
beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
Characteristics of culture - ANSWER ✔✔ •learned
•gives a range of acceptable behaviors
•subject to change
•can't remain in isolation
Prejudice - ANSWER ✔✔ A preconceived judgment or opinion, or an adverse opinion or
learning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge; it can be favorable or
unfavorable and shows a lack of tolerance
Personal prejudice - ANSWER ✔✔ when members of another racial or ethnic group are
perceived as a threat to one's own interests
Group prejudice - ANSWER ✔✔ When a person conforms to group norms because it appears
that is what is expected
Stanford Prison Experiment - ANSWER ✔✔ study conducted to investigate the effects of
becoming a prisoner or prison guard and role playing
Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment - ANSWER ✔✔ Study conducted to demonstrate his
prejudicial attitudes and intolerance can affect even the youngest of people
,intolerance - ANSWER ✔✔ unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from
one's own; based on ignorance, indifference, and limited perception
ignorance - ANSWER ✔✔ lack of knowledge or information
indifference - ANSWER ✔✔ lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
Limited perception - ANSWER ✔✔ Perceiving others through a range of limited experiences
which ultimately could create stereotyping of an entire group
stereotype - ANSWER ✔✔ a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief
about a group of people
3 ways stereotypes change - ANSWER ✔✔ • Bookkeeping-slow adjustment as we learn and
adapt to new information
• Conversion-old stereotypes are thrown away, usually when there is signification contradictory
evidence
• Subtyping-new stereotype is created as a sub-classification of the original
Hate crime - ANSWER ✔✔ criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or
in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation
Wisconsin v. Mitchell - ANSWER ✔✔ court upheld statute providing for higher penalties if a
criminal selects a victim because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation
Arguments for hate crime legislation - ANSWER ✔✔ •a victim may suffer more psychological
harm
•victim may suffer more physical trauma
•hate crimes have a wide impact
•hate crimes may spark retaliation or community unrest
Police response at the scene of a hate crime - ANSWER ✔✔ •secure the scene
•stabilization the victim
•preserve the crime scene
•identify criminal evidence
•1 officer interview the victim
•report crime to supervisor
•document thoroughly
•determine if probable cause exists for arrest
How to determine if a hate crime has been committed - ANSWER ✔✔ •perceptions of victim
and witnesses
•suspect's reflection of bias
•any differences between victim and suspect
•similar incidents in same or nearby location
,•whether victim was promoting group allegiance
•whether incident was close or coincided with a significant holiday for victim
•absence of other motive
Reasons hate crime victims may not come forward - ANSWER ✔✔ •fear of retaliation
•humiliation
•lack of support
•cultural or language barriers
Interview techniques for victims of a hate crime - ANSWER ✔✔ •reassure them it is not their
fault
•try to ascertain why the victim feels this happened to them
•create an open dialogue
•hold neighborhood meetings to ensure community awareness
Gold Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •keeper of tradition
•motivation is to belong
•feel there is a right way to do everything
•majority of police officers
Green Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •always questioning the status quo
•motivation is a quest for power
•knowledge is power
•visionaries and careful planners
Blue Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •searching for meaning of life
•motivation is to feel authentic
•yearn for self-actualization
•peacemakers and cooperative team players
Orange Personality - ANSWER ✔✔ •wants to do things now
•motivation is to be free
•like variety and spontaneity
•enjoy action and competition
Baby Boomers - ANSWER ✔✔ •people born between 1946 and 1964
•work to live
•motivated by people who tell them they are valued and needed
Generation X - ANSWER ✔✔ •people born between 1965 and 1980
•self reliant
•challenge authority
•motivated by hands-off approach
Generation Y (Millennials) - ANSWER ✔✔ •people both between 1981-2000
, •motivated by being surrounding with bright, creative people
•change jobs frequently
•value realism, confidence, and fun
Who reads police reports - ANSWER ✔✔ •supervisors
•investigators
•attorneys
•judges
•backup officers
•victims
•civil courts
•probation officers
•advocates
•the media
Communication - ANSWER ✔✔ The exchange of information or the technique of expressing
ideas effectively
Report - ANSWER ✔✔ Any written or electronic communication on a departmental firm
Report form - ANSWER ✔✔ A preprinted, standardized set of questions
Common characteristics of a report - ANSWER ✔✔ •made at or about the time of an event and
should be accurate to the best of the officer's knowledge
•should also reflect what the officer heard at the time of the incident
•reports serve as permanent records of events
Operational reports - ANSWER ✔✔ Reports taken by individual officers in reference to crimes,
incidents, arrests, and other daily activities
Administrative reports - ANSWER ✔✔ Reports that affect the administration of a department
When to initiate a report - ANSWER ✔✔ •whenever departmental policy prescribes
•whenever police action is taken
•when statutes require
Elements of a good report - ANSWER ✔✔ •factual
•clear
•complete
•concise
•impartial
•transition words
•cardinal rule
Steps to successful report writing - ANSWER ✔✔ •prewriting
