NC RADAR/LIDAR RECERT ACTUAL
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS | LATEST UPDATE | SURE
TO PASS!
1. 1st traffic law passed when and did what - ANSWER ✔
06/12/1652 in New Amsterdam, (New York) prohibiting
from riding a horse at a gallop.
2. 1st automobile law enacted when where - ANSWER ✔
1901 Hartford Connecticut. Limited speed to 12mph
county, 8mph City
3. Formula for moving same direction. - ANSWER ✔ TS=
PS + (OR-) CS/SS.
- Remember (Target Faster Add/Target Slower
Subtract)
,4. Shadowing effect occurs when - ANSWER ✔ Radar
beam bounces off multiple vehicles, and gives the
operator the speed of one of those vehicles instead of
true ground speed.
5. Batching is - ANSWER ✔ Rapid deceleration or
acceleration during a moving clock which causes an
erroneous patrol speed.
6. Same direction radar will not process speeds between -
ANSWER ✔ 3-6 MPH up or down from the patrol
vehicles speed. This results in operational range of 6-12
MPH
7. Speed Discrimination Test is - ANSWER ✔ Process of
determining that the radar is in the correct mode (Target
Faster/Slower by gradually changing the patrol speed
and monitoring the target speed to ensure that it stays
relatively constant.
, 8. Photo Speed recorder was introduced in the year
______. It was a camera synchronized with a stop
watch that took a series of pictures at various time
intervals and then used a mathematical formula to give
a speed. - ANSWER ✔ 1910
9. Judicial Notice is where - ANSWER ✔ The court
accepts facts that are widely known as common
knowledge. ( This is why there is no need for expert
testimony as to the radar principle)
10. Radar Reliability Act statue is? - ANSWER ✔ 8-50.2
11. If Statutory requirements are proven the results of a
speed measuring instrument is not subject to challenge
on the basis of being unreliable. What 4 things must be
proven - ANSWER ✔ 1. Held a certification to operate
instrument
2. officer operated instrument in accordance with
procedures
3. Instrument was approved by commission and
secetary of DPS
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS | LATEST UPDATE | SURE
TO PASS!
1. 1st traffic law passed when and did what - ANSWER ✔
06/12/1652 in New Amsterdam, (New York) prohibiting
from riding a horse at a gallop.
2. 1st automobile law enacted when where - ANSWER ✔
1901 Hartford Connecticut. Limited speed to 12mph
county, 8mph City
3. Formula for moving same direction. - ANSWER ✔ TS=
PS + (OR-) CS/SS.
- Remember (Target Faster Add/Target Slower
Subtract)
,4. Shadowing effect occurs when - ANSWER ✔ Radar
beam bounces off multiple vehicles, and gives the
operator the speed of one of those vehicles instead of
true ground speed.
5. Batching is - ANSWER ✔ Rapid deceleration or
acceleration during a moving clock which causes an
erroneous patrol speed.
6. Same direction radar will not process speeds between -
ANSWER ✔ 3-6 MPH up or down from the patrol
vehicles speed. This results in operational range of 6-12
MPH
7. Speed Discrimination Test is - ANSWER ✔ Process of
determining that the radar is in the correct mode (Target
Faster/Slower by gradually changing the patrol speed
and monitoring the target speed to ensure that it stays
relatively constant.
, 8. Photo Speed recorder was introduced in the year
______. It was a camera synchronized with a stop
watch that took a series of pictures at various time
intervals and then used a mathematical formula to give
a speed. - ANSWER ✔ 1910
9. Judicial Notice is where - ANSWER ✔ The court
accepts facts that are widely known as common
knowledge. ( This is why there is no need for expert
testimony as to the radar principle)
10. Radar Reliability Act statue is? - ANSWER ✔ 8-50.2
11. If Statutory requirements are proven the results of a
speed measuring instrument is not subject to challenge
on the basis of being unreliable. What 4 things must be
proven - ANSWER ✔ 1. Held a certification to operate
instrument
2. officer operated instrument in accordance with
procedures
3. Instrument was approved by commission and
secetary of DPS
