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Sample Questions: Police Officer Exam I
Directions: For each question, read all the choices carefully. Select the choice that you consider to be
the most correct or the best of all choices. Then mark your answer on the answer sheet.
Questions 1 through 15 are to be answered on the basis of the police action described in the following
passage. You will have 10 minutes to read and study the description of the incident. Then you will
have to answer 15 questions about the incident without referring back to the description of the
incident.
Police Officers Brown and Reid are on patrol in a radio car on a Saturday afternoon in the fall.
They receive a radio message that a burglary is in progress on the fifth floor of a seven-floor
building on the corner of 7th Street and Main. They immediately proceed to that location to
investigate and take appropriate action.
The police officers are familiar with the location, and they know that the Fine Jewelry
Company occupies the entire fifth floor of the building. They are also aware that the owner,
who is not in the office on weekends, often leaves large amounts of gold in his office safe.
The officers, upon arrival at the scene, lock their radio car and proceed to look for the building
superintendent to get into the building. The superintendent states that he has not seen or heard
anything unusual, although he admits that he did leave the premises for approximately one
hour to have lunch. The officers start for the fifth floor using the main elevator. As they reach
that floor and open the door, they hear noises followed by the sound of the freight elevator
door in the rear of the building closing and the elevator descending. They quickly run through
the open door of the Fine Jewelry Company and observe that the office safe is open and empty.
The officers then proceed to the rear of the building and use the rear staircase to reach the
ground floor. They open the rear door and go out onto the street, where they observe four
individuals running up the street, crossing at the corner. At that point, the police officers get
a clear view of the suspects. There are three males and one female. One of the males appears
to be white, one is obviously Hispanic, and the other male is black. The female is white.
The white male is bearded. He is dressed in blue jeans, white sneakers, and a red and blue
jacket. He is carrying a white duffel bag on his shoulder. The Hispanic male limps slightly
and has a large dark moustache. He is wearing brown pants, a green shirt, and brown shoes.
He is carrying a blue duffel bag on his shoulder. The black male is clean-shaven and is
wearing black pants, a white shirt, a green cap, and black shoes. He is carrying what appears
to be a toolbox. The white female is carrying a sawed-off shotgun, has long brown hair, and
is wearing white jeans, a blue blouse, and blue sneakers. She has a red kerchief around her
neck.
The officers chase the suspects for two blocks without being able to catch them. At that
point, the suspects separate. The white and black males quickly get into a black 1983
Chevrolet station wagon with Connecticut license plates containing the letters AWK on them
and drive away. The Hispanic male and the white female get away in an old light blue Dodge
van. The van has a prominent CB antenna on top and large yellow streaks running along the
doors on both sides. There is a large dent on the right rear fender, and the van bears New Jersey
license plates that the officers are unable to read.
The station wagon turns left and enters the expressway headed toward Connecticut. The
van makes a right turn and proceeds in the direction of the tunnel headed for New Jersey.
The officers quickly return to their radio car to report what has happened.
Do NOT refer back to the passage while answering questions 1 through 15.
