CRIMINOLOGIST Licensure Examination

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LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the space corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICES

1. He exercise the power to revoke for cause, licenses issued to security

guards.

A. Chief, PNP C. Secretary, DILG

B. USEC for Peace & Order D. Chairman, NAPOLCOM

2. In counter intelligence, surveillance is categorized according to

intensity and sensitivity. When there is intermittent observation, varying in
occasions, then this surveillance is called:

A. loose C. discreet
B. open D. close

3. The amount and nature of the demands of the police service are not the
same on all of the three shifts. It is therefore necessary to make available
maximum manpower at the time the police service is of greatest demand. This
is organization by:

A. clientele C. time
B. purpose D. process

4. The PNP has a program which ensures the deployment of policemen in busy
and crime prone area. This is called:

A. patrol deployment program

B. roving patrol program
C. patrol and visibility program
D. police visibility program

5. Planning is the formal process of choosing the following, EXCEPT

A. purposes for which the organization performs

B. the organizational mission and overall objectives for both the short
run and long run
C. strategies to achieve the objectives
D. divisional, departmental and individual objectives based on the
organizational objectives

6. All regional appointments of commissioned officers commence with the rank

of –

A. Senior police officer 2 C. Police officer 1

B. Inspector D. senior inspector

7. In busy and thickly populated commercial streets like those in Divisoria,

police patrol is very necessary. Since there are several types of patrol,
which of the following will you recommend?

A. horse patrol C. foot patrol

B. mobile patrol D. helicopter patrol
8. This is a patrol program designed to ensure law – abiding citizens
feeling of security but the reaction of fear for one would be violators.

A. double officer patrol C. single officer patrol

B. low visibility patrol D. high visibility patrol

9. Developing security consciousness among policemen forms part of enhancing

–

A. line intelligence C. strategic intelligence

B. counter intelligence D. artificial intelligence

10. The National Police Commission is attached to the Department of the

Interior and Local Government (DILG) for:

A. administrative control
B. operational supervision
C. administration and control
D. policy and program coordination

11. How is one classified if he steals primarily because of irresistible

urge due to unexpected opportunity and little chance of detection?

A. systematic pilferer C. ordinary pilferer

B. casual pilferer D. unusual pilferer

12. An appeal filed with the NAPOLCOM Regional Appellate Board shall be
decided within ________ days from receipt of the motion appeal.

A. fifty (50) C. twenty (20)

B. thirty (30) D. sixty (60)

13. In the intelligence function, the black list includes _______ forces.

A. unwanted C. friendly
B. neutral D. unfriendly

14. The first step in the planning process is to recognize the need to plan.
Which of the following in NOT a way of discovering the need to plan?

A. conduct of research C. conduct of management audit

B. conduct of training D. conduct of inspection

15. The special formation used in crowd control includes the wedge, diagonal
and deployed line. When a crowd is small enough not to require a squad, then
the formation is:

A. diagonal C. wedge
B. deployed line D. clockwise

16. It is the importance of the firm or installation in relation to national

security.

A. relative critically C. relative vulnerability

B. relative indispensability D. relative security

17. It is the formal process of choosing the organizational; mission and

overall objective for both the short and long term as well as the divisional
and individual objectives based on the organizational objectives.

A. planning C. organizing
 B. directing D. managerial decision making

18. How is the crew complement of a mobile patrol division organized into
shifts for each tour of duty?

A. daily four shift assignment

B. daily five shift assignment
C. One shift daily
D. daily three shift assignment

19. The formulation of conclusions from the theory developed, tested and
considered valid as a result of interpretation is called:

A. collection C. integration
B. evaluation D. deduction

20. In 2001, murder accounted for 10% of all index crimes. If the total
index crime was 25,000, how many were murder incidents?

A. 250 C. 2,500
B. 500 D. 5,000

21. As much as possible, the preparation of the over-all development plan of

the police organization should be participated in by the heads of all staff
service and operational/ administrative support units. This policy is:

A. desirable, officers can be properly trained in planning

B. undesirable, the presence of too many officers will create confusion
C. undesirable, there will be problems of credits grabbing after plan
is formulated
D. desirable, the officers will know the organization better and a
sense of ownership of the plan is promoted

22. Natural hazards such as storms, earthquakes, floods or lahars cannot be

prevented from occurring. To minimize the disastrous effects of these
phenomena, the security officer must prepare a –

A. security education plan C. disaster or emergency plan

B. guard deployment plan D. civil defense plan

23. Involves segregation of deviants into isolated geographic areas so that

they can be easily controlled.

A. coercion C. quarantine
B. conversion D. containment

24. What management principle provides that only one officer be in direct
command or supervision of each officer?

A. span of control C. unity of command

B. chain of command D. line of authority

25. What is referred to as the total number of police officers assigned to

patrol duties?

A. effective strength C. mandatory strength

B. actual strength D. authorized strength

26. When police patrols are increases beyond normal levels. This is called
___________.

A. desisting deterrent patrol C. citizen patrol

 B reactive patrol D. pro active patrol

27. What is the method of collecting information wherein the investigator

tail or shadows the persons or vehicles?

A. research C. Surveillance
B. casing D. photography

28. Before a security expert can recommend what type of security will be
needed by an industrial establishment. There is a need for him to undertake a
–

A. security training C. security check

B security survey D. security education

29. When one procures information about subject surety, he is performing

__________ collection method.

A. routine C. overt
B. active D. covert

30. Under this principle, each group reports to an individual who is part of
a supervisor and so on until a group of administrators report to the chief
executive.

A. unity of command C. span of control

B. scalar principle D. aggregation principle

31. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. Performance evaluation measures credibility of the police personnel

B. Performance evaluation is not a basis for salary increases or
promotion
C. Performance evaluation is done once a year among police personnel
D. Performance evaluation is implemented to determine the quality of
work performance of personnel

32. Line units such as the patrol section or investigation section in police
stations prepare their work programs which are called –

A. budget C. management plan

B. operational plan D. tactical plan

33. What is referred to as the knowledge pertaining to capabilities,

vulnerabilities and probable course of actions of foreign nations?

A. combat intelligence C. national intelligence

B. police intelligence D. strategic intelligence

34. How are coded message converted to intelligible language?

A. encoding C. processing
B. labeling D. decoding

35. This type of undercover operation wherein techniques are applied for a
longer time and is considered as the most different investigative activity
yet the most rewarding.
 A. casing C. undercover operation
B. penetration D. surveillance

36. As a security director of Company B, you should know how many beds are
normally available in a multiple injury situation and how many ________
patients can be processed at a single time.

A. wounded C. emergency
B. female D. male

37. A persons suitability to be given a security clearance is determined

through a process called __________ .

A. security training C. security education

B. security promotion D. security investigation

38. This patrol method utilizes disguise, deception and lying in wait rather
than upon high visibility patrol techniques?

A. high visibility patrol C. directed patrol

B. low visibility patrol D. decoy patrol

39. What police plans refer to actions taken at a designated locations and
under specific circumstances?

A. management plan C. tactical plan

B. operating plan D. procedural plan

40. The importance of the firm or installation with reference to the

national economy or security:

A. relative vulnerability C. relative necessity

B. relative criticality D. relative security

41. These are major course of action that the organization plans to take in
order to achieve its objectives .

A. procedures C. strategies
B. plans D. objectives

42. In this form of authority, personnel do not give orders but they offer
advice. Frequently, this advice based on a high level of expertise but the
advice carries no formal requirement for acceptance.

A. democracy C. functional authority

B. line authority D. line and staff

43. __________ means controlling the direction and flow of decisions through
unity of command from top to bottom of organization.

A. audit C. coordination
B. monitoring D. authority

44. PO3 Peter Factor is assigned to collect available information concerning

the activities of the Red Scorpion Group (RSG) . He is with what unit of the
police?

A. anti- juvenile delinquency C. intelligence

B. criminal investigation D. patrol

45. Intelligence can and should do nothing more than –

 A. promote better police – citizen interaction
B. enhance the probability of accuracy in report writing
C. improve administrative efficiency particularly in recruitment and
selection
D. increase the number of arrests of criminal syndicate members

46. PO3 Juan Tupaz submitted an intelligence report evaluated as B-5 . What
does it mean?

A. information is usually from a reliable source and is possibly true

B. information is usually from a reliable source and is improbable
C. information is usually from a reliable source and is probably true
D. information is usually from a reliable source and is doubtfully true

47. These are work programs of line divisions which relate to the nature and
extent of the workload and the availability of resources.

A. administrative plan C. strategic plan

B. operational plan D. tactical plan

48. It is the premier educational institution for the police , fire and jail
personnel.

A. Philippine Military Academy (PMA)

B. Development Academy of the Philippines
C. Philippine College of Criminology (PCCr)
D. Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC)

49. A crew which is assigned to a mobile car usually consists of __________.

A. a driver and intelligence agent

B. a driver and traffic man
C. a driver and a recorder
D. a driver, recorder and supervisor

50. Police officers must develop the _________ of recording the facts as
they are learned and as the evidence is obtained.

A. obligation C. perspective
B. habit D. duty

51. An industrial complex must establish its first line of physical defense.
It must have _________.

A. the building itself C. communication barriers

B. perimeter barriers D. window barriers

52. All of the following are members of the Peoples Law Enforcement Board
(PLEB), EXCEPT

A. three (3) members chosen by the peace and order council from among
Respected members of the community
B. any barangay captain of the city/ municipal concerned Chosen by
association of the barangay captain
C. any member of the sangguniang panglungsod/ pambayan
D. a bar member chosen by the integrated bar of the Philippines

53. It is the circumspect of a place to determine its suitability for a

particular operational purposes.

A. inspection C. survey
B. surveillance D. casing
54. In the civil service system, merit and fitness are the primary
consideration in the __________ .

A. two – party system C. promotional system

B. evaluation system D. spoils system

55. In the debriefing, the intelligence agent is asked to discuss which of

the following?
A. his educational profile and schools attended
B. his personal circumstances such as his age, religious affiliation,
address, etc.
C. his political inclination and / or party affiliation
D. his observations and experiences in the intelligence function

56. Private security agencies has to be registered with the _________ .

A. Security and Exchange Commission
B. Department of Interior and Local Government
C. National Police Commission
D. National Bureau of Investigation

57. It is natural or man-made structure or physical device which is capable

of restricting, deterring or delaying illegal access to an installation.
A. fence C. barrier
B. wall D. hazard

58. It provides means and ways by which all personnel and employees are
trained to make them security conscious and disciplined.
A. security check C. security investigation
B. security education D. security promotion

59. A single uninterrupted line of authority often represented by boxes and

lines of an organizational chart should run in order by rank from top command
to the level of the organization.
A. organizational control C. scalar chain
B. administrative control D. span of control

60. What type of intelligence is involved when information is obtained

without the knowledge of the person against whom the information or documents
may be used, or if the information is clandestinely acquired?
A. covert C. active
B. covert D. underground

61. The provincial governor shall choose the provincial director from a list
of ______ eligible recommended by the PNP regional director, preferable from
the same province, city or municipal.
A. six (6) C. five (5)
B. three (3) D. four (5)

62. Which if the following is most important characteristic of good

operational plan?
A. only one officer is responsible for its execution
B. need for the on the operation modification or amplification is
minimized
C. present objectives and allocation of resources but not the
methodology
D. all the details of the plan are properly identified and evaluated
and such details are known as implementers.
63. Your fire station received a call that the Department store “A” is
burning. Considering the huge facility and merchandise of said department
store, there is a need to –
A. study the problems in advance and formulate method of attack
B. wait for further information about progress of incident
C. proceed to the area and start putting of fire
D. organize a committee to direct firefighting

64. Republic Act 6975 provides that on the average nationwide, the manning
levels of the PNP shall be approximately in accordance with a police to
population ratio of –
A. one (1) policeman for every seven hundred (700) inhabitants
B. one (1) policeman for every one thousand five hundred (1500)
Inhabitants
C. one (1) policeman for every five hundred (500) inhabitants
D. one (1) policeman for every one thousand (1000) inhabitants

65. In disaster control operations, there is a need to establish a ________

where telephone or any means of communication shall ensure lines of
communication.
A. command post C. field room
B. operation center D. safe house

66. Registration of the security agency must be done at the –

A. Security and Exchange Commission
B. National Police Commission
C. Department of National Defense
D. PNP Criminal Investigation Group

67. Bicycle control has the combined advantage of _______ since they can be
operated very quietly and without attracting attention.
A. reduced speed and greater area covered
B. mobility and wide area coverage
C. shorter travel time and faster response
D. mobility and stealth

68. The budget is a ________ in terms of expenditure requirements.

A. tactical plan C. work plan
B. financial plan D. control plan

69. The term used for the object of surveillance is subject while the
investigator conducting the surveillance is:
A. Rabbit C. Decoy
B. Surveillant D. Target

70. It is a police function which serves as the backbone of the police

service. In all types of police stations, there is a specific unit where
assigned to undertake this function in view of its importance.
A. vice control C. traffic enforcement
B. criminal investigation D. patrol

71. Two or more person forming an organization must identify first the reason
for establishing such organization. They must identify the organization’s
________.
A. vision C. mission
B. strategy D. objective
72. Which of the following statement is FALSE?
A. patrol officers are assigned to the New Cops on the block
B. Foot patrol places the patrol officers to greater danger than mobile
patrol
C. Helicopter patrol is less than foot patrol
D. the PNP does employ foot patrol

73. It is the weakest link in the security chain.

A. managers C. personnel
B. barriers D. inspections

74. It is the protection of high-ranking officials from harm, kidnapping and

similar acts.
A. asset protection C. physical security
B. document security D. VIP security

75. Designed to outline a series of related operations to accomplish a common

objective normally within a given time and space.
A. contingency plan C. supporting plan
B. strategic plan D. campaign plan

76. Which of the following best reflects the first step, logically and to
some extend chronologically, in planning the budget for an operating unit of
a police agency?
A. forecast of workload
B. find out how much money was given last year
C. establish a priority for each task or activity
D. take no monitoring of present equipment

77. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. in a small police station, the need for a full time records officer
is justifiable
B. as the police station increases in size, routine desk duties and
record task increase to such extent that the desk officer is not able
to handle them alone
C. police records are not important in police administration
D. in large departments, the desk officers devote full time exclusively
to record tasks

78. A police station should have a ______ plan which includes every step that
has been outlined and officially adopted as the standard method of action to
be followed by members of the police organization.
A. tactical plan C. management plan
B. procedural plan D. operational plan

79. Which of the following is considered as the most important factor in

formulating an effective patrol strategy?
A. training of station commander
B. adequacy of resources of the police station
C. rank of the patrol commander
D. salary rates of police personnel

80. Who among the following have the summary disciplinary power over errant
police members?
A. district director C. chief of police
B. provincial director D. Chief, PNP
81. Direction that is provided to a one-to-one basis is called –
A. administration C. supervision
B. management D. organization

82. You are the patrol supervisor for the morning shift. You don’t have
enough men to cover all the patrol beats. Which of the following will you
implement?
A. Assigned roving mobile patrol with no foot patrol
B. Assigned mobile patrol only at the strategic places
C. Maintain your patrolmen at the station and just wait for calls for
police assistance
D. Assigned foot patrol in congested and busy patrol beats but assigned
a roving mobile patrol to cover beats which are not covered by foot
patrol

83. A _________________ plan relates to the problem of equipping, staffing

and preparing the policemen station to do the job rather than actual
operation of organization.
A. management plan C. procedural plan
B. tactical plan D. operational plan

84. It is the importance of the firm or installation in relation to national

security.
A. relative necessity C. relative vulnerability
B. relative security D. relative criticality

85. In undertaking a long range program directed towards simplification of

the police records, the first step should be the study of –
A. mechanics in which the current record system operates
B. utilization of existing record system
C. administrative structure of the organization
D. records system of similar organization

86. These procedures relate to the assignment and method of performance

police tasks away from headquarters.

A. field procedures C. staff procedure

B. headquarters procedures D. system procedure

87. The father of organized military espionage was –

A. Akbar C. Genghis Khan
B. Alexander the Great D. Fredrick the Great

88. It is the degree of difference that exists among the structures, tasks
and managerial orientations of various departments.

A. decentralization C. centralization
B. integration D. differentiation

89. Listed below are all types of patrol, EXCEPT

A. horse patrol C.TV patrol
B. foot patrol D. motorcycle patrol

90. Upon arrival at his assigned beat, the patrol officer must immediately
report to the _________.
A. desk officer C. commander
 B. unit supervisor D. sector supervisor

91. When the subject indentifies or obtain knowledge that the investigator is
conducting a surveillance on him, the latter is –
A. Cut out C. Burnt out
B. Sold out D. Get out

92. Small alleys like those in the squatters area of Tondo can be best
penetrated by the police through:
A. foot Patrol C. highway patrol
B. mobile patrol D. helicopter patrol

93. Some of the instructions in foot surveillance are the following EXCEPT
A. Stop quickly, look behind
B. Drop paper, never mind what happens to the paper
C. Window shop, watch reflections
D. Retrace steps

94. On many occasions, the bulk of the most valuable information comes from –
A. business world C. an underworld informant
B. Newspaper clipping D. communications media

95. Highly qualified police applicants such as engineers, nurse and graduates
of forensic sciences can enter the police service as officers through –
A. regular promotion C. lateral entry
B. commissionship D. attrition

96. The first step a dispatcher must take when a felony in progress call has
been received either by telephone or by ad direct alarm signal is to –
A. assign an investigator to investigate the witness
B. clear the air for emergency broadcast
C. call for investigators to report the crime scene
D. send augmentation force

97 .The number of subordinates that can be supervised directly by one person

tends to –
A. increase as the physical distance between the supervisor and
subordinate, as well as between individual subordinate increases.
B. decrease with an increase in the knowledge and experience of the
subordinate
C. decrease as the duties of the subordinates increase in difficulty
and complexity
D. increase as the level of supervision progresses for the first line
supervisory level to the management level

98 .Police inspector Juan Dela Cruz is the chief of police of a municipality.

He wants his subordinates to be drawn closer to the people in the different
barangays. He should adopt which of the following projects?
A. COPS on the block C. Oplan Sandugo
B. Oplan bakal D. Oplan Pagbabago

99. A plan with a time horizon of 5 to 10 years is called –

A. annual plan C. long term plan
B. strategic plan D. midterm plan
100 .What should be undertaken by a security officer before he can prepare a
comprehensive security program for his industrial plan?
A. security conference C. security survey
B. security check D. security education

101. This patrol method utilizes disguise; deception and lying in wait rather
than upon high-visibility patrol techniques.
A. low-visibility patrol C. decoy patrol
B. directed deterrent patrol D. high-visibility patrol

102. It enforces all traffic laws regulations to ensure the safety of

motorists and pedestrians and attain an orderly traffic.
A. civil relations unit C. traffic management group
B. traffic operations center D. aviation security group

103. A method of collection of information where in the investigator mere

uses his different senses.
A. observation C. research
B. casing D. interrogation

104. Plans can be change to meet future requirements which were not
considered during the planning stages. This indicates _____ in planning.
A. responsiveness C. efficiency
B. flexibility D. effectiveness

105. In stationary surveillance, the following must be observed, EXCEPT:

A. never meet subject face to face
B. avoid eye contact
C. recognize fellow agent
D. if burnt out, drop subject

106. Pedro is a thief who is eyeing at the handbag of Maria. PO1 Santos is
standing a few meters from Maria. The thief’s desire to steal is not
diminished by the presence of the police officer but the _____ for successful
theft is.
A. ambition C. intention
B. feeling D. opportunity

107. In intelligence evaluation, the evaluation rating of A-4 means –

A. completely reliable source-doubtfully true information.
B. usually reliable source-doubtfully true information.
C. fairly reliable source-doubtfully true information.
D. usually reliable source-doubtfully true information.

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