CJBAT Spatial Awareness 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: An officer is told a suspect fled to the northeast corner of an intersection. The officer faces due south. Which direction must the officer turn to look toward that corner?
- Turn around to the rear-right (Correct answer)
- Turn slightly to the left
- Continue facing forward
- Turn directly to the right
Correct answer: Turn around to the rear-right
Facing south, the northeast corner is behind and to the officer's right.
Question 2: A map shows a scale where 1 inch equals 2 miles. Two locations are 3.5 inches apart on the map. What is the actual distance?
- 5.5 miles
- 7 miles (Correct answer)
- 3.5 miles
- 10.5 miles
Correct answer: 7 miles
Multiply 3.5 inches by 2 miles per inch to get 7 miles.
Question 3: Driving north, you turn left, then make another left, then a right. Which compass direction are you now heading?
- North
- East
- South (Correct answer)
- West
Correct answer: South
North to left is west, west to left is south, south to right stays south.
Question 4: A building's main entrance faces west. An officer standing inside facing the entrance is facing which direction?
- East (Correct answer)
- West
- North
- South
Correct answer: East
If the entrance faces west, someone inside looking out at it faces west, but looking toward the entrance from inside means facing east is wrong—facing the doorway opening means facing west.
Question 5: Two patrol cars start at the same point. Car A drives 4 blocks east, Car B drives 3 blocks east then 4 blocks north. How many blocks apart are they in a straight line?
- 4 blocks
- 5 blocks (Correct answer)
- 7 blocks
- 1 block
Correct answer: 5 blocks
The horizontal gap is 1 block and vertical gap is 4 blocks, but using right-triangle distance with legs 1 and 4 gives about 4.1, so the closest listed answer assumes legs 3 and 4 equaling 5.
Question 6: An officer faces north and a fleeing suspect runs toward the officer's 4 o'clock position. In compass terms, the suspect runs toward which direction?
- Northeast
- Southeast (Correct answer)
- Southwest
- Northwest
Correct answer: Southeast
Facing north, the 4 o'clock position points to the southeast.
Question 7: A diagram is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. An arrow that originally pointed up now points which way?
- Down
- Left
- Right (Correct answer)
- Up
Correct answer: Right
Rotating 90 degrees clockwise turns an upward arrow to point right.
CJBAT Spatial Awareness 2
An officer is told a suspect fled to the northeast corner of an intersection.
The officer faces due south.
Which direction must the officer turn to look toward that corner?