CritiCall Dispatcher Test Map Reading and Directions 3

Question 1

A dispatcher reads grid coordinates B-4. On a typical map grid, the letter usually refers to which axis?

Accepted Answer

The horizontal row label across the top

Answer

Grid letters typically label columns running across the top of the map.

Question 2

A unit is heading north and the dispatcher says the suspect fled to the unit's left. Which direction did the suspect flee?

Accepted Answer

West

Answer

The left side of a northbound traveler is west.

Question 3

If 1 inch on a map equals 2 miles, how many miles is a route measured at 3 inches?

Accepted Answer

6 miles

Answer

3 inches times 2 miles per inch equals 6 miles.

Question 4

A vehicle traveling south turns right, drives one block, then turns left. Which direction is it now traveling?

Accepted Answer

South

Answer

South to right is west, then left from west returns to south.

Question 5

A caller is northeast of an officer's location. The officer travels northeast and arrives. The caller would have described the officer as approaching from which direction?

Accepted Answer

The southwest

Answer

From the caller's view, the officer came from the opposite direction, southwest.

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