Map Reading and Spatial Orientation Flashcards
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An officer is facing north. They turn 90 degrees to the right. Which direction are they now facing?
Answer: East
Turning 90 degrees to the right from north results in facing east.
A patrol car is traveling west on Main Street. It turns left at the intersection. In which direction is the patrol car now traveling?
Answer: South
Turning left while traveling west means the vehicle is now heading south.
On a city map, Oak Street runs north-south and Elm Avenue runs east-west. A suspect is observed running from the intersection of Oak and Elm toward the northeast. Which two streets are they moving away from?
Answer: Both Oak and Elm
Moving northeast means moving away from both the north-south street (Oak) and the east-west street (Elm) simultaneously.
An officer at the corner of 1st Street and A Avenue needs to reach 4th Street and D Avenue. Traveling only north and east, how many blocks must the officer travel in total?
Answer: 6 blocks
3 blocks north (1st to 4th) + 3 blocks east (A to D) = 6 total blocks.
A police dispatcher says a burglary is occurring two blocks north and three blocks west of the precinct. If the precinct is at the center of a grid map, which quadrant of the map is the burglary in?
Answer: Northwest
North + west places the location in the northwest quadrant of the map.
Officer Park is traveling south on River Road. After passing the bank, she turns right. In which direction is she now traveling?
Answer: West
Turning right while traveling south means turning toward the west.