LAPD Spelling and Vocabulary 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which spelling is correct for the legal term meaning a court order requiring someone to appear?
- subpeona
- subpoena (Correct answer)
- subpoenia
- subpoeana
Correct answer: subpoena
Subpoena is spelled s-u-b-p-o-e-n-a, a Latin-origin word meaning 'under penalty.'
Question 2: A police report states the suspect was 'belligerent.' What does this mean?
- cooperative and calm
- aggressively hostile or combative (Correct answer)
- intoxicated beyond control
- silent and unresponsive
Correct answer: aggressively hostile or combative
Belligerent describes someone who is aggressively hostile, quarrelsome, or inclined to start fights.
Question 3: Which word is spelled correctly?
- harrassment
- harasment
- harassment (Correct answer)
- harrasment
Correct answer: harassment
Harassment has one 'r' and two 's' letters: h-a-r-a-s-s-m-e-n-t.
Question 4: An officer describes a witness as 'corroborating' a statement. This means the witness is:
- contradicting the account
- confirming or supporting the account (Correct answer)
- disputing the evidence
- refusing to testify
Correct answer: confirming or supporting the account
To corroborate means to confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.
Question 5: Select the correctly spelled word for a sworn statement made under oath outside of court:
- afidavit
- affidavit (Correct answer)
- affidavitt
- afidavitt
Correct answer: affidavit
Affidavit is spelled with double 'f': a-f-f-i-d-a-v-i-t.
Question 6: Which word best completes this sentence? 'The officer exercised ___ when deciding not to arrest the juvenile.'
- discression
- discretion (Correct answer)
- descretion
- discrition
Correct answer: discretion
Discretion (d-i-s-c-r-e-t-i-o-n) means the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
Question 7: The term 'perpetrator' in a police report refers to:
- a witness to the crime
- the victim of the crime
- the person who committed the crime (Correct answer)
- the officer filing the report
Correct answer: the person who committed the crime
A perpetrator is the person who carries out or commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.
LAPD Spelling and Vocabulary 2
Which spelling is correct for the legal term meaning a court order requiring someone to appear?