Reading Comprehension Flashcards
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Passage: 'A K-9 unit is deployed only when a supervisor authorizes it and the suspect poses a flight risk.' Both conditions absent, the K-9 unit:
Answer: Should not be deployed
Deployment requires both supervisor authorization and a flight risk, so neither present means no deployment.
Passage: 'Patrol shifts are eight hours: day shift starts at 7 AM, evening at 3 PM, and night at 11 PM.' An officer starting at 3 PM works until:
Answer: 11 PM
An eight-hour shift starting at 3 PM ends at 11 PM.
Passage: 'The main idea of the memo was that response times improved after adding two patrol cars to the downtown district.' The memo's main point concerns:
Answer: Improved response times
The stated main idea is improved response times following added patrol cars.
Passage: 'No vehicle may be towed without first attempting to contact the registered owner, except when the vehicle blocks traffic.' A car blocking traffic may be towed:
Answer: Without contacting the owner first
Blocking traffic is the listed exception that allows towing without first contacting the owner.
Passage: 'The suspect's vehicle, a silver sedan, was last seen heading east on Main Street at approximately 9:45 PM.' What color was the vehicle?
Answer: Silver
The passage describes the vehicle as a silver sedan.
Passage: 'An officer must complete 40 hours of training annually, with at least 8 hours in firearms.' The maximum non-firearms training hours allowed toward the requirement is:
Answer: 32 hours
With 8 of 40 hours required in firearms, up to 32 hours may be non-firearms.
Passage: 'Because the storm flooded the highway, officers rerouted traffic onto the service road.' Why was traffic rerouted?
Answer: The highway was flooded
The passage gives the flooded highway as the cause of the reroute.