NYPD NYPD Deductive and Inductive Reasoning 5

Question 1

A department rule states: 'No officer may accept gifts valued over $25 from any member of the public.' Officer Nguyen receives a gift basket from a grateful citizen valued at $40. What is the correct conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Officer Nguyen violated the rule by accepting a gift valued over $25

Answer

The rule explicitly prohibits accepting any gift over $25 from the public; a $40 gift basket falls above the threshold and violates the rule.

Question 2

An officer is reviewing surveillance footage. She sees a man in a yellow jacket enter a bank at 2:02 PM and leave at 2:08 PM. The bank alarm triggered at 2:05 PM. What can be logically deduced?

Accepted Answer

The man in the yellow jacket was inside the bank when the alarm triggered

Answer

The man entered at 2:02 and left at 2:08; since the alarm triggered at 2:05, he was definitively inside the bank at that moment.

Question 3

Officer Reyes notes that in her precinct, bicycle thefts occur most frequently near coffee shops. She is asked to prioritize patrol routes to reduce bicycle thefts. Which route choice reflects the best use of inductive reasoning?

Accepted Answer

Prioritize routes near coffee shops based on the observed theft pattern

Answer

The consistent pattern linking bicycle thefts to coffee shop locations provides inductive justification for prioritizing those areas in her patrol route.

Question 4

A logical argument states: 'All evidence must be logged before it is stored. This item was stored without being logged.' What must be true?

Accepted Answer

The proper procedure for this item was not followed

Answer

If all evidence must be logged before storage and this item was stored without logging, the required procedure was definitively not followed.

Question 5

Over six months, Officer Hayes observes that a particular intersection has a traffic accident every Thursday between 5 PM and 6 PM. Command asks for a recommendation. What does inductive reasoning support?

Accepted Answer

Deploying traffic control at that intersection on Thursday evenings

Answer

A six-month consistent pattern of Thursday evening accidents inductively supports deploying targeted traffic control during that specific window.

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NYPD NYPD Deductive and Inductive Reasoning 5