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Reading Ability: Comprehension Flashcards

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  1. 'Witnesses to violent crimes often experience acute stress that affects recall accuracy. Research shows stress narrows attention, causing witnesses to focus on the weapon while peripheral details are less accurately recalled.' What is the weapon focus effect?

    Answer: Stress causes witnesses to focus on a weapon while remembering fewer peripheral details

    The passage defines it as stress causing witnesses to focus on the weapon while peripheral details are less accurately recalled.

  2. 'The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches. Exceptions include consent, searches incident to arrest, plain view, and exigent circumstances.' Which is NOT a listed exception?

    Answer: A search based on an anonymous tip alone

    Consent, incident to arrest, plain view, and exigent circumstances are listed. An anonymous tip alone is not.

  3. 'The investigation revealed the suspect visited the ATM at 1430, the gas station at 1445, and the grocery store at 1510.' How long elapsed between the ATM and grocery store visits?

    Answer: 40 minutes

    From 1430 to 1510 is 40 minutes.

  4. 'General Order 12.5: Uniformed personnel shall carry their sidearm while on duty at all times. Plainclothes personnel may carry concealed firearms. Off-duty officers are authorized but not required to carry a firearm.' Who is REQUIRED to carry?

    Answer: Uniformed personnel while on duty

    'Shall carry' for uniformed on-duty personnel indicates a requirement. 'May' and 'authorized but not required' indicate options.

  5. 'The crime lab processed 47 items. DNA analysis was possible on 15, fingerprints on 23. Nine items provided both. The rest were processed for trace evidence only.' How many items had trace evidence only?

    Answer: 18

    Using inclusion-exclusion: 15 + 23 - 9 = 29 with DNA or prints. Trace only: 47 - 29 = 18.

  6. 'Community-oriented policing emphasizes proactive problem-solving rather than reactive response, requiring officers to identify underlying conditions and develop long-term solutions in partnership with community stakeholders.' Which activity best represents this?

    Answer: Working with neighborhood groups to address root causes of vandalism

    Working with neighborhood groups to address root causes aligns with proactive, partnership-based problem-solving.