PELLET B Writing Skills & Grammar Usage 2

Question 1

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.

Accepted Answer

The officer searched the vehicle, found the contraband, and placed the suspect under arrest.

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The officer searched the vehicle found the contraband and placed the suspect under arrest.

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The officer, searched the vehicle, found the contraband and placed the suspect, under arrest.

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The officer searched the vehicle found, the contraband, and placed the suspect under arrest.

Question 2

Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?

Accepted Answer

The suspect was apprehended at 2200 hours; the stolen property was recovered at the scene.

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The suspect was apprehended; at 2200 hours the stolen property was recovered.

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The suspect; was apprehended at 2200 hours and the stolen property was recovered.

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The suspect was apprehended at 2200; hours the stolen property was recovered at the scene.

Question 3

Choose the sentence with correct possessive form.

Accepted Answer

The department's policy on overtime has been updated.

Answer

The departments policy on overtime has been updated.

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The departments' policy on overtime has been updated.

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The department policy's on overtime has been updated.

Question 4

Which correctly uses 'who' vs. 'whom'?

Accepted Answer

The suspect whom the officer arrested was identified by two witnesses.

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The suspect who the officer arrested was identified by two witnesses.

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The suspect whom arrested was identified by the officer and two witnesses.

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Whom arrested the suspect that was identified by two witnesses?

Question 5

Identify correct use of 'affect' vs. 'effect.'

Accepted Answer

The new training program will positively affect officer response times.

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The new training program will positively effect officer response times.

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The new training program will have a positive affect on response times.

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The positive affect of the training program was noted.

Question 6

Which demonstrates correct active voice for a report?

Accepted Answer

I collected three shell casings from the parking lot.

Answer

Three shell casings were collected from the parking lot.

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The parking lot yielded three shell casings to collection.

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Collection of three shell casings from the parking lot occurred.