PELLET B Spatial Orientation & Map Reading 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A patrol officer is facing north and turns 90° to the right. What direction is the officer now facing?
- North
- East (Correct answer)
- South
- West
Correct answer: East
Turning 90° to the right from north moves clockwise to east.
Question 2: An officer starts at the intersection of 1st Street and Main Avenue, travels 3 blocks north, then 2 blocks east. Which intersection is the officer at?
- 3rd Street and Main Avenue
- 1st Street and 3rd Avenue East
- 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue East (Correct answer)
- 4th Street and 2nd Avenue East
Correct answer: 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue East
Three blocks north moves from 1st to 3rd Street, and two blocks east moves two avenues east of Main.
Question 3: On a city map, the police station is directly north of the park, and the library is directly east of the police station. A suspect flees from the library to the park. In which general direction is the suspect traveling?
- Northeast
- Northwest
- Southeast
- Southwest (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Southwest
The park is south of the police station and the library is east of it, so traveling from library to park means moving southwest.
Question 4: Officer Davis is driving east on Oak Street and turns left at the intersection. What direction is he now traveling?
- North (Correct answer)
- East
- South
- West
Correct answer: North
When facing east, a left turn rotates counterclockwise to face north.
Question 5: A suspect fled south for two blocks, then east for three blocks, then south again for one block. In which direction from the starting point is the suspect most likely located?
- Northwest
- Northeast
- Southwest
- Southeast (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Southeast
Moving south and east from a starting point places the suspect in the southeast quadrant.
Question 6: On a grid map, a school is at coordinates (2, 4) and a bank is at coordinates (5, 4). In which direction is the bank from the school?
- North
- South
- East (Correct answer)
- West
Correct answer: East
The y-coordinates are equal, and the bank's x-coordinate (5) is greater than the school's (2), meaning the bank is directly east.
Question 7: An officer faces west and makes a 180° turn. What direction is the officer now facing?
- North
- East (Correct answer)
- South
- West
Correct answer: East
A 180° turn reverses direction, so west becomes east.
PELLET B Spatial Orientation & Map Reading 1
A patrol officer is facing north and turns 90° to the right.
What direction is the officer now facing?