TEA Traffic Enforcement Agent Spatial Orientation and Map Reading 4

Question 1

A dispatcher says a complaint is on the 'north curb' of Elm Street between 10th and 11th Ave. When traveling eastbound on Elm Street, the north curb is to the officer's:

Accepted Answer

Left

Answer

When traveling east, north is to the left, so the north curb is on the left side of the road.

Question 2

A grid map uses coordinates where the x-axis runs east-west and the y-axis runs north-south. A location at coordinate (3, 5) is how many units east and north of the origin (0,0)?

Accepted Answer

3 east, 5 north

Answer

In standard grid coordinates, x represents east-west position and y represents north-south, so (3,5) = 3 east, 5 north.

Question 3

Two streets intersect at right angles. Street A runs northeast-southwest and Street B runs northwest-southeast. The intersection forms what type of angle?

Accepted Answer

90 degrees

Answer

Two streets that intersect at right angles always form 90-degree angles at their crossing.

Question 4

An officer needs to block traffic from entering a street. The most effective position would be:

Accepted Answer

At the entry point of the street

Answer

Blocking at the entry point prevents vehicles from entering and avoids creating a congestion trap inside the street.

Question 5

A Traffic Enforcement Agent is reading a map where north is not at the top. The compass rose shows north pointing to the right. If a suspect vehicle travels toward the top of the map, which direction are they actually going?

Accepted Answer

West

Answer

If north points right on this map, then 'up' on the map corresponds to west.

Traffic Enforcement Agent Test Practice Test

Traffic Enforcement Agent Test Practice Test

TEA Traffic Enforcement Agent Spatial Orientation and Map Reading 4