Law Enforcement Administration Review Questions

1.  The amount and nature of the demands of the police service
         A.Clientele
         B.Purpose
         C.Time
         D. Process                                                  

2.  The PNP has a program which ensures the deployment of

      policemen in busy and crime prone areas.  This is called
          A.    patrol deployment program
          B.    roving patrol program
          C.    patrol and visibility program
          D.    police patrol program                             

3. All regional appointments of commissioned officers commence

     with the rank of: 
          A.    Senior Police Officer I
          B.    Inspector
          C.    Police Officer III
          D.    Senior Inspector                                   

4.  In busy and thickly populated commercial streets like those

      in Divisoria, police patrol is very necessary.  Since there
      are several types of patrol, which of the following will you
      recommend:
          A.    Horse patrol
          B.    Mobile patrol
          C.    Foot patrol
          D.    Helicopter patrol                                    Answer: C

5.  It is the product resulting from the collection, evaluation,

      analysis, and interpretation of all available information which
      concerns one or more aspects of criminal activity and which is
      immediately or potentially significant to police planning.
          A.    Investigation       
          B.    Information
          C.    Data
          D.    intelligence                                           Answer: D                  
6.  These are work programs of line divisions which related to
      the nature and extent of the workload and the availability
         of resources.
          A.    administrative plan           
          B.    operational plan
          C.    strategic plan
          D.    tactical plan                                         Answer: B       
7.  It is the premier educational institution for the police,
      fire and jail personnel.
          A.    Philippine Military Academy
          B.    Development Academy of the Philippines
          C.    Philippine College of Criminology
          D.    Philippine Public Safety College                Answer: D

8.  A crew which is assigned to a mobile car usually consist of

          A.    a driver and intelligence agent
          B.    a driver and traffic man
          C.    a driver and a recorder
          D.    a driver, recorder and supervisor              Answer: D

9.  An industrial complex must establish its first line of

     physical defense.  It must have
          A.    the building itself           
          B.    perimeter barriers
          C.    communication barriers
          D.    window barriers                                      Answer:B

10. All of the following are members of the People’s Law

       Enforcement Board (PLEB), EXCEPT:
          A.    Three (3) members chosen by the Peace and Order 
                  Council from among the respected members of the
                  community.
          B.    Any barangay Captain of the city/municipality
                  concerned chosen by the association of the
                  Barangay Captains.
          C.    Any member of the Sangguniang
                  Panglungsod/Pambayan
          D.    A bar member chosen by the Integrated bar of the
                  Philippines (IBP)                                   Answer: D

                                                  
11. It is the circumspect inspection of a place to determine its
       suitability for a particular operational purpose.
          A.    Inspection       
          B.    Surveillance
          C.    Survey
          D.    Casing                                                 Answer: C

12. In the civil service system, merit and fitness are the primary
       considerations in the
          A.    two-party system   
          B.    evaluation system
          C.    promotional system
          D.    spoils system                                       Answer: C

13. In the de-briefing, the intelligence agent is asked to discuss

      which of the following:
          A.    his educational profile and schools attended
          B.    his personal circumstances such as his age, religious
                  affiliation, address, etc.
          C.    his political inclination and/or party affiliation
          D.    his observations and experiences in the intelligence  
                                                                           Answer: D

14. It is a natural or man-made structure or physical device which

     is capable of restricting, determine, or delaying illegal access to
     an installation.
          A.    alarm                   
          B.    wall   
          C.    barrier
          D.    hazard                                                 Answer: C

15. What form of intelligence is involved when information is

      obtained without the knowledge of the person against whom

      the information or documents may be used, or if the
      information is clandestinely acquired?
          A.    covert                
          B.    overt   
          C.    active
          D.    underground                                        Answer: A

16. The provincial Governor shall choose the provincial Director

     from a list of ___________ eligible recommended by the

     Regional Director, preferable from the same province, city,
     municipality.  
          A.    three (3)   
          B.    five (5)
          C.    four (4)                                         
          D.    Two (2)                                              Answer: A

17. Republic Act 6975 provides that on the average nationwide,

     the manning levels of the PNP shall be approximately in

     accordance with a police-to-population ratio of:
          A.    one (1) policeman for every seven hundred (700)
                  inhabitants.
          B.    one (1) policeman for every one thousand five hundred
                  (1,500) C.inhabitants.
          C.    one (1) policeman for every five hundred (500)
                  inhabitants.
          D.    one (1) policeman for every one thousand (1,000)
                  inhabitants.                                        Answer: C

18. In disaster control operations, there is a need to establish a

       ______where telephones or any means of communication
     shall  
          A.ensure open lines of communication.
          B.command post           
          C.operations center
          D.field room                                                 Answer:B

19. Registration of a security agency must be done at the______.

          A.Securities and Exchange Commission
          B.National Police Commission
          C.Department of National Defense
          D.PNP Criminal Investigation Group                   Answer:D

20. The cheapest form of police patrol.

          A.    Bicycle Patrol
          B.    Foot Patrol
          C.    Motorcycle Patrol
          D.    Helicopter Patrol                                   Answer: B    
21. The budget is a _________________ in terms of expenditure
       requirements.
          A.tactical plan           
          B.financial plan   
          C.work plan
          D.control plan                                             Answer: B

22. The term used for the object of surveillance is a subject while
      the investigator conducting the surveillance is:
          A.rabbit                   
          B.surveillant
          C.traffic enforcement
          D.patrol                                                     Answer: A

23. It is a police function which serves as the backbone of the

     police service.  In all types of police stations, there is a specific
     unit assigned to undertake this function in view of its
     importance.
          A.vice control           
          B.criminal investigation
          C.traffic management
          D.patrol                                                     Answer: D

24. It is the weakest link in security chain.

          A.managers               
          B.Barriers
          C.Personnel
          D.inspections                                              Answer:

25. Which of the following is considered as the most important

     factor in formulating an effective patrol strategy?
          A.training of station commander
          B.adequacy of resources of the police station
          C.rank of the patrol commander
          D.salary rates of police personnel                Answer: B

26. Who among the following have summary disciplinary powers

     over errant police members?
          A.District Director           
          B.Provincial Director
          C.Chief of Police
          D.Chief, PNP                                             Answer: D

27. You are the Patrol Supervisor for the morning shift.  You don’t
       have enough men to cover all the patrol beats.  Which of the
       following will you implement?
          A.    assign roving mobile patrol with no foot patrol
          B.    assign mobile patrols only in strategic places
          C.    maintain your patrolmen at the station and just wait
                 for calls for police assistance
          D.    assign foot patrol in congested and busy patrol beats
                 but assign a roving mobile patrol to cover beats which
                 are not covered by foot patrol               Answer: B
                                                           
28. The father of organized military espionage was:
          A.    Akbar                   
          B.    Alexander the Great   
          C.    Genghis Khan
          D.    Frederick the Great                               Answer: D

29. Which of the following is the most common reason why informer
       can give information to the police?
          A.wants to be known to the policeman
          B.monetary reward
          C.as a good citizen
          D.revenge                                                 Answer: B

30. To improve delegation, the following must be done, EXCEPT:

          A.    establish objectives and standards
          B.    count the number of supervisor
          C.    require completed work
          D.    define authority and responsibility           Answer: C

31. What administrative support unit conducts identification and

     evaluation of physical evidences related to crimes, with
     emphasis on their medical, chemical, biological and physical
     nature.
          A.    Logistics Service       
          B.    Crime Laboratory   
          C.    Communication and Electronic service
          D.    Finance Center                                    Answer: B

32. Those who are charged with the actual fulfillment of the
      agency’s mission are ________.
          A.    staff                   
          B.    supervision   
          C.    management
          D.    line                                                     Answer: D

33. When the subject identifies or obtains knowledge that the

       investigation is conducting surveillance on him, the latter is:
          A.    cut out                 
          B.    sold out
          C.    burnt out
          D.    get out                                                Answer: C

34. Small alley like those in the squatters area of Tondo can be
     best penetrated by the police through:
          A.    foot patrol               
          B.    mobile patrol   
          C.    highway patrol
          D.    helicopter patrol                                    Answer: A

35. Some of the instructions in foot surveillance are the following,

       EXCEPT
          A.    stop quickly, look behind
          B.    drop paper, never mind what happens to the paper
          C.    window shop, watch reflection
          D.    retrace steps                                       Answer: B

36. On many occasions, the bulk of the most valuable information

       comes from:
          A.    business world           
          B.    newspaper clippings
          C.    an underworld informant
          D.    communications media                           Answer: B

37. Highly qualified police applicants such as engineers, nurses and

       graduates of forensic sciences can enter the police service as
       officers through:
          A.    regular promotion           
          B.    commissionship
          C.    lateral entry
          D.    attrition                                              Answer: C

38. Police Inspector Juan Dela Cruz is the Chief of Police of a

     municipality.  He wants his subordinates to be drawn closer to
     the people in the different barangays.  He should adopt which
     of the following projects?
          A.    COPS on the blocks       
          B.    Oplan Bakal
          C.    Oplan Sandugo
          D.    Complan Pagbabago                              Answer: A

39. What should be undertaken by a Security Officer before he can

       prepare a comprehensive security program for his industrial
       plan?
          A.    security conference           
          B.    security check   
          C.    security survey
          D.    security education                                Answer: C

40. This patrol method utilizes disguise, deception and lying in wait
       rather than upon high-visibility patrol techniques.
          A.    low-visibility patrol           
          B.    directed deterrent patrol
          C.    decoy patrol
          D.    high-visibility patrol                               Answer: A

41. It enforces all traffic laws and regulations to ensure the safety
     of motorists and pedestrians and attain an orderly traffic.
          A.    Civil Relations Unit       
          B.    Traffic Operations Center
          C.    Traffic Management Command
          D.    Aviation Security Command                    Answer: C

42. A method of collecting information wherein the investigator

       merely uses his different senses.
          A.    observation           
          B.    casing
          C.    research
          D.    interrogation                                        Answer: A

43. In stationary surveillance, the following must be observed,

       EXCEPT
          A.    never meet subject face to face
          B.    avoid eye contact
          C.    recognize fellow agent
          D.    if burnt out, drop subject                       Answer: C

44. Pedro is a thief who is eying at the handbag of Maria.  PO1

       Santos Reyes is standing a few meters from Maria.The thief’s
       desire to steal is not diminished by the presence of the police
       officer but the _______________ for successful theft is.
          A.    ambition               
          B.    feeling
          C.    intention
          D.    opportunity                                         Answer: A

45. Graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) are

       automatically appointed to the rank of:
          A.    Senior Superintendent       
          B.    Inspector
          C.    Senior Police Officer 1
          D.    Superintendent                                    Answer: C

46. PNP in-service training programs are under the responsibility of

        the:
          A.    PNP Directorate for Plans
          B.    PNP Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine
                 Development
          C.    PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records
                 Management
          D.    PNP Directorate for Comptrollership          Answer: C

47. One way of extending the power of police observation is to get

       information from persons within the vicinity.In the police work,
       this is called:
          A.    data gathering            
          B.    field inquiry
          C.    interrogation
          D.    interview                                             Answer: B

48. Dogs have an acute sense of _______________ thus, their

      utilization in tracking down lost persons or illegal drugs.
          A.    smell                   
          B.    hearing
          C.    eating
          D.    drinking                                              Answer: A

49. Intelligence on _________________ makes heavy use of

      geographic information because law enforcement officials must
      know exact locations to interdict the flow of drugs.
          A.    Logistics               
          B.    Human Cargo Trafficking
          C.    Narcotics Trafficking
          D.    Economic resources                              Answer: C

50. Which of the following is most ideally suited to evacuation and

       search-and-rescue duties?
          A.    motorcycle               
          B.    helicopter       
          C.    patrol car
          D.    bicycle                                               Answer: B

51. A method of collection of information wherein the investigator

       tails or follows the person or vehicle.
          A.    research               
          B.    undercover operation
          C.    casing
          D.    surveillance                                         Answer: C

52. This is a person who does detective work for hire, reward or
      commission, other than members of the AFP, BJMP, provincial
      guards, PNP or any law enforcement agency of the
      government.
          A.    Secret Agent               
          B.    “Tiktik”
          C.    Private detective
          D.    Undercover                                         Answer: C
                                      
53. The uprightness in character, soundness of moral principles,
      honesty and freedom from moral delinquencies is referred to as
          A.    integrity               
          B.    loyalty                   
          C.    discretion
          D.    moral                                                 Answer: A
                                      
54. Going east while foot patrolling and turning right after reaching
      the end of your beat and turning right after reaching the other
      end of the road and again turning right until you completed
      the cycle by reaching back to your origin of patrolling.What
      patrol pattern have you applied?
          A.    clockwise                
          B.    straightway
          C.    counter clockwise
          D.    free-wheeling                                      Answer: A
                                      
55. Which theory of patrol state that police visibility increases the
     opportunity to apprehend criminals by soothing them and letting
     them believe that their crimes will not be detected?
          A.    low profile theory   
          B.    high visibility   
          C.    theory of omnipresence
          D.    team policing                                       Answer: A

56. Without air force capability, patrol operation that covers large
       park areas, grassy fields or wooded areas requires the use of
          A.    bike patrol               
          B.    horse patrol
          C.    marine patrol
          D.    helicopter patrol                                   Answer: B

57. Which of the following refers to the long range planning?

          A.    Intermediate               
          B.    Strategic
          C.    Medium
          D.    short                                                  Answer: B

58. The operational plan which is designed to met everyday or

     year  round needs is called
          A.   meeting unusual needs       
          B.   extra office   
          C.   regular operating programs
          D.   special operating programs                      Answer: C

59. Which of the following is the oldest type of patrol?

          A.    horse                       
          B.    foot
          C.    canine
          D.    police                                                 Answer: B

60. The act of expelling a squatter by the legal process is called:

          A.    demolition               
          B.    squadron
          C.    eviction
          D.    tear down                                           Answer: C

61. Which of the following is not a commissioned officer?

          A.    Inspector                 
          B.    senior superintendent       
          C.    asst. chief
          D.    chief superintend                                  Answer: C

62. Which of the following words has the same meaning as the
     word credibility?
          A.    ability               
          B.    capacity
          C.    believability
          D.    vulnerability                                         Answer: C
                                     
63. Which of the following best defines the word self-reliant?
          A.    observation           
          B.    crime prevention
          C.    called for service
          D.    criminal apprehension                            Answer: C

64. All but one are the primarily line operation in police organization
          A.    patrol               
          B.    records
          C.    investigation
          D.    traffic                                                Answer: C

65. Criminals can hear the sound of the helicopter coming and so
       element of surprise is lost which is one of the ________
       of air patrol:
          A.    advantages               
          B.    features
          C.    disadvantages
          D.    import                                                Answer: C

66. What is the patrol used to locate prowlers, burglars hiding in

      large buildings or stores, and the control of unruly crowds and
        riots?
          A.    foot                       
          B.    horse
          C.    bicycle
          D.    dog               .                                    Answer: D

67. Which of the following laws established the Police Organization

       under the DILG?
          A.    R.A.     5487           
          B.    R.A.    8551
          C.    R.A. 1174
          D.    R.A.    6975                                         Answer: D

68. Who is the most important officer in the police organization?    

          A.    investigator
          B.    patrol officer
          C.    traffic officer
          D.    The Chief of Police                                Answer: B

69. Which of the following is the oldest warning device?

          A.    trumpet           
          B.    horn   
          C.    radio
          D.    siren                                                  Answer: A

70. What type of cover uses actual or true background?

          A.    artificial               
          B.    multiple cover   
          C.    natural
          D.    cover within a cover                             Answer: C

71. What is the principle of organization suggesting that

       communication should ordinarily go upward and downward
       through establish channels in the hierarchy?
          A.    Chain of Command           
          B.    Span of Control
          C.    Unity of Command
          D.    Delegation of Authority                          Answer: A
                                    
72. What is the optional retirement for officers and new officers of
       the police service?
          A.    15 years               
          B.    25 years
          C.    30 years
          D.    20 years                                             Answer: D

73. Governors and mayors, upon having been elected and having
     qualified as such,are automatically deputized as representatives
     of the
          A.    NAPOLCOM            
          B.    DND
          C.    PLEB
          D.    none of these                                      Answer: A
74. It is constitutionally and legally mandated to administer and
       control the Philippine National Police. 
          A.    DILG                   
          B.    DND 
          C.    NAPOLCOM
          D.    DFA                                                    Answer: C

75. It is the central receiving entity for any citizen’s  complaint

       against the members and officers of the PNP.
          A.    DILG                  
          B.    NAPOLCOM 
          C.    PLEB
          D.    IAS                                                    Answer: C

76. When we say that a commander is directly responsible  for any

       act or omission of his subordinates  in relation to the
       performance of their official duties, we are referring to:
          A.    chain of command              
          B.    delegation of responsibility
          C.    Command responsibility
          D.    span of control                                    Answer: C

77. A police strategy which aims to directly involve members of the

       community in the maintenance of peace and order by police
       officers.
          A.    Integrated Police System        
          B.    Comparative Police System 
          C.    Police Visibility
          D.    Community Oriented Policing System (COPS)
                                                                         Answer: D                                                                
78. No person in an organization can do all the tasks necessary for
      accomplishing group objective.  Also, no one should exercise all
      the authority for making decisions.This refers to
          A.    chain of command        
          B.    command responsibility  
          C.    unity of command
          D.    delegation of authority                          Answer: D

79. Under RA 6975, a police officer is entitled to a longevity pay

     equivalent to how many percent (%) of his monthly basic salary
     for every five years of service, to be reckoned from the date of
     his original appointment in the police, fire, jail or other allied
     services? 
          A.    2 percent                         
          B.    5 percent
          C.    10 percent
          D.    15 percent                                          Answer: C

80. This term refers to the period when a police officer is actively
      engaged in the performance of his duty. 
          A.    off duty         
          B.    off limits  
          C.    on call
          D.    on duty                                              Answer: D

81. The act of temporarily denying an officer the privilege of

      performing his police duties in consequence of an offense and
      violation of rules and regulations.
          A.    dismissal                    
          B.    restriction           
          C.    suspension
          D.    reprimand                                            Answer: C

82. The credential  extended by the Civil Service

        Commission/National Police Commission for the purpose of
        conferring status for permanent appointment  in the police
        service.
          A.    police credibility         
          B.    police visibility   
          C.    Criminology Board Examination
          D.    police patrol examination 
          E.    police eligibility                                     Answer: E

83. In the history of our police force, who was the first Director
     General of the Philippine National Police (PNP)?
          A.    Gen. Cesar Nazareno            
          B.    Gen. Raul Imperial  
          C.    Gen. Umberto Rodriquez
          D.    Gen. Recaredo Sarmiento                       Answer: A

84. The premier educational institution for the training, human

       resource development and continuing education of all the
       personnel of BJMP, BFP and PNP.
          A.    PNPA                    
          B.    PCCR    
          C.    PNTC
          D.    PPSC                                                 Answer: D

85. Under the law,the city/municipal jail warden should have a rank
      of __.
          A.    Inspector                 
          B.    Chef Inspector 
          C.    Senior Inspector
          D.    Superintendent                                    Answer: C

86. The required rank for the Chief of Jail Bureau. 

          A.    Chief Superintendent       
          B.    Director  General  
          C.    Director
          D.    Deputy Director General                         Answer: C
87. It exercise supervision and control over the provincial jails.
          A.    BJMP 
          B.    Bureau of  Prisons  
          C.    Department of Justice
          D.    Provincial Government                          Answer:  D

88. The required rank for the head of the Fire Bureau.
          A.    Chief Superintendent            
          B.    Director General   
          C.    Director
          D.    Deputy Director General                         Answer: C

89. It exercise supervision and control over all city and municipal
      jails.
          A.    BJMP               
          B.    Bureau of Prisons    
          C.    Department of Justice
          D.    Local Government                                Answer: A

 90. The annual reservation percentage quota for women in the 

       PNP
          A.    25%                  
          B.    5%   
          C.    10%
          D.    20%                                                   Answer: C

91. Which of the following administers and attends to cases

      involving crimes against chastity?
          A.    CIDG                    
          B.    DSWD
          C.    Women’s Desk
          D.    Homicide Division                               Answer:    C

92. They are automatically deputized as NAPOLCOM

      representatives to exercise supervision and control over PNP
      units. 
          A.    Chief of Police             
          B.    Judges       
          C.    Local Government Executives
          D.    Fiscals                                                Answer: C

93. They have the authority to recommend to the Provincial

       Director the transfer, reassignment of PNP members outside
       of their town residences.
          A.    Regional Directors         
          B.    Priests 
          C.    Chiefs of Police
          D.    Mayors                                               Answer: D
94. The head of a local peace and order council is the __.
          A.    judge                    
          B.    chief of police  
          C.    mayor
          D.    governor                                             Answer: C

95. The utilization of units or elements, of the PNP for the

       purpose of protection of lives and properties, enforcement of
       laws and maintenance of peace and order.
          A.    employment                 
          B.    deployment   
          C.    assignment
          D.    designation                                         Answer: A

96. The orderly and organized physical movement of elements or

      units of the PNP.
          A.    employment           
          B.    deployment        
          C.    assignment
          D.    designation                                          Answer: B

97. One of the following exercises control and supervision over the
      PNP units during elections.
          A.    NBI           
          B.    Ombusdman
          C.    COMELEC   
          D.    DILG                                                  Answer: C

98. The number of eligible for which the Regional Director may
       recommend for Provincial Director to the governor is __.
          A.    2          
          B.    3  
          C.    5
          D.    4                                                       Answer: B

99. Who is the current Chief of the PNP?

         A.   Nicanor Bartome
         B.   Nicanor Bartomeo
         C.   Nick Bartolome
         D.   Nicanor Bartolome                                  Answer: C

100. The current PNP deputy director General for Administration is

         A.    Arturo Cacdac Jr.
         B.    Emilito Sarmiento
         C.    Rommel Heredia
         D.    Alexander Roldan                                   Answer: A