Choose the ONE best answer for each question.
An officer is preparing a report after a car theft. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. At 8:00 p.m., Lansky’s Market on Second Avenue was burgled.
2. There were no witnesses at the scene of the crime.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
The suspect ran down the alley at ___________ speed.
Officer Unger must _____________ when deciding which incident to pursue first.
An officer is preparing a report about a burglary. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. Mrs. Lang heard a suspicious noise in the driveway and decided to find out who it was.
2. Mrs. Lang then saw her car pull out of the driveway and he then drove away.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a report about a burglary. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. Ms. Evers, a resident of 621 Humbolt Avenue, finally provide a valuable detail about the burglary.
2. Before that, Officer Prince, who had gone next door to interview Ms. Evers’s neighbor, return with new information.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a report about a bank robbery. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. The bank robbery take place at 4:40 p.m. on August 1st.
2. Although the thieves were armed, no one was injured.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a missing persons report. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. The child is Mrs. and Mr. Skals.
2. She was last seen at Riverside Park.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a missing persons report. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. Mr. Campeon was last seen at his home on January 21st.
2. Mrs. Campeon waded 24 hours before filing a missing persons report.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing an accident report. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. Mr. Curtiz had been taking barbiturates, drinking alcohol, and smokes marijuana prior to getting into his car.
2. Mr. Curtiz collided into a tree on Maplewood Dr.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
Questions 10–13
For the
following items, please choose the line that contains the error by
choosing the line number. Only one of the lines will contain an error.
I. Officer Davies interviewed Mrs. Patrick for a half hour before concluding that she
II. had no information about her assailant who’d attacked her from behind.
III. The officer proceeded to the store in front of which Mrs. Patrick
IV. was assaulted to ask if any employees could describe the assailant.
I. The man became very belligerent after ranting about all of the
II. “un-American” people in his office. The officers managed to calm down the man,
III. who then appeared to regret his behavior. He then seemed rational
IV. enough to return to work, and the officer exited the premeses.
I. Mr. Woolery and Mr. Harvis explained to the officer
II. that numerous items had been stolen from their shop
III. during the break-in. He then listed all of the stolen items:
IV. 12 cases of beer, $500, and 12 packs of batteries.
I. The police officer recognized the suspect, who was running east on
II. Flatbush Street, by the scar on his neck and his dirty, gray overcoat.
III. The officer then knew there was hardly no way the suspect could get away
IV. from him on foot, because the street led to a dead end.