Test What You Know

Directions: 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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
The suspect ran down the alley at ___________ speed.
1. breakneck
2. brakeneck
3. breaknek
4. brakenek
Officer Unger must _____________ when deciding which incident to pursue first.
1. prioratize
2. prioritize
3. prioretize
4. prioritise
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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
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?
1. Only sentence #1 is grammatically correct.
2. Only sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
3. Neither sentence #1 nor sentence #2 is grammatically correct.
4. Both sentence #1 and sentence #2 are grammatically correct.
1. 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.
2. 1. Officer Davies interviewed Mrs. Patrick for a half hour before concluding that she
  2. had no information about her assailant who’d attacked her from behind.
  3. The officer proceeded to the store, in front of which Mrs. Patrick
  4. was assaulted, to ask if any employees could describe the assailant.
  1. Line I
  2. Line II
  3. Line III
  4. Line IV
3. 1. The man became very belligerent after ranting about all of the
  2. “un-American” people in his office. The officers managed to calm down the man,
  3. who then appeared to regret his behavior. He then seemed rational
  4. enough to return to work, and the officer exited the premeses.
  1. Line I
  2. Line II
  3. Line III
  4. Line IV
4. 1. Mr. Woolery and Mr. Harvis explained to the officer
  2. that numerous items had been stolen from their shop
  3. during the break-in. He then listed all of the stolen items:
  4. 12 cases of beer, $500, and 12 packs of batteries.
  1. Line I
  2. Line II
  3. Line III
  4. Line IV
5. 1. The police officer recognized the suspect, who was running east on
  2. Flatbush Street, by the scar on his neck and his dirty gray overcoat.
  3. The officer then knew there was hardly no way the suspect could get away
  4. from him on foot, because the street led to a dead end.
  1. Line I
  2. Line II
  3. Line III
  4. Line IV