MOCK BOARD EXAMINATION IN

LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

SET – F – 100 Items

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer
for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no.1 only.

1. Police Corporal Dela Cruz obtained his current rank on October 5, 2014. If he desires to be promoted
to the next higher rank, which of the following is a mandatory requirement that he must fulfil?
A. NAPOLCOM promotional examination
B. PLEB clearance
C. Completion of appropriate training course
D. NAPOLCOM eligibility Exam

2. If the total population of the country is 96 million, approximately, how many police officers are needed
to cope up with the 1:500 police-to-population ratio?
A. 192,000
B. 186,000
C. 190,000
D. 196,000

3. The Municipality of San Jose has a total of 32 police officers. The number of police officers in that
municipality is based on 1:750 average police-to-population ratio. What is the approximate population
of the municipality?
A. 20,000
B. 24,000
C. 26,000
D. 28,000

4. What law created the Police Commission (POLCOM) which later on became the National Police
Commission?
A. RA 4864
B. RA 6040
C. Police Act of 1966
D. PD 765

5. The legal principle that introduced during the time of King Hammurabi of Babylon also known “an eye
for an eye – a tooth” is called -
A. Dura lex Sed lex
B. Lex taliones
C. Leges Henri
D. Lex chenes

6. Juan Marquez was born on June 16, 2005. Assuming that the present provisions of the R.A. 6975 and
8551 on the age minimum qualification will not be amended, when will Mr. Marquez be qualified to
apply as a member of the PNP?
A. After June 16, 2026
B. On or After June 16, 2026
C. On or after June 16, 2025
D. After June 16, 2023

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7. If the PNP is under the DILG and the AFP is under the DND, the relationship that exists among them
on matters involving suppression of insurgency is
A. supplementary
B. complementary
C. adjacent
D. opposite

8. Presence of patrol whether on foot, vehicular or horses serve as crime deterrents, however, patrol
personnel became __________ targets for communist terrorist, as they are easily known.
A. hard
B. easy
C. big
D. not good

9. A supervisor’s span of control is usually computed in terms of the number of:

A. subordinate’s reporting directly to him
B. superiors from whom he takes order
C. superiors to whom he reports
D. all of the above

10. What kind of patrol system is referred wherein policemen just hang around doing nothing while waiting
or calls to respond when something wrong happened?
A. pro-active patrol system
B. stationary patrol system
C. reactive patrol system
D. stand by alert system

11. What law created the Philippine National Police under the recognized Department of Interior and Local
Government in 1990?
A. RA 7659
B. RA 8551
C. RA 6040
D. RA 6975

12. “Walking closest to the building” at night is a patrol tactic which makes policemen less visible during
night patrol. It is:
A. to make the policemen safe at night
B. to have sufficient cover in case of a shoot-out
C. to attract less public attention
D. to surprise criminals in the act of committing a crime

13. What is made when a law enforcement officer briefly detains a suspicious person for questioning and
pat the person’s outer clothing to ensure that he is unarmed?
A. Interrogation
B. Stop and Frisk
C. Arrest
D. Pursuit

14. What should a patrol officer who arrive first in a hostage incident, should do?
A. to look injured victims who need medical assistance
B. immediately engage the hostage taker in a negotiation
C. map out plans to rescue the victim and capture the hostage taker
D. make the suspect know that the policemen are already at scene

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15. There are four parts of police intelligence cycle, they are: (1) command mission/objectives; (2)
collection of information; (3) processing of information; and:
A. Counter intelligence
B. Communication
C. Operations
D. None of these

16. Suppose your police station will be overrun by the enemy, which among the items below will you
destroy first because it will be of value for the enemies?
A. Cache of bullet
B. Radio
C. Troop deployment report
D. Grenades

17. In police intelligence, there is the so-called clipping services within the unit, it refers to:
A. Collection of new items of intelligence value from local publication
B. Accompanying the informant to the photo gallery
C. Treating your informant to drinking and disco dancing spree
D. Giving your informant a woman to have sex

18. From a police officer’s viewpoint, public relations are primarily -

A. A method of winning the confidence of the public
B. A means of improving contacts with the public
C. Something which effects them but for which they have very little personal concern
D. Reflect his attitudes toward the public while on duty

19. ___ refers to the specific geographical area served by a police department or law enforcement agency
and the individuals, organizations and agencies within that area.
A. Zonal
B. Community
C. Area
D. Beat

20. What will be conducted in order to determine whether a case falls under the jurisdiction of the
Regional Trial Court?
A. Inquest proceeding
B. Preliminary conference
C. Preliminary Investigation
D. Search and Seizure

21. Which of the following statement concerning the promotion policy of the PNP is incorrect?
A. A member of the PNP shall not be eligible for promotion to a higher position or rank unless he
has successfully passed the corresponding promotional examination
B. A member aspiring for promotion should have satisfactorily completed an appropriate and
accredited course in the PNP or equivalent training institution
C. No member of the PNP shall be eligible for promotion unless he has not been cleared by the
people’s law enforcement board (PLEB) of complaints proffered against him, if any
D. No special promotion may be extended to any member of the PNP for acts of conspicuous
courage and gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.

22. Manuel Gomez, a police officer, was born on July 24, 1972. Assuming that he will still be alive until his
compulsory retirement, when will he be qualified to file for retirement?
A. 2026
B. 2027
C. 2029
D. 2028

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 23. Manny Pokyao was born on June 23, 1973. He took 12 years to finish his B.S. in Criminology because
of poverty. If his application in the PNP will be denied at the present year, which would be the possible
cause of rejection?
A. He is disqualified by age qualification
B. He did not pass the Criminology board examinations. His only eligibility is the NAPOLCOM
examination
C. His scholastic record show that he is not fit for police works
D. A and B

24. The first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served the longest term was -
A. John Pinkerton
B. Henry Fielding
C. Edgar Allan Poe
D. John Edgar Hoover

25. What ancient system of apprehending criminal practiced during the Anglo-Saxon period, whereby a
complainant goes to the middle of the community and shouts for help calling all male residents to
assemble and go after an offender?
A. Frankpledge system
B. Hue and cry
C. Tun policing
D. Trial by ordeal

26. What K9 is most frequently used as it was discovered to be high-scoring dog for police work?
A. Doberman pinscher
B. British bulldogs
C. German shepherd
D. Pitbull

27. Who among the following is not qualified to be appointed as Chief of a City Police Office?
A. PLt Babao who is a law graduate
B. PLtCol Arroyo who is a holder of master’s degree in Criminology
C. PLtCol Pimentel who is a graduate of master in national security administration
D. PLtCol Dumlao who is a graduate of master of science in Criminal Justice

28. Patrolman Juan joined the police service by virtue of a waiver program. However, he failed to satisfy
any of the waived requirements within the specified periods under Section 15 of the IRR of RA 8551.
What will happen to him?
A. He may re apply for the same waiver for extension
B. He should be separated from the service
C. He should be placed on “floating status”
D. He should pay the government expenses of his entry to the service.

29. ____ is a brief feeling of a person’s outer clothing to determine if a weapon is present. It is also called
frisking.
A. Arrest
B. Patdown
C. Restraint
D. All of these

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30. On January 30, 1999, PCMSgt Makintab celebrated his 52nd birthday with the presence of his superior
officer and other commissioned officer in Camp Crame. Applying the provisions of law, how many
more years PCMSgt Makintab will serve the PNP and he will be obliged to retire from the service?
A. 2 years more
B. 3 years more
C. 4 years more
D. 1 year more

31. This includes a population’s size, distribution, growth, density, employment rate, ethnic makeup and
vital statistics such as average age, education, and income. Which one of these?
A. Statistic Dimensions
B. Demographics
C. Variables
D. None of these

32. PCpl Juan was appointed as a police officer on June 1, 2000. Given the optional retirement system,
when should he avail optional retirement?
A. After year 2016
B. By year 2020
C. On or before year 2030
D. Any of the above

33. In policing, the elimination of the opportunity of future offenders to commit crimes is called -
A. Criminal etiology
B. Patrol deployment
C. Crime suppression
D. Crime prevention

34. The first International Criminal Police Congress was held in ______, in 1914. This led to the
establishment of INTERPOL in 1923.
A. Egypt
B. Vienna
C. Monaco
D. Belgium

35. In police planning, the SARA model is used to assess or evaluate responses to police problems. What
is meant by the acronym SARA?
A. Scan-Analyze-Response-Assess
B. Serve-Attack-Ready-Act
C. Serve-Analyze-Retreat-Attack
D. Scan-Attack-Response-Analyze

36. According to the fundamental theories of patrol, which of these refers to the suppression of the desire
of offenders to commit a crime?
A. Criminal jurisprudence
B. Crime suppression
C. Patrol activity
D. Crime prevention

37. What era in policing emphasized crime control by preventive automobile patrol and rapid response to
crime?
A. Community Era
B. Political Era
C. Reform Era
D. All of these

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38. This basic principle of organization emphasizes the grouping of similar tasks, job assignments, and
functions and placing them under a single supervisor or command officer.
A. Simplicity
B. Functional organization
C. Organizing by function
D. Line and staff

39. In checking occupants of residential buildings, business establishments, and dark alleys, the best
method to use is the-
A. Helicopter patrol
B. Automobile patrol
C. Random foot patrol
D. Decoy patrol

40. Which theory states that high police visibility hampers the opportunity of the potential criminals to
execute their illicit plans?
A. Reactive patrol
B. Pro-active patrol
C. Police omnipresence
D. Covert operations theory

41. In studying the anatomy of crime, a crime will take place if all the three elements or ingredients are
present at the same time and place. The three basic elements of crime are opportunity, means, and-
A. Resistance to temptation
B. Criminal tendency
C. Motive
D. Situation

42. If foot patrol method requires a large number of personnel, then this serves as disadvantage in the
management of the police organization, since personnel is the most expensive resources in
organizations.
A. True
B. False
C. Categorical
D. Absolutely false

43. While conducting patrol at the central business district during the night shift, patrol officers should
appropriately -
A. Walk close to the road curb
B. Walk close to the buildings
C. Stay on high ground such as roof top
D. Stay in the shadows on the building

44. Strategic Planning in police organizations is a large-scale, long term and future oriented planning. It
begins with –
A. Vision and mission statement
B. Identification of the problem
C. Result of the SWOT analysis
D. Any of the above

45. Police Officer Jimenez, while on patrol noticed that road lights are off and appear to have been
removed. Which of the following should he do first?
A. Call the barangay officials to inspect the lighting system.
B. Make a report about his observation on official log
C. Ignore it since the roads and lighting systems is the job of others.
D. Rush into the alley and surprise criminals hiding there

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46. Among the various patrol methods, which method provides better mobility and stealth to individual
patrol officers?
A. Mounted police patrol
B. Motorcycle patrol
C. Foot patrol
D. Bicycle patrol

47. In police patrol, _____ is the act of apprehending one or more people who resisted arrest or ignoring
the law enforcement officer who tried to stop him.
A. Initial Contact
B. Resistance
C. Pursuit
D. Profiling

48. _____ refers to a highway intersection designed so as to rout traffic without interference, by means of
a system of curving ramps from one level to another.
A. Cross-intersection
B. Fly-over
C. Cloverleaf
D. Overpass

49. The maintenance of a separate branch, unit or subsidiary office aside from the main office of a
security agency situated within the same locality is prohibited by law because this is a case of ____.
A. Kabit system
B. Budol-Budol system
C. Salisi system
D. Pakyaw system

50. A private Security Agency and Private Detective Agency may be organized by any Filipino citizen or
corporation, association, partnership but which must be –
A. 100 % owned and controlled by Filipino citizen.
B. 80 % owned and controlled by Filipinos and 20% foreigners.
C. 50 % owned and controlled by Filipinos and 50% foreigners.
D. Purely natural born Filipino citizens.

51. The minimum age of the operator or manager of a private Security Agency must according to the
provisions of law is that, he/she must be –
A. Not less than 30 yrs old.
B. At least 21 yrs old but not more than 35 yrs old.
C. Not less than 25 yrs old but not more than 50 yrs old.
D. At least 30 to 59 yrs old.

52. The application for license to exercise security profession and /or permit to operate a private security
agency shall be filed with the office of the –
A. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission
B. Chief of the Philippine National Police
C. Secretary of the Department of Justice
D. Chairperson of the National Police Commission

53. Which of the following should not be issued to private security guards under normal condition?
A. Armalite
B. Uzi
C. Cal. 45
D. All of these

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54. The protection against any type of crime and safeguard life, assets, and operation by the use of
various methods and devices clandestinely fall under the concept of -.
A. Undercover operation
B. Overt intelligence
C. Proactive Patrol
D. Community oriented policing

55. The provision of sufficient illumination to areas, buildings, fencing or other spots during hours of
darkness to ensure visibility of the guards and to act as deterrent to intruders is –
A. essence of protective security
B. reason for key control
C. method of protective alarm system
D. the purpose of security lighting

56. The study of police and military intelligence tells us that sabotage is –
A. willful and malicious disruption of the normal activities
B. destruction of processes and functions of a plant, installation or premises
C. an act involving explosion, psychological, mechanical, incendiary and other means to destroy
properties and process.
D. All of these

57. What agency of the government has the motto – “Knowledge is Security”?
A. MOSSAD
B. National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA)
C. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
D. KGB

58. An agent assigned in target areas with the primary mission of sustaining the cover story is called –
A. Back up man
B. Cover support
C. Informant
D. Double agent

59. In the ten APCO signal codes, what is meant by 10-4?

A. Roger
B. Say it again/ repeat
C. I acknowledge
D. Correct time

60. In modern day policing, who is regarded as the Father of Police Professionalism?
A. Sir Robert Peel
B. James Q. Wilson
C. Henry Fielding
D. August Vollmer

61. Information and materials when illegally disclosed result to exceptionally grave damage to the nation,
politically, economically or militarily are classified to be –
A. Secret
B. Top Secret
C. Confidential
D. Restricted

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62. Which of the following would be the best reason/s why the color of the light bars for police mobile is
either red or blue?
A. Blue is a good color that can be seen in foggy moments of the day.
B. Red is a good color that can be seen on a sunny day.
C. Blue color gives a calm feeling and Red color gives you an energetic feeling. This set of
combination attracts your brain's attention and makes you alert.
D. All of the above

63. What is the Intelligence Group (IG) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)?
A. G2
B. J2
C. MIG
D. CIS

64. A cunning spy who was known as Napoleon’s Eye or Napoleon’s secret agent.
A. Alfred Redl
B. Joseph Fouche
C. Wilhelm Stieber
D. Karl Schulmeister

65. The use of descriptive terms in relation to the personal features of an individual particularly the subject
of the intelligence operation is known as Portrait Parle, a French word which literally mean -
A. Rogue description
B. Speaking Likeness
C. Sign Language
D. Written words

66. What level of intelligence is focused on support to operations? The information must be achieved the
earliest time possible regarding threats and collection priorities and should be attached to the
battlegroup rather than the head quarter.
A. Strategic Intelligence
B. Operation Intelligence
C. Tactical Intelligence
D. Counter Intelligence

67. M15 is United Kingdom’s domestic counter intelligence and security agency and is part of the whole
intelligence machinery of the British government working along MI6. M16 refers to –
A. The Secret Intelligence Service
B. The Special Operations Service
C. The James Bond’s Agency
D. The White Hall

68. In espionage activities, what do we call the courier or mechanism use to pass information and devices
from one spy to another while operating in a hostile environment?
A. Burn out
B. Cut out
C. Dead drop
D. Live drop

69. Part of the code of ethical standards, which of the following statement is not correct?
A. I will uphold the Constitution and obey the legal order of the duly constituted authorities for my
personal interest.
B. I will love and serve my Country, God and people.
C. I will oblige myself to maintain high standard of morality and professionalism.
D. I will live a decent and virtuous life to serve as an example to others.

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70. When the DILG Act of 1990 was enacted, the following offices were created, except –
A. Bureau of Fire Protection
B. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
C. Philippine Public Safety College
D. Internal Affairs Service of the PNP

71. One is an intelligence discipline that is focused on intelligence or information derived from human
sources.
A. SIGINT
B. HUMINT
C. IMINT
D. MASINT

72. In the field of intelligence, what is meant by the acronym OSINT?

A. Open System Intelligence
B. Open Source Intelligence
C. Overt Style Intelligence
D. Overt Set-up Intelligence

73. In both military and police intelligence, what do you call a person who spy on a target organization on
behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact loyal to the target organization?
A. Double spy
B. Triple agent
C. Double agent
D. Triple spy

74. Which of the following policing system was called “The Met”?
A. Royal Canadian Mounted Police
B. Los Angeles Police Department
C. The Scotland Yard
D. Australian Federal Police

75. Patrolling in an alternate manner from one street post to another is a patrol pattern known as –
A. Cloverleaf patrol pattern
B. Counter clockwise
C. Straightway
D. None of these

76. One who pretends to be a double agent for the target organization but in fact working on for the
controlling organization all along.
A. Double Agent
B. Triple Agent
C. House Arrest
D. In house Spy

77. In emergency responses in the United States, the response CODE 3 means –
A. Hot response or life threatening
B. Cold response or non-emergency
C. Confidential Information
D. Lunch break

78. While it may be an important value that the police should practice, which one is not included in the list
of the PNP Core values?
A. Maka-Diyos
B. Makatao
C. Makabayan
D. Makatarungan

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79. PSMSgt Gomez was assigned as investigator in a local police station. He was granted to undergo
schooling abroad for enriching his skill as investigator. However, upon return, his immediate superior
assigned him to the records unit in a compact police station. What management or administrative
norm is noticeably violated?
A. Chain of command
B. Command responsibility
C. Staffing pattern
D. Personnel Training

80. Police reformation was set by Republic Act 8551. Under this law, all applicants to the police service
must be –
A. Cleared from conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude
B. Holder of a baccalaureate degree
C. Eligible in accordance with the standards set by NAPOLCOM
D. All of the above

81. Best police practices nowadays reveal that police response time should be –
A. 7 minutes upon receipt of call
B. 5 minutes upon receipt of call
C. 3 minutes upon receipt of call
D. soonest time possible upon receipt of call

82. In the street where a policeman was observed to be under the influence of liquor while on duty, the
citizens can be affected of their overall perception as to the discipline of the entire police organization.
And this can be a manifestation that –
A. police leadership is poor
B. the mayor in the city is not pro police
C. community relation is not a priority
D. the police officer is a commissioned officer

83. As a protocol, when driving your car and you hear mobile or ambulance sirens coming from your back
portion, you are supposed to –
A. Stop, look and listen
B. Yield and give way to the incoming emergency vehicle
C. To ignore and wait until your right of way at an intersection
D. Stop and blow your horn to warn other motorists

84. The battle cry of the Philippine National Police is to as embedded in its mission and vision is –
A. To protect the country from external aggressors
B. To serve and protect the rights and properties of the people
C. To defend the Constitution
D. To enforce the Revised Penal Code

85. The Internal Affairs Service is created under the law – Republic Act 8551. It has the following power,
except –
A. Investigate members of the PNP on criminal or administrative offenses.
B. Summary hearing over erring members of the PNP charged for offenses.
C. Empowered to impose penalty of imprisonment not more than 6 years.
D. Assist the Ombudsman.

86. The National Police Commission can hear appealed administrative cases against PNP members
through –
A. Appellate Board
B. The IAS – Internal Affairs Service
C. Chief of the PNP
D. Civil Service Commission

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 87. The highest rank in the PNP non-commissioned officer is PEMSgt which is equivalent to ___ rank in
the AFP.
A. Master Sergeant
B. Deputy Sergeant
C. Assistant Inspector
D. Senior Master Sergeant

88. Police management sometimes involves the Theory X or Theory Y management style. If you adhere to
Theory X, you assume that people don't like work, they must be coerced and controlled to work, and
the average person prefers to be directed because she or he doesn't want responsibility and places
job security above ambition. Under this theory, you manage by –
A. Coercion and punishment
B. Reward and bonuses
C. Both A and B are correct
D. Laissez faire leadership

89. What police system in the world is colloquially known as the “Mounties”?
A. NYPD – New York Police Department
B. RCMP – Royal Canadian Mounted Police
C. AFP – Australian Federal Police
D. RMP – Royal Malaysian Police

90. During the colonial days of policing in the Philippines, what year did the Spaniards introduced the
Guardia Civil system?
A. 1850s
B. 1820s
C. 1700s
D. 1600s

91. The identification and analysis of threat through qualitative or quantitative approaches to reduce or
control them in relation to hazard in a company or business enterprise.
A. Risk Management
B. Risk Security
C. Risk Assessment
D. Hazard Management

92. Which of the following police management theories is often called Taylorism?
A. Administrative Management
B. Bureaucratic Management
C. Scientific Management
D. Theory Z

93. In the middle of the night, you heard somebody screaming for help from the neighborhood. Relating
participative law enforcement and good community relation, the best thing for you to do as a citizen is
A. To identify the person in need of help and tell him/her to calm down.
B. To be alert and prepare for possible attack of intruder.
C. To respect right to privacy by ignoring what’s going on.
D. To call the emergency number of the police station at once.

94. Patroman Baras was promoted to PCpl on November 13, 2008. Assuming that he was promoted to
PSSgt on time and considering the mandatory time-in-grade, when can he be qualified to be promoted
to PMSgt?
A. On or after November 13, 2011
B. On or after November 13, 2010
C. On or after November 13, 2009
D. On or after November 13, 2012

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 95. What law empowered the Police Commission to conduct examination for members of the country’s
police force, otherwise known as the “Tolentino Law”, aimed primarily to professionalize the police
services in the 1960s?
A. RA 8551
B. RA 4864
C. RA 6975
D. RA 6040

96. The PNP Chief is the authority to give command in the entire organization. As such, even the
President of the Philippines is not allowed to give command to the PNP members unless it passes
through the PNP Chief. This is so because of the principle of -
A. chain of command
B. span of control
C. unity of command
D. authority

97. What management theory entails that employees are motivated by what is in their economic interest,
thus, employees will be more productive if they will be given high salary and more benefits?
A. administrative theory
B. scientific management
C. Bureaucratic
D. Dramatic

98. In what circumstance may the President extend the term of office of the PNP chief?
A. in times of war or national emergency declared by the congress
B. when he had an outstanding accomplishment for the past years
C. when he is very much qualified to be a PNP chief
D. when there are no other positions yet to which he should be re-assigned

99. This concept of police service states that the yardstick of police efficiency is the absence of crime
A. Traditional Policing
B. Community Oriented Policing
C. Home rule theory
D. All of the above

100. Patrolman Edgardo Bokaneg wanted to recommend matters which he thought would be effective in
preventing the occurrence of crime at Barangay 629. He then intended to go to the City Director to
discuss about the matter without first conversing with his immediate superior. What principle of police
organization may have been violated?
A. chain of command
B. unity of command
C. span of control
D. none of these

-End of Mock Board Exam-

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