MIDTERM EXAM

(LEA 1)

Multiple Choice. Instruction. Write the letter and word/s of the best answer in your booklet.
Remember erasure/s, alteration/s, and wrong spelling are wrong. GOOD LUCK!!

1. It is known as the Police Act of 1966.

a. RA 4648 c. RA 4684
b. RA 4846 d. RA 4864
2. It is known as the DILG Act of 1990.
a. RA 6795 c. RA 6597
b. RA 6975 d. RA 6957
3. Policemen are civil employees whose primary duty is the preservation of public peace and
security.
a. Old concept c. modern concept
b. Continental theory d. home-rule theory
4. What is the present law that puts back the task of the suppression of insurgency to the PNP?
a. RA 4864 c. RA 6975
b. RA 8551 d. EO 546
5. Under the Police Act of 1966, policemen are appointed by the
a. Regional Director, PNP c. Chief, PNP
b. Mayor d. NAPOLCOM
6. Under the Integration Law, policemen are subject to the command and general supervision of
the President of the Philippines and shall function directly under the
a. Office of the President c. Department of National Defense
b. DILG d. Chief, PC/Director Gen./INP
7. Under the Police Act of 1966, who investigate charges against any member of municipal/city
police agency?
a. Judge Advocate Gen. Officec. NAPOLCOM
b. Internal Affairs Office d. Board of Investigators
8. It is otherwise known as the Integration Law of 1976.
a. PD 756 c. PD 765
b. PD 675 d. RA 4864
9. Under the Police Act of 1966, what was the age requirement to enter the police?
a. 21-30 c. 23-33
b. 21-35 d. 25-40
10. These are functions that include such operations such as patrol, criminal investigation, and
traffic control as well as supervision of the personnel performing those operations.
a. Auxiliary function c. staff function
b. Line functions d. police functions
11. It represents the formal relationship among superiors and subordinates in any given
organization. It can be visualized as a ladder with each rung representing a higher or lower
level of authority.
a. Span of control c. staff function
b. Unity of command d. delegation of authority
12. It explains that responsibility for action cannot be greater that that implied by the authority
delegated nor should it be less.
a. Principle of balance c. Principle of flexibility
b. Principle of Absolute Responsibility d. Principle of Parity Responsibility
13. A police officer may file for an early retirement if
a. He is 56 years old c. he has at least 10 years in the service
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 14. Under this philosophy, the yardstick off police efficiency is the absence of crime.
a. Old concept c. Continental theory
b. Modern concept d. Home-Rule Theory
15. Under the DILG Act of 1990, who administer the Qualifying Entrance Examination for
policemen?
a. PNP c. NAPOLCOM
b. CSC d. DILG
16. In the early stages of human society, the function of what is now properly known as the police
station devolved on this person. He exercised his duty by employing all the males of the tribes
as guardian of the people but later on confined his choice among the able-bodied males only.
This person was called
a. Tribal leader c. Datu
b. Kingpin d. Headman
17. Police Inspector Primitivo optionally retired from the police service. How will his benefits be
computed?
a. He will get benefits of his present rank because his retirement is optional
b. He will get benefits of Police Senior Inspector as an added incentive to retirees
c. He will get the benefits of Police Senior Inspector, provided he had served at least one
year in his present rank
d. He will get the benefits of Police Chief Inspector- two ranks higher if he had served at
least five years in this present rank
18. It states that a group of police officer should only be under the control of one superior or
ranking police officer.
a. Span of Control c. Unity of Command
b. Command responsibility d. chain of command
19. It states that a senior police officer should be provided with men not more than what he can
effectively direct.
a. Span of control c. unity of command
b. Command responsibility d. chain of command
20. The management consciously attempts to spread authority to the lower organization levels.
a. Centralized organization c. command responsibility
b. Decentralized organization d. chain of command
21. What is the downward transfer of authority from manager to a subordinate?
a. Span of control c. delegation
b. Chain of command d. command responsibility
22. It is the unbroken line of authority that links all person in an organization and defines who
reports to whom.
a. Span of control c. delegation
b. Chain of command d. command of responsibility
23. It includes the desire for a stable, fairly based, and positive evaluation of one’s self as
evidence by compliments, commendations, promotions and other cues.
a. Safety needs c. belongingness and love needs
b. Esteem needs d. self-actualization needs
24. The police organization is an energy field and focus should not only be done on what exists,
but also on what the possibilities are for the future.
a. Contingency Theory c. Theory Z
b. Chaos Theory d. Quantum Theory
25. It is the identification and classification of required activities, the grouping of activities
necessary to attain objectives, and the assignment of its grouping to a manager with the
authority necessary to supervise it.
a. Staffing c. Organizing
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City Planning d. Coordinating
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 26. What is the process of organizing, leading, and controlling the efforts of the organization
members utilizing available resources to achieve organizational goals?
a. Management c. Police Management
b. Leadership d. Coordinating
27. It is the process of selecting goals and determining how to achieve them. It involves selecting
mission and objectives, the policies, programs and procedures and the action to achieve them.
a. Organizing c. Staffing
b. Planning d. Directing
28. This is the filling and keeping filled positions in the organizational structure. It is done by
identifying work force requirements, inventorying the people available, recruiting, placing
personality, promoting, appraising, compensating and training of personnel.
a. Organizing c. Staffing
b. Planning d. Directing
29. What is the process of making the organization fit with its objectives, its resources and its
environment?
a. Staffing c. Coordinating
b. Directing d. Organizing
30. It is the process of giving orders, commands, directives or instructions to personnel in order to
rule or guide them in knowing or telling what to do, where to go, etc, in accordance with the
goals and objectives of the organization.
a. Directing c. Coordinating
b. Selection d. Recording
31. Its is the process of choosing from among candidates from within the organization or from the
outside, the more suitable person for the current position or for future positions.
a. Recruitment c. Appraisal
b. Selection d. Development
32. This refers to the set of activities and processes use to legally obtain a sufficient number of
the right people at the right place and time.
a. Development c. Training
b. Recruitment d. Appraisal
33. What is the process of measuring the performance in achieving goals and plans?
a. Training c. Appraisal
b. Recruitment d. Selection
34. It is the attempt to improve the abilities of personnel to prepare them for more responsible
positions in the future.
a. Development c. Selection
b. Appraisal d. Training
35. What agency is responsible for the training and education of uniformed members under the
DILG?
a. NAPOLCOM c. PNPA
b. PPSC d. NBI
36. What agency is responsible for the training of senior jail commissioned officers?
a. Jail National Training Institute c. National Police College
b. PNPA d. DILG Training School
37. It conducts the training for Police Non-Commissioned Officers?
a. National Police College c. DILG Training School
b. PNPA d. Police National Training Institute
38. This is the agency under the DILG that conducts training to police, jail, and fire
commissioned and non-commissioned officers on specialized courses.
a. National For. Sci. Training Institute c. Philippine National Training Institute
b. PNPA d. DILG Training School
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 39. What is the development in broad outline of the activities to be carried out and their methods
of execution so as to accomplish the goal of the organization?
a. Organizing c. Staffing
b. Planning d. Coordinating
40. It is the identification and classification of the required activities. It also involves the grouping
of activities necessary to attain objectives and assigning them to a manager.
a. Planning c. Organizing
b. Staffing d. Budgeting
41. This is the manner of integrating the different elements within or outside the organization into
an efficient and harmonious relationship, thus making them work together or fit with each
other.
a. Staffing c. Planning
b. Recording d. Coordinating
42. What is the management of income and expenditure within the organization that includes the
appropriation of funds to be distributed to functional units and the system of determining
expenses?
a. Budgeting c. Coordinating
b. Planning d. Organizing
43. It refers to the system putting what is reported into records and the manner of classifying
documents within the organization or documents received from outside organizations.
a. Organizing c. Planning
b. Recording d. Coordinating
44. What office under the PNP is responsible for its personnel and records management?
a. DPL c. DPRM
b. DHRDD d. DPCR
45. It is the evaluation of the accomplishment and performance of police personnel to detect
deficiencies and correct weakness.
a. Training c. Development
b. Attention d. Appraisal
46. As the personnel officer, he should have desirable relationship with other personnel so that he
should seek for their welfare.
a. Attention c. Development
b. Appraisal d. Training
47. The personnel officer should make possible the investigation of complaints against erring
PNP members and apply the suitable disciplinary measures, when necessary
a. Training c. Attention
b. Controlling d. Appraisal
48. What is the most important resource?
a. Money c. Manpower
b. Materials d. Machine
49. What is the systematic process of recruitment, selection, appointment, promotion, appraisal,
training, and career development in the police force directed towards the achievement of an
effective and efficient police organization?
a. Management c. Leadership
b. Personnel Management d. Police Personnel Management
50. What is the quota of women as regards annual recruitment, training and education?
a. 5% c. 10%
b. 7% d. 15%

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