OPOTA PRACTICE TEST UPDATED

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OPOTA PRACTICE TEST UPDATED

ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT

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Abduction - correct answer- Placed in fear

Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question - correct answer- The test question must respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question

Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training - correct answer- To be able to protect the life and property of yourself and the public

4511 - correct answer- Traffic Laws - operation of motor vehicles

4513 - correct answer- Equipment Violations

4549 - correct answer- Criminal Traffic section

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4510 - correct answer- Covers driver's license suspensions

List a Peace officers main goals - correct answer- -enforce laws -preserve the peace -prevent crimes -protect civil rights and liberties -provide services

Explain the factors necessary for the commission of a crime - correct answer- Opportunity, Ability, and Desire

State the purpose of the Bill of Rights - correct answer- -Protect an individual's freedoms -Prevent the government from interfering in protected rights

Laws are designed to - correct answer- -Maintain order -enhance predictability -promote orderly social change -sustain individual rights -identify wrongdoers 2 / 4

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-mandate punishment

Describe the major components of the criminal justice system - correct answer- Law enforcement, courts, corrections

Identify the relationship between race, genetics, and physical characteristics - correct answer- Race is a modern concept used to classify people as similar, observable physical characteristics, it is not based on genetics.

humans are genetically similar of all species, there is no distinct genetic profile that completely distinguishes one so called race from another.

The connection between in-groups and out-groups and police legitimacy - correct answer- Some individuals interpret their encounters with police in terms of their groups societal position rather than the immediate circumstance of the police contact

Types of Racism - correct answer- -Individual -Interpersonal -Institutional -Structural 3 / 4

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Two types of Bias - correct answer- Explicit bias and implicit bias - common characteristics • Everyone possesses them • They have real-world effects on behavior • They can relate, for example, to race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, height, weight, or age Explicit bias - conscious preference (positive or negative) for a social category Implicit bias - preference (positive or negative) for a social category based on stereotypes or attitudes that we hold and tend to develop early in life and that operate outside of our awareness

Two modes of thinking - correct answer- Automatic (System 1)

• unconscious

-effortless -automatic -uses associative memory -very fast More deliberative (System 2) -conscious -effortful -controlled -deliberative

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