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The CJBAT exam has 97 questions and runs 1 hour 30 minutes.
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Domain 2: Section II - Memorization
Question 1
MEMORIZATION ITEM - Study the bulletin below for 60 seconds, then answer WITHOUT scrolling back. On the real exam the material is an image that is removed from the screen before the question appears.
BOLO 24-118: Wanted for questioning in a residential burglary on Delmar Avenue. Subject is a white male, 30 to 35 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches, 190 pounds, short brown hair, full beard. Tattoo of an anchor on the left forearm. Last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark blue jeans, and white athletic shoes, and carrying a black backpack. Subject may be operating a green 2012 Honda Accord bearing Florida tag KJH-4402.
Without looking back: what was the Florida tag on the vehicle?
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Correct answer: B - KJH-4402
Domain 3: Section III - Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, and Inductive Reasoning
Question 2
General Order 14-2 provides: "An officer who recovers property at a scene shall complete a property receipt before the end of that officer's shift. Property recovered during the final hour of a shift may instead be secured in the temporary evidence locker, in which case the receipt is completed by the officer assigned to the following shift. Currency shall be counted by the recovering officer in the presence of a supervisor before it is secured, regardless of when it is recovered."
Officer Vance recovers a wallet containing $340 in cash forty minutes before the end of her shift. Under General Order 14-2, which statement about her obligations is accurate?
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Correct answer: C - She must count the currency with a supervisor present, and she may secure the wallet in the temporary locker
Question 3
Officer Doyle was dispatched at 2138 hours to a reported disturbance. He advised he was en route at 2141 hours and arrived on scene at 2149 hours. The complainant told Doyle the argument had ended roughly five minutes before officers arrived. Doyle cleared the scene at 2222 hours.
According to the narrative, approximately how much time passed between the end of the argument and the time Doyle cleared the scene?
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Correct answer: B - 38 minutes
Question 4
Post Order 7 states: "The control room officer shall log each cell door opening. The officer may log routine maintenance access in the consolidated maintenance entry rather than as individual openings, provided the maintenance supervisor has signed the shift roster. Openings for inmate movement shall be logged individually in all cases."
Under Post Order 7, which statement is accurate?
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Correct answer: A - Consolidated logging of maintenance access is permitted only when the maintenance supervisor has signed the roster
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Question 5
Rule: "An employee may be authorized to work a modified schedule only if the employee has completed the probationary period."
Assuming the rule above is the only rule that applies, which statement MUST be true?
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Correct answer: A - An employee working a modified schedule has completed the probationary period
Question 6
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
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Correct answer: D - A box of assorted tools was recovered from the rear of the van.
Question 7
Four thefts from vehicles were reported in the same neighborhood:
Report 1 - Monday, 0210 hours, silver sedan, left unlocked, GPS unit taken
Report 2 - Wednesday, 0155 hours, blue pickup, left unlocked, loose change taken
Report 3 - Monday, 0245 hours, silver sedan, window broken, laptop taken
Report 4 - Friday, 0230 hours, white van, left unlocked, hand tools taken
Which factor is common to ALL FOUR reports?
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Correct answer: C - The theft occurred between 0100 and 0300 hours
Question 8
Rule: "To be assigned to the field training officer roster, a deputy must (1) have completed at least three years of continuous service, (2) hold a current instructor certification, (3) have received no sustained disciplinary finding within the preceding twenty-four months, and (4) have been recommended by a shift supervisor."
Deputy Alvarez has four years of continuous service, holds a current instructor certification, and was recommended by his shift supervisor. He received a sustained disciplinary finding eighteen months ago. Under the rule, Deputy Alvarez:
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Correct answer: D - Is not eligible, because the finding falls within the twenty-four-month period
Question 9
Which sentence uses every word correctly?
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Correct answer: B - The new policy will affect how officers document their use of force.
Question 10
What number comes next in the series?
7, 9, 18, 20, 40, 42, ___