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  • 1. Planning in management primarily means?
A) Monitoring day-to-day operations
B) Setting future goals and deciding how to achieve them
C) Handling personnel complaints
D) Allocating tools and equipment
  • 2. Organizing involves?
A) Solving patrol problems alone
B) Rewarding officers for accomplishments
C) Structuring tasks and grouping responsibilities
D) Giving random assignments
  • 3. A manager performing the informational role mainly?
A) Conducts vehicle inspections
B) Approves leave requests
C) Acts as a mediator
D) Collects and disseminates relevant data
  • 4. Staffing ensures?
A) Schedules are created without review
B) Budgets remain unchanging
C) Uniforms are properly issued
D) The right people are placed in the right positions
  • 5. Controlling is best defined as?
A) Holding ceremonial functions
B) Comparing actual results with planned standards
C) Selecting employees for promotion
D) Creating long-term organizational goals
  • 6. A station commander analyzes crime hotspots before designing a deployment plan. This applies the function of?
A) Staffing
B) Organizing
C) Planning
D) Coordinating
  • 7. A police manager assigns officers to units based on their skills. This demonstrates?
A) Random distribution
B) Controlling
C) Monitoring
D) Staffing
  • 8. A unit head creates a flowchart to clarify investigative procedures. This action applies?
A) Organizing
B) Ceremonial roles
C) Delegation
D) Monitoring routines
  • 9. A precinct head motivates personnel by creating shared goals and providing direction. This reflects?
A) Leading
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Scheduling
  • 10. A manager reviews daily reports to detect deviations in checkpoint operations. This demonstrates?
A) Organizing
B) Leading
C) Controlling
D) Staffing
  • 11. A chief allocates equipment based on priority cases. This applies?
A) Non-strategic planning
B) Effective resource management
C) Arbitrary distribution
D) Passive supervision
  • 12. A supervisor evaluates personnel attendance, performance, and discipline before recommending promotions. This uses?
A) Delegating
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Leading
  • 13. Before launching a community program, a commander consults barangay leaders. This uses?
A) Monitoring role
B) Interpersonal role
C) Technical role
D) Figurehead role
  • 14. A police leader resolves conflict between two teams. This applies the?
A) Informational role
B) Decisional role
C) Informational role
D) Interpersonal role
  • 15. A chief reviews alternative deployment strategies and selects the most feasible one. This applies?
A) Non-participative leadership
B) Autocratic control
C) Informational role
D) Decisional role
  • 16. A commander conducts regular briefings to share updated intelligence. This is an example of?
A) Entrepreneur role
B) Disseminator role
C) Negotiator role
D) Liaison role
  • 17. A unit leader adjusts manpower distribution after seeing that one team is overworked. This demonstrates?
A) Controlling
B) Organizing
C) Staffing
D) Directing
  • 18. A precinct manager decides to acquire body cameras instead of additional office supplies after evaluating operational needs. This applies?
A) Preference-based budgeting
B) Standardized rotation
C) Strategic resource allocation
D) Passive decision-making
  • 19. A chief implements stricter documentation after discovering discrepancies in arrest reports. This uses?
A) Monitoring
B) Planning
C) Controlling
D) Organizing
  • 20. A manager groups officers by expertise—traffic control, investigation, patrol. This shows?
A) Controlling
B) Planning
C) Leading
D) Staffing
  • 21. After analyzing workload, a commander chooses to delegate certain administrative tasks to senior officers. This demonstrates?
A) Managing resources through delegation
B) Poor planning
C) Ineffective management
D) Ceremonial leadership
  • 22. A manager gathers all weekly reports to understand trends and improve performance. This uses?
A) Informational role (monitoring)
B) Interpersonal role (liaison)
C) Decisional role (negotiator)
D) Ceremonial function
  • 23. A station chief decides to hire more civilian support staff after identifying administrative overload. This uses?
A) Organizing
B) Controlling
C) Staffing
D) Leading
  • 24. A unit commander changes the patrol schedule based on recent threat assessments. This applies?
A) Non-intervention
B) Planning with adaptive strategy
C) Passive coordination
D) Organizing
  • 25. A “top-level manager” is primarily responsible for?
A) Drafting daily schedules
B) Setting organizational direction
C) Handling customer complaints
D) Monitoring frontline tasks
  • 26. Middle managers are mainly involved in?
A) Translating goals into departmental plans
B) Supervising individual work pieces
C) Creating national policies
D) Implementing community programs alone
  • 27. The autocratic management style is best described as?
A) Decisions are made collectively
B) Employees work with minimal guidance
C) Leader makes decisions without employee input
D) Workers negotiate all operations
  • 28. A characteristic of an effective leader is?
A) Dependence on strict authority
B) Avoiding interaction with subordinates
C) Regularly delegating all tasks
D) Ability to influence and inspire others
  • 29. A “first-line supervisor” generally focuses on?
A) Assessment of national budgets
B) Long-term strategic position of the agency
C) Modification of national doctrines
D) Direct management of day-to-day operations
  • 30. Democratic managers usually?
A) Encourage participation and team input
B) Avoid communication
C) Promote rigid rule-following
D) Dictate all actions
  • 31. Managers differ from leaders mainly because managers?
A) Focus on systems and structure
B) Challenge norms
C) Operate only through delegation
D) Inspire change
  • 32. A leader’s emotional intelligence is mainly associated with?
A) Physical endurance
B) Rapid technical skill acquisition
C) Strict rule enforcement
D) Ability to handle and understand emotions
  • 33. A supervisor who routinely checks compliance and imposes close oversight is showing characteristics most similar to?
A) Bureaucratic management
B) Transformational leadership
C) Laissez-faire management
D) Strategic leadership
  • 34. A manager evaluates the performance of two departments and notices that one excels due to participative decision-making. This reflects analysis of?
A) Structural hierarchy
B) Management style influence
C) External threats
D) Wage distribution
  • 35. A middle manager identifies conflict between frontline workers and top management. Their role here illustrates?
A) Conducting intelligence investigations
B) Linking operational and strategic levels
C) Executing tactical arrest procedures
D) Designing frontline routines
  • 36. When comparing leaders and managers, which situation best highlights the difference?
A) Both interpret policies the same way
B) Both handle scheduling similarly
C) A manager gives instructions while a leader encourages commitment
D) A manager inspires while a leader monitors
  • 37. A team with declining morale responds positively after a leader introduces shared vision and encouragement. This change indicates?
A) Transformational influence
B) Autocratic control
C) Laissez-faire management
D) Mechanical routine
  • 38. An officer notes that employees under a democratic style produce more creative outputs than those under an autocratic style. The officer is analyzing?
A) Task assignment accuracy
B) Organizational budgeting
C) Staffing distribution
D) Effects of leadership style on performance
  • 39. A frontline supervisor compares two managers: one focuses on performance metrics, while the other emphasizes interpersonal motivation. This comparison reflects differences in?
A) Managerial roles and leadership qualities
B) Recruitment and selection
C) Budgeting and auditing
D) Technical and political skills
  • 40. When an organization faces slow response times due to rigid rules, it suggests the manager leans toward?
A) Bureaucratic style
B) Charismatic style
C) Visionary style
D) Contingency style
  • 41. A commander must choose which management style best fits a high-risk operation. The most effective option is?
A) Autocratic, for quick, clear decisions
B) Laissez-faire, to reduce oversight
C) Democratic, to maximize discussion
D) Bureaucratic, to follow lengthy processes
  • 42. A station chief must decide which employee is more suited for promotion: one with strong technical skills or one with strong leadership qualities. A well-evaluated choice prioritizes?
A) Leadership qualities, because they drive overall team performance
B) Neither; seniority alone should decide
C) Technical skills, because they reflect faster task completion
D) The employee with more overtime hours
  • 43. When selecting a management approach for community policing, the most appropriate evaluation is?
A) Democratic/participative style to promote community involvement
B) Bureaucratic style to focus on documentation
C) Autocratic style because it avoids negotiation
D) Laissez-faire style because it minimizes supervision
  • 44. A chief compares two leaders: one achieves compliance by rewards/punishment, the other inspires higher personal motivation. An evaluative judgment suggests?
A) Transactional leadership builds stronger emotional connection
B) Transactional leadership is more effective for long-term cultural change
C) Both are equally effective in all situations
D) Transformational leadership produces deeper commitment
  • 45. A manager must decide who is more effective: a visionary leader with weak planning skills or a structured manager with strong planning but no influence. The better choice for organizational stability is?
A) Neither is useful
B) Visionary leader
C) Both contribute equally
D) Structured manager
  • 46. A station head must select a team leader for a new community program. The evaluation should prioritize candidates who?
A) Avoid giving feedback
B) Prefer working alone
C) Rely strictly on rule enforcement
D) Display strong interpersonal and motivational skills
  • 47. To enhance innovation in the department, the most effective leadership style to adopt is?
A) Democratic or transformational
B) Autocratic
C) Laissez-faire
D) Bureaucratic
  • 48. A top-level manager evaluates whether to centralize or decentralize tasks. For faster operations with high team capability, the better decision is?
A) Centralize to maintain strict control
B) Delay decisions until controversy fades
C) Maintain full authority with no delegation
D) Decentralize to empower unit-level decisions
  • 49. When assessing whether a newly assigned supervisor is effective, the strongest indicator is?
A) Desire to avoid meetings
B) Ability to improve team performance and morale
C) Strictness in issuing memos
D) High number of reprimands issued
  • 50. Decision-making is best described as?
A) Selecting the best alternative among several options
B) Listing problems without solutions
C) Randomly choosing a course of action
D) Assigning tasks based on seniority
  • 51. Problem-solving differs from decision-making because problem-solving
A) Requires no analysis
B) Involves identifying root causes of an issue
C) Is only applicable to group settings
D) Focuses solely on evaluating alternatives
  • 52. Individual decision-making is most commonly characterized by?
A) Unlimited data sources
B) Heavy dependence on committee
C) Faster processing with less consultation
D) Long negotiation cycles
  • 53. Group decision-making is advantageous mainly because it?
A) Always produces faster outcomes
B) Removes the need for leadership
C) Eliminates conflict completely
D) Encourages diverse viewpoints
  • 54. Public managers making decisions are expected to prioritize
A) Personal preference
B) Departmental competition
C) Workplace convenience
D) Public interest and accountability
  • 55. A police chief examines crime data to decide where to increase patrol visibility. This shows
A) Personal preference
B) Emotion-based decision-making
C) Random selection
D) Data-driven decision-making
  • 56. An investigator selects a suspect interview strategy after evaluating evidence quality. This is an example of?
A) Rational decision-making
B) Group delegation
C) Guess-based action
D) Passive response
  • 57. A supervisor chooses to hold a short huddle before operations to collect input from officers. This applies?
A) Improvised management
B) Group decision-making technique
C) Autocratic decision-making
D) Delayed decision-making
  • 58. A commander confronted with an active threat must quickly analyze limited information. The technique applied is?
A) Avoidance of responsibility
B) Formal committee review
C) Multi-week planning
D) Intuitive or rapid decision-making
  • 59. A station head assigns additional foot patrol to a plaza area after reviewing previous incidents. This reflects?
A) Emotional reaction
B) Data-oriented reasoning
C) Arbitrary enforcement
D) Preference-based policing
  • 60. When a manager consults experienced officers before finalizing a new policy, this shows use of?
A) Trial-and-error technique
B) Passive listening
C) Autocratic decision styles
D) Group consultation
  • 61. An officer responds to a complex case by breaking it into smaller issues to address each separately. This applies?
A) Fragmented policing
B) Systematic problem-solving
C) Improvised decision-makin
D) Emotional prioritization
  • 62. A chief following a quick-decision guide immediately checks reliability of available information before acting. This is an example of?
A) Complete delegation
B) Structured rapid assessment
C) Delayed decision
D) Reactive approach
  • 63. When a manager reviews several alternatives and selects the one with the least risk, the style used is?
A) Escalation of commitment
B) Passive approach
C) Risk-minimization decision
D) Random elimination
  • 64. A police commander uses checklists to evaluate emergency options. This technique supports?
A) Fast and guided decision-making
B) Unstructured judgment
C) Flexible improvisation
D) Emotional reasoning
  • 65. A manager compares the outcomes of individual vs group decisions and observes that group decisions have more ideas but take longer. This identifies?
A) Trade-offs between speed and diversity
B) No difference in effectiveness
C) Equal strengths for all tasks
D) The dominance of individual style
  • 66. A police chief analyzes why decisions during nighttime operations are poorer and finds lack of reliable data. This factor relates to?
A) Information deficiency
B) Emotional bias
C) Leadership failure
D) Excessive supervision
  • 67. A supervisor notices officers solve problems efficiently but delay decisions requiring choices between strategic options. This highlights the difference that?
A) Decision-making needs no alternatives
B) Decision-making selects among alternatives, while problem-solving diagnoses issues
C) Both processes are identical
D) Problem-solving is faster than all decisions
  • 68. A chief compares two decision styles: one relies on experience, the other on statistical data. The difference illustrates?
A) Intuitive vs analytical decision-making
B) Traditional vs modern methods
C) Passive vs aggressive policing
D) Forced vs voluntary participation
  • 69. Investigators reviewing why a case remained unsolved conclude that decisions were influenced by personal assumptions instead of evidence. This shows?
A) Logical evaluation
B) Strong data-driven reasoning
C) Balanced thinking
D) Cognitive bias
  • 70. A manager analyzes decision failures during emergencies and discovers the team lacked clear priorities. This indicates a breakdown in?
A) Rapid decision frameworks
B) Staffing and hiring
C) Emotional maturity
D) Data collection
  • 71. A police leader notes that group decision-making produced a more acceptable plan but also created delays. The leader is analyzing?
A) Unequal workloads
B) Pressure methods
C) Individual preferences only
D) Process efficiency and consensus building
  • 72. Comparing two commanders, one uses SWOT analysis while the other acts instantly based on gut feeling. This contrast demonstrates differences in
A) Staffing vs organizing
B) Data collection vs delegation
C) Formal vs intuitive decision styles
D) Passive vs participative management
  • 73. A supervisor reviews why a rapid decision in an arrest situation succeeded and finds it followed a checklist for risk assessment. This analysis highlights
A) Guided quick-decision technique
B) Emotional instinct dominance
C) Accidental outcome
D) Lack of structure
  • 74. When a manager evaluates the influence of stress, time pressure, and incomplete data on decisions, the manager is analyzing?
A) External factors affecting decision-making
B) Pure internal motivations
C) Employee discipline levels
D) Leadership quality alone
  • 75. Planning as a management function is best defined as
A) Setting objectives and determining how to achieve them
B) Creating informal work groups
C) Monitoring employee behavior
D) Supervising employees’ daily tasks
  • 76. The organizing function primarily involves
A) Evaluating the budget
B) Rewarding performance
C) Structuring work and allocating resources
D) Facilitating informal discussions
  • 77. A manager performing the interpersonal role is focused on
A) Gathering and disseminating data only
B) Processing financial records
C) Handling disturbances
D) Communicating with employees and maintaining relationships
  • 78. Staffing as a management function refers to
A) Monitoring compliance with regulations
B) Setting long-term organizational goals
C) Assigning crimes to investigators
D) Ensuring the organization has the right people in the right jobs
  • 79. Controlling in management includes
A) Collecting random feedback
B) Comparing actual performance with standards
C) Reorganizing work positions
D) Guessing future trends
  • 80. A station commander conducts a needs assessment before allocating patrol vehicles to high-risk areas. The commander is applying
A) Planning
B) Staffing
C) Leading
D) Controlling
  • 81. A supervisor groups officers into specialized teams (traffic, investigation, community relations). This demonstrates
A) Delegating informally
B) Staffing
C) Random tasking
D) Organizing
  • 82. An officer-in-charge motivates personnel by setting clear expectations and providing regular guidance. This reflects the function of
A) Planning
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Leading
  • 83. A manager evaluates a unit’s performance report to identify deviations from the patrol plan. This represents
A) Organizing
B) Staffing
C) Delegation
D) Controlling
  • 84. A chief decides to recruit additional personnel due to growing community demands. This applies which function?
A) Leading
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Planning
  • 85. An operations head distributes limited fuel resources by prioritizing patrol areas with high crime rates. This is an example of
A) Unplanned expenditure
B) Rational resource allocation
C) Improvised budgeting
D) Ineffective resource control
  • 86. A manager assigns officers based on their strengths—investigators to investigations, communicators to community relations. This demonstrates
A) Strategic job placement
B) Automatic delegation
C) Task rotation
D) Random staffing
  • 87. A commander sets measurable performance indicators before the start of a patrol cycle. This is an example of
A) Leading
B) Coordinating
C) Organizing
D) Planning
  • 88. A supervisor notices that a newly implemented traffic scheme is not effective and revises the deployment plan. This role best represents
A) Decisional
B) Formal ceremonial
C) Informational
D) Interpersonal
  • 89. A manager conducts regular briefings to ensure information is shared among officers. This addresses which managerial role?
A) Disturbance handler role
B) Disseminator role
C) Negotiator role
D) Figurehead role
  • 90. When a police chief resolves conflict between two departments, the chief is applying the
A) Decisional role
B) Informational role
C) Controlling function
D) Staffing function
  • 91. A station head monitors fuel usage, vehicle maintenance, and manpower hours to reduce waste. This is an example of
A) Mismanagement of resources
B) Arbitrary allocation
C) Passive oversight
D) Effective resource manageme
  • 92. A unit commander implements a new reporting system after noticing communication delays. This shows
A) Leading through example
B) Decisional role as an entrepreneur
C) Staffing adjustments
D) Purely informational role
  • 93. A manager compares expected results from the monthly patrol plan with actual accomplishments. The manager is performing
A) Planning
B) Staffing
C) Coordinating
D) Controlling
  • 94. Before launching a new crime prevention program, the chief consults stakeholders and gathers community data. This demonstrates application of
A) Random decision-making
B) Informal organizing
C) Restrictive leading
D) Evidence-based planning
  • 95. After evaluating personnel capability, a chief assigns a skilled negotiator to handle community disputes. This is an application of
A) Organizing through random selection
B) Controlling through delegation
C) Staffing based on suitability
D) Leading through rule enforcement
  • 96. A manager updates the crime database and shares trends with investigators. This shows
A) Ceremonial function
B) Decisional budgeting role
C) Interpersonal relationship-building
D) Informational role (disseminator)
  • 97. A chief must choose between purchasing new radios or repairing old patrol vehicles. Selecting the option with the highest operational benefit reflects
A) Random budgeting
B) Short-term guessing
C) Strategic resource management
D) Emotional decision-making
  • 98. After identifying ineffective performance in a team, the supervisor conducts coaching sessions. This is an example of
A) Leading
B) Staffing
C) Organizing
D) Controlling
  • 99. A manager realigns personnel after noticing workload imbalance among teams. This is applying
A) Organizing for efficiency
B) General delegation
C) Informal staffing
D) Leading through orders
  • 100. During a checkpoint operation, the team leader must decide whether to reroute officers due to unexpected vehicle congestion. Applying the steps of decision-making, what should be his next action after identifying the problem and gathering relevant traffic data?
A) Assign the decision to the most senior officer present
B) Wait for instructions from higher headquarters before acting
C) Analyze possible options and choose the most feasible course of action
D) Implement a random strategy to avoid delays
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