LEA6-CFLDMM
  • 1. Planning in management primarily means?
A) Monitoring day-to-day operations
B) Allocating tools and equipment
C) Setting future goals and deciding how to achieve them
D) Handling personnel complaints
  • 2. Organizing involves?
A) Solving patrol problems alone
B) Rewarding officers for accomplishments
C) Giving random assignments
D) Structuring tasks and grouping responsibilities
  • 3. A manager performing the informational role mainly?
A) Acts as a mediator
B) Conducts vehicle inspections
C) Collects and disseminates relevant data
D) Approves leave requests
  • 4. Staffing ensures?
A) Uniforms are properly issued
B) Schedules are created without review
C) The right people are placed in the right positions
D) Budgets remain unchanging
  • 5. Controlling is best defined as?
A) Comparing actual results with planned standards
B) Selecting employees for promotion
C) Creating long-term organizational goals
D) Holding ceremonial functions
  • 6. A station commander analyzes crime hotspots before designing a deployment plan. This applies the function of?
A) Staffing
B) Organizing
C) Coordinating
D) Planning
  • 7. A police manager assigns officers to units based on their skills. This demonstrates?
A) Controlling
B) Random distribution
C) Monitoring
D) Staffing
  • 8. A unit head creates a flowchart to clarify investigative procedures. This action applies?
A) Delegation
B) Organizing
C) Ceremonial roles
D) Monitoring routines
  • 9. A precinct head motivates personnel by creating shared goals and providing direction. This reflects?
A) Leading
B) Controlling
C) Scheduling
D) Staffing
  • 10. A manager reviews daily reports to detect deviations in checkpoint operations. This demonstrates?
A) Staffing
B) Controlling
C) Organizing
D) Leading
  • 11. A chief allocates equipment based on priority cases. This applies?
A) Passive supervision
B) Arbitrary distribution
C) Effective resource management
D) Non-strategic planning
  • 12. A supervisor evaluates personnel attendance, performance, and discipline before recommending promotions. This uses?
A) Delegating
B) Controlling
C) Leading
D) Staffing
  • 13. Before launching a community program, a commander consults barangay leaders. This uses?
A) Figurehead role
B) Technical role
C) Interpersonal role
D) Monitoring 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) Decisional role
C) Informational role
D) Autocratic control
  • 16. A commander conducts regular briefings to share updated intelligence. This is an example of?
A) Negotiator role
B) Disseminator role
C) Liaison role
D) Entrepreneur role
  • 17. A unit leader adjusts manpower distribution after seeing that one team is overworked. This demonstrates?
A) Organizing
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Directing
  • 18. A precinct manager decides to acquire body cameras instead of additional office supplies after evaluating operational needs. This applies?
A) Standardized rotation
B) Preference-based budgeting
C) Strategic resource allocation
D) Passive decision-making
  • 19. A chief implements stricter documentation after discovering discrepancies in arrest reports. This uses?
A) Organizing
B) Controlling
C) Monitoring
D) Planning
  • 20. A manager groups officers by expertise—traffic control, investigation, patrol. This shows?
A) Controlling
B) Staffing
C) Leading
D) Planning
  • 21. After analyzing workload, a commander chooses to delegate certain administrative tasks to senior officers. This demonstrates?
A) Managing resources through delegation
B) Ceremonial leadership
C) Ineffective management
D) Poor planning
  • 22. A manager gathers all weekly reports to understand trends and improve performance. This uses?
A) Decisional role (negotiator)
B) Interpersonal role (liaison)
C) Informational role (monitoring)
D) Ceremonial function
  • 23. A station chief decides to hire more civilian support staff after identifying administrative overload. This uses?
A) Controlling
B) Organizing
C) Leading
D) Staffing
  • 24. A unit commander changes the patrol schedule based on recent threat assessments. This applies?
A) Planning with adaptive strategy
B) Passive coordination
C) Organizing
D) Non-intervention
  • 25. A “top-level manager” is primarily responsible for?
A) Monitoring frontline tasks
B) Handling customer complaints
C) Setting organizational direction
D) Drafting daily schedules
  • 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) Leader makes decisions without employee input
C) Workers negotiate all operations
D) Employees work with minimal guidance
  • 28. A characteristic of an effective leader is?
A) Avoiding interaction with subordinates
B) Regularly delegating all tasks
C) Dependence on strict authority
D) Ability to influence and inspire others
  • 29. A “first-line supervisor” generally focuses on?
A) Long-term strategic position of the agency
B) Direct management of day-to-day operations
C) Modification of national doctrines
D) Assessment of national budgets
  • 30. Democratic managers usually?
A) Promote rigid rule-following
B) Avoid communication
C) Encourage participation and team input
D) Dictate all actions
  • 31. Managers differ from leaders mainly because managers?
A) Inspire change
B) Operate only through delegation
C) Focus on systems and structure
D) Challenge norms
  • 32. A leader’s emotional intelligence is mainly associated with?
A) Rapid technical skill acquisition
B) Ability to handle and understand emotions
C) Strict rule enforcement
D) Physical endurance
  • 33. A supervisor who routinely checks compliance and imposes close oversight is showing characteristics most similar to?
A) Strategic leadership
B) Bureaucratic management
C) Laissez-faire management
D) Transformational 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) Management style influence
B) External threats
C) Structural hierarchy
D) Wage distribution
  • 35. A middle manager identifies conflict between frontline workers and top management. Their role here illustrates?
A) Executing tactical arrest procedures
B) Conducting intelligence investigations
C) Linking operational and strategic levels
D) Designing frontline routines
  • 36. When comparing leaders and managers, which situation best highlights the difference?
A) A manager inspires while a leader monitors
B) A manager gives instructions while a leader encourages commitment
C) Both interpret policies the same way
D) Both handle scheduling similarly
  • 37. A team with declining morale responds positively after a leader introduces shared vision and encouragement. This change indicates?
A) Autocratic control
B) Mechanical routine
C) Laissez-faire management
D) Transformational influence
  • 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) Effects of leadership style on performance
D) Staffing distribution
  • 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) Technical and political skills
C) Recruitment and selection
D) Budgeting and auditing
  • 40. When an organization faces slow response times due to rigid rules, it suggests the manager leans toward?
A) Visionary style
B) Charismatic style
C) Contingency style
D) Bureaucratic style
  • 41. A commander must choose which management style best fits a high-risk operation. The most effective option is?
A) Laissez-faire, to reduce oversight
B) Democratic, to maximize discussion
C) Autocratic, for quick, clear decisions
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) Technical skills, because they reflect faster task completion
B) The employee with more overtime hours
C) Leadership qualities, because they drive overall team performance
D) Neither; seniority alone should decide
  • 43. When selecting a management approach for community policing, the most appropriate evaluation is?
A) Bureaucratic style to focus on documentation
B) Autocratic style because it avoids negotiation
C) Laissez-faire style because it minimizes supervision
D) Democratic/participative style to promote community involvement
  • 44. A chief compares two leaders: one achieves compliance by rewards/punishment, the other inspires higher personal motivation. An evaluative judgment suggests?
A) Both are equally effective in all situations
B) Transactional leadership builds stronger emotional connection
C) Transactional leadership is more effective for long-term cultural change
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) Both contribute equally
C) Visionary leader
D) Structured manager
  • 46. A station head must select a team leader for a new community program. The evaluation should prioritize candidates who?
A) Rely strictly on rule enforcement
B) Prefer working alone
C) Display strong interpersonal and motivational skills
D) Avoid giving feedback
  • 47. To enhance innovation in the department, the most effective leadership style to adopt is?
A) Bureaucratic
B) Laissez-faire
C) Autocratic
D) Democratic or transformational
  • 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) Decentralize to empower unit-level decisions
C) Delay decisions until controversy fades
D) Maintain full authority with no delegation
  • 49. When assessing whether a newly assigned supervisor is effective, the strongest indicator is?
A) High number of reprimands issued
B) Ability to improve team performance and morale
C) Desire to avoid meetings
D) Strictness in issuing memos
  • 50. Decision-making is best described as?
A) Listing problems without solutions
B) Assigning tasks based on seniority
C) Randomly choosing a course of action
D) Selecting the best alternative among several options
  • 51. Problem-solving differs from decision-making because problem-solving
A) Requires no analysis
B) Focuses solely on evaluating alternatives
C) Is only applicable to group settings
D) Involves identifying root causes of an issue
  • 52. Individual decision-making is most commonly characterized by?
A) Heavy dependence on committee
B) Faster processing with less consultation
C) Unlimited data sources
D) Long negotiation cycles
  • 53. Group decision-making is advantageous mainly because it?
A) Eliminates conflict completely
B) Encourages diverse viewpoints
C) Removes the need for leadership
D) Always produces faster outcomes
  • 54. Public managers making decisions are expected to prioritize
A) Departmental competition
B) Public interest and accountability
C) Workplace convenience
D) Personal preference
  • 55. A police chief examines crime data to decide where to increase patrol visibility. This shows
A) Personal preference
B) Data-driven decision-making
C) Random selection
D) Emotion-based decision-making
  • 56. An investigator selects a suspect interview strategy after evaluating evidence quality. This is an example of?
A) Guess-based action
B) Rational decision-making
C) Passive response
D) Group delegation
  • 57. A supervisor chooses to hold a short huddle before operations to collect input from officers. This applies?
A) Group decision-making technique
B) Delayed decision-making
C) Autocratic decision-making
D) Improvised management
  • 58. A commander confronted with an active threat must quickly analyze limited information. The technique applied is?
A) Multi-week planning
B) Formal committee review
C) Avoidance of responsibility
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) Preference-based policing
B) Emotional reaction
C) Data-oriented reasoning
D) Arbitrary enforcement
  • 60. When a manager consults experienced officers before finalizing a new policy, this shows use of?
A) Passive listening
B) Autocratic decision styles
C) Trial-and-error technique
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) Emotional prioritization
C) Improvised decision-makin
D) Systematic problem-solving
  • 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) Reactive approach
C) Structured rapid assessment
D) Delayed decision
  • 63. When a manager reviews several alternatives and selects the one with the least risk, the style used is?
A) Escalation of commitment
B) Random elimination
C) Risk-minimization decision
D) Passive approach
  • 64. A police commander uses checklists to evaluate emergency options. This technique supports?
A) Flexible improvisation
B) Fast and guided decision-making
C) Emotional reasoning
D) Unstructured judgment
  • 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) No difference in effectiveness
B) Equal strengths for all tasks
C) Trade-offs between speed and diversity
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) Emotional bias
B) Excessive supervision
C) Leadership failure
D) Information deficiency
  • 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) Problem-solving is faster than all decisions
D) Both processes are identical
  • 68. A chief compares two decision styles: one relies on experience, the other on statistical data. The difference illustrates?
A) Forced vs voluntary participation
B) Intuitive vs analytical decision-making
C) Traditional vs modern methods
D) Passive vs aggressive policing
  • 69. Investigators reviewing why a case remained unsolved conclude that decisions were influenced by personal assumptions instead of evidence. This shows?
A) Strong data-driven reasoning
B) Balanced thinking
C) Cognitive bias
D) Logical evaluation
  • 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) Emotional maturity
C) Staffing and hiring
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) Pressure methods
B) Process efficiency and consensus building
C) Unequal workloads
D) Individual preferences only
  • 72. Comparing two commanders, one uses SWOT analysis while the other acts instantly based on gut feeling. This contrast demonstrates differences in
A) Passive vs participative management
B) Staffing vs organizing
C) Formal vs intuitive decision styles
D) Data collection vs delegation
  • 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) Accidental outcome
B) Guided quick-decision technique
C) Lack of structure
D) Emotional instinct dominance
  • 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) Leadership quality alone
D) Employee discipline levels
  • 75. Planning as a management function is best defined as
A) Creating informal work groups
B) Supervising employees’ daily tasks
C) Setting objectives and determining how to achieve them
D) Monitoring employee behavior
  • 76. The organizing function primarily involves
A) Facilitating informal discussions
B) Evaluating the budget
C) Structuring work and allocating resources
D) Rewarding performance
  • 77. A manager performing the interpersonal role is focused on
A) Processing financial records
B) Handling disturbances
C) Gathering and disseminating data only
D) Communicating with employees and maintaining relationships
  • 78. Staffing as a management function refers to
A) Setting long-term organizational goals
B) Monitoring compliance with regulations
C) Assigning crimes to investigators
D) Ensuring the organization has the right people in the right jobs
  • 79. Controlling in management includes
A) Guessing future trends
B) Collecting random feedback
C) Comparing actual performance with standards
D) Reorganizing work positions
  • 80. A station commander conducts a needs assessment before allocating patrol vehicles to high-risk areas. The commander is applying
A) Controlling
B) Staffing
C) Planning
D) Leading
  • 81. A supervisor groups officers into specialized teams (traffic, investigation, community relations). This demonstrates
A) Delegating informally
B) Organizing
C) Staffing
D) Random tasking
  • 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) Leading
D) Controlling
  • 83. A manager evaluates a unit’s performance report to identify deviations from the patrol plan. This represents
A) Staffing
B) Controlling
C) Delegation
D) Organizing
  • 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) Automatic delegation
B) Strategic job placement
C) Random staffing
D) Task rotation
  • 87. A commander sets measurable performance indicators before the start of a patrol cycle. This is an example of
A) Leading
B) Planning
C) Coordinating
D) Organizing
  • 88. A supervisor notices that a newly implemented traffic scheme is not effective and revises the deployment plan. This role best represents
A) Informational
B) Interpersonal
C) Decisional
D) Formal ceremonial
  • 89. A manager conducts regular briefings to ensure information is shared among officers. This addresses which managerial role?
A) Negotiator role
B) Figurehead role
C) Disseminator role
D) Disturbance handler 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) Decisional role as an entrepreneur
B) Staffing adjustments
C) Leading through example
D) Purely informational role
  • 93. A manager compares expected results from the monthly patrol plan with actual accomplishments. The manager is performing
A) Staffing
B) Controlling
C) Coordinating
D) Planning
  • 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) Restrictive leading
C) Evidence-based planning
D) Informal organizing
  • 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) Interpersonal relationship-building
B) Ceremonial function
C) Decisional budgeting role
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) Emotional decision-making
B) Random budgeting
C) Short-term guessing
D) Strategic resource management
  • 98. After identifying ineffective performance in a team, the supervisor conducts coaching sessions. This is an example of
A) Controlling
B) Organizing
C) Staffing
D) Leading
  • 99. A manager realigns personnel after noticing workload imbalance among teams. This is applying
A) General delegation
B) Informal staffing
C) Organizing for efficiency
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) Implement a random strategy to avoid delays
D) Analyze possible options and choose the most feasible course of action
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