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  • 1. Planning in management primarily means?
A) Handling personnel complaints
B) Allocating tools and equipment
C) Setting future goals and deciding how to achieve them
D) Monitoring day-to-day operations
  • 2. Organizing involves?
A) Structuring tasks and grouping responsibilities
B) Giving random assignments
C) Solving patrol problems alone
D) Rewarding officers for accomplishments
  • 3. A manager performing the informational role mainly?
A) Conducts vehicle inspections
B) Collects and disseminates relevant data
C) Approves leave requests
D) Acts as a mediator
  • 4. Staffing ensures?
A) Uniforms are properly issued
B) The right people are placed in the right positions
C) Budgets remain unchanging
D) Schedules are created without review
  • 5. Controlling is best defined as?
A) Creating long-term organizational goals
B) Selecting employees for promotion
C) Comparing actual results with planned standards
D) Holding ceremonial functions
  • 6. A station commander analyzes crime hotspots before designing a deployment plan. This applies the function of?
A) Coordinating
B) Staffing
C) Planning
D) Organizing
  • 7. A police manager assigns officers to units based on their skills. This demonstrates?
A) Random distribution
B) Monitoring
C) Staffing
D) Controlling
  • 8. A unit head creates a flowchart to clarify investigative procedures. This action applies?
A) Monitoring routines
B) Delegation
C) Organizing
D) Ceremonial roles
  • 9. A precinct head motivates personnel by creating shared goals and providing direction. This reflects?
A) Controlling
B) Scheduling
C) Leading
D) Staffing
  • 10. A manager reviews daily reports to detect deviations in checkpoint operations. This demonstrates?
A) Organizing
B) Staffing
C) Leading
D) Controlling
  • 11. A chief allocates equipment based on priority cases. This applies?
A) Arbitrary distribution
B) Passive supervision
C) Non-strategic planning
D) Effective resource management
  • 12. A supervisor evaluates personnel attendance, performance, and discipline before recommending promotions. This uses?
A) Delegating
B) Staffing
C) Leading
D) Controlling
  • 13. Before launching a community program, a commander consults barangay leaders. This uses?
A) Interpersonal role
B) Technical role
C) Figurehead role
D) Monitoring role
  • 14. A police leader resolves conflict between two teams. This applies the?
A) Informational role
B) Informational role
C) Decisional role
D) Interpersonal role
  • 15. A chief reviews alternative deployment strategies and selects the most feasible one. This applies?
A) Decisional role
B) Autocratic control
C) Non-participative leadership
D) Informational role
  • 16. A commander conducts regular briefings to share updated intelligence. This is an example of?
A) Entrepreneur role
B) Negotiator role
C) Disseminator role
D) Liaison role
  • 17. A unit leader adjusts manpower distribution after seeing that one team is overworked. This demonstrates?
A) Controlling
B) Staffing
C) Directing
D) Organizing
  • 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) Passive decision-making
D) Strategic resource allocation
  • 19. A chief implements stricter documentation after discovering discrepancies in arrest reports. This uses?
A) Planning
B) Controlling
C) Monitoring
D) Organizing
  • 20. A manager groups officers by expertise—traffic control, investigation, patrol. This shows?
A) Staffing
B) Controlling
C) Planning
D) Leading
  • 21. After analyzing workload, a commander chooses to delegate certain administrative tasks to senior officers. This demonstrates?
A) Ceremonial leadership
B) Poor planning
C) Ineffective management
D) Managing resources through delegation
  • 22. A manager gathers all weekly reports to understand trends and improve performance. This uses?
A) Interpersonal role (liaison)
B) Informational role (monitoring)
C) Ceremonial function
D) Decisional role (negotiator)
  • 23. A station chief decides to hire more civilian support staff after identifying administrative overload. This uses?
A) Organizing
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Leading
  • 24. A unit commander changes the patrol schedule based on recent threat assessments. This applies?
A) Planning with adaptive strategy
B) Non-intervention
C) Organizing
D) Passive coordination
  • 25. A “top-level manager” is primarily responsible for?
A) Monitoring frontline tasks
B) Setting organizational direction
C) Drafting daily schedules
D) Handling customer complaints
  • 26. Middle managers are mainly involved in?
A) Supervising individual work pieces
B) Translating goals into departmental plans
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) Regularly delegating all tasks
B) Dependence on strict authority
C) Ability to influence and inspire others
D) Avoiding interaction with subordinates
  • 29. A “first-line supervisor” generally focuses on?
A) Assessment of national budgets
B) Modification of national doctrines
C) Long-term strategic position of the agency
D) Direct management of day-to-day operations
  • 30. Democratic managers usually?
A) Encourage participation and team input
B) Avoid communication
C) Dictate all actions
D) Promote rigid rule-following
  • 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) 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) Strategic leadership
B) Transformational leadership
C) Laissez-faire management
D) Bureaucratic management
  • 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) Designing frontline routines
C) Conducting intelligence investigations
D) Linking operational and strategic levels
  • 36. When comparing leaders and managers, which situation best highlights the difference?
A) Both interpret policies the same way
B) A manager gives instructions while a leader encourages commitment
C) Both handle scheduling similarly
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) Mechanical routine
C) Autocratic control
D) Laissez-faire management
  • 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) Effects of leadership style on performance
C) Organizational budgeting
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) Recruitment and selection
B) Budgeting and auditing
C) Technical and political skills
D) Managerial roles and leadership qualities
  • 40. When an organization faces slow response times due to rigid rules, it suggests the manager leans toward?
A) Contingency style
B) Charismatic style
C) Visionary 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) Bureaucratic, to follow lengthy processes
D) Autocratic, for quick, clear decisions
  • 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) The employee with more overtime hours
B) Technical skills, because they reflect faster task completion
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) Democratic/participative style to promote community involvement
B) Laissez-faire style because it minimizes supervision
C) Bureaucratic style to focus on documentation
D) Autocratic style because it avoids negotiation
  • 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) Transformational leadership produces deeper commitment
C) Transactional leadership is more effective for long-term cultural change
D) Transactional leadership builds stronger emotional connection
  • 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) Both contribute equally
B) Visionary leader
C) Neither is useful
D) Structured manager
  • 46. A station head must select a team leader for a new community program. The evaluation should prioritize candidates who?
A) Display strong interpersonal and motivational skills
B) Rely strictly on rule enforcement
C) Avoid giving feedback
D) Prefer working alone
  • 47. To enhance innovation in the department, the most effective leadership style to adopt is?
A) Democratic or transformational
B) Laissez-faire
C) Autocratic
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) Decentralize to empower unit-level decisions
C) Maintain full authority with no delegation
D) Delay decisions until controversy fades
  • 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) High number of reprimands issued
D) Strictness in issuing memos
  • 50. Decision-making is best described as?
A) Selecting the best alternative among several options
B) Assigning tasks based on seniority
C) Randomly choosing a course of action
D) Listing problems without solutions
  • 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) Long negotiation cycles
B) Faster processing with less consultation
C) Heavy dependence on committee
D) Unlimited data sources
  • 53. Group decision-making is advantageous mainly because it?
A) Removes the need for leadership
B) Always produces faster outcomes
C) Eliminates conflict completely
D) Encourages diverse viewpoints
  • 54. Public managers making decisions are expected to prioritize
A) Departmental competition
B) Personal preference
C) Public interest and accountability
D) Workplace convenience
  • 55. A police chief examines crime data to decide where to increase patrol visibility. This shows
A) Data-driven decision-making
B) Emotion-based decision-making
C) Personal preference
D) Random selection
  • 56. An investigator selects a suspect interview strategy after evaluating evidence quality. This is an example of?
A) Group delegation
B) Guess-based action
C) Rational decision-making
D) Passive response
  • 57. A supervisor chooses to hold a short huddle before operations to collect input from officers. This applies?
A) Group decision-making technique
B) Autocratic decision-making
C) Delayed decision-making
D) Improvised management
  • 58. A commander confronted with an active threat must quickly analyze limited information. The technique applied is?
A) Formal committee review
B) Intuitive or rapid decision-making
C) Avoidance of responsibility
D) Multi-week planning
  • 59. A station head assigns additional foot patrol to a plaza area after reviewing previous incidents. This reflects?
A) Preference-based policing
B) Data-oriented reasoning
C) Arbitrary enforcement
D) Emotional reaction
  • 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) Systematic problem-solving
B) Fragmented policing
C) Emotional prioritization
D) Improvised decision-makin
  • 62. A chief following a quick-decision guide immediately checks reliability of available information before acting. This is an example of?
A) Structured rapid assessment
B) Reactive approach
C) Delayed decision
D) Complete delegation
  • 63. When a manager reviews several alternatives and selects the one with the least risk, the style used is?
A) Random elimination
B) Passive approach
C) Risk-minimization decision
D) Escalation of commitment
  • 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) Trade-offs between speed and diversity
B) Equal strengths for all tasks
C) No difference in effectiveness
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) Leadership failure
C) Information deficiency
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 selects among alternatives, while problem-solving diagnoses issues
B) Problem-solving is faster than all decisions
C) Both processes are identical
D) Decision-making needs no alternatives
  • 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) Traditional vs modern methods
C) Passive vs aggressive policing
D) Intuitive vs analytical decision-making
  • 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) Cognitive bias
C) Balanced thinking
D) Logical evaluation
  • 70. A manager analyzes decision failures during emergencies and discovers the team lacked clear priorities. This indicates a breakdown in?
A) Emotional maturity
B) Staffing and hiring
C) Data collection
D) Rapid decision frameworks
  • 71. A police leader notes that group decision-making produced a more acceptable plan but also created delays. The leader is analyzing?
A) Process efficiency and consensus building
B) Pressure methods
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) Staffing vs organizing
B) Passive vs participative management
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) Pure internal motivations
B) Employee discipline levels
C) External factors affecting decision-making
D) Leadership quality alone
  • 75. Planning as a management function is best defined as
A) Monitoring employee behavior
B) Setting objectives and determining how to achieve them
C) Creating informal work groups
D) Supervising employees’ daily tasks
  • 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) Gathering and disseminating data only
B) Handling disturbances
C) Processing financial records
D) Communicating with employees and maintaining relationships
  • 78. Staffing as a management function refers to
A) Assigning crimes to investigators
B) Setting long-term organizational goals
C) Monitoring compliance with regulations
D) Ensuring the organization has the right people in the right jobs
  • 79. Controlling in management includes
A) Collecting random feedback
B) Reorganizing work positions
C) Guessing future trends
D) Comparing actual performance with standards
  • 80. A station commander conducts a needs assessment before allocating patrol vehicles to high-risk areas. The commander is applying
A) Staffing
B) Leading
C) Controlling
D) Planning
  • 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) Staffing
B) Leading
C) Controlling
D) Planning
  • 83. A manager evaluates a unit’s performance report to identify deviations from the patrol plan. This represents
A) Staffing
B) Organizing
C) Delegation
D) Controlling
  • 84. A chief decides to recruit additional personnel due to growing community demands. This applies which function?
A) Staffing
B) Leading
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) Random staffing
B) Task rotation
C) Automatic delegation
D) Strategic job placement
  • 87. A commander sets measurable performance indicators before the start of a patrol cycle. This is an example of
A) Coordinating
B) Planning
C) Organizing
D) Leading
  • 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) Interpersonal
C) Informational
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) Disseminator role
C) Figurehead role
D) Disturbance handler role
  • 90. When a police chief resolves conflict between two departments, the chief is applying the
A) Staffing function
B) Decisional role
C) Controlling function
D) Informational role
  • 91. A station head monitors fuel usage, vehicle maintenance, and manpower hours to reduce waste. This is an example of
A) Effective resource manageme
B) Passive oversight
C) Arbitrary allocation
D) Mismanagement of resources
  • 92. A unit commander implements a new reporting system after noticing communication delays. This shows
A) Purely informational role
B) Staffing adjustments
C) Decisional role as an entrepreneur
D) Leading through example
  • 93. A manager compares expected results from the monthly patrol plan with actual accomplishments. The manager is performing
A) Planning
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Coordinating
  • 94. Before launching a new crime prevention program, the chief consults stakeholders and gathers community data. This demonstrates application of
A) Restrictive leading
B) Evidence-based planning
C) Informal organizing
D) Random decision-making
  • 95. After evaluating personnel capability, a chief assigns a skilled negotiator to handle community disputes. This is an application of
A) Controlling through delegation
B) Organizing through random selection
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) Informational role (disseminator)
C) Ceremonial function
D) Decisional budgeting role
  • 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) Strategic resource management
D) Short-term guessing
  • 98. After identifying ineffective performance in a team, the supervisor conducts coaching sessions. This is an example of
A) Controlling
B) Leading
C) Staffing
D) Organizing
  • 99. A manager realigns personnel after noticing workload imbalance among teams. This is applying
A) Leading through orders
B) General delegation
C) Informal staffing
D) Organizing for efficiency
  • 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) Implement a random strategy to avoid delays
B) Analyze possible options and choose the most feasible course of action
C) Assign the decision to the most senior officer present
D) Wait for instructions from higher headquarters before acting
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