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  • 1. Which principle of planning stresses that objectives must be clearly stated before any activity is designed?
A) Proportionality
B) Line-and-Staff
C) Objective Principle
D) Unity of Command
  • 2. The basic component of a law enforcement plan that outlines “how things will be done” is called?
A) Directive
B) Policy
C) Procedure
D) Strategy
  • 3. A plan that is designed for recurring organizational activities such as inspection schedules is classified as?
A) Tactical Plan
B) Emergency Plan
C) Standing Plan
D) Contingency Plan
  • 4. In planning hierarchy, which type of plan provides long-term guidance aligning the agency to its future direction?
A) Functional Plan
B) Administrative Plan
C) Strategic Plan
D) Operational Plan
  • 5. The Patrol Plan 2030 is anchored on which institutional reform framework of the PNP?
A) PNP Transformation Roadmap
B) Director’s Development Model
C) COPS Program
D) Internal Cleansing Code
  • 6. In the Performance Governance System (PGS), the first stage that assesses the current status and identifies capability gaps is?
A) Institutionalization Stage
B) Performance Stage
C) Compliance Stage
D) Initiation Stage
  • 7. The element of planning that involves gathering information on resources, threats, and constraints is?
A) Implementation
B) Assessment
C) Monitoring
D) Coordination
  • 8. The document that outlines the specific distribution of patrol units in a given geographic area is known as?
A) Patrol Deployment Plan
B) Beat Journal
C) Incident Report
D) Watchman’s Log
  • 9. A contingency plan primarily serves what purpose?
A) Respond to unplanned events
B) Produce evaluation instruments
C) Manage specialized units
D) Enhance budget consumption
  • 10. A plan used to break down strategic objectives into measurable activities within a specific time frame is called?
A) Administrative Plan
B) Performance Plan
C) Resource Plan
D) Operational Plan
  • 11. Why are strategic plans considered essential in law enforcement operations?
A) They ensure each officer receives equal assignments regardless of skills.
B) They set long-term directions that guide organizational reforms and resource priorities.
C) They prescribe the number of police uniforms to be procured.
D) They guarantee overtime pay distribution.
  • 12. Patrol Plan 2030 supports community-oriented policing primarily by?
A) Limiting patrol officers’ discretion
B) Strengthening partnership mechanisms to identify localized crime drivers
C) Replacing all patrol vehicles with standardized units
D) Increasing administrative paperwork requirements
  • 13. An operational plan differs from a tactical plan because the former?
A) Deals with broader objectives that are implemented daily or weekly
B) Focuses solely on budget management
C) Provides immediate responses to an unfolding incident
D) Centers only on equipment acquisition
  • 14. The PGS encourages evidence-based decision-making mainly by?
A) Requiring political endorsement for every police plan
B) Mandating the tracking of performance indicators and scorecards
C) Minimizing the use of crime statistics
D) Eliminating community involvement in planning
  • 15. A crime mapping output becomes useful in patrol planning because it?
A) Replaces the need for human intelligence sources
B) Reveals spatial patterns that help deploy units to priority areas
C) Prevents officers from doing foot patrol
D) Guarantees immediate arrest of offenders
  • 16. Why is unity of direction significant in law enforcement planning?
A) It demands that each officer create their own plan
B) It ensures that different units work toward a common objective using coordinated strategies
C) It prevents supervisors from exercising discretion
D) It prohibits the use of specialized units
  • 17. A standing plan becomes ineffective when?
A) It becomes routinary and no longer addresses current operational realities
B) It contains clear procedures
C) It aligns with administrative policies
D) It is updated to reflect new crime trends
  • 18. The success of Patrol Plan 2030 is highly dependent on?
A) Strengthening stakeholder participation and transparency mechanisms
B) Increasing penalties for administrative offenses
C) Reducing inter-agency coordination
D) Restricting information flow from communities
  • 19. Classification of plans into “strategic, tactical, and operational” is necessary because it?
A) Prevents mid-level officers from making decisions
B) Eliminates the need for monitoring mechanisms
C) Clarifies timeframes and allocation of responsibilities across organizational levels
D) Allows planning documents to be locked for confidentiality
  • 20. In the context of law enforcement operations, contingency plans contribute to organizational resilience by?
A) Ensuring regular promotions
B) Limiting the use of technology
C) Increasing paperwork for supervisors
D) Providing structured actions when unexpected incidents disrupt normal operations
  • 21. Thematic crime maps are important in law enforcement because they?
A) Focus only on police administrative boundaries
B) Highlight crime variations using symbolized data to explain spatial patterns
C) Remove the need for field validation
D) Display decorative geographic designs
  • 22. Non-graphical indicators such as tables and frequency lists are useful because they?
A) Show only color-coded clusters
B) Completely replace spatial visualizations
C) Provide numerical summaries that help interpret crime patterns before mapping
D) Function mainly as artistic representations
  • 23. Crime hotspots are best understood as areas that?
A) Display statistically significant clustering of crime events
B) Randomly shift without identifiable causes
C) Represent administrative subdivisions regardless of crime
D) Contain no incident concentration
  • 24. Spatial regression is applied in crime analysis to?
A) Transform hotspot maps into contingency plans
B) Predict the artistic layout of a map
C) Explain relationships between crime and geographic or socio-environmental factors
D) Remove all outliers from a dataset
  • 25. Geographic profiling helps investigators primarily by?
A) Predicting future political boundaries
B) Choosing ideal patrol car models for the precinct
C) Identifying the likely anchor point or operational base of a serial offender
D) Determining uniform colors for thematic maps
  • 26. Geographic information of crimes enhances analysis because it?
A) Eliminates the need for situational crime prevention
B) Removes demographic factors from consideration
C) Adds spatial context that reveals where and why incidents cluster
D) Focuses solely on offender motives
  • 27. In thematic mapping, classifying crime data into categories such as high, medium, and low helps by?
A) Removing the need for crime analysts
B) Allowing analysts to interpret patterns more meaningfully through symbolized ranges
C) Concealing minor crimes
D) Guaranteeing equal distribution of crime
  • 28. Non-graphical indicators are especially beneficial during initial crime reviews because they?
A) Depend on expensive mapping software
B) Must always be used as final outputs
C) Provide textual and numerical summaries aiding early pattern recognition
D) Replace all geo-spatial analysis tools
  • 29. Hotspot mapping supports patrol deployment planning by?
A) Predicting organizational promotions
B) Ensuring officers avoid the hotspot areas
C) Highlighting problem zones where resources can be strategically focused
D) Creating equal patrol workloads
  • 30. Spatial regression differs from traditional regression primarily because it?
A) Incorporates spatial dependence, recognizing that nearby areas influence one another
B) Only applies to non-crime datasets
C) Ignores the role of geography
D) Removes neighborhood-level variables
  • 31. Geographic profiling becomes valuable in serial crime investigations when?
A) Incidents share spatial patterns that point to a probable offender comfort zone
B) Investigators want to measure community satisfaction
C) Offenses occur in random global locations
D) Offenders leave no evidence
  • 32. The geographic information system (GIS) contributes to crime mapping mainly by?
A) Limiting analysis to boundary visualizations
B) Operating exclusively as a database for criminal records
C) Replacing patrol officers
D) Combining spatial and attribute data to visualize crime relationships
  • 33. Hotspot techniques such as kernel density estimation (KDE) help analysts because they?
A) Require no data preparation
B) Ignore spatial variations in crime
C) Show continuous surfaces of risk rather than simple point clusters
D) Eliminate minor incidents from analysis
  • 34. Spatial regression is appropriate when analyzing?
A) Temporary events with no spatial reference
B) Crime levels influenced by environmental or socio-economic factors
C) Incidents unrelated to place
D) Random events without geographic distribution
  • 35. A thematic map showing burglary density by barangay helps the police because it?
A) Creates visual illusions
B) Translates numbers into spatial patterns easily understood by decision-makers
C) Guarantees accurate arrest prediction
D) Hides property crime trends
  • 36. Non-graphical indicators complement mapping outputs by?
A) Providing contextual explanations that support observed spatial patterns
B) Serving as decorative additions to reports
C) Focusing only on demographic variables
D) Replacing all hotspot maps
  • 37. In crime hotspot analysis, understanding the underlying causes of clustering is essential because it?
A) Helps remove all crimes from the map
B) Guides strategic intervention by interpreting the environmental or situational drivers
C) Ensures elimination of geographic profiling
D) Promotes blind deployment
  • 38. Geographic profiling is most effective when?
A) Crimes share geographic consistency and behavioral linkage
B) The offender is already identified
C) Offenders commit only financial crimes
D) There is no spatial pattern at all
  • 39. The addition of geographic information such as road networks and land use helps crime analysis because it?
A) Removes the need for profiling
B) Reveals environmental features influencing offender movement and target accessibility
C) Weakens hotspot interpretation
D) Makes maps visually overwhelming
  • 40. Combining thematic mapping and spatial regression enhances crime analysis by?
A) Prioritizing appearance over accuracy
B) Making analysis more decorative
C) Allowing visual patterns to be cross-validated with statistical explanations
D) Producing unrelated outputs
  • 41. The initial step common in planning across PNP, BFP, PCG, NBI, PDEA, and BID is?
A) Situational assessment to identify threats and resources
B) Asset liquidation
C) Conduct of post-operation critique
D) Deployment of tactical units
  • 42. the PNP planning cycle, “Course of Action Development” refers to?
A) Rewriting mission orders
B) Determining options on how objectives may be achieved
C) Issuing disbursement vouchers
D) Conducting immediate arrests
  • 43. For the BFP, the pre-fire planning stage focuses on?
A) Apprehending arson suspects
B) Releasing evacuation permits
C) Identifying structural risks and resources before an incident occurs
D) Post-blast data gathering
  • 44. In PCG operations, “Mission Analysis” is important because it?
A) Clarifies objectives, constraints, and operational requirements
B) Focuses solely on administrative functions
C) Selects vessels without considering the threat
D) Removes inter-agency coordination
  • 45. PDEA’s operational planning emphasizes “target validation” primarily to?
A) Ensure accuracy and legitimacy before implementing anti-drug operations
B) Increase the number of operation reports
C) Generate funding proposals
D) Reduce involvement of intelligence assets
  • 46. A PNP commander receives intelligence indicating a series of planned robberies. What should be the immediate step in the planning process?
A) Conduct situational analysis to determine threat patterns
B) Deploy all units immediately without assessment
C) Wait for administrative memo approval
D) Prepare only financial allocations
  • 47. During a BFP pre-incident survey, firefighters discover blocked exits in a commercial mall. What planning action must follow?
A) Integrate findings into the fire safety plan and issue corrective recommendations
B) Ignore it and proceed to the next building
C) Conduct arson intelligence
D) Proceed directly to suppression drills
  • 48. A PCG station planning for typhoon response must first?
A) Request foreign vessels
B) Mobilize all available rescue boats
C) Conduct a personnel audit
D) Assess weather bulletins and maritime risk areas to define operational priorities
  • 49. NBI agents preparing for a cybercrime operation need to ensure digital evidence preservation. Which step should they apply?
A) Prepare travel orders first
B) Immediately seize devices without documentation
C) Develop operational procedures that include chain-of-custody protocols
D) Delete suspicious files
  • 50. PDEA planning for a buy-bust operation must include?
A) Establishing arrest teams but skipping briefing
B) Eliminating surveillance
C) Planning entry/exit routes and post-operation handling
D) Setting financial targets first
  • 51. BID officers planning border control operations encounter passengers with inconsistent travel documents. What should they apply?
A) Ignore discrepancies
B) Conduct random baggage checks only
C) Integrate the findings into an enhanced screening procedure for risk profiling
D) Automatic deportation
  • 52. In PNP operations, after identifying threats and establishing objectives, the next step is to?
A) Skip analysis and proceed to execution
B) Develop possible courses of action and compare them
C) Write commendation reports
D) Immediately finalize arrest warrants
  • 53. During BFP response planning, firefighters need to decide how to position firetrucks for a congested area. What step applies?
A) COA comparison to determine best approach access
B) Data encryption
C) Execution without planning
D) Issuance of permits
  • 54. The PCG receives a distress signal from a sinking vessel. Before deployment, the planning step required is?
A) Waiting for more distress signals
B) Conducting a fundraising drive
C) Issuing maritime violation tickets
D) Mission analysis and resource matching to determine response configuration
  • 55. NBI operation planners need to coordinate with local police for a joint fraud investigation. Which planning step is applied?
A) Independent operations with no sharing
B) Withholding intelligence
C) Unified coordination to integrate roles and jurisdictional responsibilities
D) Using outdated plans
  • 56. PDEA agents planning a controlled delivery case must?
A) Skip inter-agency involvement
B) Coordinate with foreign or local partners and outline monitoring procedures
C) Immediately arrest the courier without documentation
D) Avoid using surveillance teams
  • 57. BID must prepare for anticipated influx of overseas arrivals. An applicable planning step is?
A) Forecasting passenger volume based on travel trends and adjusting manpower deployment
B) Increasing arrival stamps
C) Reducing immigration counters
D) Suspending border control
  • 58. After PCG completes a maritime rescue operation, the next required planning-related action is?
A) Ignore feedback
B) Shift immediately to unrelated tasks
C) Post-operation evaluation to identify capability gaps and improve SOPs
D) Destroy operation logs
  • 59. In PNP crime suppression operations, spotting increasing theft in a barangay requires?
A) Developing an area-specific deployment plan based on crime mapping results
B) Leaving the issue to barangay tanods
C) Halting patrols
D) Closing the precinct
  • 60. During BFP fire suppression planning, firefighters must determine water supply availability. Which step applies?
A) Skipping reconnaissance
B) Pre-incident planning to assess hydrants and alternative sources
C) Ignoring assessment and relying on luck
D) Prioritizing paperwork
  • 61. A crime analyst notices repeated theft incidents near poorly lit alleys. Using GIS, the most appropriate application is to?
A) Delete incidents outside the alley
B) Ignore the spatial context
C) Overlay lighting infrastructure data to identify environmental risk points
D) Adjust map colors only
  • 62. While assessing a neighborhood, GIS shows clusters of assaults near late-night bars. What should the analyst do?
A) Recommend buffer analysis around bars to determine high-risk influence zones
B) Ignore temporal patterns
C) Focus only on property crimes
D) Remove bar locations from the map
  • 63. A city planner uses GIS and finds that burglary hotspots align with areas lacking CCTV coverage. The applied action is to?
A) Ignore the revealed relationship
B) Suggest installation of surveillance in unmonitored hotspots
C) Move CCTV cameras randomly
D) Remove burglary data from analysis
  • 64. When analyzing traffic-related crimes, GIS indicates high crash counts at an intersection with poor signage. The next applied step is to?
A) Recommend environmental design improvements such as signage and lane markings
B) Remove crash data to reduce numbers
C) Shift focus to pedestrian crimes
D) Avoid mapping infrastructure
  • 65. A GIS map shows street robberies are concentrated near pedestrian shortcuts through vacant lots. The analyst should?
A) Close the GIS file
B) Ignore the vacant lots
C) Conduct visibility assessments and propose CPTED-based redesign
D) Remove streets from the map
  • 66. Analysts use GIS to determine why a stable hotspot persists in a residential zone. The most appropriate application is?
A) Focus solely on arrest records
B) Stop using GIS
C) Reduce map scale until patterns disappear
D) Conduct land-use analysis to identify features attracting offenders
  • 67. Crime incidents appear scattered until analysts include time-of-day filters in GIS. This application allows them to?
A) Identify temporal-spatial patterns guiding targeted patrols
B) Produce decorative maps only
C) Ignore daily variations
D) Remove necessary records
  • 68. A school vicinity shows high cases of bullying after class hours. Using GIS, what should planners do?
A) Remove school boundaries from GIS
B) Ignore student movement patterns
C) Focus only on morning incidents
D) Perform time-based heat mapping and design safer exit routes
  • 69. GIS analysis reveals that drug-related incidents cluster in abandoned structures. What is the correct applied action?
A) Highlight buildings and stop analysis
B) Integrate environmental design strategies such as target-hardening and building rehabilitation
C) Avoid action due to private ownership
D) Limit mapping to open spaces only
  • 70. When reviewing motor theft patterns, GIS shows crimes heavily occurring near unmonitored parking areas. Analysts should?
A) Propose improved lighting, surveillance, and access control in parking zones
B) Delete the parking layer
C) Review only weekend incidents
D) Ignore environmental factors
  • 71. Crime analysts find that incident density decreases when certain alleys are closed for maintenance. GIS helps them apply?
A) Ignoring the road network
B) Revising land surveys
C) Evaluation of road network influence using spatial accessibility analysis
D) Removal of all alley-related incidents
  • 72. A barangay wants to reduce residential burglary. GIS shows the highest rates near houses lacking boundary fencing. The most applicable action is?
A) Remove house layers from GIS
B) Change map symbols
C) Recommend CPTED measures like perimeter barriers and natural access control
D) Ignore structural conditions
  • 73. Analysts use GIS to compare lighting conditions with assault cases. They discover poorly lit areas correlate with incidents. The applied step is?
A) Focus only on daytime assaults
B) Delete lighting data
C) Propose illumination enhancements in vulnerable zones
D) Halt night patrols
  • 74. GIS simulation suggests that adding a pedestrian walkway will reduce jaywalking violations. The practical application is to?
A) Remove walkways from analysis
B) Ignore simulation results
C) Present environmental redesign to local authorities for implementation
D) Focus on vehicular crimes only
  • 75. A GIS-based vulnerability map shows that crimes spike near public transit terminals lacking security personnel. Analysts should?
A) Suggest deployment of patrols and redesign of terminal layout
B) Close the terminal temporarily
C) Remove terminal data
D) Reduce GIS layers
  • 76. During a spatial audit, analysts find that areas with dense vegetation obscure visibility and serve as ambush sites. GIS application leads to?
A) Vegetation trimming and environmental visibility improvements
B) Erasing vegetation layers
C) Planting more trees
D) Reducing mapping resolution
  • 77. A commercial district shows rising petty theft clustered around markets with uncontrolled vendor stalls. GIS-based application is?
A) Avoid mapping informal vendors
B) Ignore foot-traffic patterns
C) Recommend stall reorganization to improve movement and visibility
D) Shift focus to residential crimes
  • 78. Analysts applying GIS notice crimes frequently occur near roads lacking pedestrian crossings. The correct environmental design action is?
A) Add crosswalks and redesign the area to reduce risky pedestrian behavior
B) Remove road data
C) Focus on vehicle theft only
D) Restrict road access entirely
  • 79. GIS analysis from CCTV coverage indicates blind spots where incidents persist. Applying the findings means?
A) Remove CCTV layer
B) Adjust or relocate cameras to eliminate blind spots
C) Expand blind spots
D) Ignore the coverage analysis
  • 80. A spatial model shows that increasing visibility by opening lines of sight between streets lowers crime opportunity. The applied action is?
A) Ignore spatial visibility results
B) Add more physical obstructions
C) Implement CPTED modifications like trimming barriers and redesigning pathways
D) Remove line-of-sight analysis features
  • 81. During an arrest, a suspect refuses to speak unless a lawyer is present. What should officers do?
A) Immediately stop interrogation and provide access to counsel
B) Threaten administrative action
C) Continue questioning carefully
D) Ignore the request
  • 82. PNP officers conduct a search but fail to show a warrant. The resident asks for its details. The correct application of rights is?
A) Provide the warrant and allow inspection
B) Show only the back page
C) Refuse because the warrant is confidential
D) Arrest the resident for obstruction
  • 83. While executing a buy-bust operation, the police must inform the arrested person of?
A) The nature of the offense and his constitutional rights
B) Their personal opinions on the crime
C) Internal PNP procedures
D) The names of civilian witnesses
  • 84. An investigator obtains a confession from a suspect without informing him of his rights. To apply the law correctly, the confession should be?
A) Excluded for violating custodial rights
B) Used only to file charges
C) Fully admissible
D) Admissible only if recorded
  • 85. During an immigration enforcement operation, a foreign national is detained. Officers must apply his right to?
A) Remain undocumented
B) Travel without restrictions
C) Destroy travel documents
D) Contact his consular office
  • 86. A BFP investigator enters a private warehouse to inspect possible fire code violations. For lawful entry, the officer must apply?
A) Threats to force entry
B) Consent of owner or a valid inspection warrant
C) Immediate sealing of the building
D) Random entry without requirements
  • 87. A person arrested under a checkpoint stop asks for the reason for his detention. Officers must apply his right to?
A) Remain uninformed until investigation is complete
B) View all police documents
C) Be informed of cause of arrest
D) Know only the arresting officer’s name
  • 88. PCG detains a vessel crew for illegal fishing. The crew requests interpreter assistance. Officers must apply the right to?
A) File for immediate deportation
B) Receive translation/interpretation during proceedings
C) Be detained until they learn Filipino
D) Waive all language-related concerns
  • 89. During an operation, a minor is arrested for theft. To apply the rights correctly, officers must?
A) Provide diversion procedures and ensure presence of a guardian
B) Deny access to social workers
C) Treat him as an adult suspect
D) Immediately prosecute
  • 90. A suspect requests to see the evidence taken from him after arrest. Officers must apply?
A) Denial of access until trial
B) Show only photocopies
C) Destroy the inventory
D) Allow him or his counsel to view inventory and documentation
  • 91. Officers enter a home without a warrant due to an anonymous tip about illegal drugs. No exigent circumstances exist. Analyzing the situation, the entry is?
A) Valid if officers wear uniforms
B) Invalid because warrantless entry requires specific exceptions
C) Valid only if the suspect runs
D) Valid because there was a tip
  • 92. A confession is signed after 12 hours of interrogation without counsel. Analyzing the circumstance, the confession is?
A) Inadmissible for violating custodial investigation rules
B) Acceptable if notarized
C) Valid if written in Filipino
D) Valid if voluntary behaviour is shown
  • 93. A person under arrest was not allowed to contact his family. Analyzing his rights, this constitutes violation of?
A) Privacy of communication
B) Right against self-incrimination only
C) Right to counsel and immediate notice to family
D) Right to bail exclusively
  • 94. BID detains a foreigner for overstaying but refuses to inform him of reasons for his detention. Analysis shows a violation of?
A) Right to education
B) Non-refoulement
C) Right to speedy disposition
D) Right to be informed of the nature of accusation
  • 95. PDEA confiscates items from a suspect but fails to conduct an inventory and photography in presence of witnesses. Analyzing the situation, this violates?
A) Firearms regulations
B) Rules on electronic evidence
C) Rights of witnesses
D) Chain of custody requirements
  • 96. Officers arrest a suspect for homicide but interrogate him without counsel, despite his request. Evaluating the operation, the interrogation is?
A) Lawful because arrest is valid
B) Valid if conducted politely
C) Acceptable if recorded
D) Unlawful; questioning must cease until counsel is present
  • 97. To evaluate whether a checkpoint complies with constitutional standards, the most important criterion is?
A) Whether the road is narrow
B) Whether it is publicly announced and conducted in a non-discriminatory manner
C) Whether officers are in combat uniform
D) Whether media is present
  • 98. Evaluate the legality: Police search a vehicle without consent or warrant, but no probable cause exists. The search is?
A) Valid if driver appears nervous
B) Valid if vehicle is moving
C) Invalid; vehicle searches require probable cause or recognized exception
D) Valid if officers suspect wrongdoing
  • 99. Evaluate the scenario: NBI arrests a person by invitation, telling him he is free to leave but preventing him from actually leaving. This is?
A) Standard procedure
B) Valid community policing
C) Custodial arrest disguised as voluntary appearance
D) Lawful invitation
  • 100. Evaluate whether the following action is lawful: PNP seizes property during an operation unrelated to the seized items. There is no warrant?
A) Valid if officer acts in good faith
B) Lawful if property looks suspicious
C) Acceptable if later included in the report
D) Unconstitutional seizure; no nexus between operation and property taken
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