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  • 1. Planning in management primarily means?
A) Handling personnel complaints
B) Setting future goals and deciding how to achieve them
C) Monitoring day-to-day operations
D) Allocating tools and equipment
  • 2. Organizing involves?
A) Solving patrol problems alone
B) Structuring tasks and grouping responsibilities
C) Rewarding officers for accomplishments
D) Giving random assignments
  • 3. A manager performing the informational role mainly?
A) Approves leave requests
B) Conducts vehicle inspections
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) Selecting employees for promotion
B) Comparing actual results with planned standards
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) Coordinating
B) Organizing
C) Planning
D) Staffing
  • 7. A police manager assigns officers to units based on their skills. This demonstrates?
A) Monitoring
B) Controlling
C) Random distribution
D) Staffing
  • 8. A unit head creates a flowchart to clarify investigative procedures. This action applies?
A) Organizing
B) Monitoring routines
C) Delegation
D) Ceremonial roles
  • 9. A precinct head motivates personnel by creating shared goals and providing direction. This reflects?
A) Scheduling
B) Controlling
C) Leading
D) Staffing
  • 10. A manager reviews daily reports to detect deviations in checkpoint operations. This demonstrates?
A) Leading
B) Controlling
C) Organizing
D) Staffing
  • 11. A chief allocates equipment based on priority cases. This applies?
A) Arbitrary distribution
B) Effective resource management
C) Non-strategic planning
D) Passive supervision
  • 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) Interpersonal role
C) Technical role
D) Monitoring role
  • 14. A police leader resolves conflict between two teams. This applies the?
A) Informational role
B) Interpersonal role
C) Informational role
D) Decisional role
  • 15. A chief reviews alternative deployment strategies and selects the most feasible one. This applies?
A) Informational role
B) Decisional role
C) Non-participative leadership
D) Autocratic control
  • 16. A commander conducts regular briefings to share updated intelligence. This is an example of?
A) Liaison role
B) Disseminator role
C) Entrepreneur role
D) Negotiator role
  • 17. A unit leader adjusts manpower distribution after seeing that one team is overworked. This demonstrates?
A) Organizing
B) Directing
C) Controlling
D) Staffing
  • 18. A precinct manager decides to acquire body cameras instead of additional office supplies after evaluating operational needs. This applies?
A) Strategic resource allocation
B) Standardized rotation
C) Passive decision-making
D) Preference-based budgeting
  • 19. A chief implements stricter documentation after discovering discrepancies in arrest reports. This uses?
A) Controlling
B) Planning
C) Organizing
D) Monitoring
  • 20. A manager groups officers by expertise—traffic control, investigation, patrol. This shows?
A) Planning
B) Leading
C) Staffing
D) Controlling
  • 21. After analyzing workload, a commander chooses to delegate certain administrative tasks to senior officers. This demonstrates?
A) Poor planning
B) Ceremonial leadership
C) Managing resources through delegation
D) Ineffective management
  • 22. A manager gathers all weekly reports to understand trends and improve performance. This uses?
A) Decisional role (negotiator)
B) Ceremonial function
C) Interpersonal role (liaison)
D) Informational role (monitoring)
  • 23. A station chief decides to hire more civilian support staff after identifying administrative overload. This uses?
A) Controlling
B) Staffing
C) Organizing
D) Leading
  • 24. A unit commander changes the patrol schedule based on recent threat assessments. This applies?
A) Non-intervention
B) Passive coordination
C) Organizing
D) Planning with adaptive strategy
  • 25. A “top-level manager” is primarily responsible for?
A) Handling customer complaints
B) Monitoring frontline tasks
C) Drafting daily schedules
D) Setting organizational direction
  • 26. Middle managers are mainly involved in?
A) Supervising individual work pieces
B) Creating national policies
C) Implementing community programs alone
D) Translating goals into departmental plans
  • 27. The autocratic management style is best described as?
A) Leader makes decisions without employee input
B) Workers negotiate all operations
C) Decisions are made collectively
D) Employees work with minimal guidance
  • 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) Direct management of day-to-day operations
B) Modification of national doctrines
C) Long-term strategic position of the agency
D) Assessment of national budgets
  • 30. Democratic managers usually?
A) Dictate all actions
B) Avoid communication
C) Encourage participation and team input
D) Promote rigid rule-following
  • 31. Managers differ from leaders mainly because managers?
A) Challenge norms
B) Focus on systems and structure
C) Operate only through delegation
D) Inspire change
  • 32. A leader’s emotional intelligence is mainly associated with?
A) Ability to handle and understand emotions
B) Rapid technical skill acquisition
C) Physical endurance
D) Strict rule enforcement
  • 33. A supervisor who routinely checks compliance and imposes close oversight is showing characteristics most similar to?
A) Strategic leadership
B) Transformational leadership
C) Bureaucratic management
D) Laissez-faire 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) External threats
B) Management style influence
C) Structural hierarchy
D) Wage distribution
  • 35. A middle manager identifies conflict between frontline workers and top management. Their role here illustrates?
A) Linking operational and strategic levels
B) Conducting intelligence investigations
C) Executing tactical arrest procedures
D) Designing frontline routines
  • 36. When comparing leaders and managers, which situation best highlights the difference?
A) Both handle scheduling similarly
B) Both interpret policies the same way
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) Mechanical routine
B) Transformational influence
C) Laissez-faire management
D) Autocratic control
  • 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) Effects of leadership style on performance
B) Task assignment accuracy
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) Technical and political skills
C) Budgeting and auditing
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) 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) Bureaucratic, to follow lengthy processes
B) Laissez-faire, to reduce oversight
C) Autocratic, for quick, clear decisions
D) Democratic, to maximize discussion
  • 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) Neither; seniority alone should decide
C) The employee with more overtime hours
D) Leadership qualities, because they drive overall team performance
  • 43. When selecting a management approach for community policing, the most appropriate evaluation is?
A) Laissez-faire style because it minimizes supervision
B) Bureaucratic style to focus on documentation
C) Democratic/participative style to promote community involvement
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) Transformational leadership produces deeper commitment
B) Transactional leadership builds stronger emotional connection
C) Transactional leadership is more effective for long-term cultural change
D) Both are equally effective in all situations
  • 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) Structured manager
B) Both contribute equally
C) Neither is useful
D) Visionary leader
  • 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) Avoid giving feedback
C) Display strong interpersonal and motivational skills
D) Prefer working alone
  • 47. To enhance innovation in the department, the most effective leadership style to adopt is?
A) Laissez-faire
B) Autocratic
C) Democratic or transformational
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) Decentralize to empower unit-level decisions
B) Centralize to maintain strict control
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) High number of reprimands issued
C) Strictness in issuing memos
D) Ability to improve team performance and morale
  • 50. Decision-making is best described as?
A) Listing problems without solutions
B) Assigning tasks based on seniority
C) Selecting the best alternative among several options
D) Randomly choosing a course of action
  • 51. Problem-solving differs from decision-making because problem-solving
A) Requires no analysis
B) Is only applicable to group settings
C) Focuses solely on evaluating alternatives
D) Involves identifying root causes of an issue
  • 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) Encourages diverse viewpoints
C) Removes the need for leadership
D) Eliminates conflict completely
  • 54. Public managers making decisions are expected to prioritize
A) Personal preference
B) Workplace convenience
C) Departmental competition
D) Public interest and accountability
  • 55. A police chief examines crime data to decide where to increase patrol visibility. This shows
A) Emotion-based decision-making
B) Personal preference
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) Guess-based action
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) Delayed decision-making
B) Group decision-making technique
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) Intuitive or rapid decision-making
B) Multi-week planning
C) Formal committee review
D) Avoidance of responsibility
  • 59. A station head assigns additional foot patrol to a plaza area after reviewing previous incidents. This reflects?
A) Preference-based policing
B) Arbitrary enforcement
C) Data-oriented reasoning
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) Autocratic decision styles
C) Group consultation
D) Passive listening
  • 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) Emotional prioritization
C) Fragmented policing
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) Complete delegation
B) Delayed decision
C) Structured rapid assessment
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) Random elimination
C) Passive approach
D) Risk-minimization decision
  • 64. A police commander uses checklists to evaluate emergency options. This technique supports?
A) Emotional reasoning
B) Unstructured judgment
C) Flexible improvisation
D) Fast and guided decision-making
  • 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) The dominance of individual style
C) No difference in effectiveness
D) Equal strengths for all tasks
  • 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) Problem-solving is faster than all decisions
B) Decision-making needs no alternatives
C) Both processes are identical
D) Decision-making selects among alternatives, while problem-solving diagnoses issues
  • 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) Forced vs voluntary participation
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) Balanced thinking
B) Logical evaluation
C) Cognitive bias
D) Strong data-driven reasoning
  • 70. A manager analyzes decision failures during emergencies and discovers the team lacked clear priorities. This indicates a breakdown in?
A) Staffing and hiring
B) Rapid decision frameworks
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) Pressure methods
B) Individual preferences only
C) Process efficiency and consensus building
D) Unequal workloads
  • 72. Comparing two commanders, one uses SWOT analysis while the other acts instantly based on gut feeling. This contrast demonstrates differences in
A) Data collection vs delegation
B) Formal vs intuitive decision styles
C) Passive vs participative management
D) Staffing vs organizing
  • 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) Emotional instinct dominance
B) Lack of structure
C) Guided quick-decision technique
D) Accidental outcome
  • 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) Supervising employees’ daily tasks
B) Setting objectives and determining how to achieve them
C) Monitoring employee behavior
D) Creating informal work groups
  • 76. The organizing function primarily involves
A) Facilitating informal discussions
B) Structuring work and allocating resources
C) Evaluating the budget
D) Rewarding performance
  • 77. A manager performing the interpersonal role is focused on
A) Communicating with employees and maintaining relationships
B) Handling disturbances
C) Gathering and disseminating data only
D) Processing financial records
  • 78. Staffing as a management function refers to
A) Assigning crimes to investigators
B) Ensuring the organization has the right people in the right jobs
C) Setting long-term organizational goals
D) Monitoring compliance with regulations
  • 79. Controlling in management includes
A) Guessing future trends
B) Reorganizing work positions
C) Comparing actual performance with standards
D) Collecting random feedback
  • 80. A station commander conducts a needs assessment before allocating patrol vehicles to high-risk areas. The commander is applying
A) Planning
B) Leading
C) Controlling
D) Staffing
  • 81. A supervisor groups officers into specialized teams (traffic, investigation, community relations). This demonstrates
A) Staffing
B) Delegating informally
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) Leading
B) Staffing
C) Planning
D) Controlling
  • 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) Staffing
B) Controlling
C) Leading
D) Planning
  • 85. An operations head distributes limited fuel resources by prioritizing patrol areas with high crime rates. This is an example of
A) Improvised budgeting
B) Ineffective resource control
C) Unplanned expenditure
D) Rational resource allocation
  • 86. A manager assigns officers based on their strengths—investigators to investigations, communicators to community relations. This demonstrates
A) Task rotation
B) Automatic delegation
C) Random staffing
D) Strategic job placement
  • 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) Formal ceremonial
C) Interpersonal
D) Decisional
  • 89. A manager conducts regular briefings to ensure information is shared among officers. This addresses which managerial role?
A) Disturbance handler role
B) Negotiator role
C) Figurehead role
D) Disseminator role
  • 90. When a police chief resolves conflict between two departments, the chief is applying the
A) Informational role
B) Decisional role
C) Staffing function
D) Controlling function
  • 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) Arbitrary allocation
C) Passive oversight
D) Mismanagement of resources
  • 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) Staffing
B) Controlling
C) Planning
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) Random decision-making
C) Informal organizing
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) Leading through rule enforcement
B) Staffing based on suitability
C) Organizing through random selection
D) Controlling through delegation
  • 96. A manager updates the crime database and shares trends with investigators. This shows
A) Informational role (disseminator)
B) Decisional budgeting role
C) Interpersonal relationship-building
D) Ceremonial function
  • 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) Strategic resource management
C) Random budgeting
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) Organizing
C) Leading
D) Staffing
  • 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) Wait for instructions from higher headquarters before acting
B) Implement a random strategy to avoid delays
C) Assign the decision to the most senior officer present
D) Analyze possible options and choose the most feasible course of action
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