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Staff at a law enforcement training academy purchases badges at $32 each for all the graduates of the academy. The last training class graduated 25 new officers. What is the total amount of money the academy staff will spend on the badges for these new officers, if the badge vendor provided the academy a 20% discount on each badge? A) $ 800 B) $ 790 C) $ 640 D) $ 16 E) None of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C The gross weight of merchandise in a container examined by an officer was 108 pounds. According to policy, the officer was required to convert this weight into kilograms. If the formula for conversion is 1.8 pounds for each kilogram, what was the gross weight of the container load in kilograms (rounded to the nearest tenth)?
A) 194.
B) 166.
C) 60.
D) 45.
E) None of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C An Agriculture Specialist and her dog found a total of 1,500 packages wrapped in plain brown paper hidden in a large mail container. Upon inspection, the officer found that some of the packages had legal CBP stickers on them and some had illegal stickers from another country. The ratio of packages with legal stickers to packages with illegal stickers was 2:3. How many packages contained illegal stickers? A) 1, B) 900 C) 600 D) 500
A) 1/
B) 1/
C) 1/
D) 1/
E) None of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D One day, Officer Ferong spent 4 hours processing passengers from a flight from Brazil at a rate of 16 passengers every 40 minutes. The next day, she spent 4 hours processing passengers at a rate of 18 every 40 minutes. What was the average number of passengers she processed during these two 4-hour periods? A) 283 B) 204 C) 141. D) 102
E) None of these ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D Often, crimes are characterized as either malum in se-inherently evil-or malum prohibitum-criminal because they are declared as offenses by a legislature. Murder is an example of the former. Failing to file a tax return illustrates the later. Some jurisdictions no longer distinguish between crimes malum in se and malum prohibitum, although many still do. What is a Validly Conclusion? A) Many jurisdictions no longer distinguish between crimes malum in se and malum prohibitum B) Some jurisdictions still distinguish between crimes malum in se and malum prohibitum C) Some crimes characterized as malum in se are not inherently evil D) Some crimes characterized as malum prohibitum are not declared by a legislature to be an offense E) Sometimes failing to file a tax return is characterized as malum in se --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B
What cannot be a Validly Conclusion? A) Some e-mail messages that have been requested as part of investigations have contained messages that would never be said face-to-face B) Some messages that people would never say face-to-face are sent in e-mail messages C) Some e-mail messages have been requested as part of investigations D) E-mail messages have not been exempted f ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------- ----A Phyllis T. is a former Federal employee who was entitled to benefits under the Federal Employee Compensation Act because of a job-related, disabling injury. When an eligible Federal employee has such an injury, the benefit is determined by this test: If the beneficiary is married or has dependents, benefits are 3/4 of the person's salary at the time of the injury; otherwise, benefits are set at 2/3 of the salary. Phyllis T.'s benefits were 2/3 of her salary when she was injured. What is a Validly Conclusion? A) Was married but without dependents
B) Was not married and had no dependents C) Was not married but had dependents D) Was married and had dependents E) Had never been married ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B Some 480,000 immigrants were living in a certain country in 1999. Although most of these immigrants were not employed in professional occupations, many of them were. For instance, many of them were engineers and many of them were nurses. Very few of these immigrants were librarians, another professional occupation. What is a Validly Conclusion? A) Most immigrants were either engineers or nurses B) It is not the case that some of the nurses were immigrants C) None of the engineers were immigrants D) Most of those not employed in professional occupations were immigrants
Impressions made by the ridges on the ends of the fingers and thumbs are useful means of identification, since no two persons have the same pattern of ridges. If finger patterns from fingerprints are not decipherable, then they cannot be classified by general shape and contour or by pattern type. If they cannot be classified by these characteristics, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom the fingerprints belong. What cannot be a Validly Conclusion? A) If it is possible to identify the person to whom fingerprints belong, then the fingerprints are decipherable B) If finger patterns from fingerprints are not decipherable, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom the fingerprints belong C) If fingerprints are decipherable, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom they belong D) If fingerprints can be classified by general shape and contour or by pattern type, then they are ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C Explosives are substances or devices capable of producing a volume of rapidly expanding gases that exert a sudden pressure on their surroundings. Chemical explosives are the most commonly used, although there are mechanical and nuclear explosives. All mechanical explosives are devices in which a physical reaction is produced, such as that caused by overloading a container with compressed air. While nuclear explosives are by far the most powerful, all nuclear explosives have been restricted to military weapons.
What is a Validly Conclusion? A) All explosives that have been restricted to military weapons are nuclear explosives B) No mechanical explosives are devices in which a physical reaction is produced, such as that caused by overloading a container with compressed air C) Some nuclear explosives have not been restricted to military weapons D) All mechanical explosives have been restricted to military weapo --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------E Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion Some of the people who speak Spanish are at my party. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Valid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion Some lawyers are Supreme Court Justices. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Valid
If a person is not an employee of the US Government, the person is not a CBP Officer ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Valid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a criminal is released, the criminal has recieved a pardon ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Invalid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a person is not guilty of a felony, that person has not been convicted of a murder ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Valid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a person lives in Europe, the person lives in Germany ---------CORRECT ANSWER- ----------------Invalid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a car runs, the car has gas ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Valid
Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a person is an employee of the US Government, the person is a CBP Officer ------ ---CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Invalid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a criminal is not released, the criminal has not received a pardon --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Valid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a person is guilty of a felony, that person has been convicted of murder --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Invalid Valid Conclusion or Invalid Conclusion If a person does not live in Europe, the person does not live in Germany --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Valid
Positive Words or Negative Words Most ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Positive Positive Words or Negative Words Always ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Positive Positive Words or Negative Words Illegal ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative Positive Words or Negative Words Prohibited ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative Positive Prefixes or Negative Prefixes Non- ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative
Positive Prefixes or Negative Prefixes Un- ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative Positive Prefixes or Negative Prefixes Dis- ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative What are examples of Connector Words? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Whenever Unless Except 1/3 + 1/2 + 3/4 =? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------19/ 4/5 - 1/3 =? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------7/
Cargo weighing 6,520 tons arrived at the Marin Port Of Entry (POE) and was assessed a fee of 6 cents per ton. What was the total amount assessed on the cargo? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------391. If inspection stickers cost 30 cents each, how many stickers can be purchased for $12.60? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 42 57% =? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------. 16% of 40 =? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------6. What percent of 40 is 6.40? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------16% CBP Officer Crawford inspected 400 containers for undeclared goods. If 18% of the containers held undeclared goods, how many containers held undeclared goods? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 72 In June 2003, the number of CBP Agriculture Specialists employed full-time in one large office was 80. One year later, the number increased by 15%. What was the total number of CBP Agriculture Specialists employed in the office in June 2004? -- -------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 92
Each year an office is allocated funds to provide bonuses to all of its employees. One year, the office received the same amount of bonus funds, but lost 10% of its employees. By what percentage will the bonus amounts increase for the remaining employees in the office? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------11% Find the SUM of 4, 8 and 15. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 27 Find the average of 4, 8 and 15. Divide the sum by the number of items. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 9 The avergae weight of 3 canines working at a medium-size airport is 130 lbs. and the smallest canine weighs 110 lbs. If the other two canines are equal weight, how much do the other two canines weigh? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
- 140 lbs A passenger purchased a vase from an art dealer for $1,210. She later learned that the dealer sold her the vase for 110% of its actual value. What was the actual value of the vase? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1,
