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TCOLE Exam 1: Law Enforcement Ethics, Wellness, and Physical Fitness, Exams of Law

A comprehensive overview of key concepts related to law enforcement ethics, wellness, and physical fitness. It includes multiple-choice questions and answers covering topics such as ethical dilemmas, stress management, physical fitness components, and the history of policing in texas. Valuable for individuals preparing for the tcole exam 1, as it offers insights into the essential knowledge and skills required for law enforcement professionals.

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TCOLE Exam 1 | 100% Correct Answers |
Verified | Latest 2024 Version
Under ethical dilemmas in law enforcement, it states that every aspect of human behavior is influenced
by ___ - ✔✔Personal values
In the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, it states that I will enforce the law ________ and _________
without fear of favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence and never
accepting gratuities. - ✔✔Courteously, Appropriately
A physical symptom associated with stress is which of the following? - ✔✔Headaches
Common experiences of officers who use deadly force often view the event in - ✔✔Slow motion
The peak of the Wellness Pyramid is what? - ✔✔Self Responsibility
Fight or flight is a normal response during a traumatic event. - ✔✔True
Anaerobic - ✔✔training increases your ability to make short, intense bursts of maximum effort using
energy stored in muscle in the absence of oxygen
Physical fitness can be divided into two categories? - ✔✔Functional/Health Related and Motor Related
Fats are the most abundant energy source and they are not an essential nutrient. - ✔✔False
wellness - ✔✔A person's health/disease status and risk potential is known as what?
What are the fuel nutrients of the Essential Dietary Components? - ✔✔Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats
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Under ethical dilemmas in law enforcement, it states that every aspect of human behavior is influenced by ___ - ✔✔Personal values In the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, it states that I will enforce the law ________ and _________ without fear of favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence and never accepting gratuities. - ✔✔Courteously, Appropriately A physical symptom associated with stress is which of the following? - ✔✔Headaches Common experiences of officers who use deadly force often view the event in - ✔✔Slow motion The peak of the Wellness Pyramid is what? - ✔✔Self Responsibility Fight or flight is a normal response during a traumatic event. - ✔✔True Anaerobic - ✔✔training increases your ability to make short, intense bursts of maximum effort using energy stored in muscle in the absence of oxygen Physical fitness can be divided into two categories? - ✔✔Functional/Health Related and Motor Related Fats are the most abundant energy source and they are not an essential nutrient. - ✔✔False wellness - ✔✔A person's health/disease status and risk potential is known as what? What are the fuel nutrients of the Essential Dietary Components? - ✔✔Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats

Agility, anaerobic power and explosive leg strength are all motor related fitness components. - ✔✔True In officer related shootings the ______________ phase may be brief or nonexistent because of the necessity to immediately deal with the aftermath of the event. - ✔✔Denial Whether a person is strong or weak has no effect on his or her susceptibility to stress - ✔✔True Men attempt suicide more often, but woman are more likely to complete suicide - ✔✔True When the Central Nervous System perceives a threat the Sympathetic Nervous System activates and causes all the following changes except for __________. - ✔✔Digestion increases All the following statements about Law Enforcement and suicide are true except: - ✔✔Suicide rates decrease at retirement Physical fitness has a significant impact on? - ✔✔Physical Health, Emotional Health, Job Performance When assisting a coworker contemplating suicide, it is alright to leave the person alone if they tell you that they are okay - ✔✔False Stress in itself is not bad; it is our perception of the stressors and how we cope with them which makes stress harmful. - ✔✔True The condition of the body, which enables an individual to use his/her body in activities requiring strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, agility, power, and speed, without undue experience of fatigue and exhaustion is a defined as of what? - ✔✔Physical Fitness The solution to alcohol and drug abuse in Law Enforcement begins with ______ - ✔✔The individual officer Acute stress is ___ - ✔✔Short term stress with a quick resolution

To lose one pound, one would have to have a deficit of _________ calories - ✔✔ 3500 For an activity to be considered aerobic, it must meet all the following criteria EXCEPT? - ✔✔Must sweat profusely Distress is __ - ✔✔A stressor that is perceived as negative You should consume more water when excercising in hot weather? - ✔✔True In defining Wellness, there are two degrees on a wellness continuum. What are they? - ✔✔Death to optimal well-being The fight or flight response is a biochemical change prepared in the ________________ Nervous System

  • ✔✔Sympathetic FITT stands for Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type - ✔✔True ___ of body weight is water - ✔✔ 60 - 65% Of the studies that have been done on Law Enforcement Officers, most suggest that alcohol and drug abuse is ___________________ compared to the general population. - ✔✔As frequent or more frequent For improvements in fitness, the demands placed on the body must be greater than those of daily activities is the definition of ___ - ✔✔Progressive Overload Essential Dietary Components are broken into two groups; fuel nutrients and non fuel nutrients. An example of a non fuel nutrient is _____ - ✔✔Water In the Watch and Ward system, Ward meant? - ✔✔Daytime

Under the formal police structure, which theory falls under paramilitary? - ✔✔Theory X In the evolution of Texas policing, Stephen F. Austin employed this militia group to protect the settlers from Indians and bandit raids. - ✔✔The Texas Rangers The police agency seeks opportunities to enhance public service. Which of the following best seeks to accomplish this goal? - ✔✔Community involvement Which of the following is not one of the elements in the traditional police service model? - ✔✔Proactive response From the 1950's through the 1970's, the use of numerous _______________ became the method for removing patrol officers from most follow - up activities. - ✔✔Specialized Units Which of the following was a development of police service in the era from 1980 through today? - ✔✔The development of community or problem-oriented policing opened new potential for progressive policing in agencies using both the traditional model and the problem-oriented model Under _____________________ model of law enforcemnt is considered a being Reactive in their response, incident driven, use of criminal justice system, use of aggregate statistics, and lack of community and employee involvement in decision making process, and using officer activity being based on calls for service? - ✔✔Traditional police service model In community oriented policing if peace officer's are to provide a satisfactory level of service, they must direct their efforts toward - ✔✔Existing community problems Commission in 1931 that stated in its report that the greatest promise for the future of policing is the college or University - ✔✔Wickersham In community policing, there are _____principles to follow or use as a guide. - ✔✔ 10

Facing a barricaded armed suspect is an example of - ✔✔Physical courage If you obey the law, you will set a good example for other and spare your fellow officers the discomfort of having to intervene in your private affairs is an example of what? - ✔✔Ethical behavior Which of the below is not a short-term goal under benefits from role performance? - ✔✔Crime prevention The ethical role is performed by being __________ and ethical in personal behavior and in functioning as a representative of the criminal justice system - ✔✔Objective In serving the community, there are times where you may have to represent a particular special interest group - ✔✔False Official Oppression is what level of penalty in the penal code? - ✔✔Class A misdemeanor Bribery - ✔✔Intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer on another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from another any benefit or consideration for the recipient's decision or other exercise of discretion as a public servant. Acceptance of Honorarium - ✔✔A public servant solicits accepts or agrees to accept gift in consideration for services that the public servant would not have been requested to provide Perjury - ✔✔Person makes false statement under oath or swears to truth of false statement. Abuse of official capacity - ✔✔A public servant with intent to obtain a benefit violates a law or misuses government property, services or personnel. Misuse of Official Information - ✔✔With intent to obtain a benefit releases or discloses subject matter for a nongovernmental purpose that he has access to through employment.

In ethical decision making police officers should remain objective in dealing with all persons. In stating this, the following never should have any effect on how people are handled or treated: age, sex, attitude, race, social class, prior criminal history, what type of offense. - ✔✔True The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger with self-possession, confidence, and resolution, bravery, valor - ✔✔Courage Under violations of the civil rights of a person in custody, who has concurrent jurisdiction with law enforcement agencies to investigate violations involving serious bodily injury or death? - ✔✔Attorney Generals Office Failure to report the death of a prisoner in custody is a ___ - ✔✔Class B misdemeanor A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits what offense if he intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful. - ✔✔Official oppression The value of the professional model for law enforcement has several listed advantages. Which of the below listed is not one? - ✔✔Cost of training and development A person commits what offense if knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending, alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding. - ✔✔Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence One who is engaged in one of the learned or skilled professions, or in a calling considered socially superior to a trade or handicraft. - ✔✔Professional Under ethical behavior, ethics involves the definition and achievement of what is good or bad, right or wrong, in relationship to _____________ and obligation - ✔✔Moral duty In achieving objectivity, it is essential that you not only gather all of the available relevant information, but that you also strive to establish _____________ of the information. - ✔✔The validity