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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:50 PM Mar 2015

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Can you pass the written police officer exam?

Last edited Fri Mar 20, 2015, 05:27 PM - Edit history (1)

There is about 20 short multiple choice questions here....most of them common sense logic answers...
I got ": Not too shabby" rating.
How about you?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2015/0302/Can-you-pass-the-written-police-officer-exam/license-plate

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Can you pass the written police officer exam? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 OP

Nope. I don't have a crayon handy... Aristus Mar 2015 #1

Only slightly more difficult than the officer candidate tests of the 1960s where you had to Hoyt Mar 2015 #2

65% - not great HappyMe Mar 2015 #3

I got the same as you lol! cwydro Mar 2015 #9

They musta know I was gonna take this darned test. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #4

Not to Shabby (80%) avebury Mar 2015 #5

Probably. I nailed my firefighter exams. we can do it Mar 2015 #6

I'm only getting a blank page Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #7

Weird..I have Adblock and Ghostery and it worked for me, in FF. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #10

Opera here Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #11

I am more than disappointed by my results because dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #12

I'm shabby. hay rick Mar 2015 #8

Opinions vary. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2015 #17

Nope, I'm not a sociopath Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #13

And I was supposed to be the authoritarian: treestar Mar 2015 #14

Don't forget if you score too high, you fail Major Nikon Mar 2015 #15

Thank you for that link/citation to jog my memory. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #19

I got 75% Rochester Mar 2015 #16

I took the whole test, then it dumped me back to question #1 Orrex Mar 2015 #18

... In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #21

"not to be trusted with anything sharper than a nerf football" rurallib Mar 2015 #20

There, there, it's okay.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #22

No. My IQ is way too high. KamaAina Mar 2015 #23

Aristus

(66,369 posts)

1. Nope. I don't have a crayon handy...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 03:21 PM

Mar 2015

n/t

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Only slightly more difficult than the officer candidate tests of the 1960s where you had to

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 03:27 PM

Mar 2015

identify whether the illustration was a hammer, saw, drill, or male goat.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

3. 65% - not great

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 03:52 PM

Mar 2015

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

9. I got the same as you lol!

Reply to HappyMe (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 10:07 PM

Mar 2015

Really thought I was doing well dang it!

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

4. They musta know I was gonna take this darned test.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 04:52 PM

Mar 2015

I got Not too shabby on a 20 question test.

avebury

(10,952 posts)

5. Not to Shabby (80%)

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 04:55 PM

Mar 2015

There were a couple of questions that I did not agree with their answers.

we can do it

(12,184 posts)

6. Probably. I nailed my firefighter exams.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 05:55 PM

Mar 2015

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

7. I'm only getting a blank page

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 07:54 PM

Mar 2015

Nothing leaps out in Adblock or Ghostery that's blocking it.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

10. Weird..I have Adblock and Ghostery and it worked for me, in FF.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 10:38 PM

Mar 2015

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

11. Opera here

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 12:12 AM

Mar 2015

But that's what we keep Internet Explorer around for.

ETA: 80% I'm a little disappointed in myself.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

12. I am more than disappointed by my results because

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #11)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 01:12 PM

Mar 2015

( you may remember this) there was an article a few months back that said they hired policemen based on only average intelligence levels.
Something about not wanting too-smart cops.

hay rick

(7,613 posts)

8. I'm shabby.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 08:56 PM

Mar 2015

But not too shabby.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)

17. Opinions vary.

Reply to hay rick (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:33 AM

Mar 2015

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

13. Nope, I'm not a sociopath

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 05:33 PM

Mar 2015

treestar

(82,383 posts)

14. And I was supposed to be the authoritarian:

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 09:26 PM

Mar 2015

51% – 75%: Not great. Maybe joining an unarmed neighborhood watch would be more your speed.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

15. Don't forget if you score too high, you fail

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 01:11 AM

Mar 2015

http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

19. Thank you for that link/citation to jog my memory.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 02:06 PM

Mar 2015

I WAS a bit put off by some the questions which seemed pretty simple.
But, since I did not get all of them correct, maybe I have no room to talk.

Rochester

(838 posts)

16. I got 75%

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 01:47 AM

Mar 2015

Orrex

(63,212 posts)

18. I took the whole test, then it dumped me back to question #1

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 08:19 AM

Mar 2015

Guess that means I fail for being dumb enough to go all the way through it.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

21. ...

Reply to Orrex (Reply #18)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 04:30 PM

Mar 2015

rurallib

(62,415 posts)

20. "not to be trusted with anything sharper than a nerf football"

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:59 PM

Mar 2015

WTF?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

22. There, there, it's okay....

Reply to rurallib (Reply #20)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 06:09 PM

Mar 2015

Maybe you had a bad day or sumptin'....

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

23. No. My IQ is way too high.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 06:20 PM

Mar 2015

Srsly. New London, CT sets a maximum IQ for cops. And SCOTUS approved it!

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