Law Enforcement

Administration
Police Organization and
Administration, Police Planning,
Police Personnel and Records
Management

1.The act of preparing, organizing, and

directing the efforts of the members of
the police force for the attainment of
the police objectives refers to
A. Management
B. Police Management
C. Police Personnel Management
D. Personnel Management

2. This management theory entails that good

salary & incentives must be given to workers to
ensure their hard work, innovative action and good
will. This management theory was introduced by
Frederick Taylor.

A. Scientific management
B. Bureaucratic model
C. Theory X and Y
D. Administrative theory

3.Theories X and Y were introduced by

A. Frederick Taylor
B. Henry Fayol
C. Douglas McGregor
D. Max Weber

4. The one regarded as the father of Scientific

management was

A. Frederick Taylor
B. Henry Fayol
C. Douglas McGregor
D. Max Weber

5. The process of recruiting applicants

in the police organization is known as

A. Procurement
B. Selection
C. Staffing
D. Training

6. The art of retaining personnel with good

performance in the police organization refers to

A. Procurement
B. Staffing
C. Maintenance
D. Development

7. The process of recruiting and selecting the types of

employees to contribute towards achieving the organizational
goals refers to

A. Procurement
B. Development
C. maintenance
D. Staffing

8. The continuing program which gives the employee the

opportunity to enhance skills and find satisfaction refers to

A. Training
B. Staffing
C. Development
D. Procurement

9. The process of upgrading the knowledge

and skill of an employee refers to
A. Training
B. Staffing
C. Development
D. Procurement

10.The management function of working out in broad outline

the things to be done and the methods of doing them refers to

A. Planning
B. Organizing
C. Staffing
D. Directing

11. The establishment of a formal structure of authority

which works and divisions are arrange, defined and
coordinated pertains to

A. Planning
B. Staffing
C. Organizing
D. Coordinating

12. This is also known as fiscal

planning
A. Budgeting
B. Accounting
C. Allocating
D. All of them

13. This term means utilize the elements of units of

the PNP for purposes of protection of lives and
properties, enforcement of laws, maintenance of
peace and order, insurance of public safety and
other synonymous functions

A. Employ
B. Deploy
C. Assign
D. Recruit

14. Supply management and real property

management is a responsibility of the

A. Directorate for logistics

B. Directorate for comptrollership
C. Directorate for planning
D. Directorate for research

15. The PNP budget division is under the

A. Directorate for logistics
B. Directorate for comptrollership
C. Directorate for planning
D. Directorate for research

16. The city or municipal mayor has the authority to

choose the city or municipal chief of police from the
list of how many eligible candidates?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

17. The power of city and municipal mayors to direct,

superintend, oversee and inspect PNP members in their
respective jurisdiction is termed as

A. Administrative supervision and control

B. Operational supervision and control
C. Supervision and control
D. Police personnel management

18. The orderly organized physical movement of PNP

elements in their respective place of assignment refers to

A. Employment
B. Deployment
C. Assignment
D. Coordination

19. The mobile strike force or augmentation unit in

the PNP during special operations such as civil
disturbance control or anti- insurgency operations
is the

A. Special Action Force

B. SWAT
C. Regional Mobile Group
D. All of them

20. The process by which a police officer

who is recruited into the service receives
formal instruction on the job and performs
actual job functions with periodic appraisal
on his performance and progress refers to
A. Basic recruit training
B. Field training
C. Leadership training
D. Development training

21. The appropriate in- service training for

PO1, PO2 and PO3 is
A. Public safety basic recruit course
B. Junior leadership course
C. Senior leadership course
D. Officer candidate course

22. The appropriate in- service training

for SPO1 and SPO2 is

A. Police basic course

B. Junior leadership course
C. Senior leadership course
D. Officer candidate course

23. The appropriate in- service training

for SPO3 and SPO4 is
A. Junior leadership course
B. Senior leadership course
C. Officer leadership course
D. Officer candidate course

24. The appropriate training for SPO4

who wants to be promoted to inspector is
A. Junior leadership course
B. Senior leadership course
C. Officer advance course
D. Officers candidate course

25. MNSA/ MPSA or other allied masters

degree is a requirement for appointment as
A. Chief inspector
B. Superintendent
C. Inspector
D. Senior Superintendent to director general

26. The process of measuring the performance of

PNP members refers to

A. Appraisal
B. Promotion
C. Assessment
D. Appointment

27. The purposes of performance

evaluation are the following, except:
A. It serves as a guide for promotion, salary
increase or disciplinary action
B. It increases efficiency
C. It assimilates supervision
D. It informs the police officer of the quality
of his improvement
E. none of these

28. The rating system in the

PNP is based on the standards
set by the
A. DILG
B. NAPOLCOM
C. Congress
D. PNP chief

29. The process of increasing the rank and

responsibility of police members refers to
A.
B.
C.
D.

Placement
Staffing
Promotion
Development

30. Promotion in the PNP shall be based

on the following, except:
A. SENIORITY
B. MERIT
C. AVAILABILITY OF VACANT POSITION
D. BACKER

31. The least consideration for

promotion is
A. Seniority
B. Merit
C. Availability of vacant position
D. Backer

32. All appointees under PNP lateral entry

program unless otherwise severed by competent
authority shall serve the PNP for a minimum of
how many years following their appointment?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5

33. The types of promotion in the PNP

are the following, except:
A. Regular promotion
B. Special promotion
C. Promotion by virtue of position
D. None of the above

34. Promotion by virtue of position is

granted after
A. 6 months
B. 1 year
C. 2 years
D. 3 years

35. Attrition in the PNP shall be in

the following manners, except:
A. Attrition by attainment of maximum
tenure
B. Attrition by relief
C. Attrition by demotion in position or rank
D. Attrition by none promotion
E. Attrition by inefficiency for 5 years of service

36. The power of designating a police officer on a duty or

function is vested on the following officers in their respected
levels, except:

A. The PNP chief

B. The regional director
C. The chief of police
D. None of them

37.The members of the PNP draw

their salary from
A. THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
B. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT IN
THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE
ASSIGNED
C. THE PORK BARREL OF THE
SENATORS
D. ANY OF THEM

38. The salary grade of PNP members is

equal to that of a
A. College professor
B. Public school teacher
C. Members of the PDEA
D. All of them

39. Monthly retirement pay in the PNP shall

be how many percent of the base pay?
A. 50
B. 60
C. 70
D. 80

40. Division of labor, authority, unity of the

command, and discipline are characteristics of

A. Scientific management
B. Bureaucratic model
C. Administrative principle
D. Behavioral theory

41. This is otherwise known as traditional

or classical system of management which
entails control by superior and obedience by
subordinates

A. Scientific management
B. Bureaucratic model
C. Administrative principal
D. Behavioral theory
B

42.The word bureaucracy was coined by Max Weber from the

French word bureau which means office and the Greek
word cracy or kratos which means .

A. Management
B. Discipline
C. Power
D. Law

43. The group of management theories which

emphasize the importance of interaction and
cooperation among employees enhancing
productivity refers to

A. Scientific management
B. System theory
C. Administrative principle
D. Behavioral theory

44. This refers to the ultimate purpose in which the

organization exists which is achievable in a long span of time.

A. GOAL
B. OBJECTIVE
C. PLAN
D. STRATEGY

45. This function is considered as the backbone of the police

organization. This includes patrol, criminal investigation, traffic,
and juvenile delinquency and vice control.

A. Line function
B. Staff function
C. Auxiliary function
D. Administrative function

46. This police function includes planning, research, legal

advice, budgeting and educational services. It is designed to
support the operational activities of the police organization.

A. Line function
B. Staff function
C. Auxiliary function
D. Administrative function

47. The following are included under the

line function, except:
A. PATROL
B. PLANNIING
C. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
D. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

48. the organizational structure of the PNP is

A. Line
B. Line and Staff
C. Matrix
D. Committee type

49. The assignment of a particular worker to a

particular task which fits most his ability is known
as

A. Staffing
B. Deployment
C. Specialization
D. Employment

50. This represents the formal relationship among supervisors and subordinates in
any given organization. This can be visualized as a ladder, with each rank
representing a higher or lower level of authority, and is depicted in a pyramidal
structure.

A. Ranking
B. Authority level principle
C. Hierarchy of authority
D. Scalar principle

51. This maximum number of subordinates

at a given position that a superior can
effectively supervise refers to his

A. Authority
B. Span of control
C. Delegation of authority
D. Authority level principle

52. The conferring of an amount of power to

command and control the behavior of employees
in lower positions by a supervisor to his immediate
subordinate is known as

A. Authority
B. Delegation of authority
C. Assignment
D. All of them

53. This is otherwise known as the backbone of any

organizational structure. This entails that employees should
only have one superior or boss in order to ascertain that all
of them are following one command and aimed at attaining
the same objectives and not confused if whom will they
going follow.

A. Chain of command
B. Span of control
C. Unity of command
D. Unity of objectives

54.

In the PNP performance evaluation standard,

rating is distributed as

A. 50 % administrative and 50 % operational

B. Larger operational
C. Larger administrative
D. Purely operational

55. This is done to increase efficiency and assimilate

supervision among PNP members

A. Salary increase
B. Promotion
C. Disciplinary action
D. Performance evaluation

56. The following are the considerations

for promotion in the PNP, except:
A. Merit
B. Seniority
C. Availability of vacant position
D. None of them

57. The required time- in grade for

promotion from PO1 to PO2 is
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. It depends

58. The PNP performance evaluation is

conducted
A. Once a year
B. Twice a year
C. Quarterly
D. Every 2 years

59. The PNP performance evaluation result from January to

June shall be submitted on the first week of July, then the
PNP performance evaluation result from July to December
shall be submitted on

A. Last week of December of the same year

B. Third week of December of the same
year
C. First week of January of the succeeding
year
D. Same schedule as the first evaluation

60. In no instance shall a candidate be considered

for promotion unless he obtained a performance
rating of at least

A. Outstanding
B. Very Satisfactory
C. Satisfactory
D. Fair

61. A PNP member who obtained 92% in the

performance evaluation has an equivalent rating of

A. Outstanding
B. Very satisfactory
C. Satisfactory
D. Fair
E. Poor

62. This is considered as the best method of filing

majority of records for its capability to save space

A. Horizontal filing
B. Vertical filing
C. Box filing
D. Spindle filing

63.

The actual placement of documents and

records in a storage container refers to

A. Filing
B. Classifying
C. Indexing
D. Coding

64. This refers to the time interval when a

record was created until its final disposition
A. Life span
B. Record cycle
C. Birth- through- death period
D. All of them

65. This contains the findings of an action taken by the

investigating officer based on inquiries made and by obtaining
the available facts of the case

A. Complaint sheet
B. Investigation report
C. Arrest and booking report
D. Administrative record

66. This is considered as the heart of any police record. It is

used as a bases for analysis of offenses and the methods by
which they are committed

A. Identification record
B. Administrative record
C. Case record
D. Miscellaneous record

67. A progress report shall be submitted within how

many days after the submission of the initial report?

A. 15
B. 10
C. 5
D. 3

68. A copy of notice for wanted person

shall be given to the following, except:
A. The PNP director general
B. The PNP regional director
C. The National Bureau of Investigation
D. The Secretary of National Defense

69.

The notice for wanted person shall be

accomplished in how many copies?

A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3

70. The original copy of the notice for

wanted person shall be
A. Given to the PNP director general
B. Given to the National Bureau of
Investigation
C. Placed in the persons wanted file of the
police station
D. Given to the PNP regional director

71. One copy of the notice for wanted

person shall be displayed at the
A.Premises of the police station
B.City hall
C.Rouges gallery
D.Public places

72. The process of screening out

undesirable candidates in the PNP
and appointing the most qualified
refers to
A.Staffing
B.Selection
C.Appointment
D.Recruitment

73. The following are the compositions of

the screening committee for PNP
regional applicants,
Except:
A.The PNP regional director
B.The regional chief of the personnel
division
C.NAPOLCOM representative
D.Member of the media

D.

74. The examination conducted to exclude PNP applicants

who are emotionally and mentally unstable, psychotic &
suffering from mental disorders is

A. Medical examination
B. Psychological examination
C. Neuro-psychiatric examination
D. Mental aptitude test

75. PO1 to SPO4 shall be appointed by the regional director for

regional personnel and by the PNP chief for national
headquarter personnel and attested by the

A. Commission of appointment
B. Civil Service Commission
C. National Police Commission
D. Professional Regulations Commission

76. Police inspector to superintendent shall be attested by the

CSC as recommended by their immediate superiors and
appointed by the

A. Commission on Appointment
B. NAPOLCOM
C. PNP chief
D. DILG secretary

77. Senior superintendent to PNP Deputy Director General shall be

appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the PNP chief and
endorsement by the chairman of the CSC and to the confirmation of the

A. President
B. Civil Service Commission
C. Commission on Appointment
D. NAPOLCOM

78. The PNP Director General shall be appointed by the president,

subject to the confirmation of the commission on Appointment, from
among the most seniors, PNP officers down to the rank of

A. Deputy Director General

B. Director
C. Chief Superintendent
D. Senior Superintendent

79. The award given to a PNP member who distinguished

himself but dies before the granting of the award is

A. Police medal of Valor

B. Police medal of Merit
C. Police service medal
D. Posthumous award

80. The responsibility for making PNP

operational plans is vested on the
A. Directorate for personnel and records
management
B. Directorate for human resource and
doctrine development
C. Directorate for research and development
D. Directorate for plans

81. The responsibility for training of PNP

members is vested on the
A. Directorate for personnel and records
management
B. Directorate for human resource and
doctrine development
C. Directorate for research and development
D. Directorate for plans

82. The responsibility for PNP benefits and

pension administration is vested on the
A. Directorate for personnel and records
management
B. Directorate for human resource and
doctrine development
C. Directorate for logistics
D. Directorate for comptrollership

83. The concise record containing vital information,

necessary for the arrest of a crime suspect is called

A. Modus operandi file

B. Investigation report
C. Intelligence summary
D. Arrest shoot and booking report

84. The first step in police applicant

selection is
A. Preliminary interview
B. Physical examination
C. Medical examination
D. Physical agility test

85. The test conducted to determine if the PNP

applicant possesses the required strength, speed
and coordination necessary for police work is

A. Medical examination
B. Physical examination
C. Physical agility test
D. Both B and C

86. The prime purpose of conducting

background investigation for PNP applicants is

A. To determine if he has the obligation to

support a child or family
B. To determine from his relatives his mental
sanity
C. To determine his reputation from various
sources
D. All of them

87. The following are agility test for PNP

applicants, except:
A. Push up
B. Pull up
C. Sit up
D. Squat jump
E. None of them

88. The chairman of the regional screening

committee for PNP applicants is the
A. Regional chief of the personnel division
B. PNP regional director
C. NAPOLCOM regional director
D. Representative from the Peace and
Order Council

89. Appointment under the PNP waiver

program is
A. Temporary
B. Probationary
C. Permanent
D. Casual

90. The nature of appointment of a PNP applicant

who passed the regular screening procedures is

A. Temporary
B. Permanent
C. Probationary
D. Casual

91. Appointment upon finishing the

required PNP field training program is
A. Temporary
B. Permanent
C. Probationary
D. Casual

92. The required time in grade for

promotion from PO1 to PO2 is
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years

93. Officers with the rank of Senior Superintendent

to Deputy Director General have a time in grade of

A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years

94. The required time in grade for

promotion from SPO4 to Inspector is
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years

95. Complaints against members of the

PNP IAS shall be brought to the office of the
A. Inspector General
B. PNP Chief
C. DILG Secretary
D. Any of them

96. Who among the following applicants under the

waiver program is the priority for appointment?

A. Who is over aged

B. Who is under height
C. Who is more than 5 kgs heavier than his
standard weight
D. Who just earned 72 collegiate units

97. The document containing the things to be

done and the methods of doing them refers to

A. Plan
B. Strategy
C. Tactic
D. technique

98. The PNP chief is the only person allowed to give

command to the entire police organization in adherence to the
principle of

A. Chain of command
B. Unity of command
C. Span of control
D. Delegation of authority

99. The examination conducted to exclude

PNP applicant with mental disorders is
A. Psychological examination
B. Medical examination
C. Neuro- psychiatric examination
D. Oral interview

100. This is conducted to determine the

motivation of PNP applicants
A. Panel interview
B. Psychological examination
C. Neuro- psychiatric examination
D. Medical examination

In every race,
HARDSHIP justifies
the existence of
success. . . . .