LEA

1. An Act Establishing the Philippine National Police under a Reorganized Department of the Interior and
Local Government and for Other Purposes,” gave way to the creation of the country's police force that is
national in scope and civilian in character. It is administered and controlled by the National Police
Commission.

a. R.A 6975✔

b. R.A 8551

c. R.A 7456

d. Act 4864

2. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, a regular captain but then a Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S.
Cavalry Volunteers in the Philippines officially designated and confirms by the Commission as Chief of
Constabulary in 1901.

a. Howard Taft

b. Henry T. Allen ✔

c. Lapu-Lapu

d. Marcos

3. “Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998,” the PNP was envisioned to be a
community and service oriented agency. As mandated by law, the PNP activated the Internal Affairs
Service (IAS) on June 1, 1999. It is an organization within the structure of the PNP, and it is headed by
Inspector General.

a. R.A 6975

b. R.A 8551✔

c. R.A 7456
d. Act 4864

4. By the coming of the Spaniards, the country’s police system started. The police were then called____

a. Guardillo ✔

b. Guardia civil

c. Safe guard

d. Manpowers

5. In 1852, it took over the peace keeping duties in the island under a Royal Decree.

a. Guardillo

b. Guardia civil✔

c. Safe guard

d. Manpowers

6. Manila Police was formally organized by virtue of what act of the Philippine Commission.?

a. Act no. 433

b. Act no. 413

c. Act no. 175✔

d. Act no. 987

7. When was Manila Police was formally organized?

b. Jan. 9, 1901✔

c. Dec. 4, 1903

d. Mar. 6, 1967

8. He was appointed PC Chief in December 1917. Thus, for the first time in sixteen (16) years of
existence, the Constabulary was placed under Filipino leadership.

a. Taft

b. Henry T. Allen

c. Brig. Gen. Rafael T. Crame ✔

d. Marcos

9. He issued an Executive Order creating all insular police called Military Police Command, USAFFE
pursuant to USAFFE General Orders Nos. 50 & 51, re-designated it as Military Police Command,
AFWESPAC. This idea was conceived to restore the bad image of the Constabulary during the Japanese
occupation when these constables were made to run after the guerrillas.

a. Manuel L. Quezon

b. Elpidio Quirino

c. Sergio Osmeña✔

d. Diosdado Macapagal

10. The Administrative Code of the Philippines, promulgated on____________, provided for the
constitution of police forces in every cities and municipalities with the officers and members thereof
being appointed by the Mayors with the consent of the City or Municipal Council. Under this set-up the
police are primarily a political entity that tended to serve the wills of those in power.
a. October 4, 1990

b. August 5, 1903

c. September 10, 1955✔

d. January 4, 1978

11. Known as the Police Act of 1966 was enacted, by virtue of which, National Police Commission was
created, vested with the power to supervise and control the police forces all over the country. Under
this act the administration, control and disciplinary measures, including training of each member are
placed under the exclusive jurisdiction of the NAPOLCOM.

a. R.A 6975

b. R.A 8551

c. R.A 7456

d. R.A 4864✔

12. He proclaimed Martial Law throughout the country by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081, and
subsequently Presidential Decree No. 765 was put into effect on August 8, 1975.

a. Manuel L. Quezon

b. Elpidio Quirino

c. Ferdinand Marcos✔

d. Diosdado Macapagal

13. “The state shall establish and maintain one police force, which shall be national in scope and civilian
in character, to be administered and controlled by the NAPOLCOM. The authority of local executives
over the police units in their respective jurisdiction shall be provided by the law

a. Sec. 6, Art XVI in the 1987 Constitution✔

c. Sec 6, Art XI in the 1987 Constitution

d. Sec 6, Art XVIII in the 1987 Constitution

14. It is a form of human association for the attainment of a goal or objective. It is the process of
identifying and grouping the work to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority
establishing relationships for the purpose of enabling people work effectively.

a. Administration

b. Organization✔

c. Police Organization

d. Management

15. Is a group of trained personnel in the field of public safety administration engaged in the
achievement of goals and objectives that promotes the maintenance of peace and order, protection of
life and property, enforcement of the laws and the prevention of crimes?

a. Administration

b. Organization

c. Police Organization✔

d. Management

16. Which is not belonging to the functional units?

a. Post✔

b. Bureau

c. Division
d. Section

17. Which is not belonging to the territorial units?

a. Post

b. Beat

c. area

d. unit✔

18. Functional group within a section; or the smallest functional group within an organization.

a. Post

b. Beat

c. area

d. unit✔

19. The largest organic functional unit within a large department. It comprises of numbers of divisions

a. Post

b. Bureau✔

c. Division

d. Section

20. Functional unit within a division that is necessary for specialization

b. Bureau

c. Division

d. Section✔

21. Primary subdivision of a bureau

a. Post

b. Bureau

c. Division✔

d. Section

22. A section or territorial division of a large city each comprised of designated districts.

a. Post

b. Beat

c. area✔

d. unit

23. A geographical subdivision of a city for patrol purposes, usually with its own station.

a. Post

b. Beat

c. Sector

d. District✔
24. An area containing two or more beats, routes, or posts.

a. Post

b. Beat

c. Sector✔

d. District

25. An area assigned for patrol purposes, whether foot or motorized.

a. Post

b. Beat✔

c. Sector

d. District

26. A length of streets designated for patrol purposes. It is also called LINE BEAT

a. Post

b. Route✔

c. Sector

d. District

27. A fixed point or location to which an officer is assigned for duty, such as a designated desk or office
or an intersection or cross walk from traffic duty. It is a spot location for general guard duty.

a. Post✔

b. Route

c. Sector
d. District

28. It is usually a written communication unless otherwise specifies to be verbal; verbal should be
confirmed by written communication.

a. Data

b. Record

c. Report✔

d. Files

29. An instruction given by a ranking officer to a subordinate.

a. command

b. required

c. order✔

d. direction

30. All personnel of the police department who have oath and who possess the power to arrest.

a. Arresting officer

b. Officer in charge

c. Sworn officer✔

d. power officer

31. One having supervisory responsibilities, either temporarily or permanently, over officers of lower
rank.
a. Supervisor

b. Superior officer✔

c. Superintendent

d. Chief

32. An officer who is in command of the department, a bureau, a division, an area, or a district.

a. Superior officer

b. Commanding officer✔

c. Ranking officer

d. Chief officer

33. The officer who has the more senior rank/higher rank in a team or group.

a. Superior officer

b. Commanding officer

c. Ranking officer✔

d. Chief officer

34. The period of time that has elapsed since the oath of office was administered. Previous active
services may be included or added.

a. length of service✔

b. service oriented

c. service period
d. police service

35. The period when an officer is actively engaged in the performance of his duty.

a. off duty

b. on duty✔

c. present duty

d. 24 hours duty

36. The nature of which the police officer is free from specific routine duty.

a. off duty✔

b. on duty

c. free time duty

d. 24 hours at home

37. The police service, its nature, which requires that the officer be excused from the performance of his
active regular duty.

a. Special duty✔

b. Sick leave

c. excused duty

d. off duty with excused letter

38. Period, which an officer is excused from active duty by any valid/acceptable reason, approved by
higher authority.
a. Valid excuse

b. Leave of absence✔

c. excused duty

d. off duty with excused letter

39. Period which an officer is excused from active duty by reason of illness or injury.

a. Disability excused duty

b. Sick leave✔

c. excused duty

d. off duty with excused letter

40. A consequence of an act which temporarily deprives an officer from the privilege of performing his
duties as result of violating directives or other department regulations.

a. Consequence duty deprivation

b. Suspension✔

c. Deprivation duty

d. Temporary off duty

41. Rules established by department directors/supervisors to control the conduct of the members of the
police force.

a. Duty book rules

b. Department rules✔
c. Police handbook

d. Duty manual

42. Describes the procedures and defines the duties of officers assigned to specified post or position.

a. Duty book rules

b. Department rules

c. Police handbook

d. Duty manual✔

43. Which is not belonging to the following orders by ranking officer?

a. General order

b. Special order

c. Court order✔

d. Personal order

44. The straight line organization, often called the individual, military or departmental type of
organization.

a. Staff organization

b. Line organization✔

c. Functional organization

d. Auxiliary organization

45. Rarely found in present day organizations, except at or near the top of the very large organizations.
a. Staff organization

b. Line organization

c. Functional organization✔

d. Auxiliary organization

46. The simplest and perhaps the oldest type; but it is seldom encountered in its channels of authority
and responsibility extends in a direct line from top to bottom within the structures,

a. Staff organization

b. Line organization✔

c. Functional organization

d. Auxiliary organization

47. Combination of the line and functional types. It combines staff specialist such as the criminalists, the
training officers, the research and development specialists, etc.

a. Staff organization

b. Line and staff organization

c. Functional organization✔

d. Auxiliary organization

48. Authority is definite and absolute.

a. Staff organization

b. Line organization✔
c. Functional organization

d. Auxiliary organization

49. Limited to the particular activity over which he has control, regardless of who performs the function.

a. Staff organization

b. Line organization

c. Functional organization✔

d. Auxiliary organization

50. Channels of responsibility is to “think and provide expertise” for the line units.

a. Staff organization

b. Line and staff organization

c. Functional organization✔

d. Auxiliary organization

51. It also has some inherent weaknesses which, for many organizations, make its use impractical.
Perhaps its greatest advantage is that, it is utterly simple.

a. Staff organization

b. Line organization✔

c. Functional organization

d. Auxiliary organization
52. It involves a division of the work into units of eighth person with a person in charge who has
complete control and who can be hold directly responsible or accountable for results, or lack of them.

a. Staff organization

b. Line organization✔

c. Functional organization

d. Auxiliary organization

53. It combines staff specialist or units with line organization so that service of knowledge can be
provided line personnel by specialist.

a. Staff organization

b. Line and staff organization✔

c. Functional organization

d. Auxiliary organization

54. The “backbone” of the police department.

a. Line functions✔

b. Staff functions

c. Auxiliary functions

d. primary functions

55. Those operations designed to support the line functions.

a. Line functions
b. Staff functions

c. Auxiliary functions✔

d. primary functions

56. The logistical operations of the department.

a. Line functions

b. Staff functions

c. Auxiliary functions✔

d. primary functions

57. These include training, communications, jailing, maintenance, record keeping, motor vehicles, and
similar operations.

a. Line functions

b. Staff functions

c. Auxiliary functions✔

d. primary functions

58. They include such operations as patrol, criminal investigation, and traffic control, as well as
supervision of the personnel performing those operations.

a. Line functions✔

b. Staff functions

c. Auxiliary functions

d. primary functions
59. Patrol officer, the detective, the sergeant, the lieutenant, the captain, and the chief of police.

a. Line members✔

b. Staff members

c. Auxiliary members

d. primary members

60. Advisors who are typically assigned to planning, research, legal advice, budgeting, and educational
services.

a. Line members

b. Staff members✔

c. Auxiliary members

d. primary members

61. Carrying out the majors’ purposes of the police department.

a. Line members✔

b. Staff members

c. Auxiliary members

d. primary members

62. Delivering the services provided by the department.

a. Line members✔
b. Staff members

c. Auxiliary members

d. primary members

63. Often civilians with specialized training who serve within the department but do not deal with daily
operations on the street.

a. Line members

b. Staff members✔

c. Auxiliary members

d. primary members

64. Their main function is to study police policies and practices and to offer proposals to the chief
executive of the department.

a. Line functions

b. Staff functions✔

c. Auxiliary functions

d. primary functions

65. Highly specialized, involved in an advisory capacity. Detached from the public and not directly
responsible for the decisions made by department executive.

a. Line functions

b. Staff functions✔

c. Auxiliary functions

d. primary functions
66. Dealing directly with the department’s clientele. Making final decisions with respect to the activities
they perform.

a. Line members✔

b. Staff members

c. Auxiliary members

d. primary members

67. The grouping of activities and segregation of line, staff, and auxiliary functions are large-scale
examples.

a. Line functions

b. Specialization✔

c. Auxiliary functions

d. primary functions

68. Important in all organizations, since it must be expected that some members will know more,
perform better and contribute more in one area of activity than in others, Disparities in job ability
among persons may be the result of physical attributes, mental aptitude, skills, interests education,
training, motivation, or adaptation, among other factors.

a. Line functions

b. Specialization✔

c. Auxiliary functions

d. primary functions
69. The norms and values that characterize a culture.

a. Social forces✔

b. Economic forces

c. Political forces

d. Arm forces

70. The ideas behind the concept of a market economy such as private ownership of property, economic
freedom, competitive markets and a limited role for government.

a. Social forces

b. Economic forces✔

c. Political forces

d. Arm forces

71. Governmental regulations play significant role in how organizations choose to manage themselves.

a. Social forces

b. Economic forces

c. Political forces✔

d. Arm forces

72. Influenced management theory in areas such as motivation and leadership.

a. Social forces✔

b. Economic forces
c. Political forces

d. Arm forces

73. Influenced management theory in the areas of environmental analysis, planning, control,
organization design and employee rights.

a. Social forces

b. Economic forces

c. Political forces✔

d. Arm forces

74. If all persons within an organization were given the freedom to do what they like and to refuse to do
what they dislike, there would be little likelihood of accomplishment.

a. Hierarchy of authority✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command

75. The maximum number of subordinates at a given position that superior can supervise effectively.

a. Span of Control ✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command
76. The right to command and control the behavior of employees in lower positions within an
organizational hierarchy.

a. Authority✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command

77. Any collaborative effort such as that in a police department thus requires a system of checks and
controls on individual behavior. Hence, the department must have a person or persons with authority to
direct the actions of workers and ensure compliance with standards in order to achieve the
department’s goals.

a. Hierarchy of authority✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command

78. The formal relationship among superiors and subordinates in any given organization.

a. Hierarchy✔

b. Authority

c. Command

d. Control

79. It can be illustrated by the situation in which a subordinate abstains from making his or her choice
among several courses of action and instead automatically accepts the choice made by the supervisor
regardless of whether one personally agrees.
a. Hierarchy

b. Authority✔

c. Command

d. Control

80. Effective organization requires that only a manageable number of subordinates be supervised by one
person at any given time.

a. Span of Control ✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command

81. It can be visualized as a ladder, with each rank representing a higher or lower level of authority.

a. Hierarchy✔

b. Authority

c. Command

d. Control

82. A hierarchy thus serves as the framework for the flow of authority downward and obedience upward
through the department.

a. Hierarchy

b. Authority✔
c. Command

d. Control

83. Any particular position of the ladder is expected to direct and control the activities of the ranks,
while obeying the directions and instructions received from higher ranks.

a. Hierarchy✔

b. Authority

c. Command

d. Control

84. This number will, of course, vary not only from one organization to another depending on each
organization’s definition of “effective supervision” but also within each organization depending on the
number of task and the size of personnel available at a given time.

a. Span of Control ✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command

85. The conferring of an amount of authority by a superior position onto a lower-level position.

a. Delegation✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command
86. The process of sharing understanding and information on common subjects. More precisely, it is an
intercourse between, through or more people by means of words, letters symbols, or gestures for the
purpose of exchanging information.

a. Procedure

b. Communication✔

c. Globalization

d. Bluetooth

87. These are the essential to effective communication within such large organization. Except

a. Procedure

b. Channels

c. Standardized language

d. Rapport✔

88. The backbone of any organizational structure.

a. Delegation

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command✔

89. The person to whom authority is delegated becomes responsible to the superior for doing the
assigned job. However, they remain accountable for accomplishment of the job within the guidelines
and quality standards of the agency.
a. Delegation of authority✔

b. Security authority

c. Command responsibility

d. Unity of command

90. Organizations that are highly structured.

a. Formal organizations✔

b. Proper organization

c. Informal organization

d. Good organization

91. Organizations that are those without structure.

a. Formal organizations

b. Proper organization

c. Informal organization✔

d. Good organization

92. Which statement is true?

a. The police organization are governed by only principle of unity of command

b. No formal or informal police organization governed by principles.

c. Every formal police organization whether small or large are governed by principles.✔

d. Every police organization has few principles.

a. Principle of Unity of Objectives

b. Principle of Organizational Efficiency

c. Scalar principle✔

d. Individual principle

94. Organization is effective if it enables the individuals to contribute to the organization’s objectives.

a. Principle of Unity of Objectives✔

b. Principle of Organizational Efficiency

c. Scalar principle

d. Individual principle

95. Organization structure is effective if it is structured in such a way to aid the accomplishment of the
organization’s objectives with a minimum cost.

a. Principle of Unity of Objectives

b. Principle of Organizational Efficiency✔

c. Scalar principle

d. Individual principle

96. This is the scalar principle.

b. Span of Control

c. Delegation of authority

d. Unity of Command

e. All of the above✔

97. This principle of organization suggests that communications should ordinarily go upward through
established channels in the hierarchy. Diverting orders, directives, or reports around a level of command
usually has disastrous effects on efficiency of the organization.

a. Line authority and change of command✔

b. Span of Control

c. Delegation of authority

d. Unity of Command

98. A supervisor over personnel or units shall not mean more than what he can effectively direct and
coordinate. In span of control, levels of authority shall be kept to a minimum.

a. Line authority and change of command

b. Span of Control✔

c. Delegation of authority

d. Unity of Command

99. Shall carry with it a commensurate authority and the person to whom the authority is delegated
shall be held accountable therefore. It implies that delegation must carry with it appropriate
responsibility.
a. Line authority and change of command

b. Span of Control

c. Delegation of authority✔

d. Unity of Command

100. Explains that subordinates should only be under the control of one superior.

a. Line authority and change of command

b. Span of Control

c. Delegation of authority

d. Unity of Command✔