TECHNICAL

REPORT
WRITING
Multiple choice. Choose the best answer.

1. Aimed primarily for transmitting papers from office to office.

a. routing slip b. action form
c. format d. all of these
2. A type of correspondence that offices and members of the police
force subscribe to.
a. routing slip b. action form
c. format d. all of these
3. Also known as face sheets they are completed when the
preliminary investigation results in the conclusion that a crime
occurred.
a. arrest report b. clearance report
c. crime report d. evidence report
4. A report which details the event which took place in the
apprehension of a person.
a. arrest report b. clearance report
c. crime report d. evidence report

5. A report which used to document the disposition of a criminal

case.
a. arrest report b. clearance report
c. crime report d. evidence report

6. When the police respond to calls which is not crime related, they
are to accomplish this report.
a. incident report b. arrest report
c. crime report d. evidence report
7. The first sentence immediately at the beginning which is known
as the main subject.
a. police sentence b. introductory sentence
c. topic sentence d. none of these

8. Refers to the act of persuading the would be defendant into

committing the offense.
a. entrapment b. detention
c. unlawful arrest d. instigation

9. Report undertaken and submitted for solved cases or those

classified as closed.
a. initial report b. progress report
c. final report d. police report
10. An exact narrative of facts, discovered during the course of an
investigation for present or future use.
a. initial report b. progress report
c. final report d. police report

11. If an adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun, the adverb is used

to modify what part of speech?
a. an adjective b. an adverb
c. a verb d. all of these

12. In police investigative report writing, it is a must that you write

it in the:
a. First person b. Second person
c. Third person d. Fourth person
13. It is considered as a name word?
a. pronoun b. proper noun
c. nouns d. consonant
14. Which of these words are commonly used as a predicate
a. noun b. adverb
c. verb d. adjective
15. They refer to sets of instructions regarding the course of action
to be taken in a particular situation followed on a routinary basis.
a. letter orders b. letter directives
c. office orders d. standing operating procedures
16. An accomplishment report is generally classified as:
a. investigation report b. formal report
c. progress report d. special report
17. An administrative instruction which deals with subjects such as
explanations or classification of regulations and rules to be
complied with by subordinates.
a. memorandum circular b. general circular
c. office circular d. office records
18. This written account is done after an important incident took
place in a certain area within 24 hours from occurrence.
a. formal report b. beat inspection report
c. special/spot report d. situation report
19. This information is written on a need basis specifically when the
commanding officer has to know the actual circumstances of a
particular incident which can be of public interest.
a. investigative report b. special report
c. spot report d. situation report
20. Also known as an after patrol report, this is common practice in
station level.
a. formal report b. special report
c. beat inspection report d. situation report
21. Refers to an issuance intended to inform the majority in a
particular directorate, not for those in the field is:
a. memorandum circular b. general circular
c. office circulars d. office orders
22. They usually contain administrative instructions which are
advisory, directory or informative in nature, general in application,
requiring compliance by the personnel and the general public and
long term in duration.
a. Memorandum circular b. general circular
c. office circulars d. office orders
23. They refer to directives which usually affect the status of
individuals such as promotions, appointments, relief from duty, leave
of absence, demotions and separation.
a. letter orders b. special orders
c. office orders d. standing operating procedures
24. They are primarily internal instruction, mandatory in character
and regulatory in nature.
a. office circulars b. letter orders
c. office orders d. letter directives
25. If A is used before the beginning of a consonant, what is used
before a vowel?
a. A b. An
c. And d. At
26. Willful and deliberate betrayal of trust or confidence
a. treachery b. craft
c. cunning d. dishonesty
27. History or family descent
a. Family tree b. social history
c. heredity d. pedigree
28. A set of belief held by group
a. creed b. doctrine
c. principles d. ideology
29. Hypothetical
a. provable b. assumed
c. exaggerated d. temporary
30. Temerity
a. fear b. rashness
c. arrogance d. force
31. Macho
a. angry b. assertive
c. stubborn d. heroic
32. Subside
a. undermine b. decrease
c. to yield d. descend upon
33. Scurrilous
a. vulgar b. discreet
c. rude d. cruelty
34. Mental capacity to distinguish what is right and wrong and to
realize the consequences of one’s unlawful acts.
a. discernment b. understanding
c. liability d. culpability
35. Circumstance pertaining to the moral in order which adds
disgrace and suffering to the material injury caused by the crime.
a. ignominy b. cruelty
c. unkindness d. brutality