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These 10 free LEAB questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the EB Jacobs Law Enforcement Aptitude Battery (LEAB) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Ability Test
Question 1
Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
At 0212 hours, Officer Duarte was dispatched to a report of a disturbance at the Kerrigan Street Laundromat. The caller, Marcus Hale, stated that two men had been arguing loudly inside for about ten minutes. Officer Duarte arrived at 0217 hours and found one man, later identified as Peter Nolan, standing outside the entrance. Nolan stated that the other man had left in a white pickup truck approximately two minutes before the officer arrived. A laundromat employee, Rita Sandoval, told Officer Duarte that the two men had argued over a washing machine and that neither man had struck the other.
According to the passage, which statement is supported?
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Correct answer: B - The other man left the scene before Officer Duarte arrived
Question 2
Read the policy excerpt and answer the question that follows.
General Order 14-3: An officer who recovers property believed to be stolen shall complete a Property Recovery Form before the end of the shift on which the property was recovered. The officer may photograph the property but is not required to do so. If the recovered property is a firearm, the officer shall notify a supervisor before transporting the property. Property recovered from a motor vehicle shall be listed on the Property Recovery Form together with the vehicle's registration number, except where the registration number cannot be determined.
Under General Order 14-3 as written, which action is REQUIRED of an officer who recovers a non-firearm item of suspected stolen property from a motor vehicle?
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Correct answer: C - Complete a Property Recovery Form before the shift ends
Domain 2: Work Styles Questionnaire
Question 3
An officer must record the following facts in a report:
- At 1905 hours, Officer Renn stopped a silver van on Bellamy Road.
- The driver, Lucia Ford, produced a driver license that had expired two months earlier.
- Officer Renn issued Ford a written warning.
Which sentence states this information MOST clearly and accurately?
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Correct answer: D - At 1905 hours on Bellamy Road, Officer Renn stopped a silver van driven by Lucia Ford, whose license had expired two months earlier, and issued her a written warning
Question 4
An officer has drafted the following four sentences for a report. They are shown in random order.
1. She provided a description of the man and a partial registration number.
2. Officer Barlow was dispatched at 1642 hours to a report of a theft from a market stall.
3. Barlow broadcast the description and the partial registration over the radio.
4. On arrival, Barlow spoke with the stallholder, Nadia Kerr.
Which arrangement places the sentences in the MOST logical order?
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Correct answer: A - 2, 4, 1, 3
Domain 3: Life Experience Survey
Question 5
Use ONLY the definition below to answer this question.
A person commits Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree if the person (1) damages property, AND (2) the property belongs to another person, AND (3) the damage is caused intentionally rather than accidentally, AND (4) the cost of repair exceeds $500.
Based only on this definition, which situation constitutes Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree?
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Correct answer: C - A man intentionally scratches a co-worker's car door; the estimated repair cost is $640
Question 6
Use ONLY the policy below to answer this question.
An officer may continue a vehicle pursuit only if a supervisor has been notified. A supervisor must terminate any pursuit that has continued for more than 8 minutes, or in which speeds have reached 80 miles per hour or more, or that enters a school zone during posted school hours.
A supervisor has been notified and is monitoring a pursuit that has been running for exactly 8 minutes, has reached a top speed of 78 miles per hour, and has not entered a school zone. Under the policy as written, the supervisor:
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Correct answer: D - Is not required to terminate the pursuit under any of the three stated conditions
Question 7
Use ONLY the classification system below. Do not rely on any outside knowledge of how collisions are actually classified.
Class I - a collision resulting in a fatality.
Class II - a collision resulting in an injury requiring transport to a hospital.
Class III - a collision in which any vehicle must be towed from the scene, regardless of injury.
Class IV - a collision with no fatality, no injury requiring transport, and no vehicle towed.
If more than one class applies, the LOWEST-numbered applicable class governs.
Two vehicles collide. One driver is transported to a hospital with a broken wrist. Both vehicles are towed from the scene. There are no fatalities. Under this system, the collision is classified as:
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Correct answer: B - Class II
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Question 8
An agency's procedure for taking a person into custody requires the following actions, in this order:
1. Advise the person that he or she is under arrest.
2. Search the person for weapons.
3. Apply restraints.
4. Advise the person of the reason for the arrest.
5. Check the restraints for proper fit and tightness.
6. Place the person in the transport vehicle.
An officer advises a man that he is under arrest, applies restraints, advises him of the reason for the arrest, and checks the restraints for fit. Under the procedure as written, what should the officer do NEXT?
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Correct answer: D - Search the man for weapons before continuing
Question 9
Three burglaries have been linked to a single offender. In all three incidents, the offender was described as a man between five feet eight inches and five feet ten inches tall, of slim build, with a tattoo of a bird on the left side of his neck. Witnesses in the three incidents described his clothing as, respectively, a red jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt, and a gray work shirt.
A man is stopped near the scene of a fourth burglary. He is five feet nine inches tall, of slim build, and is wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. He has no tattoos or other marks on his neck or head.
Based only on this information, which conclusion is MOST supported?
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Correct answer: A - He is unlikely to be the same offender, because a described permanent feature is absent
Question 10
A department's procedure for a residential alarm call requires an officer to: (1) check the exterior of the building for signs of entry; (2) request a second unit before entering if signs of entry are found; (3) enter and check the interior; (4) contact the keyholder; (5) complete an alarm report before the end of shift.
Officer Pike arrives, finds a rear window broken and standing open, enters the house alone without requesting a second unit, checks the interior and finds no one, telephones the keyholder, records the address incorrectly on the alarm report, and submits the report two days later.
Which of Officer Pike's errors was the MOST serious?
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Correct answer: C - Entering the house alone after finding signs of forced entry
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