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- Read the topic list so you know what the exam is likely to cover.
- Answer the free practice questions and read every explanation.
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- Use timed mock exams when your untimed practice feels comfortable.
Topics to review
- Legal powers, authority and use of force
- Patrol, observation and access control
- Emergency response and evacuation
- Report writing and accurate note-taking
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Q1A station rule states: 'Any vehicle entering the secured lot must display a valid parking decal.' Agent Lopez sees a truck in the secured lot with no decal. Based ONLY on this rule, what can be concluded?
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✓ Correct answer: The truck is in violation of the parking rule
The rule requires a valid decal for any vehicle in the lot. A vehicle with no decal therefore violates the rule. The other choices add facts the rule does not supply.
Q2Policy: 'Detainees must be searched before being placed in a holding cell.' An agent is about to place a detainee in a cell. According to policy, what must happen first?
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✓ Correct answer: The detainee must be searched
The policy states a search must occur before cell placement, so the search is the required prior step. The other actions are not mentioned by the rule.
Q3Policy: 'Firearms must be unloaded and secured in the gun locker before an agent enters the detainee processing area.' Agent Kim is entering processing with a loaded firearm. What is the correct conclusion?
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✓ Correct answer: Kim is violating policy and must secure the firearm first
The policy requires the firearm to be unloaded and locked before entering. A loaded, unsecured firearm violates the policy, so Kim must secure it first.
Q4All agents at Station 7 completed firearms qualification. Officer Hale is an agent at Station 7. What follows?
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✓ Correct answer: Hale completed firearms qualification
If all Station 7 agents qualified and Hale is one, then Hale qualified. This is a valid categorical deduction.
Q5No expired ID may be used to cross the checkpoint. The traveler's ID is expired. What must be concluded?
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✓ Correct answer: The traveler's ID may not be used to cross
Because no expired ID may be used and this ID is expired, it follows necessarily that this ID may not be used to cross.
Q6If a sensor triggers, then an agent is dispatched. An agent was NOT dispatched at 3 a.m. What can be validly concluded about 3 a.m.?
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✓ Correct answer: No sensor triggered at 3 a.m.
The contrapositive of 'if triggered then dispatched' is 'if not dispatched then not triggered.' Since no agent was dispatched, no sensor triggered.
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