Are you smarter than a New York Police Department officer? This test will see if you’d make the elite Big Apple force.
The NYPD is the largest police department in the US with approximately 33,500 uniformed officers and 15,700 civilian employees, data showed.
The large force is in charge of caring for the safety of approximately 8.3million permanent residents and additional 64.5million tourists the Big Apple gets each year.
Applicants are required to have two years of college or military experience and pass a drug test to hopefully obtain a badge.
A starting salary for an office is $60,884 and after five-and-half years of service this increases to $126,410. Other benefits include 27 paid vacation days in the seventh year of service and optional retirement at one half salary after 20 years of service.
And those looking to join the force will be tasked with completing a job standard test, which examines if an applicant – who must be between the ages of 21 and 35 – is physically fit enough to perform the profession.
Candidates also have to pass a $40 written exam full of multiple-choice questions in order to even be considered for the role.
But in order to wear the blue uniform and get to patrol the streets and subway tunnels in the City That Never Sleeps, applicants have to score at least 70 percent on the exam.
Are you smarter than a New York Police Department officer? This test will see if you’d make the elite Big Apple force
To promote the release of its neon-noir police game The Precinct, UK games publisher and developer Kwalee has created a quiz using genuine questions from past NYPD entrance exams.
The quiz ties into the release of The Precinct, a neon-noir sandbox police game which launched on May 13.
Set in the fictional 1980s city of Averno, the game follows a rookie cop tasked with restoring order to a crime-ridden downtown.
So, would you pass the test?
Question 1:
You are retracing your steps through an earlier police vehicle pursuit in order to fill out your report. You originally spotted the vehicle on Jane Street heading southbound. As you attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver accelerated and made a right turn onto Yonge Street. Along Yonge Street there was too much traffic and the suspect managed to turn around before you could box him in and began heading the opposite direction. You continued the pursuit and followed as he made a left on George Street, followed by a right on Harris Street, and then another right on Robert Avenue. As the driver attempts to make a left onto Hatch Line you manage to box him in and apprehend the suspect.
What direction was the suspect attempting to head on Hatch Line?
A) North
B) East
C) South
D) West
Question 2:
Answer the following questions based on what is stated or implied in the preceding passage.
During the course of your training you are taught the procedures you should follow when you encounter a major accident scene, or dangerous situation.
- Get appropriate backup and emergency personnel en route to assist you
- Create a safe work environment to perform your duties
- Assist people in immediate life-threatening situations
- Treat victims in order of emergency priority
- Transport victims in need of medical attention to the hospital
- Collect evidence on scene
- Clear the area for normal use
Which of the following is the most important step to take when you arrive at an emergency scene?
A) Transport injured parties to the hospital
B) Treat an injured woman who is bleeding from her head
C) Assist a man who is trapped in a vehicle which is on fire
D) Preserve evidence proving that the driver was under the influence of alcohol
Candidates have to pass a $40 written exam full of multiple-choice questions in order to even be considered for the role
Question 3:
The total cost of a uniform is $255. You have 6 weeks to pay for the uniform. If you pay $42.50 towards the total for the 6 weeks, what is the percentage paid each time?
A) 6 x 42.50 / 255 =
B) 42.50 x 6 / 255 =
C) 42.50 / 255 =
D) 42.50 / 255 x 6 =
Question 4:
While being trained as a police officer, you are informed about the following myths of wife assault.
- Wife assault is rare and barely happens anymore.
- Women drive men to violence.
- All abusers will be violent in all relationships.
- Men who assault women are mentally insane.
- Wife assault almost never leads to serious injury.
Which of the following statements would be inconsistent with the training you received about wife assault?
A) Shelley said that James only hit her when she got him angry and that it was her fault
B) Many police officers feel that they should take a husband who severely beat his wife to a psychiatric hospital first for treatment before laying criminal charges
C) Kevin is a very jealous boyfriend and has pushed his girlfriend around, but there is no way that anything serious will result from it
D) All of the above
Question 5:
Based solely on the information below, which of the following witness statements is the most likely description of the suspect?
A) Female Asian, 5’6, long black hair, blonde streak, red shoes, black leather jacket, 145lbs, blue jeans, scar on left temple
B) 5’3, 115lbs, male Asian, short black hair, blue jeans, red shoes, glasses, black leather jacket, scar on left forearm
C) Male Asian, black leather jacket, 5’7, 140lbs, short black hair, jeans, purple shoes, scar on head
D) 5’7, 145lbs, male Asian, short black hair, glasses, blue jeans, black leather jacket, scar on left temple, red shoes
In order to wear the blue uniform and get to patrol the streets and subway tunnels in the City That Never Sleeps, applicants have to score at least 70 percent on the exam
Answers:
1. B) East
2. C) Assist a man who is trapped in a vehicle which is on fire
3. C) 42.50 / 255 =
4. D) All of the above
5. D) 57, 145lbs, male Asian, short black hair, glasses, blue jeans, black leather jacket, scar on left temple, red shoes
