Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Oral interviews of police applicants are used by most agencies, although the format varies a good deal from department to department.
2. The way we look (dress, skin color, gender, etc.) and act (eye contact, handshake, degree of self-confidence expressed) affects our daily interactions, but because police oral boards are completely objective, it does not affect the interviewer’s opinions.
3. Police departments no longer ask questions to test the applicant’s knowledge of legal, moral, and ethical issues related to police work because applicants haven’t learned those things yet.
4. Questions from an oral board may be asked in such a fashion that they actually create more stress for the interviewee.
5. Most supervisors are promoted from within the ranks.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
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