POLICE ORGANIZATION

EASY QUESTIONS
1. What do you call the administrative tools designed to assure top management that direction of
the department is effective?
a. CONTROL DEVICES
b. Planning devices
c. Coordinating devices
d. Organization devices
2. It was created by Royal Decree to relieve partially Spanish Peninsular troops in their duty in
policing towns in the Philippines in 1852.
a. Politia
b. Police
c. Guardilleros
d. GUARDIA CIVIL
3. Which of the following is not a basic type of organizational structure?
a. Line
b. Line & staff
c. STAFF & AUXILLIARY
d. Functional
4. An expert or specialist is usually assigned to which type o organization?
a. Line
b. Line & staff
c. Staff & auxiliary
d. FUNCTIONAL
5. The following are the compositions of the screening committee for PNP regional applicants,
EXCEPT?
a. MEMBER OF THE MEDIA
b. PNP regional director
c. Regional chief of personnel division
d. NAPOLCOM representative
6. The PNP is the only person allowed to give command to the entire police organization to the
adherence of:
a. UNITY OF COMMAND
b. Span of control
c. Chain of command
d. Delegation of authority
7. This represents the formal relationship among supervisors and subordinates in any given
organization. This can be visualized s a ladder, with each rank representing higher or lower level
of authority and is depicted in a pyramidal structure.
a. Authority level principle
b. HEIRARCHY OF AUTHORITY
 c. Ranking
d. Scalar principle
8. The process by which police officer who is recruited in the service formal instruction on the job
and performs actual job functions with periodic appraisal on his performance and progress
refers to?
a. FIELD TRAINING
b. Leadership training
c. Basic recruit training
d. Development training
9. This term was interpreted as an authoritative arm for those in power. It was used by the Roman
to modify the Greek root word for police.
a. Polis
b. POLITIA
c. Policia
d. Politiea
10. What is the French word for police?
a. Polis
b. Politia
c. POLICIA
d. Politeia
11. The following countries adopt the same arrangement in performing the modern police function,
EXCEPT?
a. United states
b. China
c. GERMANY
d. Japan
12. The first full time organized police force in U.S was formed in?
a. Boston
b. New York
c. Los angeles
d. PHILADELPHIA
13. This is a system of policing that emerged during the Anglo-Saxon period, under this system, all
male residents were required to guard the town to preserve peace and protect the lives and
properties of the people.
a. Frankpledge system
b. Royal Judge
c. TUN POLICING
d. Hue & Cry
14. The policing system during the Norman period which claims as a forerunner of the word Sheriff,
whereby England is derived into so military districts, each headed by a ruler in order to enhance
policing was?
a. SHIRE REEVE SYSTEM
b. Frankpledge policing
c. Tun policing
 d. Magna carta
15. The term is used to call the group or men organized by Henry Fielding and named by his brother
John Fielding, task to catch thieves was?
a. Royal guards
b. Scotland Yard
c. Praetorian guards
d. BOW STREET RUNNERS
16. The theory of police service which maintains the police officer are servants of higher authorities
refers to?
a. Modern
b. Old
c. HOME RULE THEORY
d. Continental theory
17. The center which was created be E.O NO. 62 to establish a shared database among concerned
agencies for information on criminals, methodologies, arrests and conviction on transnational
crimes.
a. Interpol
b. Aseanpol
c. National intelligence central agency
d. PHILIPPINE CENTER ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
18. This is a statement of how the organization will look like in the future. It is a picture of what the
PNP organizations wants to be.
a. Goal
b. Objective
c. Police mission
d. POLICE VISION
19. The minimum educational qualification for appointment in the PNP under the PNP reform and
organization ac is?
a. 72 collegiate unit
b. College level
c. BACCALUREATE DEGREE
d. Master’s degree
20. PNP IAS headed by Inspector general with the rank of?
a. Chief inspector
b. General
c. DIRECTOR
d. Chief superintendent
21. The establishment of a formal structure of authority through which works the division are
arranged, defined and coordinated refers to?
a. Coordinating
b. ORGANIZING
c. Planning
d. Staffing
22. The first commissioner of the acclaimed first formally organized modern police force in the
world was?
a. ROBERT PEEL
b. Cesare Lombroso
c. Charles Rowan
d. Olive Cromwell
23. The first Filipino chief of the manila police department was?
a. ANTONIO TORRES
b. Marcos Ellis Jones
c. Henry Fielding
d. John Fielding
24. How many deputy director general ranks are there in the PNP?
a. One
b. TWO
c. Three
d. Four
25. The principle of police organization which depicts the unbroken low of command from the top
of the bottom of the organizational hierarchy called?
a. UNITY OF COMMAND
b. Span of control
c. Chain of command
d. Delegation of authority
26. The law originally created the police commission that later on becomes the National Police
Commission.
a. R.A 6975
b. R.A 8551
c. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4864
d. R.A 6040
27. Under R.A 6975, the police officer is entitled to a longevity pay equivalent to how many percent
of his monthly basic salary for every five years of service, to be reckoned from the date of his
original appointment in the police, fire, jail or other allied services.
a. 5 percent
b. 10 PERCENT
c. 15 percent
d. 20 percent
28. What is the optional retirement for officers and new officers of the police service?
a. 10 years
b. 15 years
c. 20 YEARS
d. 25 years
29. When we say that a commander is directly responsible for any act or omission of his
subordinates in relation to the performance of their official duty, we are referring to?
a. Chain of command
b. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY
 c. Delegation of responsibility
d. Span of control
30. The required rank of the head of the jail bureau is?
a. General
b. DIRECTOR
c. Chief superintendent
d. Director general

MODERATE QUESTIONS
31. The required rank for the head of the fire bureau is?
a. General
b. DIRECTOR
c. Chief superintendent
d. Director general
32. Which of the following is not a commissioned officer?
a. Inspector
b. Senior superintendent
c. ASSISTANT CHIEF
d. Chief superintendent
33. Which of the following laws established the police organization under the DILG?
a. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975
b. R.A 8551
c. R.A 1174
d. R.A 5487
34. Who is the most important officer in the police organization?
a. General
b. Investigator
c. CHIEF OF POLICE
d. Patrol officer
35. Act No. 175, provided the organization of the insular constabulary which was approved on?
a. July 15, 1901
b. July 16, 1901
c. July 17, 1901
d. JULY 18 1901
36. If the CPNP assumes his office in July 8, 2005, his last day in office as the CPNP will be on?
a. JULY 7, 2009
b. July 8, 2009
c. July 10, 2009
d. July 11, 2009
37. Which of the following pertains to the extent to which the authority is concentrated?
a. Unity of command
b. Unity of direction
c. CENTRALIZATION
d. Center of command
38. What is the principle of organization suggesting that communication should go ordinarily go
upward and downward through established channels in the hierarchy?
a. CHAIN OF COMMAND
b. Span of control
c. Unity of command
d. Delegation of authority
39. The placement of subordinate into the position for which their capabilities best fit them is
required to as?
a. STAFFING
b. Organizing
c. Planning
d. Directing
40. What is the method of separation from the police service after completing the required age for
length of service?
a. Dismissal
b. RETIREMENT
c. Demotion
d. Absence without leave
41. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the NAPOLCOM?
a. Chief of the PNP
b. SECRETARY OF THE DILG
c. Secretary of DOJ
d. Commission officer
42. What is the required age for the grant of waiver of the age requirement for initial appointment
in the PNP?
a. Not below 25 and not over 35 years old
b. NOT BELOW 20 AND NOT OVER 35 YEARS OLD
c. Less than 25 but not more than 32 years old
d. More than 22 but less than 32 years old
43. Under RA 8551 any PNP personnel who has not been promoted for a continuous service shall be
retired or separated if the said person of non-promotion is gained with in?
a. 10 YEARS
b. 15 years
c. 20 years
d. 25 years
44. A PNP member may also be dismissed from service if he will go on absence without official leave
for a continuous period of?
a. 30 OR MORE DAYS
b. 60 days
c. 90 days
d. 25 days
45. What is the equivalent rank of a senior police officer 4 in the AFP?
a. MASTER SERGEANT
b. Captain
 c. Major
d. Lieutenant
46. A personnel of the police department who has taken oath of office and possess the power to
arrest is called?
a. Arresting officer
b. SWORN OFFICER
c. Commanding officer
d. Superior officer
47. In the middle ages of police history, a system was introduce which the community was divided
into group of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the charge
with the violation of law would be produce in court. This system is known as?
a. TYTHINGMAN
b. Hue & Cry
c. Shire reeve
d. Frankpledge
48. All but one are the powers of police officers.
a. Prevent the commission of the crime
b. Arrest criminal offenders
c. To investigate the investigation of the crime
d. TO ATTAIN AN ACCEPTABLE DEGREE OF PEACE AND ORDER
49. The great charter of Magna Carta sealed by king John of England and has the following
declaration, EXCEPT?
a. No person should be tried for murder unless there is proof of the body of the crime
b. THERE SHOULD BE ONE ABSOLUTE JUDGE TO DECIDE IN ALL CRIMINAL CASES
c. There should be national and local government as well as the national and local government
d. No person shall be taken of imprisoned, disposed, outlawed except by legal judgment of his
peers
50. Which of the following is the main goal of the police organization to be achieved which relates
to the general welfare of the community?
a. Enforcement of laws
b. MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER
c. Protection of life and property
d. Prosecution of criminals
51. This was created by Royal decree issued by the crown on February 12, 1852 to practically relieve
the Spanish Peninsula Troops of their work in policing towns. They were under the governor or
alcalde.
a. Carabaniros de seguridad pubico
b. Guardilleros
c. GUARDIA CIVIL
d. Police insular
52. This was organized for the purpose of carrying out the regulations of the State, and in 1781, it
was given the special commission as custodian of the tobacco monopoly
a. Carabaniros de seguridad pubico
b. Guardilleros
 c. GUARDIA CIVIL
d. Police insular
53. He passed a law that provide for the employment of night watchmen to be on duty from sunset
to sunrise.
a. Henry Fielding
b. KING CHARLES II
c. Sir Robert Peel
d. William Pitt
54. He became the chief magistrate at Bow Street in London. He organized a group of men known
as the bow street runners and later formed the bow street horsed patrol whose task is to secure
the highway from bandits.
a. HENRY FIELDING
b. King Charles II
c. Sir Robert Peel
d. William Pitt
55. This was established on November 30, 1890 during the Philippine-American war upon
recommendation of the Philippine commission to the secretary of war.
a. INSULAR POLICE FORCE
b. Insular constabulary
c. Manila police department
d. Philippine constabulary
56. This law was entitled “an act providing for the organization and government o an insular
constabulary and for the inspection of municipal police.
a. ACT NO. 175
b. R.A 6975
c. R.A 8551
d. R.A 157
57. Who is the first Filipino to head the Philippine constabulary brigadier?
a. General Henry Allen
b. Captain George Curry
c. GENERAL RAFAEL CRAME
d. Captain Columbus Piatt
58. This provides that the government shall organize and maintain a national police force to
preserve public order and enforce the law.
a. R.A 157
b. Revised administrative code
c. PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
d. R.A 4864
59. The Japanese imperial army is also called?
a. Kempei
b. KEMPETAI
c. Japanese army
d. Japan special unit
60. This law is also known as the police act of 1966.
 a. R.A 157
b. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4864
c. R.A 6506
d. R.A 6040

DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
61. An act creating the Board Examiners for criminologist in the Philippines and for other purposes.
a. R.A 157
b. R.A 4864
c. REPUBLIC ZCT NO. 6506
d. R.A 6040
62. This established and maintain the police force, which shall be national in scope and civilian in
character and to be administered and controlled by the NAPOLCOM.
a. Philippine constitution 1935
b. PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION 187
c. R.A 6975
d. R.A 8551
63. This law is also known as the “PNP reform and reorganization act of 1998”.
a. R.A 9280
b. R.A 9263
c. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8551
d. R.A 9708
64. This is the largest functional unit with in a large department it comprises of numbers o divisions.
a. BUREAU
b. Beat
c. Division
d. Section
65. This is the smallest group within a section.
a. Bureau
b. Beat
c. Division
d. UNIT
66. A fixed point or location to which an officer is assigned for duty, such as designated desk from
traffic duty.
a. POST
b. Route
c. Sector
d. District
67. A section or territorial division of a large city each comprised of designated districts.
a. Route
b. Beat
c. Sector
d. AREA
68. This function involved the logistical operation of the department, includes training,
communication, maintenance, record and etc.
a. Line function
b. AUXILLIARY FUNCTION
c. Staff function
d. Department function
69. This function are the “backbone” of the police department.
a. LINE FUNCTION
b. Auxiliary function
c. Staff function
d. Department function
70. This principle of an organization is effective if it enables the individuals to contribute to the
organization objective.
a. Functional principle
b. PRINCIPLE OF UNITY OF OBJECTIVE
c. Principle of organizational responsibility
d. Scalar principle
71. This principle of organization suggests that communication should ordinarily go upward through
established channels in the hierarchy.
a. Line of authority and chain of command
b. Span of control
c. Delegation of authority
d. CHAIN OF COMMAND
72. Explains that subordinates should only be under the control of only one superior.
a. Span of control
b. Delegation of authority
c. UNITY OF COMMAND
d. Chain of command
73. Explains that the responsibility of the subordinates to their superior for performances is
absolute and the superior cannot escape responsibility for the organization on activities
performed by their subordinates.
a. Principle of balance
b. PRINCIPLE OF ABSOLUTENESS OF RESPONSIBILITY
c. Principle of parity and responsibility
d. Principle of delegation by results
74. This principle states that the application of principles must be balance to ensure the
effectiveness of the structure in meeting the organization objective.
a. PRINCIPLE OF BALANCE
b. Principle of absoluteness of responsibility
c. Principle of parity and responsibility
d. Principle of delegation of results
75. This principle refers to the delegation of work according to type, place, and time as
specialization.
a. FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLE
 b. Authority level principle
c. Principle of flexibility
d. Scalar principle
76. This principle of organization shows the vertical hierarchy of the organization which defines an
“unbroken chain” of units from top to bottom describing explicitly the flow of authority.
a. SCALAR PRINCIPLE
b. Principle of balance
c. Principle of flexibility
d. Rational principle
77. The following are the types of the scalar principle, EXCEPT?
a. Unity of command
b. Span of control
c. Delegation of authority
d. LINE AND STAFF
78. A principle of the organization which is the result of the division of the force into separate units.
a. Specialize unit
b. SPECIALIZATION
c. Specification
d. Principle of specialization
79. What does the word POPS means?
a. PNP organizational and police set up
b. Police operation and public safety
c. PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING SYSTEM
d. Philippine organizational for police service
80. Which of the following is not belong to the operational support unit?
a. Criminal investigation command
b. Intelligence command
c. POLICE RELATION COMMAND
d. Aviation security
81. There are three elements or ingredients that must be present at the same time and placed for
any crime to happen. These are the following, EXCEPT?
a. INTENT
b. Opportunity
c. Motive
d. Instrumentality
82. When is the unit in the PNP organization considered a functional unit?
a. When the task are accomplished
b. When its personnel acts according to specific rules
c. When the functions and authorities are divided
d. WHEN THE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN SPECIALISTS
83. Why is it that in large police organization more subordinates are needed than the superior?
a. To control budget distribution
b. To picture one’s authority
c. TO HAVE DEFINITE AUTHORITY AND CONTROL
 d. To make the positioning more uniform
84. In an organizational structure, the relationship between individuals and groups needs to be
clearly defined to ensure-
a. Obedience & motivation
b. Compulsive compliance
c. ACCOUNTABILITY & COMPLIANCE
d. Mandatory obedience
85. What do you call that kind of training taken by members of the force to prepare them
intellectually as temperamentally for supervisory supervision?
a. Maximized specialized training
b. Enhance specialized training
c. MANAGEMENT TRAINING
d. Technical training
86. The 1973 constitutional mandate in the establishment of an integral national police was attain
thru?
a. PD 421
b. PD 1184
c. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 765
d. PD 448
87. The delegation of responsibility to subordinates.
a. Will not succeed unless the subordinates have self confidence in their capabilities
b. Seldom proves his men to be an effective motivating factor
c. CANNOT BE UNDERTAKEN UNLESS THE SUPERVISOR IS SURE HIS MEN CAN DO THE WORK
d. Does not put the subordinate on his own
88. With respect to orders and commands, it may be said that?
a. SUPERVISORS WILL DO WELL TO EXPLAIN WHY, WHEN ISSUING ORDERS
b. Orders should be personal
c. Orders must be complete and detailed
d. Orders should direct
89. The organization rule of unity of command is done thru?
a. Subordinates report to the same functional supervisor
b. Subordinates reports to one supervisor only
c. A superior who is responsible for unified group function
d. SUBORDINATES REPORTS TO ONE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR
90. What presidential decree abolished the local police departments, fire department and local
municipal city jails into integrated police force?
a. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 421
b. PD 8551
c. PD 765
d. PD 448
91. What do you call the procedure which is designed to guide members in routine assignment?
a. POLICY PLANS
b. Special operating plan
c. Tactical plan
 d. Operational plan
92. What do you call the procedure which is intended to be used in all situations of all kinds?
a. Tactical procedure
b. FIELD PROCEDURE
c. Special operating procedure
d. Office procedure
93. The function of control can be divided into three parts. Which of the following is not part of the
control.
a. Coercive action
b. COMPARISON OF RESULTS WITH STANDARDS
c. Initiation of activities
d. Supervision of activities
94. The transport police service is embraced in the general police function of?
a. STAFF
b. Line
c. Line & Staff
d. Secondary
95. The most complex of the factors with which top management must deal with is-
a. Money
b. MEN
c. Mechanics
d. Materials
96. What do you call the inherent power of the government to imposed reasonable restrictions on
the liberties of its citizens for the maintenance of public order and safety?
a. Police power
b. POLICE AUTHORITY
c. Police management
d. Police administration
97. Continuing police education and training for PNP uniformed personnel is basic responsibility of?
a. NPC
b. National police commission
c. Philippine national police
d. PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
98. The rural Philippine police organized each town in 1856 is known as?
a. Politia
b. GUARDILLEROS
c. Guardia civil
d. Barangay police
99. In strikes, police military line should be at least ________ meters away from the picket line.
a. 20 meters
b. 30 meters
c. 40 meters
d. 50 METERS
100. Which of the following is not a principle of line and staff relationship.
a. Staff devices
b. SPAN OF CONTROL
c. Limitation of staff economy
d. Staff independence