NAME:_______________________ SCORE:______________

PSSLC 2020-01 (A,B,C): ________ DATE: October 15, 2020

SUBJECT: FRONTLINE SUPERVISORY STYLE 4th WEEKLY EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTOR: PCOL JESUS B UNABIA (RET)

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Please encircle the letter of the BEST answer.

1. What are the four (4) Frontline Supervisory Styles that significantly influence the Patrol Officers
behavior?

a) Leader, Micro, Active and Superior Supervisors

b) Active, Leading, Hands-on, Physical Supervisors
c) Traditional, Innovative, Supportive and Active Supervisors
d) Supportive, Aggressive, Innovative and Traditional Supervisors

2. What factors influenced the police officers in their performance of duty when they deal with a fight
in progress or an ongoing community problem?

a) The Middle Management Style of Supervision

b) The Organizational Styles of the Supervision
c) The Field Supervisor’s Style of Supervision
d) The Top Management Style of Supervision

3. Who should study this Frontline Supervisory Style?

a) Police Generals, middle-level managers, field supervisors, and researchers, particularly those
who focus on police organizations and management.
b) Police administrators, mid-level managers, field supervisors, and researchers, particularly
those who focus on police organizations and management.
c) Police administrators, Regional Directors, Provincial and City Police Offices, particularly those
who focus on police organizations and management.
d) All law enforcement agencies, particularly those who focus on police organizations and
management.

4. Does street-level evidence justify the viewpoint that field supervision of Patrol Officer really
matter?

a) The answer is uncertain, according to recent field research.

b) The answer is a qualified no, according to recent field research.
c) The answer is a qualified yes, according to recent field research.
d) The answer is not measurable, according to recent field research.

5. Does field supervision of Patrol Officers relevant?

a) Chances are, that personal inexperience, common sense, and intention would elicit a quick
“yes” from most police administrators and managers.
b) Chances are, that bad experience, common sense, and intuition would elicit a quick “yes” from
most police administrators and managers.
c) Chances are, that personal experience, common sense, and intuition would elicit a quick “yes”
from most police administrators and managers.
d) Chances are, that personal experience, uncommon sense, and intuition would elicit a quick
“yes” from most police administrators and managers.

6. What seems to be most influential supervisory style despite potential drawbacks that appears to
be crucial in the implementation of organizational goals?
.
a) A “traditional” supervisory style involving aggressive enforcement from subordinates.
b) A “supportive” supervisory style involving support to subordinates by protecting them.
c) An “innovative” supervisory style characterized by a tendency to form relationship.
d) An “active” supervisory style involving leading by example .

7. What supervisory style expects aggressive enforcement from subordinates rather than
engagement in community-oriented activities or policing of minor disorders?

a) Traditional Supervisor
b) Supportive Supervisor
c) Innovative Supervisor
 d) Active Supervisor

8. What is the traditional supervisor’s ultimate concern?

a) To gain the trust and confidence of the superior officers.

b) Successful implementation of the tasks.
c) Accomplishment of the mission.
d) To control subordinate behavior.

9. What does the active supervisor demonstrates by taking precisely the risks that he/she wants the
subordinate to take?

a) The active supervisor demonstrates that “if it’s safe for the Supervisor, but might not be safe
for me.”
b) The active supervisor demonstrates that “if it’s not safe for the Supervisor, it might be safe for
me.”
c) The active supervisor demonstrates that “if it’s safe for the Supervisor, then it’s safe for me,
too.”
d) The active supervisor demonstrates that “if it’s unsafe for the Supervisor, then do not follow.”

10. What is the general observation from the studies in the field and interviews of the identified four
main supervisory styles: 1. traditional, 2. innovative, 3. supportive, and 4. active?

a) In general, two of the four supervisory styles was found to be ideal innovative and active.
b) In general, one of the four supervisory styles was found to be ideal, the traditional.
c) In general, one of the four supervisory styles was found to be ideal, the active.
d) In general, none of the four supervisory styles was found to be ideal .