LESSON 2
PRACTICE EXERCISE
Introduction
This practice exercise is provided to permit you to evaluate your retention and comprehension of the
material covered in Lesson 2 of this subcourse. The scoring guide for this practical exercise is provided
in the practice exercise feedback section following this section.
General Situation
You are assigned as the operation officer of a provost marshal's office. You are responsible for
planning the employment of traffic law enforcement personnel assets. Citation data and traffic accident
data needed in preparing this plan are available. All necessary equipment, personnel, and authority are
also available.
1. In determining the conditions that existed at the time of each accident that occurred at a specific
location, which of the following will provide the most complete data?
A.
Conditions diagram of the location.
B.
Spot map with color-coded pins.
C.
DA Form 3946, MP Traffic Accident Report.
D.
DA Form 1805, MP Traffic Violation Report.
2. The data from the spot map and accident location files are analyzed and show an unusually high
rate of accidents at the corner of Howitzer Way and Minefield Lane between 0600 and 0800 hours.
Which of the following would be the next step in your analysis of this problem?
A.
Development of a conditions diagram.
B.
Development of a collision diagram.
C.
Performance of a traffic control study.
D.
Performance of a roadway capacity study.
3. You decide to place the assets available for traffic enforcement based on an analysis of past
incidents. What principle are you employing?
A.
The repetitive principle of collisions.
B.
Selective enforcement.
C.
Enforcement index.
D.
None of the above.
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