TECHNICAL ENGLISH 1 AND 2

EASY QUESTIONS
1. A ____ is a word that name something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea. In a
sentence, nouns can play the role of subject, direct object, indirect object, subject
complement, object complement, appositive, or adjective.
a. Noun
b. Common noun
c. Proper noun
d. Concrete noun
2. An __________ represents a person or thing that receives the effect of the action of
the verb. It usually comes between the verb and the direct object.
a. Direct object
b. Indirect object
c. Bold
d. Noun as a direct object
3. Which if the following is not a value of report writing?
a. Value to the organization
b. Values to outside organization
c. Values to the individual officers
d. None of the above
4. A ______ basically a story of actions performed by man.
a. Police report
b. Report
c. Official report
d. Formal report
5. A police report is chronological or step-by-step account of an incident that transpired
in a given time, at a given place.
a. Police report
b. Report
c. Official report
d. Formal report
6. It is a question that will contain the facts relating to any person who directly or
indirectly associated with the incident. Here will shows up, the names that include
within the scope of the news that is discussed.
a. What?
b. Where?
c. Who?
d. When?
7. It is a question that will answer what happened and will encourage reporters to gather
facts related to the things done by the offender and the victim in an incident.
a. What?
b. Where?
c. Who?
d. When?
8. Regarding the scene. Can be written detailed scene or just outline only. Typically,
when the news comes from a famous place, then the writing is not too detailed.
a. What?
b. Where?
c. Who?
d. When?
9. Concerning the time of the incident. Time stamp is not limited to date, but can be
written days, hours, even minutes when an incident takes place.
a. What?
 b. Where?
c. Who?
d. When?
10. It is usually a letter or memorandum, or any of one of the many prescribed in day-to-
day police operations.
a. Informal reports
b. Formal reports
c. Spot report
d. Progress report
11. A formal report suggests the full-dress treatment, including cover, title page, letter of
transmittal, summary, sheet, text, appendices, and perhaps an index and bibliography.
a. Informal reports
b. Formal reports
c. Spot report
d. Progress report
12. A ________ is that one than after an important incident takes place in a certain area at
a given time. Verbal or written, it must be done or acted upon within twenty-four-
hours. The idea is to inform an immediate chief, considering the fact that whatever
happens in the area is his command responsibility or those in higher positions must be
informed regarding the details of a particular occurrence.
a. Informal reports
b. Formal reports
c. Spot report
d. Progress report
13. A __________ has a follow-up effect. A progress report can simply be an
accomplishment report which may be analytical in nature and maybe comparatively
longer. This may be in memorandum form or in radiographic message form, having
these important highlights: 1) why the reports are being made; 2) purpose and the
scope of the report; and 3) sources of information.
a. Informal reports
b. Formal reports
c. Spot report
d. Progress report
14. There are three types of messages, which of the following messages has only one
addressee?
a. Single
b. Plural
c. Book
d. Multiple
15. The _______ of a message is the authority of the message sent, or is the police office
or unit in whose namea message is sent or is the police office or unit under the direct
control of the authority approving a message for transmission.
a. Drafter
b. Releasing officer
c. Text
d. Originator
16. It is a note, a reminder, or a statement that one wishes to remember or preserve for
future use. It evolved from a Latin term memorandus which means to be remembered
or memorare to remind.
a. Memorandum
b. Carpeta
c. Memo
d. Memoranda
17. It is used by a subordinate official in communicating to a superior
a. Memorandum to
 b. Memorandum in
c. Memorandum for
d. Memorandum at
18. MEMORANDUM _______ is used by a superior or higher office/position to a
subordinate office/position.
a. Memorandum to
b. Memorandum in
c. Memorandum for
d. Memorandum at
19. It is one of the parts of a memorandum where the letter is the message itself. It is the
substance of the typed letter as distinguished from the beginning and ending.
a. Heading
b. Body
c. Ending
d. Introduction
20. ___________ features all elements of the letter aligned to the left margin of the page.
It has a neat and simple appearance.
a. Block format
b. Modified block format
c. Modified format
d. Semi-block format
MODERATE QUESTIONS
21. Which of the following are the reasons/purpose of writing reports?
a. Written reports are a permanent record of activities
b. Make possible to transmit facts or essential data
c. Aid top level intelligence experts in the interpretation and analysis of information
d. All of the above
22. The following are the pre-requires for good reporting except.
a. A precise understanding of the assignment
b. Ability to go where the desired information is
c. Ability to collect and retain information as soon as possible
d. None of the above
23. John is writing a report which the report’s content are all based on facts, taken from
his senses, that of sight of smell, touch, sight, taste and hearing. The report is
_______.
a. Complete
b. Objective
c. Factual
d. Clear
24. Ryan’s report contains all the facts relevant to the case. All the pertinent information
in the course of the investigation is reflected in the report. What qualities of good
report writing it is?
a. Complete
b. Objective
c. Factual
d. Clear
25. _________ are the heart identification system.
a. The identification report
b. Fingerprint records
c. The administrative report
d. The miscellaneous report
26. Nery writes a spot report. The spot report is simple and direct, the purpose of the
report is clearly stated.
 a. Complete
b. Objective
c. Factual
d. Clear
27. Jiro is writing a report about an incident that occurred in his area of responsibility and
stated the complete names of the involved parties without being vague as to their
identities. He is observing a requisite of being.
a. Brief
b. Specific
c. Timely
d. Impartial
28. Narration works well for writing police reports. Thus, when drafting police reports,
tone is recommended. It is written in an impersonal manner and excludes writer
biographical details.
a. Subjective
b. Narrative
c. Objective
d. Persuasive
29. Laurence needs to do a report after every successful police operation that leads to the
arrest of any member or some members of a syndicated crime group.
a. After-operation report
b. Final report
c. Accomplished report
d. Investigation report
30. In the event that a client notifies a desk officer of an occurrence. If discovered to be
illiterate, what actions should the DO take?
a. Fill out the form based on his instincts
b. Let a close relative fill out instead
c. Tell the client to call another person
d. Fill out the form on client’s behalf
31. PNP Chief kalbo needs to communicate with the Office of the President. What letter
does PNP Chief kalbo need to use?
a. Formal letter
b. Informal letter
c. Civilian letter
d. Special letter
32. Journalism is about _________, while police report is about _______ of the crime.
a. Story; facts
b. History; investigation
c. News; witness
d. Anchor; Police
33. The location of non-incidental crime reports shall be place in.
a. Crime incident recording system
b. Crime incident reporting system
c. Incident report form
d. Incident record form
34. Who is responsible in the initial determination whether the incident shall be
considered as crime or not.
a. Duty investigator
b. IOC
c. Duty QSL
d. Duty desk officer
35. What is the meaning of approve without thinking.
a. Some officers do not know how to make report
b. Some officers sign report without reading its content
 c. Some officers do not know to read the report of there subordinates
d. Some officers do not know how to make a investigation report
36. Mr. and Mrs. Reyes have a big argument over where they should turn over the
explosives found in their house.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
37. Ann loves to read detective novels and write reviews about them.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
38. John, on the other hand, likes to read crime stories, and he also likes to watch crime
movies.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
39. Ann says there is nothing relaxing about watching crime movies, than reading it from
a book.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
40. John dislikes sitting down and reading a detective novel; he always gets bored.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
41. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, the notorious robbery group decided to part
ways.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
42. John went to watch the Borne Identity movie, while Ann just stayed home read the
Bourne Identity book written by Robert Ludlum.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
43. Although the terrorist tend to disguise their identity, they were unable to fool their
families.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
44. The investigator took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and his partner sits
on the bench with his laptop computer, which he connects to the internet with a
cellular phone.
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence
 45. There is a reported crime that happened in Brgy. Manggahan General Trias Cavite,
two police officers rushed to the crime scene, what police report should they do?
a. Police blotter
b. Spot report
c. Progress report
d. Formal report
46. After writing a spot report, what report should the police officer do next?
a. Police blotter
b. Spot report
c. Progress report
d. Formal report
47. After writing the progress report, what is the last report?
a. Executory report
b. Final report
c. Case report
d. Investigative report
48. There are incidents to be reported, which of the following is not included?
a. Violations of laws and ordinances
b. Cases of missing and found persons, animals and property.
c. Accidents which require police actions
d. None of these
49. What are the 4C’s test of a good report?
a. Clear, concise, correct and complete
b. Clear, compact, correct and complete
c. Comprehensive, compact, correct and complete
d. Comprehensive, compact, correct and compatible
50. Which of the following is not an informal report?
a. General orders
b. Special orders
c. Circulars
d. Memorandum
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
51. What is needed in preparing and writing a report except?
a. The police writer will make an outline from the facts of the case and follow a
chronological sequence.
b. The outline should answer the 5ws and 1h the facts presented in report writing
should prove the importance of police report.
c. The police reports are from simple, brief memorandum to a complex. formal
investigation requires the application of basic standards such as clear, pertinent,
brief, complete, current, accurate, fair, properly classified, informative, and
objective. it should be submitted in proper format and should be on time.
d. None of these
52. Rey needs to do a report that may be rendered after any successful police operation
that leads to the arrest of any member or some members of a syndicated crime group.
a. Final report
b. After operation report
c. Spot report
d. Progress report
53. Manny sent a message to Jinky thru Messenger using his phone saying “I Love You”.
According to the communication process, Manny is considered as _____?
a. Medium
b. Sender
c. Receiver
 d. Message
54. According to the scenario of number 53, what is the medium that has been used by
Manny?
a. Phone
b. I phone
c. Messenger
d. Message
55. According to the scenario above, the “I Love You” is considered as _____.
a. Medium
b. Sender
c. Receiver
d. Message
56. According to the scenario of number 53, Jinky is considered as _______.
a. Medium
b. Sender
c. Receiver
d. Message
57. When Manny is sending a message to Jinky, he experienced a lagging of his phone.
The lagging of manny’s phone is consideres as _______.
a. Medium
b. Sender
c. Noise
d. Message
58. Jenivie is writing a written statement which is sworn to be true.
a. Affidavit
b. Affidavit of complaint
c. Affidavit of arrest
d. Affidavit of fact statement
59. Jeremy lost his Id. In order to request for a new Id, what document should he present
berore the registrar of his school?
a. Affidavit
b. Affidavit of loss
c. Affidavit of arrest
d. Affidavit of request
60. Meng is writing a memorandum. The letterhead, addressee, attention line, subject and
date is part of the ______.
a. Body
b. Ending
c. Center
d. Heading
61. Statement 1: When a letter consists of only one paragraph, the paragraph will not be
numbered, although its sub-paragraph will be lettered, if there are two or more.
Statement 2: When there are two or more paragraphs, they will be numbered
consecutively.
a. Statement No. 1 is true while statement no. 2 is false
b. Statement No. 1 is false while statement no. 2 is true
c. Statements No. 1 and 2 are both true
d. Statements No. 1 and 2 are both false
62. Statement 1: the word "MEMORANDUM FOR" is used if sent to subordinate.
Statement 2: "MEMORANDUM TO" if sent a superior office.
a. Statement No. 1 is true while statement no. 2 is false
b. Statement No. 1 is false while statement no. 2 is true
c. Statements No. 1 and 2 are both true
d. Statements No. 1 and 2 are both false
63. Which of the following are purpose of written reports.
 I. To Preserve Knowledge
II. To Provide Accurate Details
III. To Aid the Personnel and Other Agencies
IV. To Coordinate the Activities within the Organization
a. I,II,III
b. I, II and IV
c. I, II, III and IV
d. I and II
64. Units that are required to maintain police blotters except.
a. Every Police Station or substation shall maintain a Police Blotter
b. All PNP operating units or
c. Divisions in the Metropolitan Police district, in addition to the stations and
substations shall maintain a separate blotter.
d. Every department, either NBI or PNP
65. Procedures for making entries in police blotter except.
a. Corrections are made by drawing horizontal lines over such words or phrases
and the actual entry initiated by the police officer making the correction.
b. A ball pen or pen with blue, black or blue-black ink is used for making the
entries.
c. Misrepresentations in the blotter or any attempt to suppress any information is
punishable criminally and administratively
d. All entries must be printed in longhand and consecutively numbered
66. The purpose of spot report is to except.
a. It is done after an important incident takes place in a certain area at a given
time.
b. The idea is to inform an immediate chief, considering the fact that whatever
happens in the area is his command responsibility
c. Verbal or written, it must be done or acted upon within twenty-four hours
d. A report that may be rendered after any successful police operation that
leads to the arrest of any member or some members of a syndicated crime
group
67. It should be the style of Criminal Investigation Reports.
a. All reports are written in such a manner that it clearly presents only the
relevant facts.
b. Reports must contain opinion from the writer
c. It must be properly handwritten
d. Relevant factors must be omitted
68. Statement 1: A progress report is a report in which you are updating information
about the case. Statement 2: An affidavit is a written statement from an individual
which is sworn to be true.
a. Statement No. 1 is true while statement no. 2 is false
b. Statement No. 1 is false while statement no. 2 is true
c. Statements No. 1 and 2 are both true
d. Statements No. 1 and 2 are both false
69. The following are the elements of a valid contract except one.
a. Consent of Contracting Parties
b. Object that is subject matter of the contract
c. Physical presence of the document with the terms
d. Cause of Obligation which is established
70. In the body of a report, the first page should not be numbered. Page numbers will be
centered 1 inch from the bottom of the page. The number will stand by itself; it will
not be set off by dashes, parentheses, or other punctuations.
a. The above statement is erroneous
b. The above statement is true
c. The above statement is partly correct
 d. The above statement is inadmissible
71. Body is a part of a memorandum, how many spaces need to be when the message is
less than nine lines?
a. No spacing
b. Single-spacing
c. Double-spacing
d. Triple-spaced
72. The investigator should take the facts as he finds them and if ever he has theories, it
must be consistent with these facts.
a. Accuracy
b. Brevity
c. Completeness
d. Fairness
73. Is rendered when case is completed, that is complainant(s), witnesses, sufficiency of
evidences and perpetrators are identified so as to warrant filing of case and/or
termination of investigation due to circumstances listed above.
a. Criminal investigation report
b. Progress report
c. Initial report
d. Final investigation
74. All reports are written in such a manner that it clearly presents only the relevant facts.
a. Report
b. Cases
c. Criteria
d. Style
75. Elise writes a report that provide facts to competent authorities and serve as a record
of investigative activity.
a. Criminal investigation report
b. Progress report
c. Initial report
d. Final investigation
76. The writer or investigator must conform to the truth.
a. Accuracy
b. Brevity
c. Completeness
d. Fairness
77. This is done as soon as complaint is received, reporting process begins when officer
completes preliminary investigation report referred to as case report.
a. Case report
b. Progress report
c. Initial report
d. Final investigation
78. Eliminate all irrelevant, unessential and unnecessary materials. It includes the ability
to make the report unified, coherent and emphatic.
a. Accuracy
b. Brevity
c. Completeness
d. Fairness
79. Describe progress of the investigation from time to time and ensures constant follow-
ups.
a. Case report
b. Progress report
c. Initial report
d. Final investigation
80. Which reflects all information regarding complaints and reports received by the
police from citizens, and other agencies or actions initiated by the police.
a. Complaint assignment sheet
b. Investigation report
c. Administrative controls
d. Physical control
81. The police report must be submitted on time. As much as possible immediately after
the incident has happened.
a. Impartiality
b. Security
c. Timelessness
d. Completeness
82. Proper nouns are specific as common nouns are what?
a. Unimportant
b. General
c. Important
d. Even more specific
83. In the following sentence, _______ is the subject noun and _______ is the verb. “The
two girls, as they stroll past the park, hear the faint sound of church bells chiming the
hour.”
a. Girls; hear
b. Bells; hour
c. The; hear
d. Two; sound
84. Which of the following sentences has an incorrect subject-verb agreement?
a. The society of women voters seems to be having a banquet on September 19th
b. Everyone in the family seems happy with the vacation plans
c. A ten percent failure rate seems too high for a brand new product
d. Many of the people attending the trial seems upset
85. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? “Where did Billy go dis afternoon?”
a. Did
b. Go
c. Did go
d. Where
86. In a technical report, which of these must be avoided?
a. Facts
b. Legal conclusion
c. Objective evaluation
d. Subjective evaluation
87. What style of report is the most widely used and sets forth information in a logical
manner or sequence?
a. Narrative
b. Chronological
c. Specialized
d. None of the above
88. What do proper nouns always need?
a. A corresponding noun
b. Lowercase letter
c. Capital letter
d. An apostrophe
89. _______ establishes the technical report.
a. Logical conclusion
b. Illogical conclusion
c. Personal prejudice
d. Misplaced learning
90. The police report must be short, with simple sentences, common words and easy to
understand.
a. Specificity
b. Brevity
c. Accuracy
d. Clarity
91. The police report must be considered classified, hence, transmission, handling, and
access to these reports should be limited only to police personnel who are granted by
higher authority security clearance. It is a top secret documents.
a. Impartiality
b. Security
c. Timeless
d. Completeness
92. While writing a formal letter one should keep in mind the following things.
a. It should be in specified format
b. It should avoid the use of unnecessary words
c. It should be straight to the point
d. All of the above
93. If the report is a crime incident, the DO shall first accomplish this form from which
the entry in the blotter book and IRS shall be extracted.
a. Incident record form
b. Investigation report form
c. Memorandum
d. Spot report form
94. A typical formal letter format has the following details.
a. Sender’s address
b. Date
c. Salutation
d. All of the above
95. All entries in the police blotter shall be in what form?
a. Italic
b. Cursive
c. Typewritten
d. Handwritten
96. In the email etiquette guidelines, these are considered standard fonts.
a. Times new roman or arial
b. Calibri or lucida sans
c. Algerian amiri
d. Bell MT or cambria
97. As a general rule, how many copies are prepared in a memorandum.
a. 1 copy
b. 2 copies
c. 3 copies
d. 5 copies
98. Is used when the letter is addressed to a company or to a particular department of a
company or to an individual aside from the addressee.
a. Attention line
b. Dateline
c. Inside address
d. Heading
99. When words such as “Air Mail,” “Special Delivery,” etc., are stamped, or typed on
the center of the top and bottom of the first page in a correspondence, this is called?
a. Special handling
b. Endorsement
c. Duplication
 d. None of the above
100. Shall be responsible for the proper maintenance, use, safekeeping and
accounting of police blotters.
a. PNP Unit Commander
b. Investigator
c. Patrolman
d. Chief PNP
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