Sergeant's Exam Questions

Administrative, Personnel, Operations, and Support Directives are issued by the authority of _______

A _______ is any written directive issued by the superintendent that is an administrative, personnel, operations or support directive.

MSP written directives do not apply to ______ unless such applicability is stated in a particular written directive.

Types of Written Directives Are ______

General Orders are issued by ___________

Special Orders are issued by ________

Personnel Orders are issued by ________

Standard Operating Procedures are issued by _______ or by the ________ if they affect multiple bureaus.

A _____ is a civilian employee of the MSP designated by the Superintendent as the person accountable for the operation of a unit or other recognized part of the MSP.

A ____ is a person who is hired for a limited period of time and not entitled to benefits from the State such as sick leave, paid holidays or State health insurance.

CALEA Stands for _____

COMAR Stand for _____

LEOBR stands for _____

ETIX Stands for _____

May/Should Means the action taken is _______

Shall/Will_______ means the action taken is ______

Beginning January 1st 2014, appraisals will be completed for all troopers through the rank of ________

There is _____ performance appraisal period in each calendar year.

The beginning of the performance appraisal cycle starts ______

The mid-cycle appraisal is between ________

Expectations will be communicated by commanders and supervisors NLT than:

To the extent possible, foreseeable external factors should be considered when establishing performance expectations. External factors can be placed into one of five categories which include:

The MSP Form ______is a Trooper Performance Appraisal

Troopers will be rated in each performance factor and standard at one of the following four levels:

Supervisors are required to maintain documentation and provide an explanation on the form 161 for:

A 161 _______ completed for personnel on extended leave.

A 161 ______ completed for personnel on light duty

Prior to transfer or reassignment of a trooper during a performance appraisal period, the troopers first-line supervisor will complete a(n) ______ 161, present a copy to the trooper who is being transferred or reassigned, and forward the original to the troopers commander or first-line supervisor at the new assignment.

True or False: An advisory Form 161 will be completed regardless of the number of days the trooper worked while assigned to a particular unit during an appraisal period in which the transfer occurs.

Prior to the first-line supervisor being transferred or reassigned, he will complete an ______ Form 161 for the troopers he supervised

Completed MSP 161's must be submitted to the troopers second-line supervisor within _____ days of completion.

A trooper who believes his overall rating is incorrect may appeal the rating to:

The Form 161 will remain on file for a period of _______ the destroyed

First Line supervisors will review the Form 164 ______ with their subordinates.

If a first line supervisor notes that a trooper is not meeting expectations durting the monthly review of the Job Observation Record, the trooper will be informed in writing of the need for imporvement, this must be done at least _____ days prior to the end of the rating period.

Second line supervisors will review the Job Observation Record information _________.

Form 164's and related materials will be maintained on file for _____ then destroyed.

Probational troopers will be evaluated ______ following graduation from the MSP academy

Employees will receive the mid-cycle and end-of-cycle evaluations in the months of ______ and ____ depending on when the rating period begins.

Civilan Employees will be rated on a performance evaluation as one of three ratings:

True or False: The supervisor will meet with the civilian employee to discuss evaluations for both the mid-cycle and end-of cycle periods

An employee will not be permitted to engage in secondary employment while on _____ leave or on any day that ____ leave is used.

Secondary Employment includes______

Other than the MSP-issued ______ and ______, uniforms, parts of the uniform and related equipment will not be used while engaged in off duty-secondary employment

An injury or illness arising from Off duty-secondary employment is/is not comensable by the state.

Commanders and directors may/may not deny, suspend, or revoke authorization for an employee to work Off-duty secondary employment if the employment creates a conflict of interest with the employees official duties.

Employees who wish to engage in secondary employment will complete a form _____ and submit the original two copies to his commander or director.

Commanders and directors may deny or suspend authorization to engage in off duty secondary employment for an employee who __________ for the overall rating or is _____ in any one or more standard in his performance appraisal.

If an employees secondary employment is suspended based upon his performance appraisal as described above, at the end of ____ days and at the end of each subsequent month the commander or director will re-evaluate the employees performance.

True or False: A trooper will not identify himself as a law enforcement officer while working off duty secondary employment if he witnesses a minor violation. Such an incident will be handled in the capacity of a security guard.

True or False: If major crimes such as felonies are witnessed while a trooper is working as a security guard, appropriate enforcement action will be taken.

True or False: Troopers are not prohibited from the direct selling of alcohol or dispensing of alcohol at any business?