RCMP Spatial Skills and Visualization 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A suspect flees north for 3 blocks, turns east for 2 blocks, then south for 1 block. How far east is the suspect from where they started?
- 1 block
- 2 blocks (Correct answer)
- 3 blocks
- 4 blocks
Correct answer: 2 blocks
The suspect only moved east by 2 blocks and never moved west, so they remain 2 blocks east of the start.
Question 2: You are facing south and make a 90-degree turn to your right. Which direction are you now facing?
- North
- East
- West (Correct answer)
- Southwest
Correct answer: West
Turning right (clockwise) from south brings you to face west.
Question 3: A floor plan shows a rectangular room 20 ft long and 15 ft wide. If a suspect hides in the far corner diagonally opposite the entrance, approximately how far is that corner from the entrance?
- 25 ft (Correct answer)
- 30 ft
- 35 ft
- 18 ft
Correct answer: 25 ft
Using the Pythagorean theorem: √(20² + 15²) = √(400 + 225) = √625 = 25 ft.
Question 4: An officer views a crime scene from above (bird's-eye view). A car is parked facing east. From the officer's aerial perspective, which side of the car is on the left?
- The front of the car
- The north side (Correct answer)
- The south side
- The rear of the car
Correct answer: The north side
When facing east, north is to the left; from above, the left side of the eastward-facing car is the north side.
Question 5: A 3D object is shown from the front as a circle. From the side it appears as a rectangle. What shape is most likely?
- Sphere
- Cylinder (Correct answer)
- Cone
- Cube
Correct answer: Cylinder
A cylinder appears circular from the front/top and rectangular from the side.
Question 6: Officers set up a perimeter around a block. The block is 400m north-south and 300m east-west. What is the total perimeter distance?
- 700m
- 1200m (Correct answer)
- 1400m
- 120,000m
Correct answer: 1200m
Perimeter = 2 × (400 + 300) = 2 × 700 = 1400m — wait, that is 1400m, so the correct answer is 1400m.
Question 7: A map uses a scale of 1:10,000. Two locations are 5 cm apart on the map. What is the real-world distance between them?
- 50 m
- 500 m (Correct answer)
- 5 km
- 50 km
Correct answer: 500 m
5 cm × 10,000 = 50,000 cm = 500 m.
RCMP Spatial Skills and Visualization 2
A suspect flees north for 3 blocks, turns east for 2 blocks, then south for 1 block.
How far east is the suspect from where they started?