LEAB - Law Enforcement Aptitude Battery Deductive & Inductive Reasoning Questions and Answers

Question 1

An officer is given a departmental directive that states all evidence collected at a crime scene must be bagged and tagged individually before being transported.
At a burglary scene, the officer collects a crowbar, a glove, and a set of footprints.
Based on the directive, which of the following actions is the only logical conclusion?

Accepted Answer

The officer must bag the crowbar, the glove, and the footprint cast separately.

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The officer should place the crowbar and glove in one bag for efficiency.

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Only the most important piece of evidence, the crowbar, needs to be bagged.

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The officer can transport the items without bags as long as they are tagged.

Question 2

Over the past month, an officer notices a pattern: on four separate occasions, a convenience store on the corner of Elm Street and Oak Avenue has been robbed. In each case, the suspect was described as wearing a red hoodie, the robbery occurred between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM on a Friday, and the suspect fled on foot. This process of identifying a pattern from specific incidents is an example of:

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Inductive reasoning

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Situational judgment

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Problem sensitivity

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Deductive reasoning

Question 3

Which of the following scenarios is the BEST example of an officer using deductive reasoning?

Accepted Answer

An officer reads a statute that defines burglary as 'unlawfully entering a structure with the intent to commit a crime.' Finding a suspect inside a locked store after hours with a bag of stolen goods, the officer concludes a burglary has occurred.

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After interviewing three witnesses who all saw a blue car speeding away, the officer concludes the suspect's vehicle was likely blue.

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An officer believes a suspect is lying because most people who avoid eye contact during questioning are being deceptive.

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Noticing that multiple car thefts have occurred in a specific parking garage, an officer decides to increase patrols in that area.

Question 4

An investigator is told that 'All expert forgers have unsteady hands.' The investigator then meets a suspect who has remarkably steady hands. Assuming the initial statement is true, what can be logically deduced about the suspect?

Accepted Answer

The suspect cannot be an expert forger.

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The suspect is definitely not a forger.

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The suspect is likely an expert forger who is hiding their trait.

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The suspect might be an amateur forger.

Question 5

Officer Miller responds to three separate car accidents at the same intersection over a two-week period. She observes that in all three cases, the sun was setting and directly in the eyes of the westbound drivers who were found to be at fault. Officer Miller concludes that the setting sun is likely a contributing factor to accidents at this intersection and recommends a study. This conclusion is reached through which type of reasoning?

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Inductive Reasoning

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Deductive Reasoning

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Information Ordering

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Problem Sensitivity

Question 6

A police department policy states: 'Any officer involved in a vehicle pursuit must file a report before the end of their shift.' Officer Diaz was involved in a vehicle pursuit that ended at 3:00 PM. Her shift ends at 5:00 PM. Which statement represents a valid deductive conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Officer Diaz must file her pursuit report by 5:00 PM.

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Officer Diaz should wait until her next shift to file the report.

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Officer Diaz can ask her partner to file the report for her.

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Filing a report is optional if the pursuit was short.