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Page 4 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL April-May, 1957
RULES OF EVIDENCE — QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
Herein is contained another of a series of questions and answers pertinent to Police training and helpful in promotional
examinations. These questions and answers are supplied to the JOURNAL, as a service to law enforcement officers throughout
the state, by E. D. Kerkhoven, director of the Peace Officer Training Service in Oakland. The questions are based on
the 1955 revised edition of the Peace Officers' Handbook. They are selected to test the reader's knowledge of First Aid,
Narcotics and the Rules of Evidence. Each question has a number of suggested answers, labeled 1, 2, 3, etc. You decide which
is the best answer to the question asked and then encircle the number. When you have completed the test, compare your
answers with the KEY on Page 28.
1. A tourniquet should be loosened
every (1) five minutes; (2) 10 minutes;
(3) 15 minutes; (4) 20 minutes; ) 30
minutes.
2. BleedinA from a vein should be
treated by (1) applying a tourniquet between
the wound and heart; (2) protecting
from air; (3) applying a tourniquet
at a point where the wound is between the
tourniquet and the heart; (4) place firm
compress over the wound.
3. A severe burn should be (1 )acked
in ice; (2) covered with iodine; 3) protected
from air with a burn dressing; (4)
covered with dry gauze; (5) washed with
peroxide.
4. In treatment for fainting, one of the
{M.-u-st important principles of treatment is
\(l lower the head; (2) raise the head;
"(-3-) support the back; (4) keep clothing
tight; (5) keep patient cool.
5. In the treatment of frostbite (1)
warm water should be appJ,ed; (2) cold
water should be applied; () a warm hot
water bag should be used; (3) dry heat
should be applied; (5) none of these.
6. If a child should swallow lye, the
proper treatment would be to give him
some(?r baking soda; (2) lime water;
(3) vinegar; (4) dish water; (5) peroxide.
7. In the treatment of sunstroke, an important
part of the treatment is to (T
lower head; (2) keep body cool; (3) kp
body warm; (4) give stimulant.
8. In the treatment of shock, one of
the following should not be done: j)
give stimulants; (2) keep patient comfortable
with pillow under head; (3) keep
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body warm with blankets; (4) rub limbs;
(5) keep head lowered.
9. Artificial respiration shoul ot be
given for (1) gas poisoning; t2); sunstroke;
(3) electric shock; (4) drowning;
(5) asphyxiation.
10. In giving artificial respiration, each
cycle should be com0 in (1) 3 seconds;
(2) 5 seconds (3,.d 6 seconds; (4)
8 seconds (5) 12 sec
NARCOTICS
11. Which of the following is known
as an "exc ait" drug: (1) heroin; (2)
morphine; ( ) cocaine; (4) opium?
12. Morp me is a derivative of (.1)
heroin; (2) cocaine; (3) marihuana;
opium?
13. Heroin ca es the pupils of the eyes
to (1) dilate; (2 contract; (3) undergo
no change?
14. A Federal law pertaining to narcotics
is (1) Harris Act; (2) Smith Act;
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Harrison Act; (4) Jones-Smith Act;
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15. A partially smoked marihuana cigarette
is known as (1) a crutch; (2) a
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