APCO Test Questions and Answers for Public Safety Communications, Exams of Communication

A series of questions and answers related to apco (association of public-safety communications officials) standards and practices in public safety communications. It covers topics such as psap operations, ethics, communication techniques, legal aspects, and technology used in emergency response. The questions are designed to test knowledge and understanding of key concepts relevant to telecommunicators and public safety professionals. This material is useful for training, certification, and ongoing professional development in the field of public safety communications, providing a structured approach to learning and assessment.

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2025/2026

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APCO TEST
1) falsei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiitheitermi"PSAP"istandsifori"publicisafetyiaccessipoint
2) truei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiprofessionalismiisidefinedibyiwhoiyouiare,iwhatiyouidoiandihowiothersiperceiveiyou
3) truei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiethicsiinvolvesianiindividual'sipersonal,iprofessionaliandiorganizationalirulesioficonduct
4) falsei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiitheithreeiprimaryidisciplinesiofipublicisafetyicommunicationsiareilawienforcementicommunicati
ons,ifireiserviceicommunications,iandiemergencyimanagementicommunications
5) truei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiitheitermi"vitaliservices"idefinesitheiprimaryifunctionsioritasksiofipublicisafetyicommunicationisy
stem
6) truei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiqualityiassuranceiprogramsiinitheiPSAPiincludeiactionsitakenitoiensureithatsistandardsiandiproce
duresiareimetiandifollowed
7) falsei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiaipolicyiisiaiguideitoiactioniandiprocedureiisiaiguideitoithinking
8) falsei-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiibecauseitheitelecommunicatoricannotiseeicallersionitheiphone,inonverbalicommunicationiplaysin
oipartiinihandlingipublicisafetyicallsiforiservice
9) Truei-i
10) iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiAiquestionithaticannotibeiansweredi"yes"iori"no"iisireferreditoiasianiopen-
endediquestion
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1) falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiitheitermi"PSAP"istandsifori"publicisafetyiaccessipoint 2) truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiprofessionalismiisidefinedibyiwhoiyouiare,iwhatiyouidoiandihowiothersiperceiveiyou 3) truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiethicsiinvolvesianiindividual'sipersonal,iprofessionaliandiorganizationalirulesioficonduct 4) falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiitheithreeiprimaryidisciplinesiofipublicisafetyicommunicationsiareilawienforcementicommunicati ons,ifireiserviceicommunications,iandiemergencyimanagementicommunications 5) truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiitheitermi"vitaliservices"idefinesitheiprimaryifunctionsioritasksiofipublicisafetyicommunicationisy stem 6) truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiqualityiassuranceiprogramsiinitheiPSAPiincludeiactionsitakenitoiensureithatsistandardsiandiproce duresiareimetiandifollowed 7) falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiaipolicyiisiaiguideitoiactioniandiprocedureiisiaiguideitoithinking 8) falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiibecauseitheitelecommunicatoricannotiseeicallersionitheiphone,inonverbalicommunicationiplaysin oipartiinihandlingipublicisafetyicallsiforiservice **9) Truei-i

  1. iiiiiiiiii☑️  iiiAiquestionithaticannotibeiansweredi"yes"iori"no"iisireferreditoiasianiopen- endediquestion**

11) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiWhenicallediuponitoitestifyiiniailegalicase,ikeepianswersisimple,iandiifiatipossibleiansweriyesiandi no 12) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiRepeatingiiniaishortideclarativeistatementitheiemotionsiorifeelingsitheispeakericommunicatingiisi applyingitheiactiveilisteningitechniqueiofiparaphrasing 13) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAniobservationiisibasedioniassumptionsiandianiinferenceiisibasedionifacts 14) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAsipartioficustomeriservice,icallersiexpectitoitalkitoiaiprofessional,ibeitreatediwithicourtesyiandis peakitoiaipersoniwhoicanisolveitheiriproblem 15) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiEmergencyicallsicanionlyicomeiinionianiemergencyiline 16) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiGivingilegaliadviceiand/oripersonaliopinionsitoicallersiisiallipartiofitelecommunicatorsijob 17) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiRelyingionimemoryiduringiinformationigatheringiisiaigoodiwayitoigetiallitheidetails 18) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAniaccurateidescriptioniofiweaponsiisicriticaliinformationiforiresponseiunits 19) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiALIiisitheicallingiparty'sitelephoneinumberianditheiANIiisitheicallingiparty'siaddressiandiandi dispatchiinformation **20) Truei-i

  1. iiiiiiiiii☑️  iiiE9-1-1isystemsienhanceiBasici9-1- 1 isystemsibyiautomaticallyiprovidingitheicaller'sitelephoneinumberiandiphysicaliaddress**

**36) iiiiiiiiii☑️  iii"Conference- in"iallowsitheitelecommunicatoritoicommunicateidirectlyiwithitheiTelematicsisubscribersireporti ngitheiemergency

  1. Truei-i** iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiLoggingirecorderiinformationicanibeiusediforiqualityiassurance/qualityiimprovementipurposes 38) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiThei"EchoiProcedure"iisiusediiniradioitransmissionsitoiassigniresponses 39) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiabbreviationsi"BOLO"iandi"ATL"ireferitoitheisameitypeiofiradio 40) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiWhenihandlingifireiserviceicalls,ipreliminaryidispatchiinformationishouldibeikeptitoiaiminimum 41) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAisimplexiradioisystemiallowsiforimanyitalkigroupsitoishareitheisameifrequencies 42) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiInihandlingilawienforcementicallsiforiservice,iproperiprioritizationioficallsiisiessential 43) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiAMBERiAlertiisiainationwideisystemiorganizediunderistateioriregionaliplansitoiassistiinitheir ecoveryiofiabductedioriendangeredichildren 44) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiVictimsiunderi 18 iyearsioldioriyoungerimayibeienterediintoiheiAMBERiAlertisystem 45) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiprimaryidifferenceibetweenianiassaultiandiaibatteryiisiphysicalicontact 46) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFamilyidisturbanceicallsipresentiaihighipotentialiforiassaultiagainstiresponseiunits

47) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiCarjackingiisiaicombinationiofirobberyiandiautoitheft 48) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiPeopleiwhoitalkiaboutisuicideidoinotikillithemselves 49) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTimeiisicriticalifactoriinistructureifire 50) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFiresiinitravelitrailersiandicampingitrailersiareiclassifiediasistructureifires 51) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiNIMSiisiaicomprehensive,inationaliapproachitoiincidentimanagement 52) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiincidenticommandisystemi(ICS)iisianiintegralipartiofiNIMS 53) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheitypicalistandardiusediinidecidingiliabilityicasesiisiwhatiai"reasonableiandiprudentiperson"iw ouldidoiiniaisimilarisetioficircumstances 54) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiLiabilityiisisomethingithatiisiclaimediasiexistingioribeingiasidescribedibutinotiyetiproven 55) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiUndericertainicircumstances,iaitelecommunicatoricouldibeiheldiliableiiniainegligenceilawsuit 56) Falsei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheitelecommunicatorishouldialwaysireassureicallersithatiresponseiunitsiwereirightithere 57) Truei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiMaintainingiaipositiveiattitudeiwillihelpitoireduceistress 58) (C)ichainioficommandi-i

69) (B)iP-ANIi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheinumberiusedibyiwirelessicarriersitoirouteitheicalliandiidentifyitheicellisiteiwhichitheicalliorigi natediisireferreditoias... 70) (C)iVoIPi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAitechnologyithatiallowsiyouitoimakeitelephoneicallsiusingitheiinternetiis... 71) (C)iwherei(location)i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheimostiimportantiinformationitheitelecommunicatorineedsitoireceiveiwheniprocessingiwireles sicalliis: 72) (A)iTTYi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTerminalitypeideviceiwithikeyboardiandidisplayiusedibyideafiandihearingiimpaired. 73) (C)idiversityi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiUnderstandingithatieverybodyihasidifferencesialongilinesiofiage,irace,iethnicity,igender,isexualior ientation,ieconomicistatus,iphysicaliabilities,iandireligiousibeliefsishowsirespectiforiandiacceptance **74) (B)iTelematicsi-i

  1. iiiiiiiiii☑️  iiiTheitermiforitheiindustryiinvolvediinideliveringilocation- basediserviceitoiconsumeridrivenivehiclesiis:
  2. (A)iACNi-i** iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiabbreviationiuseditoidescribeitheiautomaticitransmissioniviaiwirelessitechnologyioficriticaliv ehicleiandioccupantidataiimmediatelyifollowingiaicrashiis: 77) (C)iTelematicsiCalliCenteri-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiabbreviationi"TCC"istandifor: 78) (D)ianiemergencyibuttoniactivation,inoivoiceicalli-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAitelematicsicallithatiisisimilaritoiai 911 iopenilineicalliis: 79) (C)itheivehicleiintoitheiNCICisystemi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAitelematicsioperatoriforistolenivehicleitracking

80) (D)iMDT/MDCi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAismallicomputeriterminalithatipermitsidataitransfersibetweenitheiresponseiunitsianditheiPSAPiisi a: 81) (B)i 2045 ihoursi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiForty0fiveiminutesiafteri8pm 82) (C)iAVLi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiabbreviationiforitheitechnologyithatiprovidesiaimappedilocationiofiresponseiunitivehicle 83) (C)ispeakiunemotionali-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiProperiradioidemeanoriandiattitudeirequiresithatiyou 84) (B)i 30 isecondsi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiRadioibroadcastsishouldilastinoilongerithan 85) (B)idistinctivelyispelliwordsiwhichicouldibeimisinterpretedi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiPhoneticialphabetiisiusediiniradioibroadcastingito 86) (D)iresponseiunitisafetyi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiPerformingiregulariradioistatusichecksioniresponseiunitsicaniandienhance: 87) (C)iFederaliCommunicationsiCommissioni-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiLimitationsioniradioipower,iantennaiheightiandifrequencyiuseiareisetibyithe 88) (C)irepeateri-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAideviceithatiextendsitheirangeiofiradioicommunicationsiisia... 89) (B)imobileiradioi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTransmitteriandireceiverimountediiniaivehicle. 90) (C)iradioiinteroperabilityi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheitermiuseditoidescribeitheiabilityiforimultipleiagenciesitoiconverseiwithioneianotheriusingico mmoniradioifrequenciesiis:

103) (A)istagingiareai-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiUnderiICS,iaitemporaryilocationiforiavailableiresourcesinotiimmediatelyiassigned 104) (C)iLiaisoniOfficeri-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiWithiniICSicommandistaff,itheipersoniwhoiisitheipointioficontactiforirepresentativesifromiotheria gencies 105) (C)iadministrativeisectioni-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiWithiniICSigeneralistaff,itheisectionsiresponsibleiforiorderingiresourcesiandiprovidingifacilities,i supplies,iandiequipmentimaintained 106) (B)iDiscretionaryiacti-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiActionsidoneiwhereithereiareinoihardiandifastirulesiasitoitheicourseioficonductioneimustiorimustin otitake 107) (A)istandardioficarei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheileveliofidutyiowedibyioneipersonitoianother 108) (D)ialliofitheiabovei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFailureitoikeepiworkirelatediconfidentiallyicouldiresultiin 109) (C)iRiskimanagementi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiipreventing,ireducing,iorilesseningitheinegativeiimpactsiofirisk