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PARKS 



Vaccination. Evidence must be shown of recent ?uc- 

 cessful vaccination. 



Teeth. There must be a proper number of natural 

 teeth in good condition or repair, and these teeth must 

 be in good apposition for bridge or crown work, pro- 

 vided, however, that applicants with defective teeth 

 may be permitted to compete in the examination, and 

 if they succeed in passing the competitive tests with 

 an average standing of seventy per cent or over, their 

 names withheld from the eligible register until after 

 these defects have been corrected to the satisfaction of 

 the superintendent of employment or of a medical 

 examiner appointed by him. 



Urine Analysis. Any finding indicating advanced 

 disease will be cause for rejection. 



Venereal. Evidence of having or having had syphilis, 

 or of the presence of any other venereal disease, shall 

 be cause for rejection. 



Other Cause for Rejection. Hernia, piles, goitre, 

 provided, however, that applicants with hernia or piles 

 may be permitted to compete in examination, and if 

 they succeed in passing the competitive tests with an 

 average standing of seventy per cent or over, their 

 names withheld from the eligible register until after 

 these defects have been corrected to the satisfaction of 

 the superintendent of employment or of a medical 

 examiner appointed by him. 



EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS USED IN EXAMINATIONS FOR PATROLMAN, F-I-Z, CIVIL SERVICE 

 BOARD OF THE WEST CHICAGO PARK COMMISSIONERS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Special Subject. (Example No. i) 

 1-3. Why do you wish to become a West Park pa- 

 trolman and what qualifications do you possess which, 

 in your opinion, fit you for the position? 



4. Locate the following: (a) Insurance Exchange 

 Building; (b) First National Bank Building; (c) Balti- 

 more & Ohio Railway passenger station; (d) Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway passenger station; (i) 

 Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger station; 

 (/) La Salle Hotel; (g) Criminal Court Building; (K) 

 Chicago Art Institute; (i) Auditorium Hotel; (/) City 

 Hall. 



5. Locate the following: (a) Garfield Park; (b) Doug- 

 las Park; (c) Humboldt Park; (d) Vernon Park; (e) 

 Wicker Park. 



6. Name and give the location of five city precinct 

 police stations on the West Side. 



7. Name and give the location of five hospitals on 

 the West Side. 



8. Name ten boulevards on the West Side. 



9. Define the following terms: (a) felony; (b) mis- 

 demeanor; (c) alias. 



10. Suppose you were on duty and a citizen came 

 to you with a diamond pin which he said he had found. 

 What information would you collect and what action 

 would you take? 



11. The police bulletin for a certain day contained 

 a notice that an automobile, with state license No. 

 124,612, had been stolen. Suppose that while on duty 

 you noticed an automobile with that license number 

 and answering the description given, standing empty 

 in front of a store on a boulevard. What would you do? 



12. (a) What lights must be carried by an auto- 

 mobile after dark, according to the state law? (b) If 

 you saw a collision between two motor cars on a boule- 

 vard at your post of duty, in which several persons 

 were injured, what action would you take and what 

 information would you gather to include in your report 

 to your superior officer? 



13. What action would you take and what informa- 



tion would you gather if, while on duty, you found the 

 body of an apparently drowned woman lying on the 

 edge of the pond in Humboldt Park? 



14-15. Memory Test. A brief police report will be 

 slowly read by the examiner twice in succession. The 

 candidate will then be required to reproduce in writing 

 the information it contains. No one will be allowed to 

 take notes while it is being read. 



Special Subject (Example No. 2) 



1. What is a policeman? 



2. Name four hospitals on the West Side and give 

 locations of same. 



3. What are the general duties of a policeman? 



4. What are a policeman's duties when patrolling? 



5. What is a policeman's duty in regard to lost chil- 

 dren? 



6. What action would you take and what informa- 

 tion would you gather if, while on duty, you found the 

 body of an apparently drowned woman lying on the 

 edge of the pond in Garfield Park? 



7. Name four of the largest parks on the West Side. 



8. Give location of each of the four largest parks on 

 the West Side. 



9. What would you do in each of the following cases: 

 (a) Street or electric lamps are not lighted on your 

 beat? (b) A dangerous and sunken pavement in the 

 street? (c) What action would you take in reference to 

 an automobile accident? 



10. When a policeman brings a prisoner to the sta- 

 tion, what is his duty? 



Special Subject (Example No. 3) 



1. What are the names of the streets that are the 

 dividing lines east and west and north and south in the 

 City of Chicago? 



2. What should be the conduct of an officer when 

 making an arrest? 



3. What facts would you obtain for an accident 

 report? 



