Module 8 - CAD and Related Technologies

Question 1

As stated in the APCO Public Safety Telecommunicator 1 textbook, the abbreviation for the technology that provides a mapped location of response unit vehicles is:
A. AVT
B. AMT
C. AVL
D. AVS

Answer 1

C. AVL

Question 2

A computer-aided dispatch system can perform which of the following functions?

A. Can assist telecommunicators in accessing information such as criminal records and vehicle registrations
B. Allows the telecommunicator to enter information about the call for service into the system
C. Can provide information about response units available to respond to a call
D. All of the above

Answer 2

D. All of the above

Question 3

In an E9-1-1 system, the CAD can automatically enter what information?
A. The victim’s next of kin
B. Block and Lot numbers for the building involved
C. The ANI/ALI information
D. The suspects social insurance number

Answer 3

C. The ANI/ALI information

Question 4

Record Management systems (RMS) can perform which of the following functions except?
A. Create a record of information from a call
B. Use voice recognition to create written records from spoken words
C. Retrieve information, like criminal histories, during a call
D. Send/Receive information from responding units

Answer 4

B. Use voice recognition to create written records from spoken words