Integrity and ethics scenarios

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for integrity and ethics scenarios selection in the police, justice, corrections, border, and security sector with 3 skill areas: situational judgment, critical thinking and safety judgment. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Safety judgment — Hazard recognition, safe sequencing, escalation, and risk controls.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. A local business owner offers free meals after you handled a minor call at their shop. What is best?

   • A. Decline or disclose per gifts policy and keep service impartial
   • B. Accept weekly meals to maintain goodwill
   • C. Patrol only their shop favourably
   • D. Threaten inspection unless meals continue

2. You realize your report omitted a use-of-force detail that makes your actions look better. What is best?

   • A. Delete body-worn footage reference
   • B. Leave it out because nothing serious happened
   • C. Ask a colleague to rewrite history
   • D. Amend the report through proper process immediately

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.