After Basic, I attended eight weeks of Air Police School at Lackland AFB, TX. Passed out second man in a large class and was cited for academic achievement. I still have that laudatory document here somewhere.

But some of the exam questions left a bit to be desired. One asked where the patrolman parked his car on stopping an offender.

Would you park:

1.In front of the other vehicle
2.) to the side of it.
3.)To the rear of it, or
4) behind the offender's vehicle?

I didn't know if it was behind it or to the rear of it, but No. 3 sounded more formal, so I marked that and got it right.