National statistics indicate an average number of feloniously killed officers per year in the 1990s.

• A. about 100
• B. about 150
• C. about 300
• D. about 450

Answer: (C)

The question is about interpreting a decade-long average of on-duty, felonious officer deaths. When you look at the 1990s as a whole, the yearly count tends to cluster in the hundreds rather than tens, so the figure that best represents the average across that decade sits around three hundred.

Choosing about 300 captures the scale of the typical annual losses nationwide over the 1990s, whereas figures near 100 or 150 would underestimate the decade’s overall level, and a number around 450 would overstate it. This helps you compare yearly risk to a realistic, nationwide context rather than focusing on a single year’s spike or drop.