The Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) concept involves the melding of personnel and
talent from various law enforcement agencies.
a. True
b. False
The number of officers or subordinates a supervisor can supervise effectively is called:
a. chain of command.
b. organizational index.
c. span of control.
d. effective level of supervision.
What year was the first terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center?
a. 1980
b. 1986
c. 1993
d. 2000
The specific crimes measured by Part I of the Uniform Crime Reports are called:
a. Civil crimes
b. Index crimes
c. Hate crimes
d. Misdemeanor crimes
Marine Corps general Smedley Butler organized a “bandit squad” to raid prostitution
houses and suspected crime dens in Philadelphia.
a. True
b. False
What stage of the police selection process receives the most litigation?
a. background examination
b. written entrance exam
c. physical agility test
d. medical exam
Executive Order 13228, signed on October 8, 2001, established the:
a. U.S. Department of Energy.
b. Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
c. Federal Emergency Management Administration.
d. Office of Homeland Security.
Detail the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and explain its impact on how police
departments handle female officers who are pregnant.
Answer:Answer varies.
At the conclusion of the Kansas City study, everyone in the community knew that an
experiment regarding policing had been conducted in his or her community.
a. True
b. False
What law conferred criminal jurisdiction in Indian country to six state governments as
well as the federal government?
a. Senate Bill 2845
b. House Bill 2845
c. Tribal Law 121-440
d. Public Law 83-280
The most turbulent eras for American policing were the:
a. 1920s and 1930s.
b. 1940s and 1950s.
c. 1960s and 1970s.
d. 1980s and 1990s.
This case applied the exclusionary rule to all state courts.
a. Weeks v. United States
b. Wolf v. Colorado
c. Rochin v. California
d. Mapp v. Ohio
The right to counsel contained within the Miranda ruling applies only when the subject
of an interrogation:
a. is in custody.
b. is accused of a felony crime.
c. has been deemed indigent.
d. has made an admission of guilt.
Search and seizure is governed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
a. True
b. False
Police officers are allowed to use the level of force necessary to counter a suspect’s
resistance and get the suspect to comply with a lawful order.
a. True
b. False
The human relations training program that is designed to provide participants an
opportunity to learn more about themselves and their impact on others is called:
a. objectivity training.
b. sensitivity training.
c. behavior enlightenment.
d. participation training.
Crime Stoppers is a program in which police:
a. operate decoy programs where they dress like possible crime victims.
b. open up storefronts and pose as criminals who buy stolen property.
c. ask television and radio stations to publicize a “crime of the week” so citizens can
call tips into a special police phone number.
d. all of these choices
The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) database contains information
on:
a. persons arrested for violent crime.
b. persons wanted for violent crime.
c. victims of violent crime.
d. unsolved homicides.
The Kansas City study demonstrated that adding or taking away police patrols from an
area made no difference within the community.
a. True
b. False
Each year, police in the United States make about million arrest for all criminal
infractions except traffic violations.
a. 61.3
b. 51.0
c. 13.1
d. 6.2
Live Scan is a(n) scanning system.
a. ink and
b. optical fingerprint
c. retinal
d. data entry
Section 1983 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code was originally enacted by Congress as a
means of enforcing the ____________________ Amendment guarantee of rights to the
newly freed slaves.
a. Fourth
b. Fifth
c. Tenth
d. Fourteenth
The majority of studies have determined that the police personality derives from the
socialization process in the police academy, field training, and patrol experience,
instead of being inherent in the personality of those who enter into the police
profession.
a. True
b. False
The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
reported in 1967 that police relations with minority groups had:
a. sunk to explosively low levels.
b. improved somewhat over the years.
c. improved significantly over the years.
d. remained the same.
Which type of tactics constituted the brutal and violent methods police historically
practiced to obtain confessions?
a. hammering
b. first degree
c. third degree
d. drop down
The BlackBerry can be loaded with specialized law enforcement programs allowing the
user to query the NCIC database as well as other state and motor vehicle department
databases.
a. True
b. False
The majority of law enforcement agencies in America are:
a. local.
b. federal.
c. state.
d. private.
What law gives law enforcement new ability to search, seize, detain, or eavesdrop in
their pursuit of possible terrorists?
a. Posse Comitatus Act
b. USA Patriot Act
c. Statute of Winchester
d. Volstead Act
Which of the following does John Violanti offer as a factor that might explain the high
rates of suicide among police officers as a result of stress?
a. access to firearms
b. constantly being exposed to human misery
c. shift work, social strain, and marital difficulties
d. all of these choices
The main function of Interpol is:
a. informational.
b. investigative.
c. enforcement.
d. local.
Sir Charles Rowan founded the Bow Street Runners.
a. True
b. False
Heart attacks, ulcers, weight gain, and other health problems are not signs of stress in
police officers.
a. True
b. False
The first African-American police officers were appointed in which of the following
cities?
a. Chicago
b. New York
c. New Orleans
d. Miami
The police structure in the United States is:
a. military.
b. civilian.
c. quasi-military.
d. hemi-military.
How did technology influence policing in the early 20th century?
Answer:Answer varies.
The bombing in Centennial Olympic Park at the Atlanta Olympics Games is an example
of which type of terrorism?
In __________ operations, officers dressed in civilian clothes try to intermingle into an
area and patrol it on foot or in unmarked police cars in an attempt to catch a criminal in
the act of committing a crime.
Community policing is more easily facilitated with the __________ available today,
which helps police maximize their outreach to the community.
What are robots used for in policing today?
Answer:Answer varies.
A covert investigation in which an investigator assumes a different identity to obtain
information or achieve another investigatory purpose is called a(n)
____________________ investigation.
What are decoy operations? Provide some examples.
Answer:Answer varies.
The forerunner in the use of modern sophisticated automated crime analysis was the
New York City Police Department’s program.
What forms can police misconduct take aside from corruption and brutality? Provide
some examples.
Answer:Answer varies.
__________ are responsible for the vast majority of all arrests.
The U.S. system of criminal justice is interested in the __________, in addition to the
letter of the law.
Explain how directed patrol differs from the traditional random patrol.
Answer:Answer varies.
Among law enforcement agencies in 2007, ________ percent required a high school
diploma as a minimum requirement for hiring as a police officer.
extremist groups generally profess a revolutionary socialist doctrine and view
themselves as protectors of the American people against capitalism and imperialism.
Discuss the problems women and other minorities still face in policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
The majority of cases involve the fraudulent uses of credit card or bank information.