Sheehan and Cordner state that the two primary goals and objectives of police
departments are:
a. maintaining order, and protecting life and property
b. preventing crime and arresting offenders
c. preventing crime and maintaining order
d. protecting life and property, and preventing crime
After the conditional offer of employment has been made to a potential police applicant,
the final stage of the selection process is:
a. polygraph and medical evaluation
b. psychological and polygraph evaluation
c. physical agility and medical evaluation
d. psychological and medical evaluation
Which of the following is not consistent with the findings of Professor Sean Grennan in
his study of patrol teams in New York City?
a. There were no basic differences between the way males and females working as a
patrol team reacted to violent confrontations.
b. Female police officers, in most cases, were far more emotionally stable than their
male counterparts.
c. Female officers were more likely to calm a potentially violent situation.
d. Female officers were more likely to suffer on-the-job injuries.
The __________ was created in 2005 to unite America’s national security intelligence
under one umbrella. It was based on the 9/11 Commission report, which recommended
the creation of a single intelligence director for the United States.
____________________ is an administrative action coordinated through the state
police standards organization that will determine if cause exists to strip an officer of his
or her state certification to be a police officer.
a. Certification suspension
b. Interstate certification
c. Background certification
d. Decertification
Younger applicants are showing an increased dependence on texting and social media to
communicate and seem to have less experience in:
a. crisis management
b. dispute resolution
c. life situations
d. face-to-face communication
Based on 2010 statistics, approximately ____________________ people were killed
justifiably by police in a three-year period.
a. 25
b. 390
c. 1,322
d. 10,227
____________________ is defined as an organizational model marked by hierarchy
and promotion on professional merit and skill.
a. Keynesian paradigm
b. Bureaucracy
c. Privatization
d. Monetarism
Noble cause corruption is also known as:
a. Dirty Harry syndrome
b. blue line crossing
c. blue corruption
d. meat-eating
The idea that detective work is glamorous, exciting, and dangerous, as it is depicted in
the movies and on television, is called the:
a. detective mystique
b. detective role
c. detective model
d. detective initiative
Groups or individuals who operate without foreign direction entirely within the United
States and target elements of the U.S. government or citizens are called:
a. counterterrorists
b. cyber-terrorists
c. domestic terrorists
d. intelligence terrorists
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
The National Center for Rural Law Enforcement (NCRLE) is a part of what university?
a. University of Arizona
b. University of Wyoming
c. University of Arkansas
d. University of Nebraska
Prior to the Rand study, it was common for police departments to have policies and
procedures in place that emphasized:
a. proactive investigations of future crime by detectives
b. follow-up investigations of past crimes by patrol officers
c. retroactive investigations of past crimes by detectives
d. cold-case investigations
Physical agility testinghas been criticized for discriminating against:
a. Hispanics
b. African Americans
c. women
d. people with disabilities
A successful example of a directed patrol program that achieved positive results was the
____________________ gun experiment.
a. Kansas City
b. Los Angeles
c. Houston
d. Detroit
What year was the first terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center?
a. 1980
b. 1986
c. 1993
d. 2000
Robert Lilly’s research concluded that the majority of police calls are in reference to:
a. burglaries
b. thefts
c. information
d. social services
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, ____________________ percent of local
police departments provide college tuition reimbursementto their officers.
a. 6
b. 37
c. 76
d. 87
___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing
vagrants.
a. Beadles
b. Deputies
c. Marshals
d. Roamers
Most police officers feel that the public:
a. does not support the police
b. appreciates the police
c. respects but does not like the police
d. has no opinion regarding the police
What is used in the examination of hairs, fibers, and paints?
a. ballistics
b. serology
c. criminalistics
d. chemistry
The simultaneous expectation by white officers that African American officers will give
members of their own race better treatment and hostility from members of the African
American community who consider black officers to be traitors to their race is known
as ____________________.
a. double marginality
b. de facto discrimination
c. adverse impact
d. reverse discrimination
Fingerprint ridge impressions left on a soft material such as putty, wax, soap, or dust are
called:
a. plastic prints
b. latent prints
c. acoustic prints
d. seated prints
The police make approximately ____________________ million arrests a year.
a. 3.3
b. 10.16
c. 12.2
d. 13.12
When officers reach the assessment process in the SARA model of problem-solving,
officers:
a. plan further strategic movements
b. evaluate community policing
c. evaluate the effectiveness of the response
d. evaluate incident-driven policing
Reactive investigative methods are used to investigate acts of terrorism after they occur
and can include:
a. crime scene processing and analysis
b. following up on leads and tips
c. surveillance
d. all of these choices
The Executive Sessions on Policing focused and debated on the use and price of:
a. rolling traffic enforcement
b. adaptable computer databases
c. intelligence-led policing
d. community policing
The Office of Homeland Security was replaced by which new agency?
a. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
b. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
c. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to prohibit job discrimination
based on all but which of the following?
a. race and color
b. sexual orientation
c. national origin
d. gender
____________________ can be used to lift prints from surfaces that often defy
traditional powder or chemical techniques, including glass, paper, cardboard, rubber,
wood, and even human skin.
a. Microchips
b. Robotics
c. X-rays
d. Lasers
DNA is the abbreviation for __________
Explain the slippery slope theory and how it relates to gratuities.
Answer:
Answer varies.
In __________, the Supreme Court applied the exclusionary rule to state courts.
The police selection process is relatively simple and enables a candidate to become
hired as a police officer within several months after taking the entrance examination.
Decoy operations involve using occupied vehicles in strategic locations to give the
perception of omnipresence.
The vision requirement was probably the strongest example of discrimination against
female candidates in police tests.
List different ways volunteers may serve in police departments.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Police administrators will tell you that honesty is the most crucial trait in a police
applicant and police officer.
The pattern of brutality and violence historically used by the police to obtain
confessions by suspects is known as the __________
The impression of always being there is called __________
The 41st Precinct in the Bronx earned the nickname “The Alamo.”
The U.S. system of criminal justice is interested in the __________, in addition to the
letter of the law.
The concept that each individual in an organization is directly accountable to only one
supervisor is called __________
Community policing is more easily facilitated with the __________ available today.
Discuss how the war on terror has affected community policing.
Answer:
Answer varies.
The bombing in Centennial Olympic Park at the Atlanta Olympics Games is an example
of which type of terrorism?