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1. Which of the following is not a characteristic that applies to a law enforcement officer?
a. training is required
b. pay scales are high
c. physical fitness standards must be met
d. recruits must lack a criminal record
2. Which of the following must recruits pass to become a police officer?
a. psychological tests
b. background check
c. fitness test
d. all of the above
3. Which of the following is true regarding the changing profile of a police officer?
a. the large majority of police officers are racial or ethnic minorities
b. today almost 1 in 2 officers is female
c. the percentage of women has not changed since the 1970s
d. the percentage of women had doubled since the 1970s but females still only comprise about 12 %
4. Which of the following is TRUE of women in the police force?
a. women have been serving as police officers since the early 1800s
b. the smaller the police department, the higher proportion of women as sworn officers
c. women face no prejudice today in police work
d. women remain a minority in most police departments facing a variety of challenges
5. The process in which members learn the symbols, beliefs, and values of a group is called
a. working personality
b. spiritualization
c. socialization
d. isolation
6. When a group shares symbols, beliefs, and attitudes, this is referred to as
a. a subculture
b. a subcommunity
c. a suboccupation
d. subprofessionals
7. On average, how many types of difficult situations are patrol officers expected to handle per week?
a. none
b. one
c. two
d. three
8. A set of emotional and behavioral characteristics developed by members of an occupational group in response to a
work situation and environmental influences is called the
a. authoritative personality
b. policeman's personality
c. socialization personality
d. subculture personality
9. Which of the following is NOT a key issue in understanding the police subculture?
a. working personality
b. police morality
c. isolation of the police
d. acceptance of independent actions by other officers
10. Which two elements of police work define the working personality?
a. danger and authority
b. danger and isolation
c. danger and independence
d. authority and isolation
11. During day to day encounters with police officers, citizens respond most positively to which officer characteristic?
a. badge
b. gun
c. the officers' demeanor
d. nightstick
12. Most police work is reactive, which means police
a. respond to citizen calls for service
b. initiate actions in the absence of citizen requests
c. operate according to "hunches"
d. stop crime before it happens
13. Which of the following is an example of a proactive strategy to combat crime?
a. responding to citizen calls for service
b. Using a stakeout in victimless crimes
c. responding to citizens who approach an officer
d. responding to a crime after the perpetrator has fled
14. When calls for service are the main instigators of police action, this is called
a. clearance rate policing
b. incident-driven policing
c. proactive policing
d. preventive policing
15. Which of the following is a consequence of the policy of differential response?
a. less detailed information is received from callers
b. callers are uncertain about when to expect a response
c. the saving of police resources
d. patrol officers know less about a case when they respond
16. A system that assigns priorities to various calls for service is called
a. incident-driven policing
b. clearance rate
c. differential response
d. line functions
17. The percentage of crimes that police believe they have solved through an arrest is called
a. incident-driven policing
b. clearance rate
c. differential response
d. line functions
18. Which is the best reflection of measuring positive police productivity?
a. the clearance rate is the most effective measure
b. the crime rate is the most effective measure
c. the clearance rate and crime rate together provide an accurate picture
d. the clearance rate and crime rate do not give an accurate picture
19. Which of the following is an operational unit in a police department?
a. investigation
b. traffic
c. patrol
d. all of the above
20. The extent to which departments create specialized units depends on
a. the preferences of the police chief
b. the attitudes of the public toward the police
c. the attitudes of the news media toward the public
d. all of the above
21. Which type of police officers account for two-thirds of all sworn officers?
a. detective
b. traffic
c. juvenile
d. patrol
22. Police functions that directly involve field operations such as patrol and investigation are called
a. line functions
b. staff functions
c. sworn functions
d. preventive functions
23. Preventive patrol emphasizes
a. large numbers of arrests to control crime
b. responding to 911 calls
c. making police presence known
d. fixing "broken windows"
24. Which police unit identifies, apprehends, and collects evidence against lawbreakers?
a. traffic
b. investigation
c. media relations
d. administrative
25. According to your text, research conducted on large police departments found that a key factor in solving crimes
was
a. identification of the perpetrator by the victim or witnesses
b. police arriving at the scene of the crime in less than a minute
c. the intelligence of the police officers
d. the size of the police force
26. Traffic regulation is a ____ job of the police.
a. minor
b. major
c. dangerous
d. non-existent
27. Which of the following is a vice offense?
a. assault
b. traffic violations
c. arson
d. prostitution
28. What conclusions would you make from the chart below?
a. the probability of arrest is highest 10 minutes after a crime
b. the probability of arrest is highest 14 minutes after a crime
c. the probability of arrest is highest 2 minutes after a crime
d. the probability of arrest is highest while the crime is in progress
29. One important component of community policing is
a. reactive policing
b. fast 911 response time
c. problem solving
d. crime control
30. Which of the following programs attempts to control crime through the collection of crime statistics and meetings to
enforce accountability?
a. Uniform Crime Reports
b. National Incident-Based Reporting System
c. Compstat
d. CSI
31. The first ____________________ police officer was hired in Portland, Oregon, in 1905.
32. Learning informal practices as well as formal rules is the process of ____________________.
33. ____________________ is a subdivision of a national culture defined by occupation, ethnicity, class, and
residence.
34. A police officer's ____________________ is a complex set of emotional and behavioral characteristics
35. The two most important elements of the police working personality are ____________________ and
____________________.
36. The real threats on the job are called ____________________ stresses.
37. ____________________ stress is produced by the paramilitary character of police forces.
38. Generally, police patrol duties in a democracy are organized to be ____________________.
39. When police prioritize calls, this is called ____________________.
40. The ____________________ is the percentage of crimes known to police that have been solved through an
arrest.
41. ____________________ and ____________________ are the two largest and most important units in a police
department.
42. ____________________ assigns resources so as to obtain the largest number of arrests.
43. Enforcement of vice laws depends on ____________________ police work.
44. Geographic concentrations of crime are called ____________________.
45. The different types of patrol are foot, bicycle, and ____________________ patrol
46. Today, police officers have more formal education than their predecessors
a. True
b. False
47. Today, about 1 in 5 officers is a racial or ethnic minority group member.
a. True
b. False
48. Even today, research indicates than women may be more subject to sexual harassment as police officers than their
male counterparts.
a. True
b. False
49. The police officer's job does not demand skills in dealing with people.
a. True
b. False
50. Police officers only need formal training to understand the aspects of their job.
a. True
b. False
51. Police officers are expected to obey rules and respect superiors.
a. True
b. False
52. The nature of police work can make officers very suspicious of citizens whom they encounter.
a. True
b. False
