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True / False
1. The higher the percentage of black officers on the police force, the higher the arrest rates for crimes such as
assault.
a. True
b. False
2. The watchman style of policing is characterized by officers devoted to the profession of police work and who are
most likely to aspire to achieve prestige, status, and rank.
a. True
b. False
3. Factors such as the living and working environment of the officer often affect their discretion.
a. True
b. False
4. More than 50 percent of citizens who experience force at the hands of the police report an injury.
a. True
b. False
5. The Supreme Court has ruled that under certain circumstances, a valid search may be conducted without a search
warrant.
a. True
b. False
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6. In the landmark case Tennessee v. Garner, the U.S. Supreme court outlawed deadly use of force by police.
a. True
b. False
7. The Knapp Commission concluded that the vast majority of police officers involved in police corruption are meat
eaters.
a. True
b. False
8. In a consent search, individuals waive their constitutional rights.
a. True
b. False
9. In 1914, in Weeks v. United States, the Court established the exclusionary rule.
a. True
b. False
10. TheSupremeCourthascreateda“goodfaithexception”totheexclusionaryrulewhichindicatesthatevidenceis
admissible in court if the police officers acted in good faith by first obtaining court approval for their search, even if
the warrant they received was deficient or faulty.
a. True
b. False
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11. Suicide by cop is a term that was coined by the internal review board to denote police officers who commit
employment suicide by becoming a corrupt officer and taking bribes.
a. True
b. False
12. To obtain a search warrant, the presiding magistrate only has to have a general idea of the reason the police want to
search the property.
a. True
b. False
13. Currently, there is not enough oversight, or policies to regulate less than lethal weapons.
a. True
b. False
14. One of the core beliefs at the heart of the police culture today is that it is impossible to win the war against crime
without bending the rules.
a. True
b. False
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15. Legal factors are at play when an officers police practices are shaped by how the department that he is part of and
howhisfellowofficer’sact.
a. True
b. False
16. What term is used to describe the phenomena where black officers must deal with the expectation that they will
give members of their own race a break, while at the same time they experience overt racism from their police
colleagues?
a. The black curtain b. Double marginality
c. Inherent role conflict d. Toxic race relations
17. Over the years, minority officers seem to be as self assured as white officers, regardless of feeling ________rates
of job related stress and strain stemming from general police stressors
a. Lower b. Higher
c. Similar d. Non-Existent
18. What city was the first to hire and award the title of police officer to a woman in 1910?
a. Chicago b. Boston
c. Los Angeles d. New York City
19. Surveys of male officers show that ______ (of) officers tend to view policing as a masculine profession and do
not think women can handle the physical requirements of the job.
a. Just a few b. Many
c. Some d. The majority
20. Which of the following is false regarding education and the police?
a. Educated officers are better able to communicate with the public.
b. Administrators believe that educated officers generate fewer citizen complaints.
c. Educated officers have greater disciplinary problems due to job boredom.
d. Higher educated officer have greater self-confidence and assurance.
21. The blue curtain is a term used to describe:
a. police reluctance to express personal feelings with each other.
b. the police practice of shrouding the windows and doors of the briefing room when confidential information
is disseminated at roll call.
c. the secrecy and insulation from others in society that is a consequence of the police subculture.
d. the sheet used to drape the coffins of slain police officers.
22. Which of the following is not one of the six core beliefs at the heart of the police culture?
a. Loyalty to colleagues counts above all else.
b. The war against crime cannot be won without bending the rules.
c. No one else understands the nature of police work.
d. All of the above are core beliefs in the police culture.
23. Which of the following traits is said to be found on all levels of policing?
a. Anger b. Racism
c. Dogmatism d. Cynicism
24. An officer approaches a group of teenagers drinking beer, she checks everyone's ID and arrests all who are
underage. This example best typifies which officer style?
a. Crime fighter b. Social agent
c. Law enforcer d. Watchman
25. An officer approaches a group of teenagers standing in a parking lot, drinking beer. She checks them for gang
symbols and calls into the station to ascertain if any of them have active warrants. This officer typifies which officer
style?
a. Crime fighter b. Social agent
c. Law enforcer d. Watchman
26. Which officer's style involves acting as problem solvers and is therefore well suited for community policing?
a. Crime fighter b. Social agent
c. Law enforcer d. Watchman
27. Which style of policing prefers to ignore or treat informally issues of concern, unless the social or political order is
being jeopardized?
a. Crime fighter b. Social agent
c. Law enforcer d. Watchman
28. Which policing style utilizes the least amount of discretion?
a. Crime fighter b. Social agent
c. Law enforcer d. Watchman
29. Which of the following factors bests fits under the heading of extralegal discretionary factors?
a. Peer pressure in policing b. Racial profiling
c. Offender demeanor d. The working and living environment
30. Definedastheabilitytomonitorone’sownandothersfeelingsandemotions,todiscriminateamongthemandto
use this information to guide ones thinking and actions is the concept of?
a. Miranda Protections b. Demeanor
c. Department politics d. Emotional Intelligence
31. Stress reduction programs may include which of the following?
a. Diet information b. Biofeedback
c. Meditation d. All the above
32. Court decisions that limit police discretion are an example of a(n):
a. external stressor. b. organizational stressor.
c. duty stressor. d. individual stressor.
33. The inconvenience and physical strains that come from rotating shift work are examples of:
a. external stressors. b. organizational stressors.
c. duty stressors. d. individual stressors.
34. What pattern does research reveal regarding officers' involvement in use-of-force incidents?
a. There is little evidence that use-of-force incidents are racially motivated.
b. A small portion of officers account for a sizable portion of the abuses.
c. Problem officers tend to be young and inexperienced members of the force.
d. All of the above are correct.
35. The greatest factor in controlling the use of unwarranted police brutality is/are?
a. Labelingofficers“MeatEaters”
b. Threat of civil judgments against police chiefs that condone violent behavior
c. Suicide by Cop
d. Threat of civil judgment against individual officers
36. Justification of the use of deadly force via the "fleeing felon" rule can be traced to:
a. English Common Law.
b. the landmark Tennessee v. Garner case.
c. the landmark Graham v. Conner case.
d. the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) guidelines.
37. Which of the following is not commonly identified as a factor related to police shootings?
a. Firearms availability in the community
b. Administrative policies
c. Social conflict
d. Poverty levels
38. What U.S. Supreme Court case deemed the use of deadly force against an unarmed and non-dangerous fleeing
felon an illegal seizure under the Fourth Amendment?
a. Tennessee v. Garner b. Graham v. Conner
c. Gregg v. Georgia d. U.S. v. Weeks
39. What U.S. Supreme Court decision set forth the "reasonable officer" standard for police use of deadly force?
a. Williams v. New York b. Graham v. Connor
c. Sherman v. California d. Tennessee v. Garner
40. What is the lowest level of reasonable officer response mapped out in the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center's use-of-force model?
a. Contact controls b. Verbal commands
c. Compliance techniques d. Defensive tactics
41. What was the name of the famous commission that investigated corruption in New York City in the 1970s?
a. Warren Commission b. Knapp Commission
c. Christopher Commission d. Mollen Commission
42. What is the term used to describe those that aggressively misuse police power for personal gain by demanding
bribes, threatening legal action, or cooperating with criminals?
a. Grass eaters
b. Meat eaters
c. Active criminality
d. Selective enforcement or non-enforcement
43. What is the term used to describe those police officers that accept payoffs when their everyday duties place them
in a position to be solicited by the public?
a. Grass eaters
b. Meat eaters
c. Passive criminality
d. Selective enforcement or non-enforcement
44. When police routinely use excessive force against suspects, it is considered:
a. Mooching b. Abuse of power
c. Chiseling d. Grappling
45. The Mollen Commission is an example of what type of effort to control police corruption?
a. Outside review board or special prosecution
b. Civil litigation
c. Citizen review board
d. Internal review board
Barry has been a police officer since 1972. He has seen a lot of changes happen to his department and the culture
ofpolicingingeneral.Inthe70’smostofhisfellowofficerswerewhitemen.Hefiguresthattheideaofadding
more women and minorities to the force is great because it may be easier to respond to certain incidents if you have
heterogeneity.
46. Barry made detective back in 2005 but his partner has just retired. His new partner is a woman, he is ok with that,
but thinks that she might have trouble. What type of trouble is she likely to run into as a police officer?
a. double marginality
b. the blue curtain
c. more disciplinary action
d. cynicism
47. AnewrecruitinBarry’sdepartmentisWilliam.William'sfatherwasapoliceofficertooandhewouldliketofollow
in his footsteps. As a minority, he has heard stories of his father having to patrol a neighborhood but needing to call a
whiteofficertomakeanarrest.Hisfather’sexperiencecanbedescribedaswhat?
a. the same as the ethnic minority experience
b. the same as the female experience
c. the blue curtain
d. double marginality
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