Test Questions for Criminal Justice Organizations:
Chapter 12
1. This decision began the decade of illegal manufacturing, sale, and transportation of
A. French revolution
B. Prohibition
C. Civil Rights Movement
D. 911 Attack
2. The federal government created an enforcement bureau to enforce the 18th amendment,
A. MIB
B. IRS
C. DEA
D. FBI
3. Religious groups argued that the root cause of violence, crime, spousal abuse and other
social maladies could be found in the American habit of consuming alcoholic beverages.
4. As an alternative to loss revenue of the sale of liquors the federal government created a
A. Tootsie Roll
B. Bandwagon
C. Garbage Can
D. Old Folk
A. More Murders
B. Overcrowded Prisons
C. Police Brutality
D. Stricter Immigration Laws
6. Agencies establish budget priorities and make budget allotments in order to continue the
9. ___________ style is used by officers in departments which the primary focus is on
10. __________ departments invoke their power to arrest based solely on whether the statue
11. Processing occurs through the decision rules, which govern how the elements of the
12. __________ decision rules, involving the assignment of numerical weights to pieces of
14. __________ or self-correcting, decision model, the outcome of prior decisions provides
A. Rationality requires a complete knowledge and anticipation of the consequences that
follow each choice.
B. Imagination must supply the lack of experienced feeling in attaching value to them.
C. Rationality requires a choice among all possible alternative behaviors.
D. All of the above
16. Satisfycing is known as settling and taking the first acceptable solution that comes along.
17. Assumptions and beliefs are learned responses to problems that are valued enough to pass
on to new members through both the formal and informal socialization processes. True or
18. The entrenched beliefs, values, assumptions, and legitimizing rituals frame and
19. _____________ are the process by which interested parties within the organization
express their concern and seek implementation and acceptance of their ideas and
20. _____________ consist of the influence that outside parties exert on the organization’s
definition of mission, the appropriate types of operations the organization exhibits, and
21. Criminal justice organizations are made up of multiple and conflicting individuals and
A. Sequentialists
B. Simplifier
C. Ah Yes!
D. Ratifier
E. None of above
23. _____________ decision makers like to interact with others and welcome open decisions.
A. Conceptual
B. Directive
C. Analytical
D. Behavioral
24. ____________ are decision makers that have a high tolerance for ambiguity and tend to
A. Conceptual
B. Directive
C. Analytical
D. Behavioral
25. ____________ decision makers are individuals who make decisions and announce them,
A. Conceptual
B. Directive
C. Analytical
D. Behavioral
26. ___________ decision makers work well with people and rely on discussions with others
A. Conceptual
B. Directive
C. Analytical
D. Behavioral
27. Autocratic or boss-centered decision style is when a boss makes decisions and
28. Our society is in a state of constant change and becoming more complex, especially, as
30. Minimax strategies are strategies designed to minimize and maximum loss that could
result from a given decision outcome, and they produce very conservative or low-risk