Test Questions for Criminal Justice Organizations:
Chapter 2
1. A structured organization attains their organizational goals by ensuring that its members
A. Mechanistic
B. Organic
C. Structure
D. Both A, B
E. Both A,C
3. An organic organization is also known as a bureaucratic, formal and hierarchical system.
4. What makes up the organization’s mission, policies, procedures, and also forms a
A. Framework
B. Informal
C. Social
D. Formal
5. The need for ___________ has also resulted in simplifying sentencing decisions with
6. The hierarchical structure of a bureaucracy forces official communication to occur
A. Horizontally
B. Vertically
C. Diagonally
D. None of the above
A. Horizontally
B. Vertically
C. Diagonally
D. None of the above
8. Within an organic organization tasks are not specialized and any member of the agency
may have the expertise or knowledge to take on a variety of tasks. True or False
A. Department of Homeland Security
B. Research and Planning Department
C. Treatment Staff
D. None of the above
10. Task specialization is the process of dividing the work into a number of smaller tasks.
11. Research consists of the establishment of rules and regulations, usually written, that
12. ________ and ___________ are often considered or identified as policies and procedures.
A. Rules, Regulations
B. Sanctions, Procedures
C. Policies, Regulations
D. Rules, Procedures
13. Specialization suggests that formalization has a significant positive impact on
correctional officers’ job satisfaction and commitment to the organization. True or False
14. This dimension of an organizational structure requires that all subordinates report to a
A. Formalization
B. Span of Control
C. Bureaucratic
D. None of the above
15. Under the tall hierarchy supervisors are responsible for their subordinates and exercise
16. A _________ statement is portrayed by the organizations’ responsibility to clients, its
18. The ________ process of receiving and allocating funds in order to operate and achieve
A. Tax
B. Budget
C. Equity
D. None of the above
A. Logical
B. Bottom up
C. Line-item
D. None of the above
20. The distribution of funds among agencies is typically allocated on a quarterly basis. True or
21. A formal structure includes goals, activities, or structures that are not officially
22. This informal communication is based on rumors among organizational members?
A. Grapevine
B. Tall
C. Flat
D. None of the above
23. In correctional facilities there is not a formal structure because inmates contribute to the
24. Based on Bolman and Deal (2003) there are four organization frames: structural frame,
25. Organizational frameworks involve both formal and informal structures of organizations.
A. Organizations exist to achieve goals and objectives
B. Productivity is enhanced through task specialization and the division of labor
C. Managerial control of staff and Units
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
27. Job design restructures tasks to allow staff to fulfill organizational challenges and
28. The scarcity of resources and the competition for control exist among the different formal
29. What political group works to obtain legislation favorable to their membership or to impact
A. Non-Profit Organizations
B. Unions
C. Law enforcement
D. None of the above
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