Nationally, police are able to clear only____________________ percent of all violent
crimes reported to them.
a. 16.5
b. 47.2
c. 65.8
d. 87.1
A basic personality test administered by many police departments is the:
a. PRCI
b. Niederhoffer’s Personality Scale
c. BPI
d. MMPI
The best-known study of the police personality, Behind the Shield, was written by:
a. Richard Harris
b. Howard Abadinsky
c. Larry Siegel
d. Arthur Niederhoffer
What is used in the examination of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin?
a. serology
b. criminalistics
c. chemistry
d. document analysis
An investigation initiated by a small law enforcement agency would be difficult to keep
quiet and confidential because relationships are such that ____________________
would probably be too close to the investigation, if not involved themselves.
a. employees
b. victims
c. suspects
d. witnesses
The highly organized rank structure for sworn members of a department is known as:
a. functional command
b. chain of command
c. unity of command
d. supervision ratio
Employees of which agency have the dual mission of protecting the nation’s leaders and
investigating crimes in specialized fields such as information technology?
a. Office of the Secretary
b. U.S. Secret Service
c. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
An entry-level police apprentice without general law enforcement powers suggested by
the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice is a:
a. police agent
b. police officer
c. community service officer
d. reserve officer
The NCIC is operated by the:
a. Secret Service
b. U.S. Marshals Service
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation
d. National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Community-oriented policing strategies have proven successful in:
a. only cities with a population over 50,000
b. only cities with a population over 100,000
c. only cities with a population over 500,000
d. cities of all sizes
Another name for Neighborhood Watch programs is:
a. Crime Watch
b. Block Watch
c. Community Alert
d. all of these choices
What act was enacted with the goal of assisting local governments in reducing the
incidence of crime by increasing the effectiveness, fairness, and coordination of law
enforcement and the criminal justice system?
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
c. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
d. Civil Rights Act of 1991
The police structure in the United States is:
a. military
b. civilian
c. quasi-military
d. hemi-military
The human relations training program that is designed to provide participants an
opportunity to learn more about themselves and their impact on others is called:
a. objectivity training
b. sensitivity training
c. behavior enlightenment
d. participation training
Shared leadership attained renewed interest in the 1980s and 1990s in response to:
a. the court case of Tennessee v. Garner
b. New York City’s successful implementation
c. the riots in Los Angeles
d. Japanese industry’s success
The 41st Precinct in the Bronx was nicknamed:
a. Little China
b. The View
c. The Flats
d. Fort Apache
The largest local police department in the United States is in:
a. Dallas
b. Houston
c. Los Angeles
d. New York City
Who coined the term omnipresence?
a. James J. Fyfe
b. O. W. Wilson
c. Patrick V. Murphy
d. James Q. Murphy
A Bureau of Justice Statistics publication reported that in 2007,
____________________ percent of sworn personnel in local police departments were
women.
a. 11.9
b. 15.3
c. 3.9
d. 21.2
Which of the following is not one of the three traditional ways we do police work in the
United States?
a. retroactive investigation of past crimes by detectives
b. random routine patrol
c. proactive investigations
d. rapid response to calls by citizens to 911
Which constitutional amendment states that “no warrants shall issue, but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized”?
a. First
b. Fourth
c. Fifth
d. Sixth
Which group is considered the backbone of police services?
a. detectives
b. patrol officers
c. training officers
d. community service officers
The ____________________ has the statutory mission to serve as the U.S.
government’s knowledge bank on international terrorism and to provide the Department
of State with required statistical information.
a. NCTC
b. NCIC
c. TCIC
d. ACISC
What involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations?
a. strategic policing
b. community policing
c. citizen-based policing
d. political-based policing
An investigative unit that reexamines old cases that have remained unsolved is called a:
a. special acquired-technique squad (SATS)
b. hot-case squad
c. cold-case squad
d. geriatric unit
Officers who participate in more aggressive types of corruption by seeking out and
taking advantage of opportunities for corruption are called ____________________.
a. meat-eaters
b. grass-eaters
c. dirt-eaters
d. tree-eaters
The biggest recent threat to community policing and, consequently, the biggest criticism
of community policing initiatives is:
a. the initial startup costs
b. the inability to keep police departments fully staffed and to keep money flowing to
these initiatives
c. convincing local governmental leaders to participate in the programs
d. the capital investment for vehicles
Live Scan is a(n) ____________________ scanning system.
a. ink and paper
b. optical fingerprint
c. retinal
d. data entry
A situation in which police officers only trust other police officers and do not aid in the
investigation of wrongdoing by other officers is called the:
a. red curtain
b. blue curtain
c. blue shield
d. red shield
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a warrantless search of a vehicle is valid if the
police have probable cause to believe that the car contains evidence that they are
seeking. This decision is known as the:
a. Stout doctrine
b. Carroll doctrine
c. exclusionary rule
d. fruits of the poisonous tree doctrine
During the 1970s, many police departments developed an alternative to the fleeing
felon doctrine; it was called the __________
Many experts believe that highly organized and cohesive groups of extremists may pose
the most urgent threat to the United States.
__________ is the science of identifying, collecting, preserving, documenting,
examining, analyzing, and presenting evidence from computers, computer networks,
and other electronic devices.
Studies have indicated that police officers face serious marital problems, health
problems, and problems with alcohol and drugs.
The most controversial method of ending job discrimination is the concept of
affirmative action.
Describe the role the federal government played in removing equal employment
opportunity barriers to women and minorities in policing.
Answer:
Answer varies.
What is the exclusionary rule? Describe its development. How has this rule had an
impact on the police and the public?
Answer:
Answer varies.
The Phoenix Police Department bars its officers from stopping people for the sole
purpose of determining immigration status.
ROPs concentrate on __________
Discuss the many ways in which the computer is revolutionizing police work.
Answer:
Answer varies.
The primary instrument governing employment equality, as well as all equality, in U.S.
society is the __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Delineate the ranks in the police hierarchy from bottom to top, and explain the
responsibilities of each rank.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Search and seizure is governed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Herman Goldstein has defined police corruption as “acts involving the misuse of
authority by a police officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain for himself
or others.”
Rural and small-town law enforcement agencies engage in __________ programs with
neighboring agencies and come to one another’s aid when necessary.
__________ are responsible for the vast majority of all arrests.
Public opinion polls have revealed that most citizens have a very poor image of the
police.
The process of removing sworn officers from noncritical or nonenforcement tasks and
replacing them with civilians or nonsworn employees is called __________