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Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) help police act in the event of an
emergency or disaster.
a. True
b. False
Berghuis v. Thompkins determined that defendants must make an affirmative statement
or action to expressly waive their right to remain silent or to have a lawyer present
during questioning.
a. True
b. False
Triad programs are focused on senior citizens.
a. True
b. False
What involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations?
a. strategic policing
b. community policing
c. citizen-based policing
d. political-based policing
Typically, Police Explorers are required to work approximately _____ hours a month to
maintain their eligibility, but they may work more hours if they wish.
a. 8
b. 12
c. 20
d. 40
____________________ tend to be costly in human and dollar resources, and although
many departments use them for promotional exams, most do not use them for hiring
selection.
a. Written exams
b. Polygraph exams
c. Assessment centers
d. Oral exams
The police role is extremely well defined and contains little ambiguity.
a. True
b. False
National Night Out is in effect:
a. once a month.
b. twice a year.
c. once a year.
d. one week a year.
Rapid response to 911 calls works better in discovery crimes than in involvement
crimes.
a. True
b. False
Officer Smith believes her role is to maintain order on her beat by arresting criminals.
According to Broderick, she would be considered a(n):
a. realist.
b. optimist.
c. enforcer.
d. idealist.
Statistics clearly indicate that police officers:
a. overuse force.
b. do not overuse force.
c. overuse threats.
d. display their weapons too often.
Police chaplain volunteers serve as liaisons with various religious institutions in the
community.
a. True
b. False
There are six classifications of fingerprints.
a. True
b. False
This U.S. Supreme Court decision said "a compelled physical intrusion beneath (the)
skin and into (the) veins to obtain a sample of . . . blood for use as evidence in a
criminal investigation" was "an invasion of bodily integrity."
a. Winston v. Lee
b. Missouri v. McNeely
c. Stoval v. Denno
d. United States v. Ash
Everything done with each other as human beings in all kinds of relationships is the
definition of:
a. community relations.
b. public relations.
c. human relations.
d. incarceration.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case defined the constitutional right to counsel at police
interrogation?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Miranda v. Arizona
c. Escobedo v. Illinois
d. Brown v. Mississippi
Which of the following is not a common duty of a state police officer?
a. highway patrol
b. traffic enforcement
c. patrol of small towns
d. serve civil process
One of the best-known citizen patrol groups, whose members wear distinctive red
berets and T-shirts, is called the:
a. Red Berets.
b. Citizen Avengers.
c. Guardian Angels.
d. Good Samaritans.
When researchers examined the reinstitution of foot patrol in Newark and Flint, they
arrived at the conclusion that when foot patrol is added in neighborhoods:
a. levels of fear decrease significantly
b. levels of fear increase significantly
c. levels of fear remain the same
d. the police who patrol on foot have less job satisfaction, more fear, and lower morale
than do officers who patrol in automobiles
Entrapment is a(n) ____________________ defense.
a. perfect
b. good faith
c. equitable
d. affirmative
In a case enhancement program, detectives:
a. debrief suspects to obtain further information
b. assist arresting officers in preparing a case for court
c. engage in liaison with the district attorney
d. all of these choices
In a 2006 Harris Interactive poll, a majority of Americans reported that they were more
concerned with individual liberties and in favor of decreasing surveillance of suspected
terrorists through cameras, banking records, and cell phones.
a. True
b. False
This national survey is prepared by the National Institute of Justice.
a. Uniform Crime Reports
b. National Crime Victimization Survey
c. U.S. Census
d. Federal Criminal Justice Survey
A civil service system solves all managerial problems with promotion, demotion, and
dismissal.
a. True
b. False
What commission was formed to investigate New York City police corruption in the
1990s?
a. Knapp Commission
b. Mollen Commission
c. Wickersham Commission
d. Watson Commission
In a Gallup poll, when asked to rate the standards of various occupations,
____________________ percent of respondents rated the police either very high or
high in honesty and ethical standards.
a. 12
b. 42
c. 56
d. 91
Minority groups allege they are the victims of race-based policing due the NYPD
stop-and-frisk policies.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
A very early attempt at community policing involving the development of decentralized
neighborhood-based precincts that served as 'storefront" police stations was tried in
what city?
a. Detroit
b. Tampa
c. Miami
d. Hattiesburg
Police unions are predominantly local organizations that bargain and communicate with
the local police department and the mayor or chief's office.
a. True
b. False
The Knapp Commission's investigation failed to recognize police corruption in New
York City.
a. True
b. False
Why do citizens seem to want more police officers on foot patrol rather than in police
cars?
Answer:Answer varies.
How does the USA Patriot Act support homeland security?
Answer:Answer varies.
Define community policing, and give three specific examples of actual community
policing programs.
Answer:Answer varies.
__________ was a form of societal control where citizens grouped together to protect
each other.
Explain the consolidation and duties of the Department of Homeland Security.
Answer:Answer varies.
The advances of __________technology have led to the increase in the use of cold-case
squads to solve crimes.
The phenomenon in which a person wishing to die deliberately places an officer in a
life-threatening situation, causing the officer to use deadly force against that person, is
known as __________.
One of the most disturbing concepts behind the affirmative action movement, and
possibly the most disturbing concept to many, is the establishment of __________.
The standard of proof that is necessary for police officers to conduct stops and frisks is
known as .
Discuss various ways in which the U.S. government immediately responded to the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Answer:Answer varies.
What percentage of our police departments today consists of women? African
Americans? Hispanics? How do these numbers compare to earlier years?
Answer:Answer varies.
__________ is the computer-based management program that many say was
responsible for New York City's drop in crime in the mid- to late-1990s.
Discuss the importance of the research of scholars James Q. Wilson and George L.
Kelling to the concept of community policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
Discuss the history of the use of DNA in courts and explain its status in courts today.
Answer:Answer varies.
Discuss some of the issues that should be examined when deciding how to schedule
personnel in road patrol.
Answer:Answer varies.
technology enables a print technician to enter unidentified latent prints into the
computer.
DNA is very useful in solving cold cases due to its hardiness and ability not to break
down easily.
Detail the benefits of a police union.
Answer:Answer varies.
According to the text, the financial losses from the recession of 2008 required state and
local governments to rework priorities and reallocate resources. The most significant
reassessment of priorities occurred in the area of __________.
