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1) Incident reports are screened to determine the presence or absence of solvability factors.
There are 17 common solvability factors. Identify at least five of these factors.
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2) Briefly discuss the steps in the intelligence/analytical cycle.
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3) What are crime sprees?
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4) State five ways in which the Internet can be helpful to investigators.
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5) Incident reports are screened to determine the presence or absence of solvability factors.
Identify at least nine of these factors.
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6) Identify five database files included in the NCIC.
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7) _________blank are defined as mutually voluntary contacts that can be made by the
police at any time from wherever they can legally be made.
7) ______
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8) The_________blank lies at the heart of all approaches to crime scene reconstruction.
8) ______
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9) _________blank provide information that is of investigative significance. They may
expect to be paid or to receive consideration on charges pending against them.
9) ______
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10) A(n)_________blank is defined as a process by which the police conduct an immediate
eyewitness identification of someone they have temporarily detained.
10) ______
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11) General tendencies in the occurrence of crime across large geographic areas over
extended periods of time are referred to as_________blank.
11) ______
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12) A(n)_________blank is a location where various crimes are committed on a regular
basis, usually by different perpetrators.
12) ______
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13) _________blank is an investigative strategy that uses the locations of a series of crimes to
determine the most probable area of the offender’s residence.
13) ______
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14) Which of the following is included in the investigative solvability factors?
14) ______
A) Is the suspect’s identity known?
B) Can the suspect’s identity be established even if unknown to the victim?
C) Was important physical evidence recovered, for example, DNA or usable fingerprints?
D) All of the answers are correct.
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15) A_________blank reveals personal information about a suspect, including their current
aliases, health and mental condition, scars, marks, and tattoos, as well as other information.
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15) ______
A) crime lab report
B) traffic citation
C) incident report
D) jail booking report
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16) The National Drug Pointer Index promotes
16) ______
A) identification of international drug traffickers and their routes.
B) agent safety and prevents duplication of effort.
C) detection of drug smuggling tunnels and ultralight aircraft landing sites.
D) combating drug rings that pirate boats and planes.
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17) A_________blank allows the police to conduct an immediate eyewitness identification of
someone they have temporarily detained, permits the immediate clearing of a wrongfully
suspected person, and detention is kept to a minimum.
17) ______
A) show-cause notice
B) summons
C) crime analysis
D) show-up
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18) Which of the following statements is true about casual surveillance?
18) ______
A) It includes taking note of cars present, persons seen, and so forth each time an officer
happens to drive by the surveillance area.
B) It requires some planning and lasts from a few hours to a longer period.
C) It is an ongoing, indefinite proposition whose end is often determined by the value of
what raw intelligence is being collected.
D) It is often used when intelligence has to be accumulated in a short time.
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19) Which agency maintains the National Counter-Improvised Explosives Device
Capabilities Analysis Database?
19) ______
A) Department of Homeland Security
B) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
C) Drug Enforcement Administration
D) Federal Bureau of Investigation
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20) Identify an example of information, as distinct and opposed to intelligence.
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20) ______
A) an estimate of a person’s income from a criminal enterprise based on a market and
trafficking analysis of illegal commodities
B) a description of travel including the traveler(s) names, itinerary, methods of travel,
date, time, and locations
C) a forecast drew about potential victimization of crime or terrorism
D) a report by an analyst that draws conclusions about a person’s criminal liability
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21) In the context of the intelligence/analytical cycle,_________blank is immediately
actionable and often results in arrests.
21) ______
A) strategic intelligence
B) evidential intelligence
C) tactical intelligence
D) indicative intelligence
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22) The_________blank phase of the intelligence/analytical cycle includes integrating,
evaluating, and analyzing all available data, to produce a finished intelligence product.
22) ______
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A) processing/collation
B) reevaluation
C) dissemination
D) analysis and production
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23) Which of the following statements is true about tactical crime analysis?
23) ______
A) deals with immediate criminal offenses, such as burglaries or robberies
B) focuses on entrenched crime problems and emerging crime/criminal trends
C) is primarily used to inform relevant audiences with a summary about crime conditions,
including neighborhood/crime watch groups, the general public, the city/county manager, city
councils/county commissions, the news media, and other law enforcement officials
D) is used for providing information for annual reports, meeting grant requirements,
recalculating the deployment of the patrol force, cost-benefit analysis of police programs, and
maintaining transparency
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24) The same type of crime being committed over a short period of time, probably by the
same offender, is referred to as a_________blank.
24) ______
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A) series
B) spree
C) pattern
D) hot spot
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25) Geographic profiling is an investigative strategy that uses the locations of a series of
crimes to determine the most probable area of the
25) ______
A) next robbery.
B) most likely escape route.
C) location of gangs.
D) offender’s residence.
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26) The police have been quick to use the Internet for
26) ______
A) investigative purposes.
B) public information purposes.
C) administrative purposes.
D) All of the answers are correct.
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27) How many photographs are usually in a photo array/photo lineup?
27) ______
A) 12
B) 9
C) 6
D) 3
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28) Which is an accurate statement about a “live lineup?”
28) ______
A) The suspect should be allowed to pick the order in which they appear.
B) A suspect’s attorney is not allowed to attend one.
C) A suspect may be asked to speak some exact words but cannot be compelled to walk
or make gestures.
D) None of the answers is correct.
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29) Which type of fusion center has the highest priority for the allocation of available federal
resources?
29) ______
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A) central
B) recognized
C) wheel
D) primary
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30) Which is an example of a crimogen?
30) ______
A) a felony offender who specializes in eight or more types of crime
B) a convenience store operator who reports gas drive-offs, shoplifting, robberies,
assaults, and thefts of entire ATM machines
C) a criminal who begins with an extensive juvenile record and in adulthood is suspected
of many violent crimes, but seldom arrested because of a lack of evidence or intimidation of
victims and witnesses
D) None of the answers is correct.
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31) Which of the following activities illustrates aerial remote sensing?
31) ______
A) over-the-horizon intelligence
B) identifying possible clandestine grave sites
C) rescuing lost hikers and mountain climbers
D) All of the answers are correct.
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32) Although many federal agencies maintain databases to serve their own agents, as well as
state and local law enforcement officers, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
provides access to the most comprehensive set of databases.
32) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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33) Whereas surveillance is thought of as “following,” it actually means the continued
observance, both overt and covert, of people, places, and things to obtain information of
investigative significance.
33) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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34) A live lineup is a process in which a series of “real people” are shown to an eyewitness to
establish whether they can pick out the suspect.
34) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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35) Participants in live lineups may appear sequentially or may all appear simultaneously.
35) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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36) The most common type of cold case investigation is armed robbery.
36) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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37) Evidential intelligence, which is gathered and analyzed over time, usually confirms new
or newly discovered patterns of criminal activity.
37) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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