The police strike of 1919 occurred in:
a. New York
b. Pittsburgh
c. Chicago
d. Boston
Before the 1940s, no black police officers worked in the Deep South; they were
eliminated from the hiring process because they:
a. posed a threat to white supremacy
b. did not have a high school diploma
c. were involved in too many use-of-force issues
d. refused to work under white commanders
The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
recommended:
a. hiring lateral police officers
b. developing a national police retirement system
c. hiring more women
d. forming permanent police reserve units
Which of the following is responsible for the investigation of counterfeiting of U.S.
currency?
a. FBI
b. Secret Service
c. Internal Revenue Service
d. Organized Crime and Racketeering Unit
This case applied the exclusionary rule to all state courts.
a. Weeks v. United States
b. Wolf v. Colorado
c. Rochin v. California
d. Mapp v. Ohio
The police represent the__________power of government, rather than
the__________power of government.
a. civil, military
b. military, administrative
c. administrative, political
d. military, civil
According to the California Highway Patrol study, the most prevalent reason why
drivers fail to stop during a high-speed pursuit is:
a. the driver is in a stolen vehicle
b. the driver wants to avoid a DWI or drug arrest
c. the driver wants to avoid a traffic ticket
d. the driver is afraid of or dislikes the police, enjoys the excitement of a chase, or other
miscellaneous reason
In 1985, the fleeing felon rule was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court
in the landmark case of ____________________.
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Lawrence v. Texas
c. Tennessee v. Garner
d. Terry v. Ohio
Which of the following is not one of the three important features of an officer’s
environment that can account for an officer’s working personality, according to
researchers Burbeck and Furnham?
a. rotating shifts of duty
b. danger
c. authority
d. isolation from the public
____________________ agencies tend to lead the way with the employment of Asian
Americans in law enforcement.
a. Texas
b. California
c. New York
d. Arizona
If a competent job analysis is done, tests in the police screening process are considered
to be:
a. occupationally related
b. department related
c. discriminatory
d. job related
The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
recommended that detectives should only be assigned to preliminary investigations of:
a. misdemeanors
b. crimes of violence
c. very serious or complex preliminary investigations
d. all of these choices
Which of the following is incorrect?
a. The police make more arrests for minor violations than serious crime.
b. The police make more arrests for drug offenses than they do for driving while
intoxicated (DWI/DUI)
c. The police make more arrests for aggravated or felony assault than they do for
misdemeanor assault.
d. Violations of liquor laws, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, and loitering
are responsible for approximately 1.72 million arrests a year.
Which of the following is part of the Department of Justice?
a. Secret Service
b. U.S. Postal Service
c. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
d. National Park Service
Police chiefs are possibly the key figure in the police organization because they:
a. get paid the most
b. appear before local government agencies
c. set the vision and tone for the department
d. work shifts when officers are sick
In effect, the Kansas City study failed to demonstrate that adding or taking away police
patrols from an area made any difference within the:
a. community
b. control group
c. police department
d. experimental group
The first African American police officers were appointed in what city?
a. Chicago
b. New York
c. New Orleans
d. Miami
Which of the following is responsible for the transporting of federal prisoners and the
security of federal courthouses?
a. Federal Protection Bureau
b. Federal Bureau of Investigation
c. U.S. Marshals Service
d. Federal Protective Service
A tort is a:
a. felony case
b. misdemeanor case
c. criminal wrong
d. private wrong
____________________ 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 Rand report said that half of all detectives could be replaced without negatively
influencing:
a. recidivism reduction
b. crime clearance rates
c. offender rehabilitation
d. undercover programs
Due to the mobility of an automobile, this case allowed police to search automobiles
upon probable cause but without a search warrant.
a. Florida v. Bostick
b. California v. Greenwood
c. Hester v. United States
d. Carroll v. United States
Total quality management, quality circles, job involvement, participative management,
and employee empowerment are all known as forms of ____________________.
a. bottom-up leadership
b. top-down leadership
c. shared leadership
d. theory X leadership
According to research, what subgroup was more likely to use constructive coping
relating to stress?
a. African American males and African American females
b. white females and African American females
c. white males and African American males
d. white males and white females
The real responsibility for proper police”community relations rests with
____________________.
a. the police chief
b. the city manager
c. every police officer
d. the community relations officer
The concept of problem-solving policing can be attributed to:
a. James Q. Wilson
b. Lee P. Brown
c. George Kelling
d. Herman Goldstein
Problem-oriented policing involves officers dealing with the:
a. underlying causes of incidents
b. things as they are before them
c. community pressures
d. management priorities
In “Broken Windows” and Police Discretion, George L. Kelling notes that the
community policing model ____________________ the use of police discretion among
officers at all levels of the organization.
a. reduces and limits
b. contracts and discourages
c. expands and encourages
d. both a and b
Detectives in a centralized squad are considered ____________________.
a. specialists
b. generalists
c. in field training
d. felony-only detectives
The Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) are part of the _____ program.
a. TOPS
b. COPS
c. TASP
d. COGS
Which agency is usually the first responder to a scene of a terrorist crime?
a. the local law enforcement agency
b. U.S. Secret Service
c. U.S. Marshals
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The Smalltown Police Department uses social service agencies to provide counseling
for minor offenders. According to James Q. Wilson, it would be considered to be a
____________________ department.
a. watchman
b. legalistic
c. moralistic
d. service
McGruff, the crime dog, and the “Take a Bite Out of Crime” program is an example of:
a. a police ride-along program
b. a police mass media campaign
c. a police storefront or mini-station program
d. a citizen volunteer program
Academic studies regarding response time indicate that:
a. citizens generally cannot or do not report crimes immediately
b. the perpetrator will be caught if the police arrive within two minutes of the call
c. the perpetrator will be caught if the police arrive within five minutes of the call
d. rapid response is most important in discovery crimes
It is impossible to change one’s fingerprints.
An equivocal or ambiguous request for counsel in a custodial interrogation case is not
sufficient to force police to stop questioning a suspect and provide an attorney.
The initial training a police officer receives is called __________
Explain how directed patrol differs from the traditional random patrol.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Explain the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA Court.
Answer:
Answer varies.
In the early days of female policing, women were normally used in only three actual
police-related jobs. They were __________, __________, and __________.
Discuss the successes of the New York Police Department and its experience with
community policing.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Probable cause is the standard of proof a police officer needs to conduct a stop and
frisk.
Explain the effect that the case of Guardians Association of New York City Police
Department v. Civil Service Commission of New York had on police selection.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Why is emotional intelligence so necessary for law enforcement officers today?
Answer:
Answer varies.
Describe and discuss the major subunits of the Department of Homeland Security.
Answer:
Answer varies.
In 1998, Earth Liberation Front (ELF) members were linked to the destruction of the
Vail Ski Resort in Colorado, a fire that caused $12 million in damage.
The system of mutual pledge was employed as a strategy for maintaining stability in
England and providing a method for people living in villages to protect one another.
Describe the methods used by women and other minorities to earn their proper place in
U.S. police departments.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Describe the CSI effect and explain the challenges it has created for investigators,
forensic experts, and juries.
Answer:
Answer varies.
James Q. Wilson has written, “The single most striking fact about the attitudes of
citizens, black and white, toward the police is that in general these attitudes are
__________.”
The__________ telephone system allows police departments to call citizens in the
entire jurisdiction or in a particular neighborhood to disseminate emergency
information to residents.
The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) is maintained by DHS.
The two basic kinds of tactical operations are __________patrol tactics and
__________patrol.