The Largetown Police Department issues many summonses and makes many
misdemeanor arrests. According to James Q. Wilson, it would be considered to be a
_____ department.
a. watchman
b. legalistic
c. moralistic
d. service
The human body’s reaction to highly stressful situations is known as the:
a. flight-or-fight response
b. stressed-out syndrome
c. adrenaline response
d. fight-or-freeze syndrome
Many believe that modern community policing began with James Q. Wilson’s and
George Kelling’s article “_____: The Police and Neighborhood Safety.”
a. Littered Streets
b. Disorder
c. Broken Windows
d. Dangerous Streets
Which of the following is not a typical responsibility of the county sheriff’s office?
a. serve criminal and civil process
b. operate a jail
c. court attendants
d. responding to calls in a municipality
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
Law enforcement in the Old West was generally relegated to the:
a. county sheriff and town marshal
b. county marshal and town sheriff
c. chief of police and county sheriff
d. military provost and town marshal
Serious attempts were made to reform the police during which century?
a. 17th
b. 18th
c. 19th
d. 20th
Which is not an innovative way to address responding to community problems and 911
calls according to your text?
a. directed patrol
b. split-force patrol
c. C.O.P.S.
d. differential response
Programs concentrating investigative resources on career criminals are called:
a. targeting programs
b. proactive programs
c. repeat offender programs
d. anti-career criminal programs
Enhanced 911 or enhanced CAD utilizes mobile digital terminals (MDTs). Which of the
following is not a benefit provided by these systems?
a. direct interface between the patrol unit and local, county, state, and federal criminal
justice information system computers
b. dramatic increase in response time
c. elimination of responses to non-life-threatening emergency calls
d. better coordination of all emergency agencies, since their movements can be
monitored visually both by officers at the scene and by dispatchers
By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen
cities?
a. Brinks
b. Pinkerton
c. Wells Fargo
d. Rocky Mountain Detective Association
All are programs that are designed for crime prevention except:
a. Operation Identification
b. McGruff
c. Neighborhood Watch
d. TRIAD
Most departments utilize:
a. take-home car programs
b. personally owned vehicles (POVs)
c. fleet vehicles
d. pre-owned vehicles
“Evidence that may lead a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been committed
and that a certain person committed it” is the definition of:
a. beyond a reasonable doubt
b. reasonable suspicion
c. probable cause
d. likely evidence
The first police department with a computer system (in 1964) was:
a. New York City
b. San Francisco
c. Los Angeles
d. St. Louis
Which is not a special operations unit according to your text?
a. SWAT
b. K-9
c. Emergency Service Units
d. Traffic
Most counties in the United States are patrolled by a _______ department under the
leadership of an elected official.
a. sheriff’s
b. police
c. constable’s
d. state police
DNA “dragnets” are similar to?
a. police line-ups
b. search warrants
c. police roadblocks or checkpoints
d. indictments
The FBI falls under the purview of the:
a. Treasury Department
b. Department of Defense
c. General Service Agency
d. Department of Justice
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately _____ of police
departments require some type of college requirement.
a. 15%
b. 17%
c. 50%
d. 80%
Which of the following is not considered when selecting police applicants?
a. education
b. physical abilities
c. vision
d. criminal history of parents
Prior to the Rand study, it was common for police departments to have policies and
procedures in place that emphasized:
a. the proactive investigation of future crime by detectives
b. follow-up investigations of past crimes by patrol officers
c. the retroactive investigation of past crimes by detectives
d. cold case detectives
The smallest geographical area a single patrol unit can patrol effectively is called a:
a. precinct
b. sector
c. beat
d. zone
Which of the following is incorrect?
a. The police make more arrests for minor violations than for serious crime.
b. The police make more arrests for driving while intoxicated (DWI/DUI) than they do
for drug offenses.
c. The police make more arrests for aggravated or felony assault than they do for
misdemeanor assault arrests.
d. The violation of liquor laws, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, and loitering
are responsible for approximately 2.5 million arrests a year.
The first state police agency was the:
a. Arizona Rangers
b. New Mexico Mounted Patrol
c. Texas Rangers
d. Nevada Posse
According to your text, which is not an issue related to stress:
a. stroke
b. ulcers
c. impotence
d. AIDS
The refusal of some police officers to report fellow officers’ misconduct is called:
a. the uniform code of silence
b. the blue wall of silence
c. the police omerta
d. blue loyalty
African Americans represent approximately _____ of the U.S. population.
a. 10.1%
b. 13%
c. 14.1%
d. 22.7%
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department used problem-oriented policing to
address an increase in robbery victimization among the Hispanic population. Police
found most of these crimes occurred:
a. at the theaters
b. near the central parks
c. at little league baseball games
d. in parking lots near laundry facilities
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
Community-oriented policing is an approach toward crime that addresses:
a. the strict adherence to the rule of law
b. the underlying causes of crime
c. zero tolerance
d. only minority populations
A state law enforcement system that combines the duties of major criminal
investigations with the patrol of state highways and small towns into one agency is
generally called the _____ model.
a. decentralized
b. combined
c. centralized
d. total
Which of the following is a solvability factor in the Managing Criminal Investigations
program?
a. Is there a witness?
b. Is a suspect named or known?
c. Will the complainant cooperate?
d. All of the above
An experienced officer who mentors and trains a new police officer is a
_____________.
The Louisville Kentucky Metropolitan Police Department was recognized for a
community policing program that improved calls involving mental illness.
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.
Every act of terrorism occurring within the United States remains_______ in nature.
The ____________________ is an operation in which an undercover police officer
purchases a quantity of drugs from a subject, then leaves the scene, contacts the backup
team, and identifies the seller. The backup team then arrests the seller.
Police officers and their families tend to avoid other police officers and their families
when they are off duty.
According to Siegel and Senna, “Crime Fighters” enforce the law by the book.
The Praetorian Guard could be considered the first actual police officers.
The police selection process is relatively simple and enables a candidate to become
hired as a police officer within several months after taking the entrance examination.
The idea that detective work is glamorous, exciting, and dangerous, as it is depicted in
the movies and on television, is known as the
________________________________________.
PAL is a large sports program involving police officers and youth.
The seminal article in the Atlantic Monthly that many believe was responsible for the
modern stage of community policing was written by _________________________.
Henry Fielding completely reengineered the New York City Police Department to make
reducing crime its primary objective.
In 2010, the _____________________inspector general issued a special report stating
that the state and local police officers who enforce federal immigration laws through
ICE’s 287(g) program are not adequately screened, trained or supervised, and the civil
rights of the immigrants they deal with are not consistently protected.
____________________ means that employers must take active steps to ensure equal
employment opportunity and to redress past discrimination.
Officers patrol specific locations at specific times to address specific crime problems:
An organization similar to the military along structures of strict authority and reporting
relations is called _________________.
A serious crime leaves the police less freedom or ability to ignore it or to exercise
discretion regarding it.