.Regarding police educational requirements, most departments require:
a. a four-year college degree.
b. a two-year college degree.
c. some college.
d. no college, but at least a high school degree or its equivalent.
Which group is considered the backbone of police services?
a. detectives
b. patrol officers
c. training officers
d. community service officers
____________________ is/are the most expensive part of a police department’s budget.
a. Fuel costs
b. Equipment
c. Personnel
d. Liability insurance
The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible
for organizing and supervising the watch.
a. county sheriff
b. parish constable
c. city marshal
d. police chief
Which of the following systems have not increased the ability of departments to control
and monitor their patrol functions through the CAD and MDT?
a. GPS
b. GIS
c. AVL
d. ADP
The investigative process begins with:
a. a call to 911.
b. assignment by the sergeant.
c. a citizen complaint.
d. the patrol officer.
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is operated by the:
a. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
b. Treasury Department.
c. Central Intelligence Agency.
d. Department of Homeland Security.
Triad is a joint partnership between the police and:
a. senior citizens.
b. gays.
c. Asian Americans.
d. African Americans.
Nationally, police are able to clear only____________________ percent of all violent
crimes reported to them.
a. 16.5
b. 46.8
c. 65.8
d. 87.1
The vision requirement was probably the strongest example of discrimination against
female candidates in police tests.
a. True
b. False
Computers have not yet been used for patrol allocation operations.
a. True
b. False
Using a traditional three-tour system with one officer per beat per shift, about how
many officers actually must be available to cover each beat?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
More than ____________________ RCPIs provide regional community policing
training and technical assistance to law enforcement around the country.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 30
The Greek philosopher who wrote the classic Nicomachean Ethics was:
a. Aristotle.
b. Plato.
c. Socrates.
d. Onassis.
Academic research has shown that female officers are well received by the public.
a. True
b. False
Repeat offender programs (ROPs) are based on the fact that only a few criminals are
responsible for most of the predatory street crime in the United States.
a. True
b. False
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
The Rand study was called ____________________.
a. The Criminal Investigation Process.
b. Today’s Criminal Investigators.
c. Patrolling the Streets.
d. Crime in America.
___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing
vagrants.
a. Beadles
b. Deputies
c. Marshals
d. Roamers
Given the difficult job the police have, it is easier for them to perform their duties if
they have the support of the public.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is an example of the ethical standards established to determine
how police officers should act?
a. organizational value systems or codes of ethics designed to educate and guide the
behavior of those who work in the organization
b. the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics
c. an oath of office
d. all of these choices
The man who is credited with establishing London’s first large-scale, civil police
department in 1829 is Sir Robert Peel.
a. True
b. False
An example of an auxiliary unit in a police department would be:
a. criminal investigations.
b. community relations.
c. communications.
d. training.
Which of the following is not one of the factors leading to stress in police work?
a. poor training
b. role conflict
c. exposure to brutality
d. early retirement
Suicide is a serious problem in policing.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not one of the human behaviors found by Wesley Skogan to
be extremely disruptive to the community?
a. public drinking
b. youths firing gunshots into the air
c. commercial sex
d. street harassment
Many experts believe that highly organized and cohesive groups of extremists may pose
the most urgent threat to the United States.
a. True
b. False
This group believes that they are separate from the government of the United States.
a. Sovereign Citizen Movement
b. Earth Liberation Front
c. Animal Liberation Front
d. Department of Justice
All three shifts in the police three-tour system have the same characteristics.
a. True
b. False
The former height and weight requirements were challenged in court because it was
believed that they discriminated against:
a. people with disabilities.
b. African-American and Hispanic candidates.
c. younger candidates.
d. women and minority candidates.
The police role is:
a. very ambiguous.
b. very clearly defined.
c. mainly related to violent crime.
d. mainly related to arresting offenders.
In 2008, Congress overhauled the Act to bring federal surveillance statutes into closer
alignment withwhat the government had been secretly doing. The legislation essentially
legalized certain aspects of the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) surveillance
program.
Detail the pros and cons of police Internet registries.
Answer:Answer varies.
Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of hiring a lateral transfer into an agency. If you
were the Chief/Sheriff of your agency, would you want to hire lateral transfers and why
or why not?
Answer:Answer varies.
Discuss the basic paradox of police discretion and control-oriented management.
Answer:Answer varies.
The U.S. __________ is in charge of the enforcement of the laws regarding
counterfeiting of U.S. currency.
Compare and contrast rural and metropolitan policing problems.
Answer:Answer varies.
The availability of a choice of options or actions one can take in a situation is called
__________.
The argument that community preservation, public safety, and order maintenance, not
crime fighting, should become the primary focus of police patrol has come to be known
as the __________ model approach to policing.
Describe the development of the requirement that one be advised of one’s constitutional
rights prior to police interrogation when in police custody. Cite and discuss several U.S.
Supreme Court cases to show the changes in police interrogation procedures over time.
Answer:Answer varies.
List and discuss several of the exceptions to the warrant requirement in search and
seizure cases, and cite and discuss several U.S. Supreme Court cases to illustrate the
exceptions.
Answer:Answer varies.
__________ operations are undercover police operations in which police officers pose
as criminals in order to arrest law violators; for example, they might be used to
apprehend thieves and recover stolen property.
The job analysis must include the __________, __________, and abilities needed to
perform the tasks of the job for which they are being tested.
__________ are small police facilities in neighborhoods in which officers are stationed
in order to engage in crime prevention programs with members of the community.
__________ are the rather broad moral principles that govern all conduct.
Discuss the killings of police officers. Why do you believe that officer killings occur?
What can officers do to help prevent officer killings?
Answer:Answer varies.
Describe which sources of law enforcement employment would be considered the best
for the new candidate. Which sources should a candidate not use and why not?
Answer:Answer varies.
The Department of the Treasury has administrative control over the section of the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that investigates crime. The investigative arm of the
IRS is called the __________.