The WashACT serves as a model nationwide in conducting training in the area of
human trafficking.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following does not describe the typical police pursuit, as studied by the
California Highway Patrol?
a. It occurs during the day.
b. It starts as a traffic violation.
c. It ends without an accident 70 percent of the time.
d. It covers only a mile or so.
Detectives in a centralized squad are considered ____________________.
a. specialists
b. generalists
c. in field training
d. felony-only detectives
According to the text, the legality and morality of the “fleeing felon” rule have been
challenged because of the U.S. legal concept of:
a. presumption of innocence.
b. fundamental fairness.
c. cruel and unusual punishment.
d. application of equality.
In early U.S. colonial society, citizens were responsible for protecting themselves and
maintaining an orderly society.
a. True
b. False
Police administrators will tell you that honesty is the most crucial trait in a police
applicant and police officer.
a. True
b. False
The first national commission to discuss police brutality was the:
a. Knapp Commission.
b. Wickersham Commission.
c. Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
d. National Commission on Causes and Prevention of Police Brutality.
It is impossible to change one’s fingerprints.
a. True
b. False
Officer Green believes that it is impossible to achieve the goals and objectives of the
police department and concentrates his efforts on the concept of police loyalty and the
mutual support of his fellow officers. According to Broderick, he would be considered
a(n):
a. realist.
b. optimist.
c. enforcer.
d. idealist.
With the inception of the time Department of Homeland Security after 9/1, the U.S.A.
Patriot Act authorized many federal agencies to be brought together as one department
to combat the terrorist threat.
a. True
b. False
What did the U.S. Supreme Court focus on during the 1960s?
a. expanding governmental authority
b. police rights
c. individual rights
d. corporate rights
Police officers who participate in more passive types of police corruption are referred to
as:
a. meat-eaters.
b. grass-eaters.
c. dirt-eaters.
d. bug-eaters.
The first decision maker in the criminal justice system and often the most important is
the:
a. judge.
b. defense attorney.
c. police officer.
d. prosecutor.
It is impossible to conduct a controlled experiment to study the effectiveness of certain
types of police patrol.
a. True
b. False
The concept of problem-solving policing can be attributed to:
a. James Q. Wilson.
b. Lee P. Brown.
c. George Kelling.
d. Herman Goldstein.
Historically there are many instances of job discrimination against women and
minorities in the United States.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is part of the federal government’s imminent danger standard
for use of deadly force?
a. firing warning shots
b. shooting at moving vehicles
c. prisoner attempting escape who was being held in a high-security prison
d. nonfatally shooting a suspect in the leg
Today, computerization is suitable for:
a. only police departments serving cities with a population of one million citizens or
more.
b. only police departments serving cities with a population of 100,000 or more.
c. any police department, regardless of size.
d. organizations such as businesses, not police departments.
What is an example of an administrative unit in a police department?
a. records
b. alcohol testing
c. personnel
d. community relations
A ____________________ system allows nonemergency calls to be redirected or
referred to other agencies.
a. 311
b. 411
c. 511
d. 611
The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the
palace and the emperor were called the:
a. Royal Guard.
b. Praetorian Guard.
c. Roman Guard.
d. Praefectus Urbi.
In the 1970s, the American Law Institute proposed a(n) ____________________,
which included new policies on the use of deadly force.
a. administrative rule
b. National Bill of Police Rights
c. legislative bill
d. Model Penal Code
What federal building was bombed in Oklahoma City?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson Building
b. Major Nidal Malik HasanBuilding
c. John F. Kennedy Building
d. Harrison Watts Building
The Office of Homeland Security was replaced by which new agency?
a. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
b. National Counterterrorism Center NCTC)
c. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
What is the philosophy of empowering citizens and developing a partnership between
the police and the community to work together to solve problems?
a. community policing
b. zero-tolerance policing
c. political-based policing
d. neighborhood policing
Which of the following terms refers to the simultaneous expectation by white officers
that African-American officers will give members of their own race better treatment and
hostility from members of the African-American community who consider black
officers to be traitors to their race?
a. double marginality.
b. de facto discrimination.
c. adverse impact.
d. reverse discrimination.
“The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or
coerce a government, the civilian population, or a segment thereof, in the furtherance of
political or social objectives” is the definition the FBI uses to define:
a. counterterrorism.
b. cyber-terrorism.
c. terrorism.
d. intelligence.
According to the author, one of the best ways to improve relationships between the
police and minority groups is to:
a. enforce the law differentially against minority group members.
b. appoint a minority member as police chief.
c. ensure that minority groups are adequately represented in a jurisdiction’s police
department.
d. hold minority group members to a less strict standard of legal behavior.
Surveys indicate that the public does not support community policing and those
strategies that are indicative of community policing.
a. True
b. False
One of the primary purposes of police patrol is to prevent crime by creating a sense of:
a. security
b. omniscience
c. omnipresence
d. community awareness
Fingerprint ridge impressions left on a soft material such as putty, wax, soap, or dust are
called:
a. plastic prints.
b. latent prints.
c. acoustic prints.
d. seated prints.
This case ruled that a person in police custody must be advised of his or her
constitutional rights prior to interrogation or the information obtained can be excluded.
a. Brown v. Mississippi
b. McNabb v. United States
c. Escobedo v. United States
d. Miranda v. Arizona
A 1981 report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights emphasized the need to provide
____________________ programs and services for police.
a. physical fitness
b. medical
c. stress management
d. in-service training
__________ programs involve engraving identifying numbers onto property such as
bicycles, televisions, and other personal electronic items with the goal of returning the
property to owners if and when it is stolen and then recovered by the police.
A(n) __________ is the hidden surveillance of a location or person; for example, a
group of heavily armed officers might hide in an area of a store or building to wait for
an impending holdup.
In the 1990s, the __________found some serious corruption among patrol officers in
high-crime areas of New York City.
The body’s reaction to highly stressful situations is known as the __________ response.
Prior to the 1970s, much of what we knew about police patrol was written by
__________.
Historically, __________ police departments were developed to deal with the growing
crime in nonurban areas of the country.
After warning in 2004 that a key federal agency lacked the resources to protect our
national parks and monuments, the Fraternal Order of Police argued for management
changes and a bigger budget for the _______________.
Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations
between the police and the community are called __________.
Officers that move from one department to another are called
_________________________.
In __________, the court ruled that the Baltimore Police Department’s height
requirement of 5 feet 7 inches was a prima facie case of sex discrimination.
The _______________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution governs employment
equality in U.S. society.
Carl B. Klockars, in Idea of Police, broadly defines the basic function of the police as
dealing with all those problems that may require the use of __________.
A _________ is the detaining of a person by a law enforcement officer for the purpose
of investigation, accompanied by a superficial examination of the person’s body surface
or clothing to discover weapons, contraband, or other objects relating to criminal
activity.
Discuss the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case of Jacobson v. United States. How has this
ruling affected law enforcement procedures?
Answer:Answer varies.
Define and discuss terrorism.
Answer:Answer varies.
According to the text, two roles of police work are crime-fighting and
order-maintenance. What do you think the police role really is?
Answer:Answer varies.
In law enforcement, CAD stands for .
Trace evidence is analyzed by the section of the crime lab.