The problem-oriented policing process necessitates improving various skill sets. One of
those skill sets is:
a. scanning
b. analysis
c. response
d. communication
The collection of all officers working a particular shift is called a:
a. cohort
b. precinct
c. platoon
d. staff
____________________ holds that crime is basically “imitative”we learn crime the
same way that we learn other behavior.
a. Cultural deviance theory
b. Control theory
c. Differential association theory
d. Leftist realism theory
Which is not indicative of the police culture?
a. openness
b. clannishness
c. honor
d. individuality
A study on police depression revealed that ____________________ officers had higher
levels of depression.
a. female
b. white
c. Asian
d. male
The Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) address complex problems inherent in
terrorism investigations by combining resources and personnel from:
a. various state agencies
b. all the federal agencies under the DHS umbrella
c. state and local agencies
d. federal, state, and local agencies
In one study of a sheriff’s department, suicide by cop incidents accounted for
____________________ percent of deputy-involved police shootings.
a. less than 1
b. 11
c. 39
d. 59
This case allowed certain searches incident to arrest.
a. Chimel v. California
b. Terry v. Ohio
c. United States v. Matlock
d. Abel v. United States
Which of the following is responsible for the protection of the president, vice president,
and their families?
a. U.S. Marshals Service
b. Federal Bureau of Investigation
c. Federal Protective Service
d. Secret Service
Title ____________________ of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to prohibit
all job discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
a. I
b. III
c. IV
d. VII
The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by 2050, minority populations will be
____________________ percent of the population.
a. 25
b. 33
c. 54
d. 64
DARE is a program aimed at:
a. senior citizens
b. children
c. Americans with physical disabilities
d. all Americans
During what decade was the efficiency of foot patrols challenged?
a. 1960s
b. 1970s
c. 1980s
d. 1990s
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
Who founded the National Center for Community Policing in East Lansing, Michigan?
a. Robert C. Trojanowicz
b. Logan Stout
c. Richard Hill
d. Rick D. Patterson
Which of the following was not one of the duties relegated to early female police
officers?
a. issuing parking tickets
b. guarding female prisoners
c. performing routine clerical tasks
d. patrolling
It has commonly been believed in police administration that random routine patrol
creates a sense of:
a. semipresence
b. omnipresence
c. nonpresence
d. none of these choices
The most turbulent eras for American policing were the:
a. 1920s and 1930s
b. 1940s and 1950s
c. 1960s and 1970s
d. 1980s and 1990s
This national survey is prepared by the National Institute of Justice.
a. Uniform Crime Reports
b. National Crime Victimization Survey
c. U.S. Census
d. Federal Criminal Justice Survey
In using the computerized database referred to as CATCH, detectives feed in the
suspect’s:
a. description and last-known location
b. description and method of operation
c. fingerprints and last-known location
d. photograph and method of operation
According to the author’s definition of police corruption, which of the following would
be an example of police corruption?
a. A police officer receives $15 from a driver for not giving him or her a summons for
speeding.
b. A police officer receives sexual favors from a driver for not giving him or her a
summons for speeding.
c. An off-duty police officer escorts a drug dealer as he or she delivers illegal drugs to
customers and receives $100 per delivery.
d. all of these choices
Which U.S. Supreme Court case resulted in the police requirement that persons who are
in police custody and will be interrogated must be advised of their constitutional rights?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Miranda v. Arizona
c. Escobedo v. Illinois
d. Brown v. Mississippi
The majority of law enforcement agencies in America are:
a. local
b. federal
c. state
d. private
Most police contacts involve:
a. motor vehicle or traffic-related issues
b. family violence
c. arrests of offenders
d. testifying in court
A very early attempt at community policing involving the development of decentralized
neighborhood-based precincts that served as ‘storefront” police stations was tried in
what city?
a. Detroit
b. Tampa
c. Miami
d. Hattiesburg
This case allowed searches, also known as “pat-downs,” during field interrogations.
a. Chimel v. California
b. Terry v. Ohio
c. United States v. Matlock
d. Abel v. United States
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
The first state police agency was the ___________.
a. Arizona Rangers
b. New Mexico Mounted Patrol
c. Texas Rangers
d. Nevada Posse
Between 1997 and 2006, federal prosecutors rejected nearly two-thirds of the
____________________ cases brought to them by the FBI and other investigators,
more than twice the rejection rate for all federally prosecuted crimes.
a. Indian reservation
b. terrorist
c. misdemeanor
d. conspiracy
The U.S. Supreme Court case of Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) dealt with what?
a. height and weight requirements for necessary job performance
b. age limits for prospective police candidates
c. minimum educational requirements
d. the admissibility of a polygraph in the selection process
The Dirty Harry problem refers to:
a. the corruption problem in law enforcement
b. the brutality problem in law enforcement
c. the moral dilemma officers face when they can use evil means to achieve good ends
d. the stress problem in policing
The honest New York City plainclothes officer whose revelations about police
corruption led to the legendary Knapp Commission was:
a. Philip Mass
b. Patrick V. Murphy
c. Ernest Verdeschi
d. Frank Serpico
Today, police departments have created numerous special programs to assist with the
challenges faced by the aging population. One such program is:
a. AARP
b. Explorers
c. DARE
d. Triad
This national survey is based on a random survey of American homes.
a. Uniform Crime Reports
b. National Crime Victimization Survey
c. U.S. Census
d. Federal Criminal Justice Survey
Crime analysis goes hand-in-hand with community-oriented policing and
problem-oriented policing.
Describe some of the developments in American policing and the criminal justice
system during the colonial period, as well as the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,
that were influenced by the English police experience. Provide specific examples.
Answer:
Answer varies.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited all job discrimination based on: __________,
__________, __________, __________, or __________
Compare and contrast rural and metropolitan policing problems.
Answer:
Answer varies.
How do the Bill of Rights and the actions of the U.S. Supreme Court regulate the
police?
Answer:
Answer varies.
In 1969, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) confirmed its policy
of opposing the employment of gay officers.
Describe the two methods used to measure the amount of crime in the United States,
and discuss the differences between them.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Define police corruption and give several examples of it.
Answer:
Answer varies.
The traditional principles of management have been described using the acronym:
Most police departments have management programs to deal with the stress problems
of police officers.
How have affirmative action policies affected white males in hiring and promotional
policies?
Answer:
Answer varies.
Explain the gang problems that small-town police departments have to overcome.
Detail the strategies used to combat these problems.
Answer:
Answer varies.
Prior to the 1960s, African American police officers employed by the NYPD were
assigned only to African American neighborhoods and were not assigned to specialized,
high-profile units.
Most of what happens in the U.S. criminal justice system happens without the use of
discretion by the police.
An officer’s discretion varies depending on the type of situation he or she encounters.
Explain Edwin H. Sutherland’s theory of differential association and how it relates to
police corruption.
Answer:
Answer varies.