The Police Explorer program is aimed at senior citizens.
a. True
b. False
William J. Bratton completely reengineered the New York City Police Department to
make reducing crime its primary objective. What vehicle did he use to accomplish this
mission?
a. SWAT
b. use of helicopters
c. CompStat
d. community policing
The biggest recent threat to community policing and, consequently, the biggest criticism
of community policing initiatives is:
a. the initial startup costs.
b. the inability to keep police departments fully staffed and to keep money flowing to
these initiatives.
c. convincing local governmental leaders to participate in the programs.
d. the capital investment for vehicles.
An officer’s discretion varies depending on the type of situation he or she encounters.
a. True
b. False
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.
The computer-aided investigation system developed for British investigators is called:
a. CATCH
b. HITS/SMART
c. HOLMES
d. SHERLOCK
Police officers are considered ____________________ members of the department.
a. sworn
b. nonsworn
c. civilian
d. local
The states of New York and Connecticut modeled a distracted driver campaign after the
“Click It or Ticket” seat belt campaign. The slogan for the distracted driver campaign
was:
a. “Text TodayJail Tomorrow”
b. “TWD = Ticket”
c. “Phone in one hand. Ticket in the other.”
d. “DrivePull overText”
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
According to the text police departments are required to have the same hiring standards
that have to be met by applicants.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is notconsidered an actual search by the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. stop and frisk
b. border check
c. trained drug-dog sniff
d. search after a hot pursuit
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
Which of the following is not one of the goals of patrol as defined by Gay, Schell, and
Schack?
a. increased traffic citations
b. providing sense of community security
c. crime prevention and deterrence
d. recovery of stolen property
Police officers have ____________________ discretion.
a. little
b. tremendous
c. limited
d. no
The FBI is the national police force of the United States.
a. True
b. False
Some studies have indicated that police officers are ____________________ percent
more likely to suffer from alcoholism than the average citizen.
a. 25
b. 55
c. 75
d. 300
Because computer-aided investigation systems have not proven to be very effective in
the criminal investigation process, they are being abandoned by many police
departments in the United States.
a. True
b. False
The police cadet program is for those young adults who are interested in a law
enfacement career.
a. True
b. False
During what decade was the efficiency of foot patrols challenged?
a. 1960s
b. 1970s
c. 1980s
d. 1990s
What name is used for the loyalty test given to rookie officers by the training, and other
officers?
a. Mama Rosa’s test
b. Miami test
c. B-Pad test
d. Junction Boy test
Law enforcement officers in what state might routinely face the problem of not having
immediate backup in most situations?
a. Maine
b. Wyoming
c. Rhode Island
d. Maryland
What does researcher Hrand Saxenian say is the single most important criterion in the
police selection process?
a. courage
b. maturity
c. attitude
d. age
The program in which the police engrave identifying numbers onto property such as
bicycles, televisions, and stereos is called:
a. Operation Engravement.
b. Operation Home Security.
c. Operation Crime Stop.
d. Operation Identification.
The mission of the Office of Homeland Security was to:
a. respond with technical and scientific personnel and equipment to assist in the
mitigation of the health concerns arising from biological terrorism.
b. provide technical assistance to locate hidden nuclear material and advise local
authorities on the associated hazards and effects.
c. develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to
secure the United States from threats and attacks.
d. coordinate U.S. resources in response to a terrorist incident in a foreign country,
should that government request such assistance.
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
The New York City Police Department’s tactical plan Operation Torch, consisting of
officers from the Emergency Service Unit, is carried out on the waterfront of New York
City.
a. True
b. False
The single most important determinant of whether or not a crime is solved is the quality
of work performed by the detectives.
a. True
b. False
A legal defense that holds that police originated the criminal idea or initiated the
criminal action is called:
a. civil code
b. entrapment
c. police solicitation
d. entanglement
Racial and ethnic minorities constitute approximately ____________________ percent
of full-time sworn personnel in local departments.
a. 12
b. 24
c. 36
d. 48
What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his
freedom because he was a piece of property, not a citizen?
a. Dred Scott v. Sandford
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
d. Mabury v. Madison
The Executive Sessions on Policing focused and debated on the use and price of:
a. rolling traffic enforcement.
b. adaptable computer databases.
c. intelligence-led policing.
d. community policing.