WorksheetsPolicing America 1- 7
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 16mins
General knowledge and reading skills tests are the best way a police agency can predict who will do well in the Police Academy.
A) True
B) False
Patrol normally comprises _______ percent of a police agency's work force.
A) 10 to 20
B) 30 to 40
C) 60 to 70
D) 80 to 90
The work shift(s) would be more likely to respond to calls of armed robberies, disturbances, and bomb threats.
A) day and graveyard or night
B) day
C) evening
D) graveyard or night
The extent of suicide-by-cop incidents remains unknown because
A) police departments reclassify these events as homicides
B) there is a lack of a clear definition and established reporting procedures, and there have been no report incidents of suicide by cop in recent years, so no data is being collected
C) there have been no reported incidents of suicide by cop in recent years, so no data is being collected
D) there is a lack of a clear definition and established reporting procedures
H.R. 218 permits retired officers with at least 15 years of services to carry a firearm
A) True
B ) False
Advances in today's patrol car technology which of the following?
A) Larger gasoline tanks to keep vehicles on the streets longer
B) Metal plates in the seat backs, protecting against rear assault
C) One-way bullet proof glass
D) All of the above
Determining factors as to whether the officer will take a stern approach (enforcing the letter of the law with an arrest) or will be lenient include:
A) the law (i.e., whether or not arrest for the offence in mandatory)
B) the offender's attitude
C) the officer's attitude
D) all of the above
About half of all contacts people have with the Police involve traffic stops.
A) True
B) False
A fundamental aspect of community-oriented policing has always been:
A) rapid response time
B) public involvement
C) motorized patrol
D) crime fighting
The problem solving process, known as S.A.R.A., stands for:
A) selecting, applying, reinforcing, and authority
B) solving, analysis, researching, and arrest
C) scanning, analysis, response, and assessment
D) surveying, assessing, reporting, and approach
Social networking sites can assist police with:
A) the rules of law
B) community policing
C) preventive patrol
D) implementing discretion
Under problem-oriented policing, officers no longer handle calls for service.
A) True
B) False
A key element of CompStat is its:
A) use of specific objectives
B) use of accurate and timely intelligence
C) use of effective tactics
D) All of the above.
One in _______ burglaries reported in the United States is repeated burglary.
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9
Officers in Tulsa organized a Boy Scout troop and established an Adopt a School program as part of the response phase of the SARA model.
A) True
B) False
The Sheriff was formerly known as the
A) tax collector
B) deputy
C) shire reeve
D) constable
When Henry Fielding died, his "thief-takers" evolved into a group called the _______ Runners, under John Fielding
A) Bow Street
B) Rommero Street
C) Ryland Street
D) Pembroke Street
Which of the following was not a policing legacy from the colonial period?
A) Police Officers began to be armed and uniformed
B) A theory of "Republicanism" was created
C) The colonial period witnessed the beginning of the theory of crime prevention
D) Colonists committed themselves to local law enforcement
The Wickersham Commission completed the first national study of:
A) corrections
B) criminals
C) investigations
D) crime and criminal justice
The community era of policing began as a result of the murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers and the subsequent lack of police response
A) True
B) False
Unlike the London police, police in New York were permitted to have weapons
A) True
B) False
On the Western frontier, private citizens formed vigilante movements to help enforce the law.
A) True
B) False
August Vollmer was an advocate of police professionalism
A) True
B) False
Police applicants are typically
A) lower-middle or working class
B) lower-lower class
C) middle class
D) upper-middle class
_______ tests are commonly used to exclude police applicants with personality disorders.
A) Rorschach Interpretational
B) General knowledge
C) General intelligence (I.Q.)
D) Psychological screening
Raters for assessment centers are typically selected who have
A) previously held and now supervise the position for which candidates are testing
B) been in the military
C) shown ability to fill out paperwork as a deskbound administrator
D) become retired
The sixth sense that recruits are taught to nurture is
A) authority
B) violence
C) respect
D) suspicion
In-service training is usually optional
A) True
B) False
Which of the following is not one of the qualities considered imperative for entry-level officers?
A) Tenacity
B) Sense of Humor
C) Idealism
D) Creativity
Black Police Officers face problems similar to those of women who attempted to enter and prosper in police work
A) True
B) False
Forensic science is the examination, evaluation, and explanation of _______ in law.
A) corpses
B) physical evidence
C) crimes
D) fingerprints
The first major book describing the use of science disciplines in criminal investigations was written by:
A) Calvin Goddard
B) Henry Lee
C) Peter DeForest
D) Hans Gross
Anthropometry was developed by Sir Francis Galton
A) True
B) False
Locard's exchange principle asserts that a cross-transfer of evidence occurs whenever any person comes into contact with an object or another person
A) True
B) False
Coroners today are required to be physicians with training in pathology
A) True
B) False
CODIS contains DNA profiles obtained from offenders convicted of serious crimes, such as homicide, and sexual assault.
A) True
B) False
Unsolved murders are also known as:
A) dead files
B) cold cases
C) circular files
D) None of the above
The majority of complaints made against officers in a department are against officers in a burnout phase.
A) True
B) False
The Fair Labor Standards Act was originally enacted to protect the rights and working conditions of employees in the private sector.
A) True
B) False
The first campaign to organize police unions began shortly after _______.
A) the Rodney King incident
B) the Civil War
C) World War I
D) 9/11
The key difference between arbitration and fact-finding is that arbitration results in a binding decision
A) True
B) False
The term job action refers to a stressful activity in which police are involved in a situation that forces them to utilize firearms
A) True
B) False
Research has found negative effects of higher education on Police Officers
A) True
B) False
Unlike the public police, private security officers are not bound by the Miranda decision
A) True
B) False
Which is not one of the three principles that establish the rule of law?
A) Equality before the law
B) Absolute supremacy or predominance of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrate power
C) The dominance of the ends over the means
D) The law of the U.S.Constitution as a consequence of the rights of individuals as defined as enforced by the courts
In _______, the supreme Court addressed the admissibility of illegally seized evidence in state courts
A) Weeks v. Ohio
B) Terry v. Ohio
C) Mapp v. Ohio
D) Masters v.Johnson
In the case of Illinois v. Wardlow, the Supreme Court decided that, under certain conditions, a citizen's running away from the police.
A) permits the use of deadly force by the police under the fleeing felon rule
B) does not eliminate the need for consent on the part of the citizen before a search may be conducted
C) creates a requirement for probable cause for a stop and frisk rearch
D) supports reasonable suspicion to justify a stop and frisk search
The Carroll Doctrine permits warrantless searches of automobiles when an officer has probable cause to believe the automobile contains criminal evidence
A) True
B) False
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Miranda Warning does not need to be given verbatim
A) True
B) False
