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WorksheetsLEA I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
The word “POLICE” originated from the Greek word POLITEIA, which means:
a. An agency charged to enforce the law
b. A person who enforces the law
c. A government of a city
d. Internal organization or regulation of a State
The Home rule theory of police service considers the policemen as:
1. Servants of the community, who depend for the effectiveness of their functions upon the express wishes of the people.
2. Policemen are civil employees
3. Policemen’s primary duty is the preservation of public peace and security.
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
What is the concept of policing that considers the police organization as merely repressive machinery, hence its yardstick of efficiency is more on arrest and punishment is the only instrument of crime control?
a. Old Concept
b. Modern Concept
c. Classical Concept
d. Crime Control
General objectives of the police are the following:
1. To ensure that there is an order in the community
2. To protect the lives and limbs of every member of the community
3. To arrest the criminals and bring them to prison
4. To protect the properties of the citizenry and render appropriate assistance to other government offices concerned.
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
b. 1, 2, and 3
c. 1, 2, and 4
d. 1, 3, and 4
What do you mean by crime prevention as one of the basic functions of the police?
a. An elimination or reduction of the desire to commit a crime.
b. Neutralization of criminal activity by proper enforcement of criminal laws
c. Enforcement of rules and regulations and ordinances all aimed at achieving a desired uniform standard of activity among members of society.
d. Police visibility to eliminate desire, opportunity, and instruments of crime.
Primary or line police activities are the following:
1. Patrol work, traffic control/management and criminal investigation
2. Laboratory, jail or custody maintenance and identification.
3. Transportation, communication, property supply and records
4. Juvenile and vice control
5. Personnel, inspection, planning activities, budgeting, training, and public relations
a. 1 and 4
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and4
d. 4 and 5
Does the organization refer to?
1. The duties of designating the departments and the personnel that are to carry on the work, defining their functions, and specifying the relations that are to exist between departments and individuals.
2. Consist of arranging personnel and functions in a systematic manner designed to accommodate stated goals and objectives in the most efficient manner possible.
3. Apportioning of works or tasks among the various units or groups according to some logical plan.
4. A graphic view of the general structure of work and work relationships in the organization.
a. 1 and 3
b. 2 and 4
c. 1 and 2
d. 3 and 4
Group of individuals who were united for some end or work, arranged with a common purpose and objective in a manner to enable the performance of related tasks by individuals and the establishment of areas of responsibility with clear-cut channels of communication and authority is referred to as:
a. Organization
b. Association
c. Federation
d. Functional organization
An organizational chart represents:
a. Shows the chain of command, organization’s strengths and weaknesses, and work relationships.
b. Serves as a historical record of changes over the years, an excellent training and briefing device, and a guide in planning for expansion and changes in reorganization.
c. A and B
d. B only
In line and staff organization operational or line units are responsible for the direct accomplishment of the police objectives while the administrative or staff units are:
a. Responsible for the support or advisory functions to enhance the capability of the line and facilitate the achievement of its functions and objectives.
b. Commanding the line so that it will perform its duties in a manner that it will efficiently achieve the policy objectives
c. Tasked to provide materials and logistics to the line
d. None of them
What is the organizational structure of the PNP?
a. Functional
b. Lined
c. Line and staff
d. Matrix
Hierarchy of authority which is the order of ranks from the highest to the lowest levels of the organization is known as:
a. Scalar Chain
b. Line of authority
c. Unity of command
d. Chain of command
This organizational principle assumes that there is a limit to the number of individuals that a supervisor can effectively control.
a. Chain of command
b. Unity of command
c. Span of control
d. A and B
Command responsibility postulates that:
a. The commander is directly responsible for any act or omission of his subordinates in relation to the performance of their official duty.
b. The commander is accountable to the people.
c. The commander is responsible for all personnel within his command.
d. The commander is responsible to his men; thus, he has full authority to direct his men.
It depicts the unbroken flow of command from the top to the bottom of the organizational hierarchy.
a. Chain of command
b. Span of control
c. Unity of command
d. Delineation of power
In ___________ lines of authority and responsibility is made as definite and direct as possible so that responsibility may properly be fixed and duplication avoided. Thus, every member in the force knows where he fits in the pattern, to whom he is responsible and who is responsible to him:
a. Delineation of Responsibility
b. Span of Control
c. Division of Work
d. Chain of Command
Division of tasks of command among the officers of the various units is called?
a. Division of work
b. Delegation of Authority
c. Assignment
d. Placement
Coordination and integrations are very important in the conduct of the operation by ______________ whereby efforts of the different group or units are coordinated and integrated so as to accomplish harmonious progress towards the primary objectives of the whole organization.
a. The Special Action Force
b. Specialized units
c. Line units
d. Generalists
The _____________ required that all male residents should guard the town to preserve the peace maintain order, and protect life and property from harm and disturbance.
a. Trial by Ordeal
b. The Royal Judge
c. Hue and Cry
d. Tun Policing
The earliest type of policing was based on the principle of self-help.
a. Tithing System
b. Office of Constable
c. Hue and City
d. Tun
In this system of policing in Europe, England was divided into 55 military districts known as the Shire-Reeve.
a. Shire- Reeve System
b. The Travelling Judge
c. Leges Henri
d. The Magna-Carta
Which period England’s police force reaches its milestone?
a. Modern Policing Period (1829)
b. Westminster Period (1285-1500)
c. Norman Period (1066-1285)
d. Anglo-Saxon Period (871-899)
Sir Robert Peel’s concept of modern police are:
1. Organized along military lines who are screened and trained.
2. Hired on a probationary basis and deployed by time and area.
3. Accessible to the people and maintains records.
4. Good appearance commands respect.
5. Public security demands that every police be given a code.
a. 1, 3 and 5
b. 2 and 4
c. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
d. 2, 3, 4 and 5
In line and Staff organization.
I. The staff responsibility is indirect; the line officer discharges his responsibility by taking direct action.
II. Staff officer furnishes technical information and advice, without having direct authority over line personnel.
Choose the correct answer.
a. I is true while II is false
b. I is false while II is true
c. I and II are both true
d. I and II are both false
He established the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) which served as the national voice of police reform in the US.
a. Richard Sylvester
b. August Vollmer
c. Orlando Wilson
d. Robert Peel
