WorksheetsSupervision of Police Personnel chapters 1-3
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
______________ denotes the process of directing and controlling people and things so the objectives can be accomplished.
Management
Supervision
Directing
Organization
Where does the authority of a supervisor come from?
his/her peers
Management
co-workers
Subordinates
What can someone do to prepare himself or herself for a supervisory role?
keep up to date on changes in practices
gain a good working knowledge of the principles or organization
All the above
directing efforts of subordinates into productive channels
The responsibility of conducting studies, analyzing data, and inspecting work systems falls into which category?
Personnel Officer
Planner
Trainer
Controller
The process of assigning subordinates as scientifically as possible to the positions for which they are best suited and needed falls under the responsibility as a:
Planner
Trainer
Decision Maker
Personnel Officer
A supervisor who develops their employees to be efficient and effective would be covering the responsibility as a:
Trainer
Planner
Personnel officer
Controller
Following up and determining the rules and regulations have been followed by your subordinates covers the responsibility as a:
Leader
Planner
Trainer
Controller
Interrelating the various parts of work is known as:
Planning
Coordinating
Leading
Controlling
The duty of supervisory personnel that involves making decisions and embodying them in specific and general orders is:
Controlling
Leading
Supervising
Directing
____________ plans are those which are prepared to meet exigencies encountered by police.
Auxiliary
Fiscal
Operational
Tactical
Worker’s performance is most strongly influenced by which of the folowing?
Peers
Immediate supervisor
Working environment
Public
In the law enforcement agency, first-level supervisors are of special importance because of the great ned for:
Decision making
Attention to detail
Competition
Team work
A supervisor must be able to:
Help subordinates achieve reasonable goals
Provide solutions to subordinates for job problems
Give counsel and asurance to their subordinates in their personal ives when the ned arises
All the above
In the long run, the interests of management and the worker are:
The same
Competing
Different
Achievable
A supervisor is responsible for keping superiors informed through what means of report?
Direct and indirect
Immediate and delayed
Reports and feedback
Oral and writen
A supervisor should always realize that the best interest of which group should always prevail?
Union
Organization
Management
Workers
All supervisors and managers should know that a basic need of their subordinates is to:
Make money
Have input in decision making
Have a feeling of stabilty and security in their work
Recognition
The final responsibilty for the supervisor’s job belongs to whom?
Management
Their team
Themselves
The public
A supervisor is acting in what role when he or she is able to forecast future needs of his organization, anticipate problems and make decisions ahead of time?
Leader
Planner
Trainer
Controller
A supervisor is acting in which of the folowing roles when he/she helps shape policy for the organization?
Personnel officer
Controller
Planner
Decision maker
A supervisor is acting in what role when he or she is motivating subordinates by giving them positive incentives that wil encourage them to achieve and maintain a high level of efficiency ?
Leader
Planner
Controller
Boss
Which of the following forms of action is vital for the interpersonal relations of a supervisor with a subordinate?
Order giving
Command presence
Temperament
Manner of communication
Plans relating to standard operating procedures are useful as guides to personnel in such activities as serving and processing arrest warrants are:
Strategic
Auxiliary
Operational
Tactical
What provides specific guides to conduct and performance?
Policies
Memos
Patrol guide
Rules and regulations
In order for rules and regulations to be effective they must be
Specific and clear
Current and reasonable
One benefit of a straight-line organization is that:
It is one in which work can be easily divided into units
Supervisors perform the duties of specialists
Speciality staff assist in operations
Span of control is more effective
The principle that every employee should be under the direct command of one supervisor is:
Span of control
Division of work
Hierarchy
Unity of command
What is considered the number of persons one individual can supervise effectively?
Unity of command
Span of control
Command and control
Delegation
______ relates to the process of committing an activity to another’s care.
Tasking
Ordering
Delegating
Differing
