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POLICE TEST 11-13 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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POLICE TEST 11-13 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSAccording to Kenneth C. Davis, discretion is defined as
A. a decision based on sound public policy.
B. a decision by a judge based upon all the facts submitted by an individual.
C. an official action by a criminal justice official based on that individual's judgement
about the best course of action.
D. reinforcement of law with a good decision. - Answers -C. an official action by a
criminal justice official based on that individual's judgement about the best course of
action.
Discretion increases as one moves down the police organization. For this reason, patrol
officers have been described as
A. process bureaucrats.
B. street-level bureaucrats.
C. first-level judges.
D. street-level justices. - Answers -B. street-level bureaucrats.
In the context of policing, _____ exercise the greatest amount of discretion.
A. chief inspectors
B. patrol officers
C. sheriffs
D. detectives - Answers -B. patrol officers
Vincent tells the police that he heard strange noises in his home at midnight. Vincent
believes that something was stolen in his house, but the police find that nothing was
missing in his home. The police also find no evidence for such a crime and hence do
not complete the report for it. This action of the police exemplifies
A. the denial of due process.
B. an under-enforcement of the law.
C. a positive use of discretion.
D. the code of silence. - Answers -A. the denial of due process.
_____ are the most common form of contact between the police and the public.
A. Buy-and-bust operations
B. Narcotics raids
C. Sting operations
D. Traffic stops - Answers -D. Traffic stops
The probability of arrest and officer use of force increases when a suspect is
,A. wanted by law enforcement.
B. socially rejected by law enforcement.
C. disrespectful toward the police.
D. offends others in the presence of the police. - Answers -C. disrespectful toward the
police.
A police officer is most likely to make an arrest when
A. the crime is committed in a high-income area.
B. the suspect is a vagrant in a skid row.
C. the offender and the victim are strangers.
D. the preference of the victim is to save the suspect. - Answers -C. the offender and
the victim are strangers.
The quality of supervision in a police department depends heavily on
A. the disciplinary procedures for supervisors in the department.
B. the neighborhood where supervisors work.
C. the span of control for supervisors in the department.
D. the number of complaints supervisors receive from their subordinates. - Answers -C.
the span of control for supervisors in the department.
.
According to the text, which of the following is a type of discretion that has been argued
about in the context of abolishing police discretion?
A. use of informants
B. mandatory sentencing systems
C. sting operations and arrests
D. plea bargaining - Answers -D. plea bargaining
Many police experts argue that the traditional professional model does not apply to
policing because
A. recruitment standards are low, compared with law and medicine.
B. preservice training is extremely long, compared with other professions.
C. the peer culture of policing fails to cover up improper conduct of police officers.
D. police officers are specialists rather than generalists - Answers -A. recruitment
standards are low, compared with law and medicine.
The approach of guiding police officers' discretion via written policy is known as
A. officer constraint.
B. administrative rulemaking.
C. abolishment.
, D. discretionary preservation. - Answers -B. administrative rulemaking.
What standard for the use of deadly force clearly spells out when deadly force may be
used and when it may not be used?
A. the defense-of-life standard
B. the imminent danger standard
C. the threat to wellbeing standard
D. the armed felon standard - Answers -A. the defense-of-life standard
What situation related to domestic violence mandates officers to make an arrest, thus
inhibiting the use of discretion?
A. when witnesses are present
B. when the suspect is a minor
C. when arrest is preferred
D. when a felonious assault has occurred - Answers -D. when a felonious assault has
occurred
When departmental rules set the boundaries of discretion of police officers, such as
indicating situations where police officers can shoot or fire warning shots, it is a way of
_____.
A. mandating discretion
B. checking discretion
C. structuring discretion
D. confining discretion - Answers -D. confining discretion
What is an advantage that written rules offer to the police officer?
A. They eliminate the need for professional judgment.
B. They increase citizen satisfaction with the police.
C. They provide direction on how to handle critical incidents.
D. They allow for more efficient patrolling activity. - Answers -C. They provide direction
on how to handle critical incidents.
What is an advantage that written rules offer to the citizenry?
A. They eliminate any confusion over law-abiding behavior.
B. They ensure equal protection of the law.
C. They ensure a person's satisfaction with police efforts.
D. They mandate that the police attend to the victim's preferences. - Answers -B. They
ensure equal protection of the law.
James J. Fyfe conducted a study of the restrictive policy on deadly force adopted by the
NYPD. What was his finding?
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