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POLICE TEST 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSOne of the most enduring myths about policing is that police officers - Answers -are
crime fighters
One of the most important factors shaping the police role is - Answers -the authority to
use force.
In the context of policing, one of the recommendations made by the President's Task
Force is to
A. increase the number of arrests made per year by 15 percent.
B. ensure that quotas for the number of traffic tickets are met every year.
C. promote the "warrior" mindset rather than the "guardian" mindset among police
officers.
D. make official policies and procedures publicly available. - Answers -D. make official
policies and procedures publicly available.
In the Police Service Study (PSS), the researchers found that _____ percent of the total
calls for police services involved a violent crime.
A. 20
B. 15
C. 10
D. 2 - Answers -D. 2
Herman Goldstein developed the concept of
A. community policing.
B. team policing.
C. problem-oriented policing.
D. police-community relations. - Answers -C. problem-oriented policing.
The Chicago Alternative Police Strategy is a type of
A. community policing.
B. team policing.
C. problem-oriented policing.
D. police-community relations. - Answers -A. community policing.
Which of the following groups creates the myth of the crime-fighter police officer?
A. the movies
B. televisions shows about cops
C. the news media
D. All of the answers are correct. - Answers -D. All of the answers are correct.
,Egon Bittner argues that the capacity to use _____ is the defining feature of policing.
A. the media
B. coercive force
C. persuasion in times of stress
D. guns - Answers -B. coercive force
American policing is a product of _____.
A. American expansion
B. English heritage
C. medieval history
D. European descendants - Answers -B. English heritage
Almost every other country in the world has a centralized national police force. In
American policing, there is a tradition of _____.
A. local control
B. continuous reform
C. racial profiling
D. strategic planning - Answers -A. local control
Who among the following is known as the father of modern policing?
A. August Vollmer
B. Darryl Gates
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Robert Peel - Answers -D. Robert Peel
The early method of policing used to guard against fires, crime, and disorder throughout
the day was known as the _____.
A. constable
B. fragmented system
C. watch
D. maintenance of order - Answers -C. watch
During the political era in American policing, local politicians rewarded their friends with
jobs on the police force. This practice was known as _____.
A. political payback
B. patronage
C. job security
D. nepotism - Answers -B. patronage
,The failure of police reform is attributed to _____.
A. reform by politicians
B. police professionalization
C. police corruption
D. lack of citizen support - Answers -C. police corruption
Who among the following is known as the father of American police professionalism?
A. August Vollmer
B. Darryl Gates
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Robert Pee - Answers -A. August Vollmer
The most important new figure in American law enforcement in the 1930s was the
director of the Bureau of Investigation, _____.
A. Ernesto Miranda
B. J. Edgar Hoover
C. Elliot Ness
D. Darryl Gates - Answers -B. J. Edgar Hoover
One of the most famous studies on the effect of different levels of patrol on crime that
challenged the traditional assumptions about policing was the _____.
A. Research Revolution Study
B. Crime Commission Study
C. Kerner Commission Study
D. Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment - Answers -D. Kansas City Preventive
Patrol Experiment
The policing strategy requiring police to develop partnerships with neighborhood
residents, develop programs for specific problems, and lower decision-making in the
chain of command is known as _____.
A. problem-oriented policing
B. team policing
C. neighborhood-oriented policing
D. community policing - Answers -D. community policing
In the nineteenth century, the major component that influenced every aspect of
American policing was _____.
A. politics
B. incompetence
C. minorities
, D. inefficiency - Answers -A. politics
Which of the following statements is true about the first American police officer who
went out on patrol in 1838?
A. He had to go out on foot.
B. He had access to two-way radio.
C. He had a manual of policies and procedures.
D. He had received formal preservice training. - Answers -A. He had to go out on foot.
Police officers began to carry _____ as standard equipment as crime and violence
increased in the late 1800s.
A. batons
B. vehicles
C. firearms
D. tactical training manuals - Answers -C. firearms
During the nineteenth century, a major issue for political reformers of police was _____.
A. training
B. organizational professionalism
C. corruption
D. salaries - Answers -C. corruption
Which of the following statements is true about police officers in the 1950s?
A. They were mostly African Americans and Hispanics.
B. They received police manuals containing policies on when to use deadly force.
C. They were disciplined enough to use their billy club to beat someone up only when
required.
D. They were unconcerned about Supreme Court rulings on search and seizure. -
Answers -D. They were unconcerned about Supreme Court rulings on search and
seizure.
Which of the following statements characterizes the professionalization movement of
police reform through the 1960s?
A. The reformers sought to define policing as a profession.
B. The reformers sought to eliminate the influence of politics on policing.
C. The reformers argued in favor of hiring qualified chief executives to head police
departments.
D. All of the answers are correct. - Answers -D. All of the answers are correct.
The great innovation of Robert Peel's new police, the London Metropolitan Police, was
its mission of _____.
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