Introduction to Law Enforcement Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Law Enforcement provides students with a comprehensive overview of the development, roles, and functions of policing in society. The course explores the historical evolution of law enforcement, the structure and organization of various agencies, and the legal and ethical frameworks governing police operations. Key topics include community policing, criminal investigation processes, patrol strategies, and the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Through case studies and practical examples, students gain insight into contemporary issues facing law enforcement professionals and develop an understanding of the challenges and responsibilities inherent in modern policing.
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The Police in America An Introduction 8th Edition by Samuel Walker
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Chapter 1: Police and Society
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Q1) The police task is to
A)preserve the norms by deterring crime.
B)provide social services to the community.
C)guarantee all constitutional rights.
D)maintain the free flow of traffic while maintaining order.
Answer: A
Q2) Before we had the modern police, citizens were the primary agents of social control.How was behavior regulated?
A)comments, warnings, and rebukes
B)making arrests by taking the person to a judge
C)spending time in jail
D)all of these
Answer: A
Q3) One of the more popular approaches to policing, which alters the basic organizational philosophy is known as
A)problem oriented policing.
B)community policing.
C)team policing
D)CAPS
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The History of the American Police
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Q1) The idea of local control of police agencies was contributed to American policing by our
A)German heritage.
B)English heritage.
C)French heritage.
D)Roman heritage.
E)Dutch heritage.
Answer: B
Q2) During the nineteenth century, a major issue for political reformers of police was A)training.
B)organizational professionalism.
C)corruption.
D)salaries.
Answer: C
Q3) The first mission of the new London Police of 1829 was criminal investigation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Contemporary Law Enforcement Industry
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Q1) The authors list two major remedies for issues associated with fragmentation. They are
A)consolidation and contracting.
B)increased protection and crime reduction.
C)higher arrests and prosecutions.
D)effectiveness and efficiency.
Answer: A
Q2) The distinction between a law enforcement agency's approved allotment of officers and the number of officers currently employed is known as
A)endorsed strength.
B)authorized strength.
C)personnel strength.
D)sworn strength.
Answer: B
Q3) Why is the legal status of the sheriff unique?
A)In most states it is a constitutional office.
B)They are almost always appointed by the governor.
C)They are not involved in partisan politics.
D)They have more authority than city departments.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Police Organizations
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Q1) The oldest and largest police organization in the country is the International Union of Police Associations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What happens when the police union and management cannot agree on a contract?
A)They move to impasse procedures.
B)The police go on strike.
C)A bond vote takes place to determine police benefits.
D)The city initiates hiring procedures for new personnel.
Q3) The management program that uses technology as an organizational tool to achieve crime control through accountability is known as
A)ENFORCESTAT.
B)POLSTAT.
C)COMPSTAT.
D)CRIMESTAT.
Q4) What is the purpose of civil service procedures?
A)to ensure that personnel decisions are based on objective criteria
B)to ensure that office politics do not interfere with departmental operations
C)to allow government officials to maximize their career objectives
D)to ensure that departmental policy is enforced equitably
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Chapter 5: Police Of cers I: Entering Police Work
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Q1) What are the six responsibilities of the civil service agency?
Q2) If an officer is fired by one agency, the process to ensure they are not hired by another agency is called
A)decertification.
B)revocation.
C)limited certification.
D)licensure removal.
Q3) A BFOQ, which stands for ________, is related to equal employment laws and is any requirement that is "reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business."
A)But for Opportunities Quotient
B)Building Futures of Quality
C)Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
D)Business Forgetting Occupational Quotients
Q4) Job requirements that are "reasonably necessary" to the normal operation of that particular business are called
A)bona fide occupational qualifications.
B)pre-employment guidelines.
C)labor occupational qualifications.
D)job requirement qualifications.
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Chapter 6: Police Of cers II: on the Job
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Q1) In his study of the LAPD, Steve Herbert identified six different factors that shape police officer behavior.What are those six factors?
Q2) Shift assignments are usually based on seniority.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research by the Police Foundation found that officers believe that "it is not unusual for a police officer to turn a blind eye to improper conduct by other officers."
A)True
B)False
Q4) The difference between the younger, better educated officers and the veteran officers with less education is termed
A)community gap.
B)education generation gap.
C)cohort generation gap.
D)split force view gap.
Q5) One of the important consequences of group solidarity is secrecy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Patrol: the Backbone of Policing
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Q1) The area of patrol that receives a disproportionate number of calls for police service and/or has a very high crime rate is known as a A)high crime area.
B)priority area.
C)hot spot.
D)force focus.
Q2) The method of patrol described as a difficult tradeoff between efficiency and community relations is described as A)foot patrol.
B)motor patrol.
C)bicycle patrol.
D)community patrol.
Q3) The Newark Foot Patrol Experiment found that additional foot patrol had what effect?
A)a positive effect on citizens' attitudes
B)a negative effect on citizens' attitudes
C)a positive effect on crime levels
D)a negative effect on crime levels
Q4) Compare the advantages and disadvantages of foot patrol with car patrol.
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Chapter 8: Peacekeeping and Order Maintenance
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Q1) Traditional juvenile units have several responsibilities.Generally, which is not one of these responsibilities?
A)arresting negligent guardians of delinquents
B)investigating reports of juvenile crime
C)preparing cases for court
D)appearing in court
Q2) To a police officer, an argument involving two or more persons engaged in an intimate relationship is called a A)home call.
B)house fight.
C)domestic disturbance.
D)cat fight.
E)dog fight.
Q3) People often expect the police to remove someone they believe does not belong there. This expectation is called
A)obtaining an emergency service.
B)counter punching.
C)maintaining a social boundary.
D)relieving an unpleasant situation.
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Chapter 9: The Police and Crime
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Q1) Police officers have limited discretion in deciding whether to make an arrest or not.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following was the most significant change made by the FBI in the wake of the 9/11 attacks?
A)It created the Office of Intelligence.
B)It shifted its intelligence gathering responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
C)It pushed Congress to legalize racial profiling.
D)It merged with the CIA to better coordinate domestic and foreign intelligence gathering.
Q3) Criminal investigation offers a clearly defined measure of success.What is this measure?
A)unfounding a report
B)uncovering a lead
C)arresting a suspect
D)convicting an offender
Q4) What are three reasons that a police officer might unfound a crime?
Q5) What are some of the myths about detective work?
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Chapter 10: Innovations in Police Strategy
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Q1) In the problem solving process SARA, the ability to identify problems represents A)scanning.
B)analysis
C)response.
D)assessment.
Q2) The consultation strategy serves four functions.Which of the following is not one of these four functions?
A)providing a forum for citizens to express their problems and needs
B)allowing citizens to express complaints involving the police
C)allowing police to educate citizens about crime and disorder
D)allowing police to discuss current growth trends and anticipated needs
Q3) The (CAPS) acronym stands for
A)Cleveland Alternative Police Strategy.
B)Columbine Alternative Police Strategy.
C)Chicago Alternative Police Strategy.
D)Colorado Alternative Police Strategy.
E)Cities Alternative Police Strategy.
Q4) Describe the six basic points of the CAPS program.
Q5) Identify and explain the four-stage process of SARA.
Q6) Describe the key characteristics of community policing.
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Chapter 11: Police Discretion
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Q1) Kenneth Davis, a leading authority on administrative law, asserts that there are three specific objectives of administrative rulemaking.Which of the following is not one of the three objectives?
A)mandating discretion
B)checking discretion
C)structuring discretion
D)confining discretion
Q2) 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 the individual.
C)a decision by criminal justice official based on the best course of action.
D)reinforcement of law with a good decision.
Q3) Police officer actions need to be understood in relation to the A)priority of the crime.
B)citizen behavior.
C)rate of neighborhood decay.
D)crime index.
Q4) According to the text, definitions of crimes are extremely precise.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Legitimacy and Community Relations
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Q1) Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the country.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A 1997 survey found that the majority of ___________had a favorable attitude toward the police with respect to the use of force.
A)whites
B)blacks
C)Hispanics
D)Asians
E)none of these
Q3) The purpose of having a diverse work force within a police organization is
A)to end unlawful employment discrimination.
B)to improve the quality of police services, as minority officers will better able to relate to minority citizens and will not engage in discriminatory behavior.
C)that adding minority officers will alter the police subculture and affect the attitudes and behavior of other officers.
D)All of these are reasons to have a diverse work force.
Q4) What are the four dimensions of trust in policing?
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Chapter 13: Police Corruption
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Q1) The Christopher Commission investigated which police department?
A)Los Angeles
B)New York City
C)Chicago
D)Las Vegas
E)Denver
Q2) Assuming the temptations to corruption are prevalent in all communities, individual officers are more likely to succumb if
A)they believe they won't be caught or the punishment will not be severe.
B)profits are much greater than their present compensation.
C)the rewards they receive in terms of peer recognition are as great as the monetary profits received from the corruption.
D)rewards do not impose tremendous guilt on their conscience.
Q3) The two key elements of police corruption are
A)deviance and force.
B)money and authority.
C)authority and force.
D)misuse of authority and personal gain.
Q4) What are the components of an effective internal corruption control program?
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Chapter 14: Accountability of the Police
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Q1) The purpose of Risk Management (RM) systems is to
A)provide assistance to officers with performance issues.
B)systematically collect data on litigation costs, analyze the causes of the lawsuits, and takes steps to reduce or eliminate the causes.
C)assess the risk of not applying for departmental accreditation.
D)measure the risk of losing federal funding.
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the Miranda warnings?
A)the right to remain silent
B)the right to have an attorney
C)the right to trial by a jury of 12 people
D)the right to have a court appointed attorney
Q3) Police officers who violate the law in the performance of their duties cannot be prosecuted as criminals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Because of many civil suits against the police, the police have adopted a policy of risk management.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Future of Policing in America
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Q1) Traditionally, state and local agencies had no authority to enforce federal laws.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Data-driven decisions that allocate resources, predict criminal activity, and support officers in their technical decisions are known as
A)meta analyses.
B)crime analyses.
C)incident investigations.
D)SARA analyses.
Q3) The RMS of an organization is also known as a
A)Rural Metro Security.
B)Refusal of Medical Screening Technology.
C)Record Management System.
D)Record of Minor Screening.
Q4) The type of analysis that focuses on long-term crime trends is termed A)administrative crime analysis.
B)meta crime analysis.
C)tactical crime analysis.
D)strategic crime analysis.
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