Exam 4: Becoming a Cop

An incompatibility between a person and his or her environment is a problem that can cause ________.

Which of these examples would be most unlikely to rise to the level of a hostile work environment?

Most police officers are white males.

If an applicant for a position is disabled but capable of performing the essential functions of a job,he or she is protected by the Americans with ________ Act.

A requirement for hiring a certain number of minorities is an example of a racial ________.

Which is the most objective explanation of the causes of on-the-job stress for police officers?

How has the war in the Middle East,the overall strength of the economy,and the increasing requirements for applicants to have college credits affected police hiring?

The final stage in coping with a critical incident is ________.

The curricula of police training academies focus on defining the range and type of criminal activity that recruits will encounter.

Which is required to be able to identify a person who doesn't "belong" in a certain area?

What might white officer accuse their superiors of if they were systematically bypassed for promotion in order to promote minority officers?

The exam in which a recruit is connected to a device to assess his or her honesty is a ________ exam.

How is the FBI's mission relevant to local policing?

Which is the most expensive and time-consuming phase of the hiring process?

Mechanical repetition skills and rote memory capabilities are characteristic of which type of training?

"Use of deadly force" is an example of a topic that would be covered in ________ training.

What is a key characteristic of the patronage system that sets it apart from the civil service system in police department hiring?

It was not until the twentieth century that a woman was first hired by a U.S.police force.

________ action is the practice of taking proactive steps to boost the presence of historically marginalized groups in the ranks of an organization by giving preference to members of those groups.

All of America's 50 largest cities have voluntary affirmative action programs.