Exam 9: Extemal Systems

A database that cross references past and current investigations is often referred to as:

What is the agency that inputs and manages information in NCIC called? Generally, it is a larger municipal, county or state law enforcement agency.

The National Crime Information Center is strictly a federal level database. Local agencies have no control over the records.

Uniformed Crime Reports are the only source of information that should be considered in the analysis of crime trends.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that external records are often more extensive than agency records?

If a local police officer was investigating an explosive device he or she could contact what agency for assistance in locating the origin of the explosive material?

Relational databases have elements that are filled with information called values.

National Crime Information Center 2000 (NCIC 2000) provides local users with the ________ necessary to run the system. However, the local users are required to purchase the ________.

Both the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) can be used for all of the following, except:

Police officers might access two broad classifications of records - public records and investigative records.

Requirements for obtaining driver's licenses are uniform from state to state.

The ________ states that only the most serious crime is reported to the Uniformed Crime Reports (UCR).

With ________ you would only see all bank robberies that occurred in a large urban jurisdiction. You would not be able to see the differences between those robberies. With ________ you would see the different aspects, or elements of the crimes like the weapon used.

Local agencies should consider developing ________ and ________ so that National Crime Information Center 2000 (NCIC 2000) digital capabilities are used legally and safely.

That National Crime Information Center (NCIC) receives information from the various Control Terminal Agencies (CTA). The CTAs use the ________ in order to determine if an arrest record for an offender exists.

Uniform Crime Report data comes interview of victims of crime.

A computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e., criminal record history information, fugitives, stolen properties, missing persons). It is available to Federal, state, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, describes what agency?

The Regional Information Sharing System uses a secure Internet connection to provide a network that connects six regional centers and member agencies.

The National Crime Information Center 2000 (NCIC 2000) has reduced fingerprint and ________ information to digital format.

Which of the following is a pointer system for suspected drug offenders under investigation?