Question 1

Crime mapping is:

Accepted Answer

A)  independent of crime analysis 
B)  part of crime analysis 
C)  not necessary if crime analysis is undertaken 
D)  none of these choices

Question 2

__________ planning is the specifying of unit work assignments.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ planning is the specifying of unit...

Question 3

A critical part of budget __________ is ensuring that expenditures do not exceed budget allocations.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A critical part of budget __________ is...

Question 4

Programming translates planning into "action-oriented" strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The administrative philosophy used to develop the budget varies across agencies and is linked to the philosophy of the government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What term describes resources previously committed to a program that make it impossible for the department to enact changes in current procedures or operational policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  sunk costs 
B)  outside pressures 
C)  personality characteristics 
D)  past conditioning

Question 7

The final phase of the budgeting process is:

Accepted Answer

A)  audit 
B)  budget execution 
C)  budget approval 
D)  budget preparation

Question 8

What do administrators do to reduce uncertainty about the future by predicting environmental conditions?

Accepted Answer

A)  planning 
B)  programming 
C)  forecasting 
D)  budgeting

Question 9

Planning occurs at every level of the police agency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A choice among possible courses of action is a __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A choice among possible courses of action...

Question 11

CompStat is the enhancement of police intelligence-gathering capability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Factors that affect decision making include:

Accepted Answer

A)  outside pressures 
B)  sunk costs 
C)  personality characteristics 
D)  all of these choices

Question 13

Planning revolves around two concerns: concern for the system and risk.Concern for the system includes which key ingredients?

Accepted Answer

A)  purpose 
B)  stability 
C)  entirety 
D)  all of these choices

Question 14

Once the strategies are evaluated and data relative to the performance of each strategy are developed, the manager, in consultation with departmental staff, will select the strategy to be implemented.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

__________-led policing is the enhancement of police intelligence-gathering capability.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________-led policing is the enhancement of police...

Question 16

Operational planning is the specifying of unit work assignments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Forecasting allows a department to narrow its range of priorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

__________ is the systematic study of crime and disorder problems as well as other police-related issues.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ is the systematic study of crime...

Question 19

__________ are the resources previously committed to a program.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ are the resources previously committed to...

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a basic function of budgets?

Accepted Answer

A)  control 
B)  analysis 
C)  management 
D)  planning

Exam 13: Planning, Programming, and Budgeting

Crime mapping is:

__________ planning is the specifying of unit work assignments.

A critical part of budget __________ is ensuring that expenditures do not exceed budget allocations.

Programming translates planning into "action-oriented" strategies.

The administrative philosophy used to develop the budget varies across agencies and is linked to the philosophy of the government.

What term describes resources previously committed to a program that make it impossible for the department to enact changes in current procedures or operational policy?

The final phase of the budgeting process is:

What do administrators do to reduce uncertainty about the future by predicting environmental conditions?

Planning occurs at every level of the police agency.

A choice among possible courses of action is a __________.

CompStat is the enhancement of police intelligence-gathering capability.

Factors that affect decision making include:

Planning revolves around two concerns: concern for the system and risk.Concern for the system includes which key ingredients?

Once the strategies are evaluated and data relative to the performance of each strategy are developed, the manager, in consultation with departmental staff, will select the strategy to be implemented.

__________-led policing is the enhancement of police intelligence-gathering capability.

Operational planning is the specifying of unit work assignments.

Forecasting allows a department to narrow its range of priorities.

__________ is the systematic study of crime and disorder problems as well as other police-related issues.

__________ are the resources previously committed to a program.

Which of the following is NOT a basic function of budgets?