Question 1

Which of the following is an occupational stressor particularly faced by police officers?

Accepted Answer

A)  The need to increase the clearance rate 
B)  Continuous exposure to harmful chemicals 
C)  The need to close every cold case 
D)  Negative media coverage

Question 2

Identify an element of police discretion.

Accepted Answer

A)  The attitude of a wrongdoer toward a police officer 
B)  The relationship between a victim and a police officer 
C)  A victim's criminal record 
D)  The human rights policy

Question 3

In a(n) _____, formal rules govern an individual's actions and relationships with co-employees.

Accepted Answer

A)  bureaucracy 
B)  aristocracy 
C)  community 
D)  adhocracy

Question 4

According to police theorist Harry J. Mullins, a ritual critical to a police officer's acceptance of police subculture is:

Accepted Answer

A)  witnessing a felony arrest being made. 
B)  witnessing deadly force for the first time. 
C)  working with rookies to learn lessons of police work. 
D)  identifying potential criminals for the first time.

Question 5

Which of the following is a characteristic of directed patrols?

Accepted Answer

A)  It surveils the complete area under a police department's jurisdiction. 
B)  It identifies potential criminals using government records. 
C)  It involves incident-driven policing. 
D)  It attempts to prevent a specific type of crime.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of detectives?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are lower in the police chain of command than are patrol officers. 
B)  Their job is primarily preventive in nature. 
C)  Their job is limited to law enforcement. 
D)  They have been the focus of much more reform attention than patrol officers.

Question 7

The abuse of authority by a law enforcement officer for personal gain is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  noble cause corruption 
B)  racial profiling 
C)  entrapment 
D)  police corruption

Question 8

In which of the following cases is a law enforcement agent justified in using deadly force?

Accepted Answer

A)  While interrogating a suspect 
B)  While demonstrating the importance of respecting the law 
C)  When protecting himself or herself from serious harm 
D)  When trying to coerce a confession from an offender

Question 9

Explain the consequences for police officers engaging in racial profiling.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Reasonable force is force that an objective police officer realizes will place the subject in direct threat of serious injury or death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Concentrated areas of high criminal activity that draw a directed police response are called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  hot spots 
B)  crime labs 
C)  blue curtains 
D)  cold cases

Question 12

According to the _____, by cracking down on quality-of-life crimes, law enforcement convinces both criminals and law-abiding citizens that lawlessness will no longer be tolerated in a particular area.

Accepted Answer

A)  documentary hypothesis 
B)  broken windows theory 
C)  crisis intervention model 
D)  use-of-force matrix

Question 13

Explain the difference between random and directed patrols. How do computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems assist police officers in their patrol duties?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

In the context of the elements of ethics, the concept of discretion is linked with duty or the obligation to act in a certain manner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Ken is a patrol officer in Orlando. As part of his routine patrolling activities, he spends the first half of the day responding to citizen complaints and emergencies on 911 on a daily basis. In the context of general categories of patrol activities-as classified by William Gay, Theodore Schell, and Stephen Schack, which of the following categories does this scenario illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Preventive patrol 
B)  Calls for service 
C)  Administrative duties 
D)  Officer-initiated activities

Question 16

Explain the four categories of ethical dilemmas typically faced by a police officer as identified by criminologists Joycelyn M. Pollock and Ronald F. Becker.

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Question 17

Which of the following terms describes police action based on ethnicity or national origin of a suspect rather than any reasonable suspicion that he or she has broken the law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racial profiling 
B)  Psychological profiling 
C)  Ethnic penalty 
D)  Entrapment

Question 18

Steffi, a police officer, has lately been working long hours with two shifts of patrolling and has had additional paperwork to complete. Her friends and colleagues have noticed that she is stressed and dejected because of exhaustion. If Steffi continues to work like this, she is likely to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  become a division chief 
B)  suffer from burnout 
C)  suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome 
D)  get additional administrative responsibilities

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true of the blue curtain?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a bureaucratic response to an officer-involved shooting. 
B)  It sets the guiding principles that help police officers make decisions. 
C)  It separates the police from the civilians they are meant to protect. 
D)  It is a popular counterterrorism strategy employed by the federal government.

Question 20

Joyelle is an undercover investigative officer. Last month, to solve a case of art theft, she posed as a purchaser and recovered stolen paintings worth $15 million and arrested the perpetrators responsible for the heist. It can be assumed that Joyelle _____ to solve the case of art theft.

Accepted Answer

A)  conducted a sting operation 
B)  piloted a cold hit 
C)  engaged in racial profiling 
D)  carried out a civil rights violation

Exam 5: Problems and Solutions in Modern Policing