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Police Organization and Leadership MCQ

A leadership style that employs proactive and ______ approaches to make changes within an organization is called transformational leadership.

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Correct Answer: Innovative

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A leadership style that broadens and elevates their follower’s interests and generates awareness and acceptance of the group’s purpose and mission is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Transactional

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A theory based on the premise that an organization is composed of several interrelated and interdependent parts combined to accomplish an overall goal is called systems theory.

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Correct Answer: Organization

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A theory that focuses on how external resources of organizations influence organizational behavior is called resource _______ theory.

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Correct Answer: Dependency

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Organizations that formally represent police ______ are called Police unions/associations.

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Correct Answer: Officers

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A style that resembles or has characteristics like those of the military is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Paramilitary style

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Organizational Cynicism is the characteristic of having ______ feelings toward an institution.

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Correct Answer: Negative

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Morale is the _____ and emotional condition of an individual or group regarding the function or tasks at hand.

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Correct Answer: Mental

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_______ theory is a theory based on the idea that an organization’s goals and structural arrangement are influenced by the cultural and political elements found within its institutional environment.

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Correct Answer: Institutional

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Employee assistance program is a service to officers who are experiencing some sort of problem, whether it be _______.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A structure of police organization meant to put police officers back into direct contact with residents is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Decentralized

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An attitude of contemptuous distrust of human nature and motives is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Cynicism

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Contingency theory is a theory based on the idea that organizations are ______ entities seeking to maximize their levels of effectiveness and efficiency and are structured in a way that allows them to reach their goals.

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Correct Answer: Rational

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COMPSTAT is a goal-oriented management process that uses _______ to structure the way that police agencies provide services related to crime control.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The process of negotiations between employers and union representatives with the goal of reaching an agreement on the working conditions of their members is called collective ______.

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Correct Answer: Bargaining

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Civil Service System determines employment based on professional ______ using competitive examinations.

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Correct Answer: Merit

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A ______ agency for law enforcement agencies in the United States is known as CALEA.

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Correct Answer: Credentialing

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A prolonged response to continual emotional and interpersonal stressors in the workplace is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Burnout

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A hierarchical organizational style that promotes _______ is called bureaucracy.

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Correct Answer: Both

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