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Police as an Organization MCQ

Police as an Organization MCQ

 

1. Is state Police a state agency responsible for highway patrol and other duties as delineated in the state’s statutes; some states require their police to investigate crimes against persons and property?

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Correct Answer: True

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2. _____ is known as a state agency that is responsible for investigating crimes involving state statutes; they may also be called in to assist police agencies in serious criminal matters, and often publish state crime reports.

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Correct Answer: State Bureau Of Investigation

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3. _____ is defined as specially trained units for particular investigative needs, such as those for violations of alcoholic beverage laws, fish and game laws, organized crime, and so on.

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Correct Answer: Special-Purpose State Agencies

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4. _____ is the chief law enforcement officer of a county, typically elected and frequently operating the jail as well as law enforcement functions.

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Correct Answer: Sheriff

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5. Is reform Era also the professional era, from the 1930s to 1980s, when police sought to extricate themselves from the shackles of politicians, and leading to the crime-fighter era—with greater emphases being placed on numbers—arrests, citations, response times, and so on?

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Correct Answer: True

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6. _____ is known as in-house security services whose personnel are hired, trained, and supervised by the company or organization.

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Correct Answer: Proprietary Services

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7. _____ is defined as All nonpublic officers, including guards, watchmen, private detectives, and investigators; they have limited powers and only the same arrest powers as regular citizens.

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Correct Answer: Private Police/Security Officers

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8. _____ is from the 1840s to the 1930s, the period of time when police were tied closely to politics and politicians, dependent on them for being hired and promoted, and for assignments—all of which raised the potential for corruption.

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Correct Answer: Political Era

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9. Is organizational Structure Or Chart a diagram of the vertical and horizontal parts of an organization, showing its chain of command, lines of communication, division of labor, and so on?

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Correct Answer: True

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10. _____ is known as an entity of two or more people who cooperate to achieve one or more objectives.

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Correct Answer: Organization

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11. _____ is defined as a police force that enforces laws and maintains peace within a specified city or municipality.

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Correct Answer: Municipal Police Department

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12. _____ is a minor justice official who oversees lesser criminal trials; one of the early English judicial functionaries.

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Correct Answer: Justice Of The Peace (JP)

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13. Is iNTERPOL the only international crime-fighting organization; it collects intelligence information, issues alerts, and assists in capturing world criminals, and it has nearly 200 member countries?

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Correct Answer: True

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14. _____ is known as federal organizations that, for example, are charged with protecting the homeland (DHS); investigating crimes (FBI) and enforcing particular laws, such as those pertaining to drugs (DEA) or alcohol/tobacco/firearms/explosives (ATF); and guarding the courts and transporting prisoners (USMS).

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Correct Answer: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

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15. _____ is defined as a unit of county government with a sheriff (normally elected) and deputies whose duties vary but typically include policing unincorporated areas, maintaining county jails, providing security to courts in the county, and serving warrants and court papers.

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Correct Answer: County Sheriff’s Office

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16. _____ is an early English court officer; today one (usually a physician) in the United States whose duty it is to determine cause of death.

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Correct Answer: Coroner

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17. Is contract Services a for-profit firm or individuals hired by an individual or company to provide security services?

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Correct Answer: True

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18. _____ is known as in England, favored noblemen who were forerunners of modern-day U.S. criminal justice functionaries; largely disappeared in the United States by the 1970s.

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Correct Answer: Constable

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19. _____ is defined as beginning in about 1980, a time when the police retrained to work with the community to solve problems by looking at their underlying causes and developing tailored responses to them.

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Correct Answer: Community Era

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20. _____ is vertical and horizontal power relations within an organization, showing how one position relates to others.

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Correct Answer: Chain Of Command

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21. How was the London police department first established?

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Correct Answer: It was authorized by Parliament in the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829.

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22. Which of the following groups is primarily concerned with protecting the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage?

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Correct Answer: Federal Bureau of Investigation

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23. During which era of policing was a new “common wisdom” implemented that trained officers to work with members of the community in solving problems.

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Correct Answer: Community era

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24. A person interested in applying for a local law enforcement position must ______.

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Correct Answer: Be physically fit

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25. The structure for selecting police officers in 1840s until the 1930s inadvertently encouraged some police officers to do which of the following in order to move up the ranks of the police force?

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Correct Answer: Seek support of political backers

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26. Civil service systems were created during the reform era of policing.

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Correct Answer: True

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27. The Department of Homeland Security was established in response to ______.

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Correct Answer: The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001

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28. During the reform era, any acts of policing that were not associated with crime were considered which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Social work

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29. Private security personnel have much of the same ______ as state, county, and municipal police officers.

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Correct Answer: Tasks

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30. The Coast Guard collects intelligence on transnational corruption, drug, and maritime crimes.

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Correct Answer: False

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31. Administrative staff are considered to be the “backbone” of policing.

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Correct Answer: False

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32. Which of the following is one of the concerns about the private police/security field?

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Correct Answer: Minimal education and training

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33. What is the benefit of the hierarchical organizational structure of most police agencies?

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Correct Answer: It establishes the chain of command and determines lines of communication and responsibility.

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34. August Vollmer was the first to create a police force that was entirely ______.

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Correct Answer: Operational from cars

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35. During which era did the crime-fighter image of police officers begin to emerge?

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Correct Answer: Reform era

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