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Recruitment and Selection of Police Officers MCQ

_____ is defined as related to an applicant’s citizenship, possession of or ability to obtain a driver’s license, residency requirement, and age and education level

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Correct Answer: Status test

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_____ is measures job skills of an applicant using samples of behavior under realistic job-like conditions

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Correct Answer: Simulation or work sample test

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Is reasonable accommodation refers to new construction or modification of existing facilities and work schedules, as long as the modification does not cause the agency undue hardship, such as significant expense or difficulty?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as interpreted to mean the job applicant must be able to perform the essential elements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation

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Correct Answer: Qualified individual with a disability

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_____ is defined as a device that registers involuntary physical processes that is often used in an attempt to detect whether or not a suspect is telling the truth

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Correct Answer: Polygraph

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_____ is a battery of tests or hurdles that must be completed before a recruit can become a police officer; the failure to pass any of the sequential hurdles disqualifies the candidate

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Correct Answer: Multiple-hurdle procedure

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Is integrity test test used to assess a candidate’s honesty and propensity for counterproductive behavior on the job, such as drug use or theft?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as unfair testing procedures, hiring practices, job assignments, and educational requirements

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Correct Answer: Institutional discrimination

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_____ is defined as characteristics determined at birth or characteristics individuals should not be asked to change

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Correct Answer: Immutable characteristics

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_____ is changes in electrical resistance in the skin over time

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Correct Answer: Galvanic skin response

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Is disparate impact involves an employment policy or practice that, although seemingly neutral, adversely impacts a person or group?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as treating people differently because of their race, gender, religion, or national origin; involves behavior that, in its negative form, excludes all members of a certain group from some rights, opportunities, or privileges

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Correct Answer: Discrimination

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_____ is defined as agreement related to an employer achieving a balance in terms of race, ethnicity, and gender in the workforce

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Correct Answer: Consent decree

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_____ is an exception to the prohibition against basing hiring decisions on religion, race, sex, age, or national origin, if such basis is shown to be a requirement necessary to the specific functions of the job

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Correct Answer: Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)

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Is assessment center a formal process that involves a series of exercises (simulation and role playing) designed to test how well a candidate would perform in a job?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as programs that are intended to prevent discrimination in present hiring and promotion practices and to actively promote proportional representation and equitable opportunity

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Correct Answer: Affirmative action

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______ in the form of unfair testing procedures, hiring practices, job assignments, and education requirements contribute to the underrepresentation of African Americans above the level of patrol officer.

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Correct Answer: Institutional discrimination

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______ programs are intended to prevent discrimination in hiring and promotion practices and to remedy past discrimination.

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Correct Answer: Affirmative action

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A ______ is an agreement related to an employer achieving a balance in terms of race, ethnicity, and gender in the workforce.

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Correct Answer: Consent decree

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______ for applicants with disabilities include modification of existing facilities, work schedules, or equipment, so long as the modification does not cause the agency undue hardship.

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Correct Answer: Reasonable accommodations

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A police department can restrict the age for police applicants or set a mandatory retirement age if it can be shown that age is a bona fide occupational qualification.

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Correct Answer: True

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The National Center for Women and Policing has cited which of the following advantages for police agencies that hire and retain female officers?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Many police departments require applicants to complete a battery of tests in succession. Failure to pass an assessment results in the applicant being dropped from further consideration. This is called a(n) ______.

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Correct Answer: Multiple-hurdle procedure

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______ tests have to do with areas such as citizenship, possession of or ability to obtain a driver’s license, residency, service in the military, educational level, and age.

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Correct Answer: Status

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