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Police Organization and Administration MCQ

_____ is defined as each member of the organization has an immediate supervisor

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Correct Answer: Unity of command

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_____ is an organizational design that involves assignment of personnel based on watches, tours, or shifts

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Correct Answer: Time design

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Is span of control ratio of supervisors to subordinates?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as chain of command that identifies who communicates with whom and identifies lines of authority

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Correct Answer: Rank structure

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_____ is defined as occupation often requiring some form of accreditation, certification, or licensing and usually including a code of ethics

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Correct Answer: Profession

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_____ is geographical establishment of primary units in an organization, including assignment of personnel to beats, zones, districts, and areas

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Correct Answer: Place design

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Is organizations a rational, efficient form of grouping people?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as involves multiple support systems and authority relationships often found in a drug task force

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Correct Answer: Matrix structure

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_____ is defined as perform actual police work and include patrol officers and investigators

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Correct Answer: Line personnel

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_____ is occurs when negotiations fail to lead to an agreement and can include “blue flu,” work slowdowns, and work speedups

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Correct Answer: Job action

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Is incident Command System (ICS) coordinates police personnel, allocates resources, and allows emergency responders to adopt and integrate organization structure; attempts to achieve effective coordination of police personnel while ensuring appropriate allocation of resources and providing emergency responders an integrated organizational structure unhindered by jurisdictional boundaries?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is organizational structures that take the shape of a pyramid, with many employees at the bottom and a few management personnel at the top

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Correct Answer: Hierarchies

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Is functional organizational design creation of positions and departments in an organization based on specialized activities?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as negotiations between an employer and groups of employees to determine conditions of employment

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Correct Answer: Collective bargaining

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_____ is defined as a set of principles that guides decision-making and behavior for police officers, both on and off duty; the code defines the standards for professionalism, which is key to the integrity of police officers and their credibility with the public

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Correct Answer: Code of ethics

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_____ is the chronological documentation that shows the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic evidence

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Correct Answer: Chain of custody

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Is accreditation development of standards containing a clear statement of professional objectives?

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Correct Answer: True

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______ are typically used in task forces.

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Correct Answer: Matrix structures

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The structure of police departments helps to determine overall ______.

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Correct Answer: Productivity

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A major argument against unions is that they ______.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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______ is/are used by most states and local governments to work together to ensure fair compensation and working conditions for police officers.

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Correct Answer: Collective bargaining agreements

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The average time a police chief spends in his or her position is roughly ______.

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Correct Answer: 5 years

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A crucial task that is bestowed upon investigators is establishing a ______, which ensures accountability for who handles evidence in an investigation and how it is handled.

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Correct Answer: Chain of custody

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Which of the following is NOT associated with the paramilitary structure of policing?

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Correct Answer: Minimal differences among ranks

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A core principle of police organizations is that each person reports to a single supervisor. This is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Unity of command

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The persons who do the most “actual police work” are ______.

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Correct Answer: Line personnel

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The structure of most police departments most closely resembles a ______.

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Correct Answer: Pyramid

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