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Police Work (Operations and Functions) MCQ

Police Work (Operations and Functions) MCQ

 

1. _____ is an aggressive policing strategy in which all violators are ticketed or arrested and which disregards extenuating circumstances

Answer

Correct Answer: Zero tolerance

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2. Is workload analysis consists of an elaborate information system with defined levels of police performance for computing the number of appropriate police personnel?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. _____ is known as focuses on an order maintenance style of policing

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Correct Answer: Watchman style

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4. _____ is defined as searches for alternatives to arrest and the uses of formal sanctions

Answer

Correct Answer: Service style

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5. _____ is method of performing police work that permits officers to control their area

Answer

Correct Answer: Random preventive patrol

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6. Is public information officer (PIO) person who represents the police department in all contacts with any form of media?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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7. _____ is known as indicators that assess the extent to which police patrol officers achieve the designated outcomes

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Correct Answer: Performance measures

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8. _____ is defined as crimes that the police officer actually observes while on patrol

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Correct Answer: On-view crime

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9. _____ is police patrolling on horseback

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Correct Answer: Mounted patrol

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10. Is media relations policy policy based on the public’s right to know and the police department’s obligation to keep the public informed?

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Correct Answer: True

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11. _____ is known as focus is on law enforcement and arrests

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Correct Answer: Legalistic style

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12. _____ is defined as one of the most comprehensive assessments of police patrol

Answer

Correct Answer: Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment

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13. _____ is little more than an educated guess concerning the appropriate number of police personnel

Answer

Correct Answer: Intuitive approach

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14. Is forensic science any branch of science used in the resolution of legal disputes?

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Correct Answer: True

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15. _____ is known as the original form of police patrol; often employed today at parades, concerts, and sporting events

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Correct Answer: Foot patrol

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16. _____ is defined as the assignment of police personnel to districts, zones, and areas

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Correct Answer: Deployment models

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17. _____ is refers to the perception of scientific testing by television viewers

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Correct Answer: CSI effect

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18. Is comparative approach involves comparing the number of police officers between cities of similar characteristics or the ratio of police officers to population?

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Correct Answer: True

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19. _____ is known as a theory stating that neighborhood social disorder causes a decline of the overall condition of the neighborhood, which leads to criminal activity

Answer

Correct Answer: Broken windows theory

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20. _____ is defined as police patrolling while riding bicycles; this is a popular form of patrol because of the low cost and possible coverage compared to foot patrol

Answer

Correct Answer: Bicycle patrol

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21. _____ is a model involving several variables for estimating the number of required police personnel

Answer

Correct Answer: Allocation Model for Patrol (AMP)

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22. Is air patrol police patrolling from fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter?

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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23. _____ is known as allocation of police resources in a case-by-case fashion

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Correct Answer: 911 policing

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24. Allocating police resources based on little more than an educated guess or tradition, such as personnel numbers from previous years, is an example of using the ______ approach.

Answer

Correct Answer: Intuitive

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25. Which of the following types of calls for service would NOT typically be categorized as order maintenance?

Answer

Correct Answer: Shoplifting investigations

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26. ______ policing involves allocating police resources in a reactive manner on a case-by-case basis as citizens demand them.

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Correct Answer: 911

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27. A service-style police officer intervenes frequently but not formally, takes seriously all requests for service, and frequently finds alternatives to arrest and other formal sanctions.

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Correct Answer: True

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28. A police department’s public information officer works at the front desk and gives information to citizens who walk into the police department needing questions answered.

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Correct Answer: False

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29. On-view crimes are those that a police officer actually observes while on patrol.

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Correct Answer: True

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30. Citizen satisfaction is an example of a soft performance measure.

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Correct Answer: True

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31. The ______ style of policing focuses primarily on the order maintenance function of policing.

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Correct Answer: Watchman

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32. The Law and Order effect describes the increased public awareness of DNA testing and the growing expectation of jurors to see forensic evidence at criminal trials.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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33. ______ theory states that neighborhood social disorder causes a decline in the overall condition of the neighborhood, which leads to more violent criminal activity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Broken windows

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