Question 1:

How many officers did Sir Robert Peel hire when authorized by the Metropolitan Police Act to create a police force?

A. 50

B. 500

C. 1,000

D. 5,000

Question 2:

What year marks the beginning of organized, paid, civilian policing?

A. 1612

B. 1829

C. 1841

D. 1930

Question 3:

The police are part of the:

A. executive branch of government.

B. legislative branch of government.

C. judicial branch of government.

D. None of the above

Question 4:

Which of the following is a reason for the inevitability of police discretion?

A. Legislators pass some laws that they clearly do not intend to have strictly enforced all the time.

B. Police lack the determination necessary for full enforcement of the law.

C. People would bribe police officers to look the other way.

D. There are too many laws for police to keep track of.

Question 5:

Which is NOT one of the Six Pillars of Character?

A. Trustworthiness

B. Respect

C. Responsibility

D. Self-centeredness

Question 6:

Which category of activity accounted for the fewest police-citizen encounters in the Police Services Study?

A. Crime-related problems

B. Traffic-related matters

C. Disorder problems

D. Encounters of a service nature

Question 7:

A public office is a __________ trust.

A. public

B. reciprocal

C. mutual

D. private

Question 8:

All are principles of policing and police administration EXCEPT for which one?

A. Police are a general purpose agency providing a wide variety of services to the community.

B. Police must be guided by ethical and legal standards.

C. Law enforcement is not an objective of policing but one method of protecting life and property to maintain order.

D. None of the above

Question 9:

Strong criticism of the view that police work was undemanding did not emerge until:

A. the 1930s.

B. the beginning of the 20th century.

C. the early 1970s.

D. 1966.

Question 10:

Among the following police actions, which was the most common in the Police Services study?

A. Gave medical help

B. Gave a ticket

C. Interrogated a suspect

D. Made an arrest

Question 11:

Which is NOT one of the three approaches to handling ethical dilemmas?

A. Neglect - or the absence of any formal ethical programs

B. Compliance-based programs

C. Values-oriented programs

D. Financially based programs

Question 12:

__________ is the distinguishing character, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution.

A. Pathos

B. Ethos

C. Honor

D. Accountability

Question 13:

Good employers are always:

A. religious.

B. compliant.

C. ethical.

D. frugal.

Question 14:

"It's just a technicality" and "It's not illegal" are two examples of what ethical-wrongdoing category?

A. Denying or trivializing its significance

B. Invoking the double standard

C. Professing ignorance

D. Arguing necessity

Question 15:

Which category of activity accounted for the most police-citizen encounters in the Police Services Study?

A. Traffic-related

B. Crime-related

C. Encounters of a service nature

D. Disorder problems

Question 16:

The first police were much more significantly engaged in __________ than in __________.

A. drug law enforcement; undercover work

B. necessary paperwork; crime investigation

C. maintaining order; crime investigation

D. crime investigation; maintaining order

Question 17:

Which were among the duties performed by the police in the 1800s?

A. Watching for fires

B. Controlling riots, disturbances, and crowds

C. Inspecting businesses, taverns, and lodging houses

D. All of the above

Question 18:

The foundation of Sir Robert Peel's approach to police administration is in his first two principles; first, that the police should be organized along military lines, and, second, that:

A. police should be well-paid.

B. police record keeping is very important.

C. police headquarters should be in an accessible location.

D. securing and training proper persons is essential. Reset Selection

Question 19:

Stringent personnel standards in the early days of American policing were subverted by the influence of:

A. local politics.

B. dishonest applicants.

C. alcohol.

D. None of the above

Question 20:

The Police Services Study revealed that five of the six most common actions taken by officers consisted entirely of __________ and __________.

A. physical force; threatening

B. writing tickets; gesturing

C. talking; listening

D. patting down; arresting......