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Student: ___________________________________________________________________________

1.

Most encounters between the police and the public are initiated by ________. 
 

A. 

the criminal

B. 

the police

C. 

the citizen

D. 

the courts

 

2.

The influential book, Varieties of Police Behavior was written by _____________. 
 

A. 

James Q. Wilson

B. 

O. W. Wilson

C. 

August Vollmer

D. 

Thomas McAninch

 

3.

Which of the following is not one of Wilson's three styles of policing? 
 

A. 

watchman style

B. 

legalistic style

C. 

service style

D. 

investigative style

 

4.

The _________________ of police departments are in suburban communities where residents expect and receive a high level of service from local government. 
 

A. 

watchman style

B. 

legalistic style

C. 

service style

D. 

investigative style

 

5.

The _________________ of police departments has a professional orientation with an emphasis on law enforcement. 
 

A. 

watchman style

B. 

legalistic style

C. 

service style

D. 

investigative style

 

6.

The _________________ of police departments concentrates on the order maintenance function of law enforcement. 
 

A. 

watchman style

B. 

legalistic style

C. 

service style

D. 

investigative style

 

7.

A strategy that relies on public confidence and citizen cooperation to help prevent crime and make the residents of a community feel more secure is called ___________. 
 

A. 

problem-oriented policing

B. 

police community relations

C. 

community policing

D. 

service style policing

 

8.

Those who use computers for malicious purposes are called ______________. 
 

A. 

crackers

B. 

beakers

C. 

cyber punks

D. 

computer nerds

 

9.

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ________________. 
 

A. 

banned certain types of handguns

B. 

targeted certain terrorists acts for an increase in punishment

C. 

created the Department Homeland Security

D. 

authorized funds to promote community policing by adding 100,000 new community

E. 

police officers

 

10.

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was proposed by ____________. 
 

A. 

President Ronald Reagan

B. 

President George Bush

C. 

President George W. Bush

D. 

President Bill Clinton

 

11.

________________ attempts to enhance the community's perception of the police, not to change the basic method of policing the community. 
 

A. 

community policing

B. 

team policing

C. 

police-community relations

D. 

problem oriented policing

 

12.

The Guardian Angels are ____________________. 
 

A. 

a street gang in New York City

B. 

a group of Catholic Priests who patrol the streets of New York City

C. 

a group of young people formed to patrol the subways of New York City

D. 

a hip-hop group who encourage drug use with their music

 

13.

A nationwide program that offers rewards for information leading to the arrest of criminal is called __________. 
 

A. 

C.O.P.S. program

B. 

The Vigilante Channel

C. 

Rewards are US

D. 

Crime Stoppers

 

14.

A recent study in a city of 400,000 found that crime fighting accounted for _______ of an officer's time. 
 

A. 

57%

B. 

47%

C. 

37%

D. 

27%

E. 

17%

 

15.

How has the use of bicycle patrol helped improve policing? 
 

A. 

bicycles can easily penetrate crowds

B. 

response time in heavy traffic is improved

C. 

bicycles give officers the "stealth advantage"

D. 

all of these

 

16.

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment found that _____________. 
 

A. 

increasing police patrol in a certain area usually reduced the amount of crime in that area

B. 

increasing police patrol in a certain area usually increased the amount of crime in that area

C. 

changing the patrol intensity did not affect crime rates in the area

D. 

increasing police patrol in one area resulted in displacement of the crime to another area

 

17.

A police response strategy that involves classifying calls for service and using various responses is called ______________. 
 

A. 

differential response

B. 

selective enforcement

C. 

prioritization

D. 

professional policing

 

18.

When patrol officers are assigned to specific activities, such as patrolling a high-crime area that is chosen after an analysis of crime patterns, it is called _______________. 
 

A. 

differential response

B. 

problem-oriented policing

C. 

directed patrol

D. 

selective patrol

 

19.

A strategy that seeks to identify the underlying problems within a community so that the community and police can work together to solve them is called __________. 
 

A. 

differential response

B. 

problem-oriented policing

C. 

directed patrol

D. 

selective patrol

 

20.

Problem-oriented policing is the creation of University of Wisconsin Law School professor ________________. 
 

A. 

Edwin Sutherland

B. 

James Q. Wilson

C. 

Jennifer Rossi

D. 

Herman Goldstein

 

21.

The majority of prisoners in the federal prison system are sent there for _______. 
 

A. 

murder

B. 

terrorism

C. 

drug offenses

D. 

bank robbery

 

22.

Drug offenders made up ______ of the federal prison population sentenced in 2004. 
 

A. 

54.1%

B. 

38.9%

C. 

23.6%

D. 

17.7%

 

23.

How much does the federal government spend on enforcement of federal drug law? 
 

A. 

1.4 billion dollars

B. 

3.5 billion dollars

C. 

16 billion dollars

D. 

over 21 billion dollars

 

24.

The case of Thurman v. Torrington was about ___________. 
 

A. 

murder

B. 

domestic violence

C. 

drug searches

D. 

entrapment

E. 

drunk driving

 

25.

The illegal police practice of persuading an initially unwilling party to commit an offense is called ____________________. 
 

A. 

crackdown

B. 

entrapment

C. 

sting operation

D. 

decoy

 

26.

A deceitful but lawful technique in which police pretend to be involved in illegal activities to trap a suspect is called ______________. 
 

A. 

crackdown

B. 

entrapment

C. 

sting operation

D. 

decoy

 

27.

The practice of a police officer disguising himself as a potential crime victim to attract criminal attacks precipitating an arrest is called ______________. 
 

A. 

crackdown

B. 

entrapment

C. 

sting operation

D. 

decoy

 

28.

An intensified effort by the police to deal with a problem in a particular area, or to reduce the incidence of a particular crime is called a(an) ___________. 
 

A. 

crackdown

B. 

entrapment

C. 

sting operation

D. 

decoy

 

29.

An approach to policing that is characterized by a lowering of tolerance to crime and deviance and the use of punitive measures to achieve this goal is called ________. 
 

A. 

crackdown

B. 

entrapment

C. 

sting operation

D. 

zero tolerance

E. 

decoy

 

30.

In 2001, approximately _____________ people were killed in police chases. 
 

A. 

57

B. 

132

C. 

229

D. 

404

E. 

512

 

31.

In 2006, approximately ___________ police officers were killed in police chases. 
 

A. 

3

B. 

24

C. 

31

D. 

41

 

32.

African Americans make up approximately 12% of the U.S. population. They make up _____ of the police population. 
 

A. 

2%

B. 

6%

C. 

9%

D. 

11%

 

33.

Which of the following are important factors in the "working personality" of a police officer? 
 

A. 

courage and determination

B. 

danger and authority

C. 

athleticism and intelligence

D. 

wisdom and patience

E. 

all of the above

 

34.

Officers who solicit bribes or cooperate with criminals for personal gain are called ______________. 
 

A. 

meat eaters

B. 

grass eaters

C. 

desert eaters

D. 

salad eaters

 

35.

Officers who accept payoffs for rendering police services or for looking the other way when police action is required are called _________. 
 

A. 

meat eaters

B. 

grass eaters

C. 

desert eaters

D. 

salad eaters

 

36.

Most encounters between the police and the public are initiated by ________. 
 
________________________________________

 

37.

The influential book, Varieties of Police Behavior was written by _____________. 
 
________________________________________

 

38.

The _________________ of police departments are in suburban communities where residents expect and receive a high level of service from local government. 
 
________________________________________

 

39.

The _________________ of police departments has a professional orientation with an emphasis on law enforcement. 
 
________________________________________

 

40.

The _________________ of police departments concentrates on the order maintenance function of law enforcement. 
 
________________________________________

 

41.

A strategy that relies on public confidence and citizen cooperation to help prevent crime and make the residents of a community feel more secure is called ___________. 
 
________________________________________

 

42.

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was proposed by President _________. 
 
________________________________________

 

43.

________________ attempts to enhance the community's perception of the police, not to change the basic method of policing the community. 
 
________________________________________

 

44.

The Guardian Angels are ____________________. 
 
________________________________________

 

45.

A nationwide program that offers rewards for information leading to the arrest of criminals is called __________. 
 
________________________________________

 

46.

The _________________ found that changing the patrol intensity did not affect crime rates in the area. 
 
________________________________________

 

47.

A police response strategy that involves classifying calls for service and using various responses is called ______________. 
 
________________________________________

 

48.

When patrol officers are assigned to specific activities, such as patrolling a high-crime area that is chosen after an analysis of crime patterns, it is called _______________. 
 
________________________________________

 

49.

A strategy that seeks to identify the underlying problems within a community so that the community and police can work together to solve them is called __________. 
 
________________________________________

 

50.

A ____________ is an external control mechanism that is composed of persons usually from outside the police department. 
 
________________________________________

 

51.

Problem-oriented policing is the creation of University of Wisconsin Law School professor ________________. 
 
________________________________________

 

52.

A response strategy that involves classifying calls for service and using various responses is called _____________. 
 
________________________________________

 

53.

The case of Thurman v. Torrington was about ___________. 
 
________________________________________

 

54.

The illegal police practice of persuading an initially unwilling party to commit an offense is called ____________________. 
 
________________________________________

 

55.

A deceitful, but lawful, technique in which police pretend to be involved in illegal activities to trap a suspect is called ___________. 
 
________________________________________

 

56.

Neighborhood Watch Programs have been demonstrated to reduce crime in most neighborhoods by 30 to 40 percent. 
 
True    False

 

57.

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment did not actually occur in Kansas City, it occurred at the other end of the state in St. Louis. 
 
True    False

 

58.

Police officers cannot sell drugs to a person and then arrest them for that would be entrapment. 
 
True    False

 

59.

For several countries, it has been shown that cultural factors, including social disapproval and publicity, are more effective in controlling drunk driving than police-enforced deterrence. 
 
True    False

 

60.

It has been a tradition in law enforcement that local police departments and the FBI share information related to criminal activity. 
 
True    False

 

61.

Blacks are completely underrepresented in policing with only 6% of the police population being black. 
 
True    False

 

62.

The practice of a police officer disguising himself as a potential crime victim to attract criminal attacks precipitating an arrest is called entrapment. 
 
True    False

 

63.

A deceitful but lawful technique in which the police pretend to be involved in illegal activities to trap a suspect is called a sting operation. 
 
True    False

 

64.

The illegal police practice of persuading an initially unwilling party to commit an offense is called entrapment. 
 
True    False

 

65.

The case of Thurman v. Torrington was about entrapment. 
 
True    False

 

66.

The majority of prisoners in the federal prison system are sent there for murder. 
 
True    False

 

67.

An approach to policing that is characterized by a lowering of tolerance to crime and deviance and the use of punitive measures to achieve this goal is called zero tolerance. 
 
True    False

 

68.

African Americans make up approximately 12% of the U.S. population. They make up approximately 11% of the police population. 
 
True    False

 

69.

Officers who solicit bribes or cooperate with criminals for personal gain are called meat eaters. 
 
True    False

 

70.

Officers who accept payoffs for rendering police services or for looking the other way when police action is required are called grass eaters. 
 
True    False

 


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Aug 21, 2025
Chapter Name:
Chapter 6 Police Functions and Police Culture
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