Test Questions & Answers Ch.3 Contemporary Canadian Policing

CHAPTER 3: CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN POLICING

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What are the four levels of public policing in Canada?

a. federal, provincial, municipal, First Nations

b. federal, municipal, para-police, First Nations

c. federal, provincial, para-police, First Nations

d. federal, provincial, municipal, para-police

PTS: 1 REF: The Structure of Contemporary Canadian Policing KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. What percentage of personnel employed by police services are civilians?

a. 10%

b. 20%

c. 30%

d. 40%

PTS: 1 REF: The Structure of Contemporary Canadian Policing KEY: Bloom’s Remember

3. Imagine you are a police officer and you work in the dog/canine unit in your police department. What division or section would you work in?

a. investigative division

b. operational division

c. support services division

d. front line division

PTS: 1 REF: The Structure of Contemporary Canadian Policing KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

4. Which Canadian region is the last urban region lacking a dominant police force?

a. the Greater Toronto Area

b. the Greater Montreal Area

c. the Greater Calgary Region

d. the Greater Vancouver Region

PTS: 1 REF: The Arrangements for Policing KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. The RCMP is organized into how many divisions?

a. 12

b. 14

c. 15

d. 18

PTS: 1 REF: Federal Police: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police KEY: Bloom’s Remember

6. Which of the following provides the framework for the operations of the federal police in Canada?

a. the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

b. the Canadian Constitution

c. the Criminal Code

d. the RCMP Act

PTS: 1 REF: Federal Police: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police KEY: Bloom’s Remember

7. Constable James, an RCMP officer, works in Burnaby, British Columbia. There, the federal and provincial governments have agreed that policing services should be delivered by the RCMP. What is this type of arrangement called?

a. municipal policing

b. agreement policing

c. city policing

d. contract policing

PTS: 1 REF: Policing Provinces and Municipalities under Contract KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

8. Maddison lives in Montreal and has just submitted an application to join the RCMP. Should her application be successful, where will she undergo training?

a. Montreal, Quebec

b. New Westminster, British Columbia

c. Ottawa, Ontario

d. Regina, Saskatchewan

PTS: 1 REF: Organizational Features of the RCMP KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

9. Where in Canada are regional police services primarily found?

a. eastern regions

b. western regions

c. northern regions

d. remote regions

PTS: 1 REF: Regional Police Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

10. Over the course of one week Constable Smith enforces the Criminal Code, provincial statutes, municipal bylaws, and some federal statutes. What type of police service does Constable Smith work for?

a. para-police

b. hybrid police

c. private police

d. municipal police

PTS: 1 REF: Municipal Police KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

11. In which province/territory does an autonomous Indigenous polices service NOT exist?

a. British Columbia

b. Saskatchewan

c. Yukon

d. Ontario

PTS: 1 REF: First Nations Police Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

12. How are Indigenous police forces funded?

a. funding is the federal government’s responsibility

b. funding is split between the province and federal government

c. funding is the provincial government’s responsibility

d. funding is the First Nation community’s responsibility

PTS: 1 REF: First Nations Police Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

13. Constable Adams recently returned from working as an adviser in Haiti. What international role of the RCMP does this job opportunity exemplify?

a. peacekeeping

b. peacebuilding

c. Canadian expert team leader

d. Canadian expert training constable

PTS: 1 REF: Police Peacekeeping KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

14. How prevalent are private security officers compared to police officers?

a. There are fewer private security officers than police officers.

b. There are more private security officers than police officers.

c. There is a relatively equal number of private security officers and police officers.

d. Private security officers do not exist in Canada.

PTS: 1 REF: Private Security Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

15. Which statement describes the realities of working as a private police officer in Canada?

a. They do not collaborate with public police officers.

b. They can arrest and detain people on private property.

c. They have more legal authority than ordinary citizens.

d. They operate primarily as in-house company security officers.

PTS: 1 REF: Private Security Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

16. A police service identifies the community characteristics in their districts: the first has lots of low-income housing and a high population of homeless people; the second is the bar district with a high-density residential population; and the third is a wealthy area. What does this practice exemplify?

a. geographic scan

b. demographic scan

c. environmental scan

d. socioeconomic scan

PTS: 1 REF: Environmental Scans KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

17. A police service analyzes its calls for service and determines that there is a spike in calls between the hours of 10 pm on Friday nights and 2 am on Saturday mornings. Because of this, plans are made to deploy additional officers during this time to ensure police service resources are used effectively and efficiently. What term is used to describe this?

a. best practices

b. ideal practices

c. lessons learned

d. programs learned

PTS: 1 REF: The Use of Best Practices KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

18. Which of the following is another name for the Murray-Hill riot that occurred in 1969?

a. Calgary Night of Terror

b. Edmonton Night of Terror

c. Montreal Night of Terror

d. Quebec City Night of Terror

PTS: 1 REF: The Role of Police Associations and Police Unions KEY: Bloom’s Remember

19. What is the name of the method employed in Canada to measure police service efficacy and identify the amount of violent and property crime that occurs?

a. Crime Severity Index

b. General Social Survey

c. Statistics Canada Crime Survey

d. Crime Statistics Survey

PTS: 1 REF: Crime Rates KEY: Bloom’s Remember

20. An individual commits a break-and-enter and is eventually identified by the police as a suspect. Which of the police service’s measures of performance does the identification of the suspect contribute to, regardless of whether he is ultimately convicted?

a. arrest rate

b. crime rate

c. clearance rate

d. apprehension rate

PTS: 1 REF: Clearance Rates KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order

TRUE/FALSE

1. The majority of Canadian police officers work for the RCMP.

PTS: 1 REF: The Structure of Contemporary Canadian Policing KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. The RCMP is most visible in Ontario and Quebec.

PTS: 1 REF: The Arrangements for Policing KEY: Bloom’s Remember

3. The RCMP Act lays out the framework upon which the RCMP operate.

PTS: 1 REF: Federal Police: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. First Nations communities can ask for Indigenous RCMP members to serve in their communities.

PTS: 1 REF: Federal Police: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. While some municipal police services send liaison officers overseas, the RCMP keeps all its police officers in Canada.

PTS: 1 REF: Policing Provinces and Municipalities under Contract KEY: Bloom’s Remember

6. In 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the RCMP can bar its members from creating a union.

PTS: 1 REF: Organizational Features of the RCMP KEY: Bloom’s Remember

7. The Peel Regional Police is the largest regional police force in Canada.

PTS: 1 REF: Regional Police Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

8. The Sûreté du Québec cannot contract out municipal policing services because there is no provision under provincial law for them to do so.

PTS: 1 REF: Municipal Police KEY: Bloom’s Remember

9. The salaries of officers in non-Indigenous police services and First Nations police services are equal.

PTS: 1 REF: First Nations Police Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

10. With respect to enforcing the law and protecting property, private security personnel generally have the same legal authority as members of the public.

PTS: 1 REF: Private Security Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

SHORT ANSWER

1. Define “contract policing” and discuss its prevalence across Canada.

PTS: 1 REF: Policing Provinces and Municipalities under Contract KEY: Bloom’s Remember

2. Identify two distinctive organizational characteristics of the RCMP and describe how these organizational characteristics impact public perception of the RCMP.

PTS: 1 REF: Organizational Features of the RCMP KEY: Bloom’s Remember and Higher Order

3. List and describe four important distinctions that can be identified between public police and private security officers.

PTS: 1 REF: Private Security Services KEY: Bloom’s Remember

4. Define strategic planning, environmental scans, best practices, and the police service as a learning organization in Canada. Discuss the importance of these concepts as they relate to policing in Canada.

PTS: 1 REF: The Changing Police Service | Strategic Planning | Environmental Scans | The Use of Best Practices | The Police Service as a Learning Organization KEY: Bloom’s Remember

5. Discuss how your views of the police have changed over the course of your lifetime. Has the role of the media and your access to the Internet affected your opinion of the police? Has your ability to access the Internet with your smartphone or tablet affected your opinion of the police?

PTS: 1 REF: Summary KEY: Bloom’s Higher Order