DPSST BP429 Quiz 3 – Oregon Department of Public Safety
Standards and Training – 2026 – Practice Questions with
Answers
Primary Functions of Policing - correct answer ✔✔ - Service Delivery
- Order Maintenance
- Law Enforcement
Diversity - correct answer ✔✔ Differences in cultures, abilities, ideas, philosophies,
backgrounds, and histories that exist among individuals.
Race - correct answer ✔✔ refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups
based on various sets of physical characteristics (which usually result from genetic ancestry).
Ethnic Group or Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔ a population group whose members identify
with each other based on shared nationality or shared cultural traditions.
Social Bias - correct answer ✔✔ - Stereotype
- Prejudice
- Discrimination
- Oppression
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔ Associations and beliefs about the characteristics and
attributes of a group and its members that shape how people think about and respond to the
group.
Thoughts/ Beliefs
,Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔ is an individual level attitude (positive or negative) toward
groups and their members that creates or maintains hierarchical status relations between
groups.
Attitudes/ Judgement
Discrimination - correct answer ✔✔ Behavior that creates, maintains, or reinforces advantage
for some groups and their members over other groups and their members.
Behaviors/ Actions
Oppression - correct answer ✔✔ Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
Actions/ Control
Six Tools of Discrimination - correct answer ✔✔ Appropriate
Dehumanize
Exclude
Intimidate
Scapegoat
Segregate
Appropriate - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
To take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
, Ex. Indian lands
Dehumanize - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
Deprive of human qualities
Ex. Group of people are less than human, "Not like us"
Exclude - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
Intimidate - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
is the act of intentionally coercing or frightening someone to cause them to do something
against their will, or to prevent them from doing something they want to do.
Scapegoat - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for
reasons of expediency.
Segregate - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
Set apart from the rest or each other; isolate or divide.
Barriers to Effective Police-Community Relationship - correct answer ✔✔ Language Barriers
Standards and Training – 2026 – Practice Questions with
Answers
Primary Functions of Policing - correct answer ✔✔ - Service Delivery
- Order Maintenance
- Law Enforcement
Diversity - correct answer ✔✔ Differences in cultures, abilities, ideas, philosophies,
backgrounds, and histories that exist among individuals.
Race - correct answer ✔✔ refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups
based on various sets of physical characteristics (which usually result from genetic ancestry).
Ethnic Group or Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔ a population group whose members identify
with each other based on shared nationality or shared cultural traditions.
Social Bias - correct answer ✔✔ - Stereotype
- Prejudice
- Discrimination
- Oppression
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔ Associations and beliefs about the characteristics and
attributes of a group and its members that shape how people think about and respond to the
group.
Thoughts/ Beliefs
,Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔ is an individual level attitude (positive or negative) toward
groups and their members that creates or maintains hierarchical status relations between
groups.
Attitudes/ Judgement
Discrimination - correct answer ✔✔ Behavior that creates, maintains, or reinforces advantage
for some groups and their members over other groups and their members.
Behaviors/ Actions
Oppression - correct answer ✔✔ Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
Actions/ Control
Six Tools of Discrimination - correct answer ✔✔ Appropriate
Dehumanize
Exclude
Intimidate
Scapegoat
Segregate
Appropriate - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
To take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
, Ex. Indian lands
Dehumanize - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
Deprive of human qualities
Ex. Group of people are less than human, "Not like us"
Exclude - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
Intimidate - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
is the act of intentionally coercing or frightening someone to cause them to do something
against their will, or to prevent them from doing something they want to do.
Scapegoat - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for
reasons of expediency.
Segregate - correct answer ✔✔ What tool of Discrimination is this?
Set apart from the rest or each other; isolate or divide.
Barriers to Effective Police-Community Relationship - correct answer ✔✔ Language Barriers
