NYPD TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM SUCCESS
GUIDE
●● Culture
Answer: The beliefs, values, and patterns that are shared by a group and
have been passed from generation to generation.
●● Acculturation
Answer: Members of one culture become integrated into another.
●● Headman
Answer: A major figure in west African communities.
●● Ethnocentrism
Answer: the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group
or culture.
●● The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Answer: prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United
States for ten years.
,●● The Jones Act 1917
Answer: granted citizenship to Puerto Ricans and extending to them
some of the protections of the Bill of Rights.
●● 1924 immigration Act
Answer: limited number of non-European immigrants.
●● The Displaced Persons Act 1948
Answer: the United States accepted more than 395,000 refugees from
war-torn European nations.
●● the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
Answer: quotas were placed on immigration. The total quota for Asia
was 2,990 - compared with 149,667 for Europe and 1,400 for Africa.
●● The Immigration Act of 1965
Answer: changed the quota system to allow Immigration from all
countries into America. Ceilings of 120,000 from eastern and 170,000
from western hemispheres were established. Mexican, Cuban, Filipino,
Italian and Taiwanese immigrants then began to enter the United States.
●● The Refugee Act of 1980
Answer: allowed ten million permanent immigrants to be admitted to the
United States.
, ●● immigration Act of 1990
Answer: The number of immigrants allowed into the US per year was
increased to 700,000.
●● Executive Order 9066
Answer: the evacuation and incarceration of 100,000 Japanese
Americans during World War II.
●● The Immigrant Outreach Unit
Answer: serves as a link between the NYPD and immigrant
communities not traditionally engaged with the Department.
●● Immigrant Outreach Unit Liaisons
Answer: -introduces the immigrant communities to available
Department programs and other services offered by other City agencies
and community based organizations.
-ensure access to resources, assist with translations and provide other
services as needed.
●● 14-151 of the New York City Administrative Code
Answer: prohibits biased-based profiling and includes demographic
categories in addition to race, color, and national origin.
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM SUCCESS
GUIDE
●● Culture
Answer: The beliefs, values, and patterns that are shared by a group and
have been passed from generation to generation.
●● Acculturation
Answer: Members of one culture become integrated into another.
●● Headman
Answer: A major figure in west African communities.
●● Ethnocentrism
Answer: the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group
or culture.
●● The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Answer: prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United
States for ten years.
,●● The Jones Act 1917
Answer: granted citizenship to Puerto Ricans and extending to them
some of the protections of the Bill of Rights.
●● 1924 immigration Act
Answer: limited number of non-European immigrants.
●● The Displaced Persons Act 1948
Answer: the United States accepted more than 395,000 refugees from
war-torn European nations.
●● the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
Answer: quotas were placed on immigration. The total quota for Asia
was 2,990 - compared with 149,667 for Europe and 1,400 for Africa.
●● The Immigration Act of 1965
Answer: changed the quota system to allow Immigration from all
countries into America. Ceilings of 120,000 from eastern and 170,000
from western hemispheres were established. Mexican, Cuban, Filipino,
Italian and Taiwanese immigrants then began to enter the United States.
●● The Refugee Act of 1980
Answer: allowed ten million permanent immigrants to be admitted to the
United States.
, ●● immigration Act of 1990
Answer: The number of immigrants allowed into the US per year was
increased to 700,000.
●● Executive Order 9066
Answer: the evacuation and incarceration of 100,000 Japanese
Americans during World War II.
●● The Immigrant Outreach Unit
Answer: serves as a link between the NYPD and immigrant
communities not traditionally engaged with the Department.
●● Immigrant Outreach Unit Liaisons
Answer: -introduces the immigrant communities to available
Department programs and other services offered by other City agencies
and community based organizations.
-ensure access to resources, assist with translations and provide other
services as needed.
●● 14-151 of the New York City Administrative Code
Answer: prohibits biased-based profiling and includes demographic
categories in addition to race, color, and national origin.
