Law Enforcement Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
General-service law enforcement agencies - CORRECT ANSWER Agencies regularly engaged
in preventing crime, investigating crimes and apprehending criminals, maintaining order and
providing other miscellaneous services
Coercive force - CORRECT ANSWER The power to take someone's life, the use of physical
force, and the power to deprive people of their liberty through arrest
Social control - CORRECT ANSWER The organized ways in which society responds to
behavior and people it regards as deviant, problematic, worrying, threatening, troublesome or
undesirable in some way or another
Problem-oriented policing - CORRECT ANSWER Represents a different approach to the
complexity of the police role, represents a proactive approach. Says the police should identify
particular kinds of crime and disorder and develop appropriate responses.
Community policing - CORRECT ANSWER Alters the basic philosophy of policing. Holds
that police should work closely with community residents, instead of being an inward looking
bureaucracy; that they should emphasize crime prevention as opposed to law enforcement; and that
they should decentralize the decision making authority to rank-and-file officers, as opposed to the top-
down rank.
Zero-tolerance policing - CORRECT ANSWER Concentrates on relatively minor quality of
life issues, such as urinating in public. Belief that tough enforcement on minor crimes directly
contributes to a significant reduction in serious crime.
Team policing - CORRECT ANSWER A radical innovation in the early 1970's involving
restructuring police operations along neighborhood lines and decentralizing decision-making authority
Fragmentation - CORRECT ANSWER Law enforcement is broken down into separate,
decentralized parts
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
General-service law enforcement agencies - CORRECT ANSWER Agencies regularly engaged
in preventing crime, investigating crimes and apprehending criminals, maintaining order and
providing other miscellaneous services
Coercive force - CORRECT ANSWER The power to take someone's life, the use of physical
force, and the power to deprive people of their liberty through arrest
Social control - CORRECT ANSWER The organized ways in which society responds to
behavior and people it regards as deviant, problematic, worrying, threatening, troublesome or
undesirable in some way or another
Problem-oriented policing - CORRECT ANSWER Represents a different approach to the
complexity of the police role, represents a proactive approach. Says the police should identify
particular kinds of crime and disorder and develop appropriate responses.
Community policing - CORRECT ANSWER Alters the basic philosophy of policing. Holds
that police should work closely with community residents, instead of being an inward looking
bureaucracy; that they should emphasize crime prevention as opposed to law enforcement; and that
they should decentralize the decision making authority to rank-and-file officers, as opposed to the top-
down rank.
Zero-tolerance policing - CORRECT ANSWER Concentrates on relatively minor quality of
life issues, such as urinating in public. Belief that tough enforcement on minor crimes directly
contributes to a significant reduction in serious crime.
Team policing - CORRECT ANSWER A radical innovation in the early 1970's involving
restructuring police operations along neighborhood lines and decentralizing decision-making authority
Fragmentation - CORRECT ANSWER Law enforcement is broken down into separate,
decentralized parts
