POLICE ADMINISTRATION TEST 1 CH 1-4 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

POLICE ADMINISTRATION TEST 1 CH 1-4 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What is the name of the first full-time police agency in London?
Answer:
London Metropolitan Police

Question:
2. Who is the father of Modern Law Enforcement?
Answer:
Chief August Vollmer

Question:
3. What law enforcement administrator studied under August Vollmer and wrote what is considered to be
the "Bible" of police administration?
Answer:
O.W. Wilson

Question:
4. The rise of unified, full-time police departments in America was influenced by events in:
Answer:
England

Question:
5. ***The philosophy of community policing is based on two perspectives:
Answer:
Proactive and information-based police responses

Question:
6. The theory of crime that argues that crime increases in neighborhoods where visible signs of social
decay are present and not cleaned up is:
Answer:
Broken Windows Thesis

Question:
7. The four-step, problem-solving methodology referred to as SARA stands for:
Answer:
Scanning Analysis Response Assessment

Question:
8. You are a police officer whose department emphasizes that few crime incidents are isolated, but rather
they may be apart of a wider set of urban phenomena. You are probably working in a department whose
philosophy is driven what approach to policing?

, Answer:
Problem-Oriented

Question:
9. The person most often associated with problem-oriented policing is:
Answer:
Herman Goldstein

Question:
10. CompStat relies heavily on:
Answer:
Accurate statistical data

Question:
11. In a police department committed to community policing, police effectiveness is measured by:
Answer:
Greater community involvement

Question:
12. Which type of policing forces the police to identify specific areas with undue concentrations of crime
and then direct their resources at those places?
Answer:
Hots-Spots Policing

Question:
13. The purpose of crime analysis is to:
Answer:
Organize massive quantities of raw information about criminal acts and then to forecast future events from
the statistical manipulation of this data.

Question:
14. Which of the following has increased the distrust between police and citizens?
Answer:
media

Question:
15. Data and information that have been evaluated, analyzed, and produced with careful conclusions and
recommendations is known as:
Answer:
Intelligence

Question:
16. Which of the following is one of the primary goals of a fusion center?
Answer:
conduct analysis and information sharing