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Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping (5th
Edition) by Rachel Boba Santos
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, CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying
meanings and patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
Correct Answer: C Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis
Definition Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic
representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query,
and analyze geographic and tabular data
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software
provides a framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so
that a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
Correct Answer: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime
Mapping Difficulty Level: Medium
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,3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial
analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and
influence of information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
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, d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated
attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
Correct Answer: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime
Mapping Difficulty Level: Easy
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early
19th century Correct Answer: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of
Crime Analysis Difficulty Level: Medium
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation
in policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the above Correct
Answer: B Cognitive Domain:
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Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping (5th
Edition) by Rachel Boba Santos
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, CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying
meanings and patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
Correct Answer: C Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis
Definition Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic
representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query,
and analyze geographic and tabular data
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software
provides a framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so
that a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
Correct Answer: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime
Mapping Difficulty Level: Medium
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,3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial
analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and
influence of information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
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, d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated
attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
Correct Answer: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime
Mapping Difficulty Level: Easy
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early
19th century Correct Answer: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of
Crime Analysis Difficulty Level: Medium
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation
in policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the above Correct
Answer: B Cognitive Domain:
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