EFFECTIVE POLICE SUPERVISION EXAM
REVISION QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
What is the trait category of leadership?
It identifies distinguishing qualities or characteristics a person possesses when functioning as an
effective leader.
After researching the trait category of leadership qualities, six groups of traits were
discovered and associated with leadership effectiveness. What are they?
Ability, accountability, attainment, involvement, situational, and standing.
What are the three types of leadership styles that can be used when a supervisor wants to
influence the behavior of line officers?
Consultive, directive and participating.
What is the consultive style of leadership?
The supervisor shows concern for officers and their needs as well as organizational needs.
Subordinates are allowed to participate in the decision-making process and are accepted as part
of the team, but in the end the decision is still made by the supervisor.
What is the directive style of leadership?
The supervisor makes the decision and ensure that it is implemented. It is an authoritarian type of
leadership, "do as I say".
What is participation leadership?
The supervisor consults with subordinates and involves them in the decision-making process.
Attitudes, values and feelings are viewed as important. Group involvement is sought, and power
is shared. It can only be used when there is genuine belief and respect for subordinates.
From a study of urban police departments four supervisory styles were identified. What
were they?
,Traditional, supportive, innovative, and active.
What is the traditional supervisory style.
Supervisor is task oriented, and expectations have long been established in law enforcement
throughout this nation. Enforcing the law is your most important responsibility in this
supervisor's eyes and adherence to the rules and regulations are what's important to the chain of
command.
What is the supportive supervisor style?
Supervisor encourages officers through praise and acknowledgement, councils them as needed,
and consistently demonstrates a concern for subordinates. They are less concerned with rules and
regulations and ensuring that paperwork is produces.
What is the innovative supervisor style?
These supervisors generally encourage those supervised to embrace new philosophies and
methods of policing. They delegate decision making, refrain from telling officers how to handle
a situation, and seldom intercedes and takes over incidents.
What is the active supervisor style?
This supervisor leads by example and is actively involved alongside those supervised. They are
characterized by directive decision making, a strong sense of supervisory power, and a relatively
positive view of subordinates.
What is the basic unit of an organization?
Groups.
What is a group?
Two or more people who interact with an influence eachother for a common purpose.
What two factors are important to the definition of a group?
Interaction and influence.
What are formal groups?
, Those created and supported by the organization.
When considering organizational behavior, groups can be described two types, what are
they?
Formal and informal groups.
What are informal groups?
Those not created or sanctioned by the department. Rank plays no role. these are often described
as cliques.
Informal groups often form into cliques. Cliques fall into one of three categories. What are
they.
Horizontal, random, and vertical clicks.
What is a horizontal clique?
Cuts across departmental lines, usually involving first line supervisors, and is both offensive and
defensive depending on threats from above.
What is a random clique?
Usually consist of more of a friend group that often gets together after shift.
What is a vertical clique?
Usually is within a certain unit and include the first line supervisor of that unit who is protective
of their people and the people are protective of their supervisor.
Newly developed groups pass through six stages, what are they?
Orientation, conflict/ challenge, cohesion, delusion, disillusion, and acceptance.
What are group norms?
Techniques members of a group develop as a way of controlling the behavior of others.
What are five law enforcement norms?
Loyalty, silence, danger, isolation, and performance.
REVISION QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
What is the trait category of leadership?
It identifies distinguishing qualities or characteristics a person possesses when functioning as an
effective leader.
After researching the trait category of leadership qualities, six groups of traits were
discovered and associated with leadership effectiveness. What are they?
Ability, accountability, attainment, involvement, situational, and standing.
What are the three types of leadership styles that can be used when a supervisor wants to
influence the behavior of line officers?
Consultive, directive and participating.
What is the consultive style of leadership?
The supervisor shows concern for officers and their needs as well as organizational needs.
Subordinates are allowed to participate in the decision-making process and are accepted as part
of the team, but in the end the decision is still made by the supervisor.
What is the directive style of leadership?
The supervisor makes the decision and ensure that it is implemented. It is an authoritarian type of
leadership, "do as I say".
What is participation leadership?
The supervisor consults with subordinates and involves them in the decision-making process.
Attitudes, values and feelings are viewed as important. Group involvement is sought, and power
is shared. It can only be used when there is genuine belief and respect for subordinates.
From a study of urban police departments four supervisory styles were identified. What
were they?
,Traditional, supportive, innovative, and active.
What is the traditional supervisory style.
Supervisor is task oriented, and expectations have long been established in law enforcement
throughout this nation. Enforcing the law is your most important responsibility in this
supervisor's eyes and adherence to the rules and regulations are what's important to the chain of
command.
What is the supportive supervisor style?
Supervisor encourages officers through praise and acknowledgement, councils them as needed,
and consistently demonstrates a concern for subordinates. They are less concerned with rules and
regulations and ensuring that paperwork is produces.
What is the innovative supervisor style?
These supervisors generally encourage those supervised to embrace new philosophies and
methods of policing. They delegate decision making, refrain from telling officers how to handle
a situation, and seldom intercedes and takes over incidents.
What is the active supervisor style?
This supervisor leads by example and is actively involved alongside those supervised. They are
characterized by directive decision making, a strong sense of supervisory power, and a relatively
positive view of subordinates.
What is the basic unit of an organization?
Groups.
What is a group?
Two or more people who interact with an influence eachother for a common purpose.
What two factors are important to the definition of a group?
Interaction and influence.
What are formal groups?
, Those created and supported by the organization.
When considering organizational behavior, groups can be described two types, what are
they?
Formal and informal groups.
What are informal groups?
Those not created or sanctioned by the department. Rank plays no role. these are often described
as cliques.
Informal groups often form into cliques. Cliques fall into one of three categories. What are
they.
Horizontal, random, and vertical clicks.
What is a horizontal clique?
Cuts across departmental lines, usually involving first line supervisors, and is both offensive and
defensive depending on threats from above.
What is a random clique?
Usually consist of more of a friend group that often gets together after shift.
What is a vertical clique?
Usually is within a certain unit and include the first line supervisor of that unit who is protective
of their people and the people are protective of their supervisor.
Newly developed groups pass through six stages, what are they?
Orientation, conflict/ challenge, cohesion, delusion, disillusion, and acceptance.
What are group norms?
Techniques members of a group develop as a way of controlling the behavior of others.
What are five law enforcement norms?
Loyalty, silence, danger, isolation, and performance.
