Chapter 2-Effective Police Supervision
Study Guide-9th edition Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
All but which of the following is true in relation to community
policing? a. It grabs headlines throughout the nation, b. There is a
consensus in defining it, c. Police conferences discuss it in depth, d.
Special training can prepare officers to carry out problem-solving
programs. -
correct answer ✅B-There is a consensus in defining it
Community policing is a transitional process in which the ______
removes barriers that impede change. a. sergeant, b. beat cop, c.
chief executive officer, d. citizen -
correct answer ✅C-Chief executive officer
All but which of the following is true about the working definition
of community policing? a. Officers work jointly with community
residents, b. Consideration is given to the needs of the community,
c. The police work to solve a community's problems for them, d.
The causes of crime are agreed upon. -
correct answer ✅C-The police work to solve a community's
problems for them.
An essential ingredient of community policing is? a. empowerment
of officers and first-line supervisors, b. involvement of upper
, Chapter 2-Effective Police Supervision
Study Guide-9th edition Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
management, c. increased funding, d. flexibility of shifts
assignments. -
correct answer ✅A-Empowerment of officers and first-line
supervisors
With the introduction of community policing, the _______ is/are at
center stage. a-chief executive officer, b. residents and business
owners, c. community policing officers, d. first-line supervisors. -
correct answer ✅D-First-line supervisors
Quality supervisors must personify the attributes of _______ if
community policing is to succeed. a. a communicator and an
authoritarian, b. an authoritarian and a role model, c. a facilitator
and a coach, d. a coach and an authoritarian -
correct answer ✅A facilitator and a coach
During the facilitation process, the supervisor must do all of the
following except? a. take over the task of an independent problem
solver, b. convince police officers that community engagement and
problem-solving are real police work, c. genuinely support
organizational changes, d. articulate and reinforce the philosophy of
community policing. -
Study Guide-9th edition Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
All but which of the following is true in relation to community
policing? a. It grabs headlines throughout the nation, b. There is a
consensus in defining it, c. Police conferences discuss it in depth, d.
Special training can prepare officers to carry out problem-solving
programs. -
correct answer ✅B-There is a consensus in defining it
Community policing is a transitional process in which the ______
removes barriers that impede change. a. sergeant, b. beat cop, c.
chief executive officer, d. citizen -
correct answer ✅C-Chief executive officer
All but which of the following is true about the working definition
of community policing? a. Officers work jointly with community
residents, b. Consideration is given to the needs of the community,
c. The police work to solve a community's problems for them, d.
The causes of crime are agreed upon. -
correct answer ✅C-The police work to solve a community's
problems for them.
An essential ingredient of community policing is? a. empowerment
of officers and first-line supervisors, b. involvement of upper
, Chapter 2-Effective Police Supervision
Study Guide-9th edition Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
management, c. increased funding, d. flexibility of shifts
assignments. -
correct answer ✅A-Empowerment of officers and first-line
supervisors
With the introduction of community policing, the _______ is/are at
center stage. a-chief executive officer, b. residents and business
owners, c. community policing officers, d. first-line supervisors. -
correct answer ✅D-First-line supervisors
Quality supervisors must personify the attributes of _______ if
community policing is to succeed. a. a communicator and an
authoritarian, b. an authoritarian and a role model, c. a facilitator
and a coach, d. a coach and an authoritarian -
correct answer ✅A facilitator and a coach
During the facilitation process, the supervisor must do all of the
following except? a. take over the task of an independent problem
solver, b. convince police officers that community engagement and
problem-solving are real police work, c. genuinely support
organizational changes, d. articulate and reinforce the philosophy of
community policing. -
