Introduction to Law Enforcement (DSST) – 2026 – Study
Guide and Exam Preparation
The community cooperation model and police knowledge model assume that the primary role
of the police is to: - correct answer ✔✔ Fight crime
What is the difference between most state highway patrols and state police departments? -
correct answer ✔✔ States with highway patrols have a separate agency for investigative
functions.
Which of the following terms best describes the role of police departments in the criminal
justice system? - correct answer ✔✔ Gatekeeper
At which step of the criminal process would defense counsel call a police detective to the
witness stand in order to challenge the probable cause of a search warrant? - correct answer
✔✔ At the preliminary hearing
What is the requirement for a warrantless search to be valid under the 4th amendment? -
correct answer ✔✔ The same as a valid search with a warrant: probable cause is required.
The American criminal justice system is structured as a: - correct answer ✔✔ Dual-court system
Which of the following serves specific government entities, such as urban transit systems and
schools? - correct answer ✔✔ Special district police
Referring citizens calls to other agencies or taking reports over the telephone for minor crimes
are examples of - correct answer ✔✔ Differential police responses
,Drug trafficking, accepting bribes, and accepting gratitudes are most likely examples of - correct
answer ✔✔ Police corruption
Which of the following decisions stated that evidence collected during an illegal search and
seizure cannot be used to incriminate a defendant? - correct answer ✔✔ "Mapp v. Ohio"
The formal and informal barriers within a police department that discourage minorities from
seeking or retaining positions are known as - correct answer ✔✔ Institutional barriers
Mandatory arrest laws for domestic violence provide police which of the following? - correct
answer ✔✔ Allows a police officer to arrest a domestic violence abuser for a misdemeanor that
officer did not observe
Which of the following is best defined as the territory over which a court may use lawful
authority? - correct answer ✔✔ Jurisdiction
Studies have shown that compared to male police officers, female police officers are more -
correct answer ✔✔ Diplomatic
Which of the following provides a local law enforcement officer jurisdiction to arrest a suspect
in another city? - correct answer ✔✔ Hot pursuit
Which of the following can a city NOT enact by ordinance? - correct answer ✔✔ An ordinance
providing that a violation is a felony
Under the state court system, where do criminal cases begin? - correct answer ✔✔ Trial court
What is considered to be the most important law enforcement activity, described by O.W.
Wilson as the "backbone of policing"? - correct answer ✔✔ Patrol function
, Values expressed in a community that influence the organizational structure of city and county
law enforcement agencies is know as - correct answer ✔✔ Local political control
In which of the following is accuracy the most critical for prosecution purposes? - correct
answer ✔✔ Collecting physical evidence
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 1964 case of "Escobedo v. Illinois" that individuals have the
right to - correct answer ✔✔ Have legal counsel during police interrogations
What did the Kansas City Experiment find regarding police patrols? - correct answer ✔✔ There
was no significant difference in the amount of crime or in citizen satisfaction
A policewoman in the 1920s would most likely be asked to - correct answer ✔✔ Restrain female
offenders
Police reports filed by crime victims form the basis of FBI data published in the - correct answer
✔✔ Uniform Crime Report
Which of the following best describes how most law enforcement agencies in the United States
are organized? - correct answer ✔✔ Quasi-military
The principle of evidence gathered with the use of illegally obtained information is tainted and
cannot be used in a trial is known as which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ Fruit of the
poisonous tree
Which of the following would most likely handle an emergency response call made from an
unincorporated area of a country? - correct answer ✔✔ Sheriff's department
Guide and Exam Preparation
The community cooperation model and police knowledge model assume that the primary role
of the police is to: - correct answer ✔✔ Fight crime
What is the difference between most state highway patrols and state police departments? -
correct answer ✔✔ States with highway patrols have a separate agency for investigative
functions.
Which of the following terms best describes the role of police departments in the criminal
justice system? - correct answer ✔✔ Gatekeeper
At which step of the criminal process would defense counsel call a police detective to the
witness stand in order to challenge the probable cause of a search warrant? - correct answer
✔✔ At the preliminary hearing
What is the requirement for a warrantless search to be valid under the 4th amendment? -
correct answer ✔✔ The same as a valid search with a warrant: probable cause is required.
The American criminal justice system is structured as a: - correct answer ✔✔ Dual-court system
Which of the following serves specific government entities, such as urban transit systems and
schools? - correct answer ✔✔ Special district police
Referring citizens calls to other agencies or taking reports over the telephone for minor crimes
are examples of - correct answer ✔✔ Differential police responses
,Drug trafficking, accepting bribes, and accepting gratitudes are most likely examples of - correct
answer ✔✔ Police corruption
Which of the following decisions stated that evidence collected during an illegal search and
seizure cannot be used to incriminate a defendant? - correct answer ✔✔ "Mapp v. Ohio"
The formal and informal barriers within a police department that discourage minorities from
seeking or retaining positions are known as - correct answer ✔✔ Institutional barriers
Mandatory arrest laws for domestic violence provide police which of the following? - correct
answer ✔✔ Allows a police officer to arrest a domestic violence abuser for a misdemeanor that
officer did not observe
Which of the following is best defined as the territory over which a court may use lawful
authority? - correct answer ✔✔ Jurisdiction
Studies have shown that compared to male police officers, female police officers are more -
correct answer ✔✔ Diplomatic
Which of the following provides a local law enforcement officer jurisdiction to arrest a suspect
in another city? - correct answer ✔✔ Hot pursuit
Which of the following can a city NOT enact by ordinance? - correct answer ✔✔ An ordinance
providing that a violation is a felony
Under the state court system, where do criminal cases begin? - correct answer ✔✔ Trial court
What is considered to be the most important law enforcement activity, described by O.W.
Wilson as the "backbone of policing"? - correct answer ✔✔ Patrol function
, Values expressed in a community that influence the organizational structure of city and county
law enforcement agencies is know as - correct answer ✔✔ Local political control
In which of the following is accuracy the most critical for prosecution purposes? - correct
answer ✔✔ Collecting physical evidence
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 1964 case of "Escobedo v. Illinois" that individuals have the
right to - correct answer ✔✔ Have legal counsel during police interrogations
What did the Kansas City Experiment find regarding police patrols? - correct answer ✔✔ There
was no significant difference in the amount of crime or in citizen satisfaction
A policewoman in the 1920s would most likely be asked to - correct answer ✔✔ Restrain female
offenders
Police reports filed by crime victims form the basis of FBI data published in the - correct answer
✔✔ Uniform Crime Report
Which of the following best describes how most law enforcement agencies in the United States
are organized? - correct answer ✔✔ Quasi-military
The principle of evidence gathered with the use of illegally obtained information is tainted and
cannot be used in a trial is known as which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ Fruit of the
poisonous tree
Which of the following would most likely handle an emergency response call made from an
unincorporated area of a country? - correct answer ✔✔ Sheriff's department
