MANAGING AND LEADING TODAYS POLICE
CHALLENGES COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ The Mesa Arizona Police Department equipped 50 officers with
body-worn cameras and compared their activities to 50 officers who
were not issued cameras. Which of the following statements is
FALSE?
A) The officers equipped with cameras had a 40 percent decrease in
complaints
B) Officers equipped with cameras had a 30 percent decrease in
arrests
C) Officers equipped with cameras had a 75 percent decrease in use-
of-force incidents
D) Other departments besides Mesa have done experiments with
cameras.
Answer: B
◉ Which of the following refers to the cumulative processes that
direct and move the department?
A) Management
B) Organization
C) Leadership
,D) Administration.
Answer: D
◉ Processes that include decision making, communications, staffing,
command and control, planning, and budgeting are concerns of:
A) Administration
B) Management
C) Organization
D) Leadership.
Answer: B
◉ Whom do many consider to be the "father of scientific
management"?
A) Max Weber
B) Frederick Taylor
C) Egon Bittner
D) Eddie Davis.
Answer: B
◉ This type of supervision, according to Frederick Taylor, entailed
having several different supervisors on a job so that each one
oversaw a particular aspect or part of the job - a part he or she had
expertise in and could provide adequate supervision over.
,A) Cooperative supervision
B) Dispersed supervision
C) Functional supervision
D) Bureaucratic supervision.
Answer: C
◉ According to "Managing and Leading Today's Police", as a rule of
thumb, at least _______________ of all sworn personnel should be
assigned to patrol
A) 45%
B) 55%
C) 65%
D) 70%.
Answer: B
◉ Which of the following is a reason that Egon Bittner contended
that military-bureaucratic organization of the police was a serious
handicap that created obstacles to a truly professional police
system?
A) Organizational restrictions on dress
B) The lack of management flexibility
C) The narrowness of job descriptions in the lower ranks
D) All of the above.
, Answer: D
◉ Gulick and Urwick examined the role of administration and
identified several key management functions. They articulated these
functions using the acronym POSDCORB. Which key administrative
function is the all-important duty of interrelating the various parts
of the work?
A) Coordinating
B) Organizing
C) Directing
D) Planning.
Answer: A
◉ Gulick and Urwick examined the role of administration and
identified several key management functions. They articulated these
functions using the acronym POSDCORB. What does the S stand for?
A) Specialization
B) Supervising
C) Supporting
D) Staffing.
Answer: D
◉ Max Weber's first principle in Administrative Theory is hierarchy
of authority or chain of command. What is a common problem
CHALLENGES COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ The Mesa Arizona Police Department equipped 50 officers with
body-worn cameras and compared their activities to 50 officers who
were not issued cameras. Which of the following statements is
FALSE?
A) The officers equipped with cameras had a 40 percent decrease in
complaints
B) Officers equipped with cameras had a 30 percent decrease in
arrests
C) Officers equipped with cameras had a 75 percent decrease in use-
of-force incidents
D) Other departments besides Mesa have done experiments with
cameras.
Answer: B
◉ Which of the following refers to the cumulative processes that
direct and move the department?
A) Management
B) Organization
C) Leadership
,D) Administration.
Answer: D
◉ Processes that include decision making, communications, staffing,
command and control, planning, and budgeting are concerns of:
A) Administration
B) Management
C) Organization
D) Leadership.
Answer: B
◉ Whom do many consider to be the "father of scientific
management"?
A) Max Weber
B) Frederick Taylor
C) Egon Bittner
D) Eddie Davis.
Answer: B
◉ This type of supervision, according to Frederick Taylor, entailed
having several different supervisors on a job so that each one
oversaw a particular aspect or part of the job - a part he or she had
expertise in and could provide adequate supervision over.
,A) Cooperative supervision
B) Dispersed supervision
C) Functional supervision
D) Bureaucratic supervision.
Answer: C
◉ According to "Managing and Leading Today's Police", as a rule of
thumb, at least _______________ of all sworn personnel should be
assigned to patrol
A) 45%
B) 55%
C) 65%
D) 70%.
Answer: B
◉ Which of the following is a reason that Egon Bittner contended
that military-bureaucratic organization of the police was a serious
handicap that created obstacles to a truly professional police
system?
A) Organizational restrictions on dress
B) The lack of management flexibility
C) The narrowness of job descriptions in the lower ranks
D) All of the above.
, Answer: D
◉ Gulick and Urwick examined the role of administration and
identified several key management functions. They articulated these
functions using the acronym POSDCORB. Which key administrative
function is the all-important duty of interrelating the various parts
of the work?
A) Coordinating
B) Organizing
C) Directing
D) Planning.
Answer: A
◉ Gulick and Urwick examined the role of administration and
identified several key management functions. They articulated these
functions using the acronym POSDCORB. What does the S stand for?
A) Specialization
B) Supervising
C) Supporting
D) Staffing.
Answer: D
◉ Max Weber's first principle in Administrative Theory is hierarchy
of authority or chain of command. What is a common problem
