MANAGING AND LEADING TODAYS POLICE
CHALLENGES FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Henry Fielding was appointed, as a magistrate in the Bow Street
area of London. He employed a group who investigated crimes in the
area and brought criminals to justice. These persons were the
forerunners of today's police detectives were called:
A) Shire-reeves
B) Bobbys
C) Inspectors
D) Thief takers.
Answer: D
◉ By the 1950s, American policing could be characterized as:
A) Community policing
B) Watchman style
C) Bureaucratic policing
D) Paramilitary.
Answer: C
◉ Which of the following statements is TRUE about goals?
,A) They are specific results or achievements toward which police
departments direct their efforts
B) They delineate what needs to be accomplished
C) They guide behavior
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
◉ ______________________ refers to officers engaging in activities such as
looking for missing children, providing motorists assistance, and
engaging in crime prevention activities
A) Law enforcement
B) Order maintenance
C) Provision of services
D) All of the above.
Answer: C
◉ Which of the following best describe a mission statement?
A) It details specific goals the police department is committed to
accomplish
B) It details specific strategies the police department deploys to
accomplish the goals
C) It states a police department's commitment to the community
D) It represents a roadmap for police activities.
,Answer: C
◉ Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Procedural justice is the right for officers to use power to enforce
the law
B) Police legitimacy is how citizens evaluate police performance
C) Procedural justice can neither be enhanced nor diminished
D) Police legitimacy is accepted by almost everyone at least to some
degree.
Answer: D
◉ Jim Bueermann has identified three principles that police
departments should adopt in order to enhance their legitimacy in
the community. Which of the following is NOT a principle?
A) A police department must be a catalyst for change only within the
department
B) A police department must be value-driven
C) A police department must train and hold officers accountable
D) A police department must solve community problems.
Answer: A
◉ 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
CHALLENGES FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Henry Fielding was appointed, as a magistrate in the Bow Street
area of London. He employed a group who investigated crimes in the
area and brought criminals to justice. These persons were the
forerunners of today's police detectives were called:
A) Shire-reeves
B) Bobbys
C) Inspectors
D) Thief takers.
Answer: D
◉ By the 1950s, American policing could be characterized as:
A) Community policing
B) Watchman style
C) Bureaucratic policing
D) Paramilitary.
Answer: C
◉ Which of the following statements is TRUE about goals?
,A) They are specific results or achievements toward which police
departments direct their efforts
B) They delineate what needs to be accomplished
C) They guide behavior
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
◉ ______________________ refers to officers engaging in activities such as
looking for missing children, providing motorists assistance, and
engaging in crime prevention activities
A) Law enforcement
B) Order maintenance
C) Provision of services
D) All of the above.
Answer: C
◉ Which of the following best describe a mission statement?
A) It details specific goals the police department is committed to
accomplish
B) It details specific strategies the police department deploys to
accomplish the goals
C) It states a police department's commitment to the community
D) It represents a roadmap for police activities.
,Answer: C
◉ Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Procedural justice is the right for officers to use power to enforce
the law
B) Police legitimacy is how citizens evaluate police performance
C) Procedural justice can neither be enhanced nor diminished
D) Police legitimacy is accepted by almost everyone at least to some
degree.
Answer: D
◉ Jim Bueermann has identified three principles that police
departments should adopt in order to enhance their legitimacy in
the community. Which of the following is NOT a principle?
A) A police department must be a catalyst for change only within the
department
B) A police department must be value-driven
C) A police department must train and hold officers accountable
D) A police department must solve community problems.
Answer: A
◉ 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
