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D??
EED
OVV
RRO
PPP
AAP
A__
VIIA
UUV
SSTT
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
SSTT
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and patterns of
relationships
UUV
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Correct Answer: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
VIIA
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy
A__
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
AAP
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query, and analyze geographic
and tabular data
PPP
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a framework and
templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
RRO
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that a crime analyst can
consult it to answer queries
Fr
Correct Answer: D
OVV
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
an
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
k
EED
Difficulty Level: Medium
ly
ne
D??
3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime problems
A
and other police-related issues
?
pl
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information
technologies
us
c. The study and practice of making maps
Pa
2|Page
s s
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are
spatially referenced to the earth
Correct Answer: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
SSTT
Difficulty Level: Easy
UUV
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
VIIA
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
A__
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Correct Answer: D
AAP
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
PPP
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in policing throughout
RRO
the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Fr
OVV
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
an
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
k
d. None of the above Correct Answer: B
EED
ly
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
ne
D??
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
A
?
pl
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
us
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of individuals
Pa
3|Page
s s
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Correct Answer: D
SSTT
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
UUV
7) The IACA is
VIIA
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
A__
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association Correct Answer: C
AAP
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
PPP
Difficulty Level: Easy
RRO
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
Fr
OVV
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and the
an
relationship of these levels to sociological factors
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
k
EED
d. In the US in the early 1900s Correct Answer: B
ly
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
ne
D??
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Mapping
A
Difficulty Level: Medium
?
pl
9) The following is one of the reasons crime mapping started later in the US than in Europe.
us
a. The US did not have scholars capable of conducting crime mapping
Pa
4|Page
s s
D??
EED
OVV
RRO
PPP
AAP
A__
VIIA
UUV
SSTT
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
SSTT
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and patterns of
relationships
UUV
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Correct Answer: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
VIIA
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy
A__
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
AAP
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query, and analyze geographic
and tabular data
PPP
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a framework and
templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
RRO
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that a crime analyst can
consult it to answer queries
Fr
Correct Answer: D
OVV
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
an
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
k
EED
Difficulty Level: Medium
ly
ne
D??
3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime problems
A
and other police-related issues
?
pl
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information
technologies
us
c. The study and practice of making maps
Pa
2|Page
s s
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are
spatially referenced to the earth
Correct Answer: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
SSTT
Difficulty Level: Easy
UUV
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
VIIA
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
A__
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Correct Answer: D
AAP
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
PPP
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in policing throughout
RRO
the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Fr
OVV
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
an
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
k
d. None of the above Correct Answer: B
EED
ly
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
ne
D??
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
A
?
pl
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
us
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of individuals
Pa
3|Page
s s
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Correct Answer: D
SSTT
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
UUV
7) The IACA is
VIIA
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
A__
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association Correct Answer: C
AAP
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
PPP
Difficulty Level: Easy
RRO
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
Fr
OVV
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and the
an
relationship of these levels to sociological factors
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
k
EED
d. In the US in the early 1900s Correct Answer: B
ly
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
ne
D??
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Mapping
A
Difficulty Level: Medium
?
pl
9) The following is one of the reasons crime mapping started later in the US than in Europe.
us
a. The US did not have scholars capable of conducting crime mapping
Pa
4|Page
s s
