1|P age
TEST BANK
Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping
Rachel Boba Santos
AP
5th Edition
Chapter 1-16
EX
SO
LU
TI
O
N
S
, 2|P age
Chapter 01: crime analysis and the profession
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
AP
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and
patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
EX
ANSWER: C Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
SO
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
LU
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a
framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
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
TI
ANSWER: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
O
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping Difficulty Level:
Medium
N
S
,3|P age
3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of
crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of
information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
AP
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes
which are spatially referenced to the earth
EX
ANSWER: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping Difficulty Level:
Easy
SO
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
LU
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
ANSWER: D
TI
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis Difficulty Level: Medium
O
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in
N
policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
S
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the above
ANSWER: B Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
, 4|P age
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000 Difficulty Level: Medium
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of individuals
AP
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
EX
ANSWER: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000 Difficulty Level: Medium
SO
7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
LU
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association ANSWER: C Cognitive Domain:
Knowledge
TI
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis Difficulty Level: Easy
O
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
N
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and
the relationship of these levels to sociological factors
S
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
d. In the US in the early 1900s
ANSWER: B Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Mapping Difficulty Level: Medium
TEST BANK
Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping
Rachel Boba Santos
AP
5th Edition
Chapter 1-16
EX
SO
LU
TI
O
N
S
, 2|P age
Chapter 01: crime analysis and the profession
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
AP
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and
patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
EX
ANSWER: C Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
SO
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
LU
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a
framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
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
TI
ANSWER: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
O
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping Difficulty Level:
Medium
N
S
,3|P age
3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of
crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of
information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
AP
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes
which are spatially referenced to the earth
EX
ANSWER: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping Difficulty Level:
Easy
SO
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
LU
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
ANSWER: D
TI
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis Difficulty Level: Medium
O
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in
N
policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
S
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the above
ANSWER: B Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
, 4|P age
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000 Difficulty Level: Medium
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of individuals
AP
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
EX
ANSWER: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000 Difficulty Level: Medium
SO
7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
LU
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association ANSWER: C Cognitive Domain:
Knowledge
TI
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis Difficulty Level: Easy
O
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
N
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and
the relationship of these levels to sociological factors
S
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
d. In the US in the early 1900s
ANSWER: B Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Mapping Difficulty Level: Medium
