Question 1:
Critics of affirmative action argue that selecting police officers based on their race or gender does not
violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is
discriminatory.
Answer:
False
Question 2:
Academic research has shown that female officers can do patrol work effectively and are well
received by the public.
Answer:
True
Question 3:
In 1968, the Chicago Police Department assigned Barbara Blankenbaker and Susan Conick to patrol.
They were the first females to wear a uniform and a gun belt and to drive a marked patrol car
responding to calls for service on an equal basis with men.
Answer:
False
Question 4:
The most controversial method of ending job discrimination is the concept of quotas in
hiring minorities.
Answer:
True
Question 5:
The requirement that officers not be less than a certain height (height requirement) was probably the
strongest example of discrimination against women
candidates.
Answer:
True
Question 6:
The percentages of women in law enforcement today are now near the 50 percent that women
represent in
society.
Answer:
False
,Question 7:
The number of Hispanic American officers has increased significantly in the last two decades, as has
their percentage in the
general population.
Answer:
True
Question 8:
Homosexuals have not been discriminated against in police hiring
practices.
Answer:
False
Question 9:
of sworn personnel in local police departments are Hispanic.
Answer:
10.3%
Question 10:
of sworn personnel in
Answer:
11.9%
Question 11:
local police departments
Answer:
local police departments
Question 12:
are women.
Answer:
are women.
Question 13:
In 1910, the nation's first
Answer:
Alice Stebbins Wells
Question 14:
"officially designated"
Answer:
"officially designated"
, Question 15:
policewoman was:
Answer:
policewoman was:
Question 16:
The concept that
Answer:
Affirmative action
Question 17:
employers must take
Answer:
employers must take
Question 18:
active steps to ensure
Answer:
active steps to ensure
Question 19:
equal employment
Answer:
equal employment
Question 20:
opportunity and to
Answer:
opportunity and to
Question 21:
redress past discrimination
Answer:
redress past discrimination
Question 22:
is called:
Answer:
is called: