POLICING AMERICA CHALLENGES AND
BEST PRACTICES COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the concepts
of leadership and management?
A) Leadership requires that the leader have a firm understanding of the
environment so that direction can be visualized
B) Leadership is responsible for implementing the change and
transforming the department
C) Leadership is forward thinking while management is here and now
D) Management is about dedication to changing the department
Answer: B
●● Which of the following terms implies leadership and management?
A) Social entity
B) Relative identifiable boundary
C) Consciously coordinated
D) Organizational goals
Answer: C
,●● An organization may be formally defined as:
A) Consisting of many pieces that must be coordinated
B) A composition of people who interact with one another and with
other people outside itself
C) Determined by its goals and the public served
D) A consciously coordinated social entity, with a relative identifiable
boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a
common goal or set of goals
Answer: D
●● According to Managing and Leading Today's Police,
____________________ is getting things done through other people
A) Management
B) Administration
C) Leadership
D) Delegation
Answer: C
●● Which of the following was the first policing system to evolve in
England?
A) Leges Henrici
B) Frankpledge system
C) Night watches
,D) The Shire-Reeves
Answer: B
●● Which of the following is the foundation of our modern legal system
by identifying offenses against the crown or state instead of considering
offenses against persons that were handled by citizens?
A) Magna Carta
B) Frankpledge System
C) Leges Henrici
D) Capital system
Answer: C
●● According to Sir Robert Peel, which of the following is the most
indispensable quality of a policeman?
A) Good appearance
B) Properly trained
C) A perfect command of temper
D) Efficiency
Answer: C
●● 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
BEST PRACTICES COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the concepts
of leadership and management?
A) Leadership requires that the leader have a firm understanding of the
environment so that direction can be visualized
B) Leadership is responsible for implementing the change and
transforming the department
C) Leadership is forward thinking while management is here and now
D) Management is about dedication to changing the department
Answer: B
●● Which of the following terms implies leadership and management?
A) Social entity
B) Relative identifiable boundary
C) Consciously coordinated
D) Organizational goals
Answer: C
,●● An organization may be formally defined as:
A) Consisting of many pieces that must be coordinated
B) A composition of people who interact with one another and with
other people outside itself
C) Determined by its goals and the public served
D) A consciously coordinated social entity, with a relative identifiable
boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a
common goal or set of goals
Answer: D
●● According to Managing and Leading Today's Police,
____________________ is getting things done through other people
A) Management
B) Administration
C) Leadership
D) Delegation
Answer: C
●● Which of the following was the first policing system to evolve in
England?
A) Leges Henrici
B) Frankpledge system
C) Night watches
,D) The Shire-Reeves
Answer: B
●● Which of the following is the foundation of our modern legal system
by identifying offenses against the crown or state instead of considering
offenses against persons that were handled by citizens?
A) Magna Carta
B) Frankpledge System
C) Leges Henrici
D) Capital system
Answer: C
●● According to Sir Robert Peel, which of the following is the most
indispensable quality of a policeman?
A) Good appearance
B) Properly trained
C) A perfect command of temper
D) Efficiency
Answer: C
●● 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
