AIM 400/0946/4 Access to
HE Diploma (Policing and
Criminology)
,AIM 400/0946/4 Access to HE Diploma (Policing and Criminology)
Question 1
Two cases concern (1) Applying standard referencing principles and academic conventions and (2)
Analyzing the purpose, context, and use of language in source materials. Which pair identifies the
most directly relevant areas in the same order?
A. Reading and Information Literacy; then Academic Writing Skills
B. Reading and Information Literacy; then Reading and Information Literacy
C. Academic Writing Skills; then Academic Writing Skills
D. Academic Writing Skills; then Reading and Information Literacy
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Academic Writing Skills includes applying standard referencing principles and academic conventions.
Reading and Information Literacy includes analyzing the purpose, context, and use of language in
source materials. A: This reverses the associations: the first concern fits Academic Writing Skills, and
the second fits Reading and Information Literacy. B: The first concern fits Academic Writing Skills, so
assigning both to Reading and Information Literacy loses the distinction. C: The second concern fits
Reading and Information Literacy, so assigning both to Academic Writing Skills loses the distinction.
Question 2
Which area-to-concern link is the most accurate for distinguishing Aspects of Crime Prevention
and Control, Academic Writing Skills, Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations, and Crime
and Society?
A. Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control — Routine activity theory and reducing risks to victims
and rewards for perpetrators
B. Academic Writing Skills — Offender profiling methods, geographic profiling, and investigative
linkages
C. Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations — Conceptualizing crime, deviance, and social harm
D. Crime and Society — Adapting tone, format, and language for specific audiences and purposes
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation:
Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control includes routine activity theory and reducing risks to victims
and rewards for perpetrators. B: The stated concern belongs most directly with Forensic Psychology in
Criminal Investigations, not Academic Writing Skills. C: The stated concern belongs most directly with
Crime and Society, not Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations. D: The stated concern belongs
most directly with Academic Writing Skills, not Crime and Society.
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Question 3
Two cases concern (1) Police accountability, ethics, values, professional standards, and integrity
and (2) Legal definitions, parameters, and judicial interpretations of specific crimes. Which pair
identifies the most directly relevant areas in the same order?
A. Police Powers and Accountability; then Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person
or Property)
B. Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property); then Police Powers and
Accountability
C. Police Powers and Accountability; then Police Powers and Accountability
D. Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property); then Substantive Criminal
Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property)
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation:
Police Powers and Accountability includes police accountability, ethics, values, professional standards,
and integrity. Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property) includes legal
definitions, parameters, and judicial interpretations of specific crimes. B: This reverses the
associations: the first concern fits Police Powers and Accountability, and the second fits Substantive
Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property). C: The second concern fits Substantive
Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property), so assigning both to Police Powers and
Accountability loses the distinction. D: The first concern fits Police Powers and Accountability, so
assigning both to Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property) loses the
distinction.
Question 4
An integrated review must address Applying standard referencing principles and academic
conventions as well as Offender profiling methods, geographic profiling, and investigative
linkages. Which two areas together provide the closest fit?
A. Crime Data and Social Inequality and Psychology and Criminal Investigations (Graded Subject
Content)
B. Psychology and Criminal Investigations (Graded Subject Content) and Forensic Psychology in
Criminal Investigations
C. Academic Writing Skills and Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations
D. Academic Writing Skills and Crime Data and Social Inequality
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Academic Writing Skills includes applying standard referencing principles and academic conventions.
Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations includes offender profiling methods, geographic profiling,
and investigative linkages. A: Neither selected area is the closest match for the two stated concerns. B:
This retains Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations but replaces the needed Academic Writing
Skills focus with Psychology and Criminal Investigations (Graded Subject Content). D: This retains
Academic Writing Skills but replaces the needed Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations focus
with Crime Data and Social Inequality.
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Question 5
One consultation is about Personality traits, psychopathy, and links to persistent criminality;
another is about Evaluating theoretical explanations of crime causation. Which response avoids
directing either consultation to the wrong specific focus?
A. Use Academic Writing Skills for the first and Crime and Society for the second.
B. Use Crime and Society for the first and Aggression and Criminal Behaviour for the second.
C. Use Aggression and Criminal Behaviour for the first and Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control for
the second.
D. Use Aggression and Criminal Behaviour for the first and Crime and Society for the second.
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Aggression and Criminal Behaviour includes personality traits, psychopathy, and links to persistent
criminality. Crime and Society includes evaluating theoretical explanations of crime causation. A: The
first concern is directly associated with Aggression and Criminal Behaviour, not Academic Writing Skills.
B: This reverses the associations: the first concern fits Aggression and Criminal Behaviour, and the
second fits Crime and Society. C: The second concern is directly associated with Crime and Society, not
Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control.
Question 6
A case is centred on biological, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, and humanistic. To which
area should the case be directed first?
A. Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations
B. Theoretical Approaches to Criminology
C. Academic Writing Skills
D. Core approaches
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Core approaches includes biological, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, and humanistic. A:
Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations concerns the roles and responsibilities of forensic
psychologists within the criminal justice system, rather than being the closest match for the concern in
the question. B: Theoretical Approaches to Criminology concerns classical, biological, psychological,
and sociological perspectives on offending, rather than being the closest match for the concern in the
question. C: Academic Writing Skills concerns structuring written responses and organizing academic
arguments, rather than being the closest match for the concern in the question.
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HE Diploma (Policing and
Criminology)
,AIM 400/0946/4 Access to HE Diploma (Policing and Criminology)
Question 1
Two cases concern (1) Applying standard referencing principles and academic conventions and (2)
Analyzing the purpose, context, and use of language in source materials. Which pair identifies the
most directly relevant areas in the same order?
A. Reading and Information Literacy; then Academic Writing Skills
B. Reading and Information Literacy; then Reading and Information Literacy
C. Academic Writing Skills; then Academic Writing Skills
D. Academic Writing Skills; then Reading and Information Literacy
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Academic Writing Skills includes applying standard referencing principles and academic conventions.
Reading and Information Literacy includes analyzing the purpose, context, and use of language in
source materials. A: This reverses the associations: the first concern fits Academic Writing Skills, and
the second fits Reading and Information Literacy. B: The first concern fits Academic Writing Skills, so
assigning both to Reading and Information Literacy loses the distinction. C: The second concern fits
Reading and Information Literacy, so assigning both to Academic Writing Skills loses the distinction.
Question 2
Which area-to-concern link is the most accurate for distinguishing Aspects of Crime Prevention
and Control, Academic Writing Skills, Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations, and Crime
and Society?
A. Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control — Routine activity theory and reducing risks to victims
and rewards for perpetrators
B. Academic Writing Skills — Offender profiling methods, geographic profiling, and investigative
linkages
C. Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations — Conceptualizing crime, deviance, and social harm
D. Crime and Society — Adapting tone, format, and language for specific audiences and purposes
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation:
Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control includes routine activity theory and reducing risks to victims
and rewards for perpetrators. B: The stated concern belongs most directly with Forensic Psychology in
Criminal Investigations, not Academic Writing Skills. C: The stated concern belongs most directly with
Crime and Society, not Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations. D: The stated concern belongs
most directly with Academic Writing Skills, not Crime and Society.
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Question 3
Two cases concern (1) Police accountability, ethics, values, professional standards, and integrity
and (2) Legal definitions, parameters, and judicial interpretations of specific crimes. Which pair
identifies the most directly relevant areas in the same order?
A. Police Powers and Accountability; then Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person
or Property)
B. Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property); then Police Powers and
Accountability
C. Police Powers and Accountability; then Police Powers and Accountability
D. Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property); then Substantive Criminal
Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property)
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation:
Police Powers and Accountability includes police accountability, ethics, values, professional standards,
and integrity. Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property) includes legal
definitions, parameters, and judicial interpretations of specific crimes. B: This reverses the
associations: the first concern fits Police Powers and Accountability, and the second fits Substantive
Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property). C: The second concern fits Substantive
Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property), so assigning both to Police Powers and
Accountability loses the distinction. D: The first concern fits Police Powers and Accountability, so
assigning both to Substantive Criminal Law (e.g., Offences Against the Person or Property) loses the
distinction.
Question 4
An integrated review must address Applying standard referencing principles and academic
conventions as well as Offender profiling methods, geographic profiling, and investigative
linkages. Which two areas together provide the closest fit?
A. Crime Data and Social Inequality and Psychology and Criminal Investigations (Graded Subject
Content)
B. Psychology and Criminal Investigations (Graded Subject Content) and Forensic Psychology in
Criminal Investigations
C. Academic Writing Skills and Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations
D. Academic Writing Skills and Crime Data and Social Inequality
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Academic Writing Skills includes applying standard referencing principles and academic conventions.
Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations includes offender profiling methods, geographic profiling,
and investigative linkages. A: Neither selected area is the closest match for the two stated concerns. B:
This retains Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations but replaces the needed Academic Writing
Skills focus with Psychology and Criminal Investigations (Graded Subject Content). D: This retains
Academic Writing Skills but replaces the needed Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations focus
with Crime Data and Social Inequality.
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, AIM 400/0946/4 Access to HE Diploma (Policing and Criminology)
Question 5
One consultation is about Personality traits, psychopathy, and links to persistent criminality;
another is about Evaluating theoretical explanations of crime causation. Which response avoids
directing either consultation to the wrong specific focus?
A. Use Academic Writing Skills for the first and Crime and Society for the second.
B. Use Crime and Society for the first and Aggression and Criminal Behaviour for the second.
C. Use Aggression and Criminal Behaviour for the first and Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control for
the second.
D. Use Aggression and Criminal Behaviour for the first and Crime and Society for the second.
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Aggression and Criminal Behaviour includes personality traits, psychopathy, and links to persistent
criminality. Crime and Society includes evaluating theoretical explanations of crime causation. A: The
first concern is directly associated with Aggression and Criminal Behaviour, not Academic Writing Skills.
B: This reverses the associations: the first concern fits Aggression and Criminal Behaviour, and the
second fits Crime and Society. C: The second concern is directly associated with Crime and Society, not
Aspects of Crime Prevention and Control.
Question 6
A case is centred on biological, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, and humanistic. To which
area should the case be directed first?
A. Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations
B. Theoretical Approaches to Criminology
C. Academic Writing Skills
D. Core approaches
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Core approaches includes biological, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, and humanistic. A:
Forensic Psychology in Criminal Investigations concerns the roles and responsibilities of forensic
psychologists within the criminal justice system, rather than being the closest match for the concern in
the question. B: Theoretical Approaches to Criminology concerns classical, biological, psychological,
and sociological perspectives on offending, rather than being the closest match for the concern in the
question. C: Academic Writing Skills concerns structuring written responses and organizing academic
arguments, rather than being the closest match for the concern in the question.
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