Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping – 5th
ST
Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
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Rachel Boba Santos
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
Students
VE
© Rachel Boba Santos
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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©STUDYSTREAM
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
ST
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
SUT
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and patterns of
relationships
UV
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Correct Answer: C
VIAI
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy
A__A
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
APP
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
PPR
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a framework and
templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
RO
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
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
an
VEE Pass
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
k
Difficulty Level: Medium
ly
DD?
ne
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
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d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are
spatially referenced to the earth
Correct Answer: A
ST
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
SUT
Difficulty Level: Easy
UV
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
VIAI
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
A__A
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Correct Answer: D
APP
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
PPR
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in policing throughout
RO
the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Fr
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
an
VEE Pass
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
k
d. None of the above Correct Answer: B
ly
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
DD?
ne
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
?
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b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
ST
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Correct Answer: D
SUT
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
UV VIAI
7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
A__A
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association Correct Answer: C
APP
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
PPR
Difficulty Level: Easy
RO
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
Fr
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and the
an
relationship of these levels to sociological factors
VEE Pass
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
k
d. In the US in the early 1900s Correct Answer: B
ly
DD?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
ne
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
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ST
Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
_A
Rachel Boba Santos
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
Students
VE
© Rachel Boba Santos
D?
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
??
©STUDYSTREAM
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
ST
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
SUT
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and patterns of
relationships
UV
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Correct Answer: C
VIAI
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy
A__A
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
APP
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
PPR
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a framework and
templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
RO
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
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
an
VEE Pass
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
k
Difficulty Level: Medium
ly
DD?
ne
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
2|Page
, 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
ST
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
SUT
Difficulty Level: Easy
UV
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
VIAI
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
c. Professors in the School of Cartography
A__A
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Correct Answer: D
APP
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
PPR
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in policing throughout
RO
the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Fr
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
an
VEE Pass
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
k
d. None of the above Correct Answer: B
ly
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
DD?
ne
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
?
3|Page
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
ST
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Correct Answer: D
SUT
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
UV VIAI
7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
A__A
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association Correct Answer: C
APP
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
PPR
Difficulty Level: Easy
RO
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
Fr
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and the
an
relationship of these levels to sociological factors
VEE Pass
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
k
d. In the US in the early 1900s Correct Answer: B
ly
DD?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
ne
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
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