Deck 4: Becoming a Cop

Question 1

Which is the most expensive and time-consuming phase of the hiring process?

A)Polygraph exam
B)Interview
C)Background investigation
D)Medical and drug screening

Answer 1

C

Question 2

How does denial fit into the five phases of response to a critical incident?

A)It follows the initial stage of anger and resentment,when emotions are deadened
B)It is the first stage of response in coping with critical incidents
C)It is the fourth stage and is an attempt to recover from depression
D)It happens immediately after the incident and precedes the five phases.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the key criterion that would allow a police department to legally refuse to hire an applicant with a disability?

A)Always treating everyone with a similar disability the same way
B)Hiring another applicant who has a disability
C)Determining that the person could not perform key functions of the job
D)Offering the person a reduced job description at a reduced salary

Answer 3

C

Question 4

If a black police officer roughs up and yells at a black suspect in order to avoid having white officers think that he or she shows favoritism towards blacks,this would exemplify what?

A)Police corruption
B)Civil disobedience
C)Double marginality
D)Critical incident

Question 5

Which is the most objective explanation of the causes of on-the-job stress for police officers?

A)Being under constant threat
B)The possibility of violence erupting at any moment
C)A mismatch between employee's capabilities and the job requirements
D)Failure to implement an effective stress management program

Question 6

Mechanical repetition skills and rote memory capabilities are characteristic of which type of training?

A)Police training officer approach
B)Field training officer approach
C)Tactical training of new recruits
D)Hybrid academy training

Question 7

Which type of academy is characterized by allowing some training to take place prior to seeking employment as a police officer?

A)In-house academy
B)Regional academy
C)State academy
D)Hybrid academy

Question 8

How do officers who are on the force demonstrate that they are ready for promotion?

A)Continuing academic accomplishments in criminal justice studies
B)Exhibiting job performance that demonstrates readiness for increased responsibility
C)Increasing their technical qualifications above those of their peers
D)Passing tests of knowledge and physical agility

Question 9

How has the war in the Middle East,the overall strength of the economy,and the increasing requirements for applicants to have college credits affected police hiring?

A)Young men have flocked to the police force to avoid going to war.
B)More applicants with some college credits are seeing the police as a career opportunity
C)Individuals are turning from private sector to public sector jobs,including policing
D)More police departments are seeing a lack of qualified applicants.

Question 10

How do the police organization charts (Figure 3-8 on page 46 and Figure 3-9 on page 47)exemplify Weber's first two principles of effective bureaucratic organizations?

Question 11

What is the primary function of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?

A)To be proactive on behalf on individuals who might potentially face abuse
B)To punish organizations that they find guilty of discriminating
C)To intervene on behalf of affected individuals and file suit on their behalf
D)To reverse discrimination through carefully used quotas

Question 12

Health-related problems,family breakdown,and alcoholism are all potential results of what aspect of police work?

A)Extreme overwork,including more than 80 hours a week
B)Exposure to critical or traumatic incidents
C)Stress related to the constant potential for violence
D)The continual threat of sexual harassment in the workplace

Question 13

Which of the following is a possible characteristic of eustress?

A)Challenge
B)Threat
C)Overwork
D)Fatigue

Question 14

What is demonstrated by the fact that nearly half of the affirmative action programs in place for police hiring in America's 50 largest cities are court mandated?

A)The courts are interfering in police hiring
B)Police departments are not voluntarily ending discrimination
C)City police forces have more trouble than rural forces in ending discrimination
D)Affirmative action is most likely illegal if not imposed by the court

Question 15

What is a key characteristic of the patronage system that sets it apart from the civil service system in police department hiring?

A)Hiring decisions were notably influenced by a candidate's politics
B)Hiring decisions were primarily made by politicians,rather than police officers
C)Hiring decisions were made solely on the basis of a candidate's merit
D)Hiring decisions were influenced by mentors charged with guiding candidates

Question 16

What is the key attribute of the college system of training in an academy for police officers?

A)Taking a military-style approach
B)Having training run by a college or university
C)Focusing on technical training
D)Promoting professionalism among budding officers

Question 17

What might white officer accuse their superiors of if they were systematically bypassed for promotion in order to promote minority officers?

A)Profiling
B)Reverse discrimination
C)Exigent circumstances
D)Racial profiling

Question 18

Officer Green was struggling to deal with the results of a brutal gunfight that killed a fellow officer.He had trouble sleeping and concentrating,experienced flashbacks,and had a loss of interest and feelings.What was Officer Green experiencing?

A)The fourth stage of burnout
B)The second phase of coping with a critical incident
C)The reaction referred to as hypervigilance
D)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Question 19

How is the FBI's mission relevant to local policing?

Question 20

Which is required to be able to identify a person who doesn't "belong" in a certain area?

A)Thorough observation of the area and its ordinary conditions
B)Advanced training in demographic and social profiling
C)Cultivating understanding of all dimensions of human relations
D)Preparation for an apparently innocuous encounter to turn violent

Question 21

All of America's 50 largest cities have voluntary affirmative action programs.

Question 22

The "sixth sense" is an ability to intuit that something is wrong.

Question 23

Police burnout is typically the result of a single,devastating event.

Question 24

Most police officers are white males.

Question 25

The exam in which a recruit is connected to a device to assess his or her honesty is a ________ exam.

Question 26

Which of these is an example of quid pro quo harassment?

A)A captain on the police force tells an officer that advancement requires sexual favors
B)A detective on the police force and the dispatcher have an affair
C)A police chief and a detective who work at the same station start dating
D)The chief never sends the only female officer on patrols

Question 27

Many people consider being a police officer a lifelong pursuit.

Question 28

Sexual harassment in police departments is now a thing of the past.

Question 29

"Use of deadly force" is an example of a topic that would be covered in ________ training.

Question 30

The nature of police work means that leaving right quitting time may not be an option.

Question 31

The curricula of police training academies focus on defining the range and type of criminal activity that recruits will encounter.

Question 32

Police departments are immune to recruitment problems.

Question 33

Which of these examples would be most unlikely to rise to the level of a hostile work environment?

A)Male police officers comment on female officers' attire and hairstyles
B)Male police officers ask female officers to fetch them tea or coffee
C)Male police officers open doors and fetch tea or coffee for female officers
D)Male police officers don't share full information about cases with female officers

Question 34

Medical screening helps ensure that candidates for police jobs are fit to perform the job.

Question 35

Eustress is the opposite of distress.

Question 36

"White backlash" is the name for a type of reverse discrimination.

Question 37

It was not until the twentieth century that a woman was first hired by a U.S.police force.

Question 38

The civil service system of government employment contrasts with the old ________ system.

Question 39

All police departments in the United States have identical testing requirements.

Question 40

A critical incident is defined as having the potential to cause catastrophic loss of life.

Question 41

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides intervention,after ________ is claimed to have occurred.

Question 42

The final stage in coping with a critical incident is ________.

Question 43

________ action is the practice of taking proactive steps to boost the presence of historically marginalized groups in the ranks of an organization by giving preference to members of those groups.

Question 44

An incompatibility between a person and his or her environment is a problem that can cause ________.

Question 45

The identification of policing with supposedly masculine traits may be responsible for ________ being underrepresented in law enforcement jobs.

Question 46

A requirement for hiring a certain number of minorities is an example of a racial ________.

Question 47

If an applicant for a position is disabled but capable of performing the essential functions of a job,he or she is protected by the Americans with ________ Act.