Deck 5: Federal and State Police

Question 1

State and federal agencies have the jurisdictional breadth and requisite resources to make them well suited to centralized administrative functions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The office that investigates crimes against a federal agency or improper/illegal practices within an agency is the:

A) F.B.I.
B) Inspector General
C) Treasury Department
D) General Accounting Office

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When measured as either numbers of personnel or expenditures, federal law enforcement accounts for about:

A) 25 percent of American policing
B) 20 percent of American policing
C) 15 percent of American policing
D) 10 percent of American policing

Answer 3

D

Question 4

All states have a form of general purpose state police except:

A) Alaska
B) Illinois
C) Hawaii
D) Ohio

Question 5

One of the first federal agencies to experience policing problems was the:

A) Department of Justice
B) Securities and Exchange Commission
C) Federal Trade Commission
D) Post Office

Question 6

As compared to municipal police the role of most federal police agencies is:

A) about the same
B) greatly broader
C) less complicated
D) more complicated

Question 7

Federal policing activities are usually limited by some definition or requirement of:

A) local autonomy
B) order maintenance
C) geographical boundaries
D) federal interest

Question 8

Employees of state police agencies tend to be:

A) closely identified more with their agency
B) closely linked to the people they serve
C) closely tied to the communities they serve
D) all of the above

Question 9

The first director of the Bureau of Investigation (later named the F.B.I.) was:

A) Allan Pinkerton
B) Charles Bonaparte
C) J. Edgar Hoover
D) William Burns

Question 10

The strengths and weaknesses of state and federal policing relate to the agencies' size and:

A) scope
B) budget
C) structure
D) none of the above

Question 11

Compared to the federal police, state police followed a pattern of development and expansion that was very different.

Question 12

Ohio developed a state police organization quickly in response to railway thefts.

Question 13

The first modern, general purpose, uniformed state police were created in Massachusetts.

Question 14

We could consider the nation's largest law enforcement agency to be the:

A) New York City Police
B) U.S. Custom's Service
C) U.S. Coast Guard
D) none of the above

Question 15

When measured as the number of personnel or total expenditures the state share of law enforcement in the United States amounts to about 10 percent of American policing.

Question 16

State police organizations take one of two basic forms; a general purpose state police or the:

A) State Rangers
B) Highway Patrol
C) Bureau of Identification
D) State Constabulary

Question 17

Since the beginning of the 20th century the size and importance of federal and state police agencies have:

A) fluctuated
B) remained stable
C) increased
D) decreased

Question 18

During the 1930s, Hoover established the F.B.I. as a model law enforcement agency by:

A) supporting a professional image for the Bureau
B) staging the Palmer and "slacker" raids
C) building ties to the ruling Democratic party
D) all of the above

Question 19

The history of the federal police is a story of:

A) gradual decline
B) crisis management
C) rapid development
D) steady expansion

Question 20

The major spur to expansion of the U.S. Secret Service was:

A) public resistance to income taxes in the Civil War
B) widespread counterfeiting of federal currency
C) attempts on the life of President Lincoln
D) all of the above

Question 21

Relative isolation from community influence on federal and state police agencies contributes to their reputation for fairness.

Question 22

The Texas Rangers were originally created as a militia, not a police agency.

Question 23

Early state police agencies were often used to control the behavior of immigrants.

Question 24

Compared to local police the actions and functions of federal and state police are more easily controlled.

Question 25

A primary responsibility of state police is patrolling cities and towns.

Question 26

The police powers of the federal government are centralized in a small number of agencies.

Question 27

Most federal law enforcement employees are uniformed and have the title "officer."

Question 28

Federal and state policing have the same sets of correlates as does policing at other levels of government.

Question 29

Most federal law enforcement agencies are specialized in terms of both mission and method.

Question 30

Federal and state police have both fewer resources and a broader role than local police.