Deck 5: Premise Security

Question 1

According to Skogan, which of the following physical disorders is extremely disruptive to a community?

A) street harassment
B) drugs and violence
C) vandalism
D) noisy neighbors

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Business Improvement District concept involves the combined efforts of the business community and:

A) neighborhood watch programs
B) business citizen patrols
C) private security industry
D) police patrols

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Many of the housing authorities are governmental or quasi-governmental agencies and have:

A) "problematic" persons, such as gangs and loitering groups of youth
B) armed guards
C) proprietary security force
D) low socio-economic factors

Answer 3

C

Question 4

________________, initiated by the police departments, is defined as an effort at maintaining order and delivering services in a proactive relationship with the community.

A) Neighborhood assisted policing
B) Community policing
C) Interactive neighborhood policing
D) In-house neighborhood policing

Question 5

What concept involves the combined efforts of the business community and private security industry in cooperation with the police?

A) police cooperative districts
B) business/private security districts
C) community improvement districts
D) business improvement districts

Question 6

Some condominium and co-op complexes use security guards and electronic:

A) slow motion to detect theft
B) zoom controls
C) real time text insertion
D) panning

Question 7

Which theory stipulates that crime occurs in certain neighborhoods based upon a lack of police presence and a lack of stakeholder input?

A) shattered glass
B) broken windows
C) CRASH theory
D) peelian theory

Question 8

Security screening points or checkpoints were set up in all U.S.airports in 1973 under the control of the:

A) TSA
B) FBI
C) GSA
D) FAA

Question 9

Hospitals and ______________ generally use both proprietary security and contract security agencies.

A) retail stores
B) military installations
C) healthcare facilitates
D) schools

Question 10

Loss prevention is a major concern in hospitals and healthcare facilities.The major security problems in this industry are:

A) vandalism and arson
B) burglaries and robberies
C) employee theft
D) white collar crimes and burglaries

Question 11

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) gives statistical data on crimes in a metropolitan area.It is compiled by which governmental agency?

A) the FBI
B) the U.S.Census Bureau
C) the ATF
D) the DEA

Question 12

About 15% of airline passengers are selected for:

A) piggybacking
B) secondary screenings
C) delayed flights
D) extra baggage allowance

Question 13

A scholar by the name of Wesley Skogan did a survey of numerous neighborhoods and identified two major categories that affect the quality of life in a community.They are:

A) human and physical disorder
B) gangs and drug addicts
C) crime and negligence
D) family and cultural disorder

Question 14

The police routinely patrol residential and commercial areas looking for suspicious persons and other indications of crime.This is called:

A) reactive patrol
B) stationary patrol
C) proactive patrol
D) directed patrol

Question 15

The federal Clery Act mandates that colleges and universities that receive federal funds must report crime data to inform the public about:

A) crimes on campus
B) arming campus security
C) self defense classes
D) hiring ex-military personnel

Question 16

What measure has not proven helpful in preventing the theft of drugs at a hospital or healthcare facility?

A) investigations
B) employee education
C) retail alert systems
D) internal reporting and monitoring

Question 17

Visitor control in a hospital prevents:

A) unauthorized persons from entering the facility or patients rooms
B) authorized visitors from entering patients rooms
C) doctors and nurses from entering the drug locker
D) suspected substance abuse by hospital employees

Question 18

An interesting change in society is that people are less likely to keep cash in their homes because:

A) they are afraid of home invasion robberies
B) they have resorted to credit cards
C) they keep their cash buried in their backyard
D) they have better security on their homes

Question 19

When airport security measures were investigated, undercover investigators gained unauthorized entry to:

A) visitor areas
B) reduced access area
C) restricted areas
D) limited timed area

Question 20

A government survey indicated that 60% of all burglaries occur during what portion of the day?

A) early evening
B) after midnight
C) daytime
D) late afternoon

Question 21

Which is not one of the three major security operations that have been instituted at airports to guard against explosives, weapons, or other contraband being introduced onto airliners?

A) access control
B) profiling
C) explosive detection
D) racial profiling

Question 22

The crime problem in public housing can be attributed to a combination of high-density population, poverty, and lack of adequate resources.

Question 23

Many train and bus companies operate contract security companies.

Question 24

Certain neighborhoods can send out signals that encourage crime, such as deteriorated houses, broken windows left unrepaired, and chronic disorderly behavior.

Question 25

Lawrence Sherman and George Kelling expounded on the "broken windows" theory of policing and neighborhood safety.

Question 26

Private security contracts are in place to provide protection for our ____________ bases, to free them up for duties for which they were trained.

Question 27

The major security problems at parking lots and garages are assaults, robberies, personal thefts and thefts from autos.

Question 28

Since 9/11, what agency has been given the task of protecting the nation's transportation systems and ensuring freedom of movement?

A) Federal Aviation Administration
B) Transportation Security Administration
C) Homeland Security
D) Federal Bureau of Investigation

Question 29

Of the 13 fatal shootings on college campuses since 1990, most were completed by _________ students.

Question 30

Undercover investigators determined that the most common method used to gain access to unauthorized areas is:

A) piggybacking
B) forged employee ID's
C) counterfeit ID's
D) disguises

Question 31

One of the major security problems at ___________ is vandalism.

Question 32

The ATA is a major professional organization representing the airline transportation association.

Question 33

Parking lot and garage security usually includes bright lighting.

Question 34

Ninety-five percent of all international commerce enters the United States through its ports.

Question 35

Libraries and archives use electronic markings on books and other valuables that trigger sensors at exits to reduce thefts.

Question 36

The Clery Act was passed to increase ______________ at college campuses.

A) security
B) metal detector use
C) dorm security
D) accountability

Question 37

One major factor that can reduce the theft of drugs within a hospital setting is to ____________ the employees about the importance of drug security.

Question 38

What was attacked in 1993 by terrorists and was a definite precursor to 9/11?

A) Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City
B) Ruby Ridge, Idaho
C) Waco, Texas
D) New York World Trade Center

Question 39

In 2006 a man was sentenced to prison after stealing $3 million in _______.

Question 40

The FFA and the airline industry agreed in 2001 to end the practice of using armed police at the security screening points because it was considered dangerous.

Question 41

Discuss the response of New York University to the Virginia Tech University shooting.Are these measures enough to protect the students?

Question 42

Explain the broken window theory of policing and neighborhood safety.

Question 43

Please explain the broken windows theory.Who developed it, and when? What are some practical applications of this theory with regards to neighborhood crime?

Question 44

The federal _____________ mandates that colleges or universities receiving federal funds must report crime data to the public about crimes on campus.

Question 45

In 2006, a Senate subcommittee on homeland security commented that the number of ___________________ entering our ports that are inspected is staggeringly low.

Question 46

Discuss Business Improvement Districts.What are they, and how they have contributed to security in recent years?

Question 47

The Department of Homeland Security brought about dramatic changes in ______ and _________ security.

Question 48

After 9/11, the government created a computer system of ____________, which captures the fingerprints and profiles of hundreds of millions of individuals who enter the United States each year.

Question 49

Tremendous attention began to be directed toward _________ and _________ security in the 1960s.

Question 50

Discuss the methods used by TSA to protect security at airports.Be prepared to defend your answers.