Deck 10: Allocating Key Organizational Resources

Question 1

After people and money, this is the most precious resource a manager has to work with

A)time
B)equipment
C)facilities
D)none of the above

Answer 1

time

Question 2

Which of the following is not an advantage of rotating shifts for police officers?

A)skills are balanced on every shift
B)all workers are given equal exposure to day shift
C)employees prefer rotating shifts
D)all of the above are advantages

Answer 2

employees prefer rotating shifts

Question 3

Which of the following is a disadvantage of rotating shifts?

A)employees prefer fixed shifts
B)unbalanced workloads are difficult to manage with rotating shifts
C)it is generally more difficult for the body to adjust to rotating shifts
D)all of the above are disadvantages

Answer 3

all of the above are disadvantages

Question 4

A Gantt Chart is used for

A)budgeting
B)legal documents
C)time management
D)none of the above

Question 5

The "harmonogram" was similar to the Gantt Chart and was developed by

A)Henry Gantt
B)Frederick Taylor
C)Charles Babbage
D)Karol Adamiecki

Question 6

A Gantt Chart can be developed using

A)Microsoft Project
B)Microsoft Excel
C)Smart Draw
D)all of the above

Question 7

On a Gantt Chart the horizontal axis represents

A)time
B)the key components of the project
C)budget
D)none of the above

Question 8

Network analysis uses which concepts

A)events
B)activities
C)both events and activities
D)neither events nor activities

Question 9

The CPM/PERT technique depicts pathways that link events together. The pathway that actually determines how long a project will take is designated as the

A)"event path"
B)"critical path"
C)"leader path"
D)none of the above

Question 10

Which of the following would be classified as a "perk" in criminal justice?

A)a take home car
B)an old car
C)a small office
D)old furniture

Question 11

A criminal justice agency's appropriation comes from

A)tax collections
B)fines
C)user fees
D)all of the above

Question 12

An agency fundraiser would be an example of

A)a user fee
B)a non-appropriated fund
C)a forfeiture
D)a fine

Question 13

Expenditures that pay for long lasting agency assets, such as a building are included in the

A)capital budget
B)operational budget
C)personnel budget
D)none of the above

Question 14

Which of the following would be part of the capital budget?

A)salaries
B)electricity
C)water
D)none of the above

Question 15

Which of the following would not be included in the personnel budget of a criminal justice agency?

A)postage
B)salaries
C)medical insurance
D)withholding taxes

Question 16

Which of the following would be an expendable?

A)copier paper
B)pens
C)envelopes
D)all of the above

Question 17

These are funds against which obligations already have been made, although not yet paid.

A)sequestered funds
B)diverted funds
C)encumbered funds
D)supplemental funds

Question 18

Which is the traditional approach to budgeting?

A)Program Planning and Budgeting System
B)Line-Item Budgeting
C)Program Budgeting
D)Zero Based Budgeting

Question 19

Which budgeting approach is not related to Management by Objectives (MBO)?

A)Program Planning and Budgeting System
B)Line-Item Budgeting
C)Program Budgeting
D)Zero Based Budgeting

Question 20

Which budgeting approach uses a "ground up" approach to building a budget?

A)Program Planning and Budgeting System
B)Line-Item Budgeting
C)Program Budgeting
D)Zero Based Budgeting

Question 21

Many criminal justice agencies need to conduct operations all day, every day including holidays

Question 22

On a fixed shift schedule, each crew comes into work at about the same time every day

Question 23

About 90 percent of all shift workers prefer rotating shifts to fixed shifts

Question 24

Recruiting new employees is more difficult under fixed shifts

Question 25

Frederick Taylor developed the harmonogram

Question 26

Computer programs can do all complex calculations of float times

Question 27

Float time that consumes later available float time is known as "free float"

Question 28

"Plum assignments" are always given to employees on a random basis

Question 29

"capital budget" is another name for the "operational budget"

Question 30

Union rules can sometimes limit the ability of a manager to reward an employee with some "perks"

Question 31

Fines are not used by criminal justice agencies

Question 32

A driver license is an example of a user fee

Question 33

Weapons and uniforms are classified as accountables

Question 34

Proration is the proportional reduction of an entire budget

Question 35

Sequestering is always ordered by the judicial branch

Question 36

Value-Added Contributions (VAC) can sometimes defy actual calculation

Question 37

Agency managers often have more latitude in spending non-appropriated funds

Question 38

Subscriptions are common practice for government agencies today

Question 39

Police departments are prevented by law from selling old equipment such as police cars

Question 40

Line-Item budgeting is the easiest form of budgeting to do

Question 41

The PayGo budgeting plan approximates a for-profit approach

Question 42

What are the four major assets a criminal justice manager must allocate? Of these why is time allocation so important?

Question 43

Explain the data elements graphically represented on a Gantt chart.

Question 44

How can a manager allocate facilities and equipment in a way that rewards performance? Be sure to explain "plum assignments" and "perks."

Question 45

What are the four major types of agency budgeting systems? What are the relative advantages of each?