Deck 4: Becoming a COP

Question 1

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 1

C

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

Answer 3

A

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 toward blacks, this would exemplify what?

A) police corruption
B) civil disobedience
C) double marginality
D) a critical incident

Question 5

What is demonstrated by the fact that nearly half of the affirmative action programs in place for police hiring in Americaʹs 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 6

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 employeeʹs capabilities and the job requirements
D) failure to implement an effective stress management program

Question 7

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 8

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.

Question 9

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 10

What might white officers 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 11

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

A) polygraph exam
B) interview
C) background investigations
D) medical and drug screening

Question 12

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 13

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

A) police training officer (PTO) approach
B) field training officer (FTO) approach
C) tactical training of new recruits
D) hybrid academy training

Question 14

Which is required to be able to identify a person who doesnʹt ʺbelongʺ 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 15

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 16

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

A) to be proactive on behalf of 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 17

Which of the following is a possible characteristic of eustress?

A) challenge
B) threat
C) overwork
D) fatigue

Question 18

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 19

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 officersʹ 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 donʹt share full information about cases with female officers.

Question 20

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 21

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

Question 22

ʺWhite backlashʺ is the name for a type of reverse discrimination.

Question 23

Many people consider being a police officer a lifelong pursuit.

Question 24

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

Question 25

Most police officers are white males.

Question 26

Eustress is the opposite of distress.

Question 27

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

Question 28

The ʺsixth senseʺ is an ability to intuit that something is wrong.

Question 29

ʺUse of deadly forceʺ is an example of a topic that would be covered in training.

Question 30

A police officer whose suspicions focus on categories of people may be guilty of .

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

All of Americaʹs 50 largest cities have voluntary affirmative action programs.

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

Police departments are immune to recruitment problems.

Question 41

Compare the histories of hiring women and minorities as police officers.

Question 42

Match each stage of burnout in Column 1 to its order of occurrence in Column 2:
Column 1: the honeymoon/enthusiasm stage
Column 2: first

Question 43

Analyze the effectiveness of the fair employment practices mandated by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.

Question 44

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.

Question 45

Match each stage of burnout in Column 1 to its order of occurrence in Column 2:
Column 1: the fuel shortage/stagnation stage
Column 2: second

Question 46

Match each challenge of police work listed in Column 1 to its definition in Column 2
Column 1: post-shooting trauma
Column 2: the response of some officers to a shooting in which the officer critically wounds or kills someone or a fellow officer is killed or critically wounded

Question 47

Match each challenge of police work listed in Column 1 to its definition in Column 2
Column 1: burnout
Column 2: a progressive loss of idealism and purpose, resulting from work conditions

Question 48

Match each stage of burnout in Column 1 to its order of occurrence in Column 2:
Column 1: the crisis/apathy stage
Column 2: fourth

Question 49

Summarize the type and the characteristics of stress.

Question 50

Match each stage of burnout in Column 1 to its order of occurrence in Column 2:
Column 1: the chronic symptoms/frustration stage
Column 2: third

Question 51

The final stage in coping with a critical incident is .

Question 52

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

Question 53

What are the potential benefits from shifting to the Police Training Officer (PTO) approach from the Field
Training Officer (FTO) approach?

Question 54

Match each challenge of police work listed in Column 1 to its definition in Column 2
Column 1: fatigue
Column 2: tiredness resulting from too many hours of work, shift length, and/or shift assignments

Question 55

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

Question 56

Match each challenge of police work listed in Column 1 to its definition in Column 2
Column 1: distress
Column 2: a harmful form of stress that threatens an individualʹs ability to function

Question 57

Besides generally increased effectiveness and increased community respect, what are the potential benefits of a diverse and representative police force?

Question 58

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

Question 59

Match each stage of burnout in Column 1 to its order of occurrence in Column 2:
Column 1: the hitting the wall/intervention stage
Column 2: fifth

Question 60

Match each challenge of police work listed in Column 1 to its definition in Column 2
Column 1: post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD)
Column 2: a condition in which a person who suffers a traumatic event outside the usual human experience is unable to cope with it