Deck 9: Policing in the Modern ERA

Question 1

You need to determine where to assign patrols based on the greatest need. What can you use to figure this out?

A) computerized crime mapping
B) geographic profiling
C) CalGang
D) computer-aided drafting

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following would provide information that could be used to develop strategies designed to respond to changing threats?

A) law enforcement intelligence
B) tactical intelligence
C) strategic intelligence
D) intelligence-led policing

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following elements of the Compstat Model would require operational commanders to identify and take action to correct problems within the command?

A) organizational flexibility
B) mission clarification
C) internal accountability
D) innovative problem-solving tactics

Answer 3

C

Question 4

This includes gaining or developing information related to threats of terrorism and using this information to eliminate a threat.

A) tactical intelligence
B) law enforcement intelligence
C) strategic intelligence
D) intelligence-led policing

Question 5

As a patrol officer in New York, which of the following would you rely on for information on some people you suspect to be gang members?

A) CalGang
B) Compstat
C) Geographic profiling
D) GangNet

Question 6

You are working on a criminal issue in your area and want to focus on resources that will help you solve this issue. Which source of intelligence are you working with?

A) crime prevention
B) strategic targeting
C) decision making
D) intelligence gathering

Question 7

Which of the following is a geographic profiling system that would be used to access sex offender registries?

A) HITS
B) CAD
C) CMRC
D) MAPS

Question 8

You are a police instructor responsible for providing comprehensive, realistic training to bring trainees up to a new level of responsiveness. You decide you want to find a system that allows you to fire back at the trainees when they are in a simulated combat situation. What would you use?

A) ILP
B) PRISim
C) CAD
D) Compstat

Question 9

Which of the following sources of intelligence would include interviews and interrogations?

A) decision making
B) strategic targeting
C) crime prevention
D) intelligence gathering

Question 10

Which of the following would be used to create 3-D images of crime scenes on the computer?

A) CAD
B) HITS
C) FATS
D) CMRC

Question 11

You are an officer working in the intelligence process with information about a potential bomb threat. You take in information that has been reported from different sources so far and put it together to create a coherent picture. Which step of the intelligence process are you working on?

A) collection
B) processing
C) dissemination
D) reevaluation

Question 12

The goal-oriented strategic management process that deals with operational strategy is called which of the following?

A) Compstat
B) drafting
C) crime mapping
D) geographic profiling

Question 13

Which of the following is a characteristic of both Compstat and intelligence -led policing?

A) single jurisdiction
B) threat driven
C) analysis of offender MOs
D) goal of prevention

Question 14

You are a trial lawyer and are preparing for an upcoming murder trial. You need to have the jury see the crime scene as it was when the police first got there. What will you use to accomplish this?

A) CAT
B) ILP
C) CAD
D) FATS

Question 15

You need to have the police in your department practice some potential scenarios where they will need to rescue civilians in a shootout, but you do not want to create a large off -site simulation that requires a lot of manpower. You would really like to have just a couple officers work on it at a time. What can you use?

A) CMRC
B) FATS
C) CAD
D) HITS

Question 16

Which of the following step-by-step processes was created to provide suggestions for improved intelligence gathering for law enforcement agencies?

A) Bureau of Justice Assistance
B) Law Enforcement Assistance and Partnership Strategy
C) Government Accountability Office
D) National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan

Question 17

Which level of intelligence would a state police agency fall under?

A) level 1
B) level 2
C) level 3
D) level 4

Question 18

As a police chief, you need to keep track of crime trends and the areas in which they occur. You have just had a new system installed and do not know your way around. Where would you turn?

A) pin maps
B) U.S. Department of Justice
C) Crime Mapping Research Center
D) Compstat

Question 19

You are looking for a particular criminal and want to locate him based on the crimes that have been connected to him. Which of the following would help you?

A) Compstat
B) pin maps
C) Crime Mapping Research Center
D) geographic profiling

Question 20

You have been assigned to watch a couple suspected of potential terrorism plots. You are told to record their every move outside of the house, including who they meet with and for how long. Which step in the intelligence process is this?

A) planning and direction
B) collection
C) dissemination
D) reevaluation

Question 21

Law enforcement at Level 1 includes police agencies that produce tactical and strategic intelligence for internal consumption.

Question 22

You are on a criminal activity task force created to detect terrorism threats in the area. Your team has detected an issue in a section of the city that is heavy with gangs. You need to work with other task forces to gain the information you need and respond to the terrorist activity. Which of the following would help?

A) creating a fusion center
B) creating a geographic profile
C) creating a computerized crime map
D) creating a crime report

Question 23

Which of the following allows for the secure exchange of information between government and nongovernment officials who are responsible for planning and implementing terrorism -related recovery efforts?

A) SLATT
B) RISS ATIX
C) FACTS
D) MATRIX

Question 24

Problem-oriented policing seeks to control crime through study of problems.

Question 25

Which of the following would be a characteristic of Compstat, but not intelligence -led policing?

A) threat driven
B) disrupt enterprises
C) crime mapping
D) task forces

Question 26

Which of the following is a police department response to the increased need for counterterrorism?

A) stepping up divisions on white collar crime
B) reassigning officers from landmarks to local neighborhoods
C) creating higher education requirements for admission
D) guarding public speeches more heavily

Question 27

You are coordinating your cityʹs emergency response ability for potential terrorist activity. You need information on how your police chiefs see their department readiness. What could you look at?

A) GAO
B) CMRC
C) HITS
D) PERF

Question 28

Intelligence units are self-supporting internal units that work independent of each other.

Question 29

The FATS devices can provide an interactive instructor element.

Question 30

Which of the following was designed to bring various different federal and local law enforcement agencies together to work nationally on identified threats?

A) IACP
B) JTTF
C) RTTF
D) FINCEN

Question 31

NCISP was released by the GAO in 2003.

Question 32

PRISim allows training officers to help provide a realistic experience for trainees.

Question 33

Which of the following was able to provide a technology-based investigative tool to facilitate free -form searches of available state and public records in order to allow investigators to conduct searches with incomplete information?

A) SLATT
B) RISS ATIX
C) FACTS
D) MATRX

Question 34

Level 3 intelligence characterizes the majority of law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Question 35

Your department wants to get more involved in homeland security efforts because you are located near a border. Which of the following would be a good place to learn more and participate?

A) Police Executive Research Forum
B) Taking Command Initiative
C) Crime Mapping Research Center
D) Government Accountability Office

Question 36

Intelligence-led policing takes policing down a level to get ʺback to the basicsʺ and use traditional methods that have proven worthy in the past.

Question 37

CAD has not adapted to meet the needs of officers and criminal investigators.

Question 38

Local departments play an important role in responding to the challenges of terrorism.

Question 39

You just graduated from college with a criminal justice degree and a minor in two foreign languages. You want to work for the FBI in the Counterterrorism Division. You had an interview and they told you they had an opening for you that would allow you to travel around the country to field offices to provide analytic support using your knowledge of foreign language. Which division would this describe?

A) Joint Terrorism Task Forces
B) Boundaryless Policing
C) Bureau of Justice Assistance
D) Flying Squads

Question 40

You are an FBI agent assigned to work on an antiterrorism task force that meets with members of other local task forces on terrorism semiannually to share information and ideas. Which initiative are you a part of?

A) RTTF
B) JTTF
C) IACP
D) SLATT

Question 41

An intelligence-gathering unit created collaboratively to provide aid to various agencies is a center.

Question 42

The IACP has described its Taking Command Initiative as ʺnonaggressive.ʺ

Question 43

is not designed specifically for police work.

Question 44

uses crime mapping and is centered on issues such as street crime and burglary.

Question 45

The is an interactive simulation device for training police.

Question 46

Governments at only certain levels are concerned with creating a fully integrated criminal justice information system.

Question 47

In his testimony in 2005, Robert S. Mueller identified three areas of concern relative to antiterrorism efforts.

Question 48

When looking for information on a sex offender that also provides information about driverʹs licenses and
home addresses, it would be good to use .

Question 49

The FBI decided to change its priorities to focus on terrorist prevention as a result of the increased problems with drug trafficking.

Question 50

Boundaryless policing refers to the efforts to share crime and terrorism related intelligence.

Question 51

FATS is a technology that facilitates the drafting of a crime scene so it can be viewed thee -dimensionally.

Question 52

is used to help keep track of California gang members.

Question 53

The MATRIX project was funded by multiple government agencies to facilitate the sharing of information.

Question 54

You would consult the IACP for information from your local FBI field office.

Question 55

One change to police department procedures in response to terrorist threats is to increase guards in public events.

Question 56

Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) were sponsored by local police departments.

Question 57

The scanning, analysis, response, assessment (SARA) model has very close to the same meaning as .

Question 58

Decision makers use intelligence to keep track of changes in threats in order to create up -to-date responses.

Question 59

An acronym for computer statistics is .

Question 60

is a plan that called for a national center for intelligence -led policing.

Question 61

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: crime intelligence systems
Column 2: enables information sharing
on gang-related identification

Question 62

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: CAD
Column 2: aids in crime scene availability to juries

Question 63

The project was an internet-based proof-of-concept pilot program.

Question 64

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: strategic intelligence
Column 2: would be used to alter approach based on new information

Question 65

Multiple government agencies are involved in the battle against terrorism led by the FBI though the .

Question 66

What is Compstat and what are the four areas it emphasizes?

Question 67

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: criminal intelligence
Column 2: would be used to evaluate criminal information for decisions

Question 68

Criminal investigation is part of the gathering process of a crime scene.

Question 69

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: computerized crime mapping
Column 2: provides the ability to plot crime place and statistics on a map

Question 70

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: CalGang
Column 2: database on California gang members

Question 71

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: geographic profiling
Column 2: enables identification of likely whereabouts of repeat offenders

Question 72

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: HITS
Column 2: ties sex offender registries with parole records

Question 73

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: Compstat
Column 2: emphasizes rapid tactical response

Question 74

Explain what computer-aided drafting is and how it is beneficial to policing.

Question 75

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: tactical intelligence
Column 2: would be used implement arrest or threat plans

Question 76

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: intelligence-led policing
Column 2: would be used to provide usable intelligence with or without analysis resources

Question 77

focuses on prevention of terrorism by training state and local law enforcement officers to understand detect, deter, and investigate.

Question 78

Please match the term with the correct definition.
Column 1: computer-assisted training
Column 2: realistic simulation training

Question 79

Describe, compare, and contrast tactical intelligence and strategic intelligence.

Question 80

JTTFs bring together and local police enforcement to focus on specific threats.