Deck 5: The Police Occupation

Question 1

How much has the proportion of women graduating from Depot increased over the past five years?

A) 4 percent
B) 8 percent
C) 12 percent
D) 16 percent

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following trends has undermined police officers' isolation,solidarity,and traditional distrust and suspicion of the general public?

A) community-focused policing
B) absence of diversity in police services
C) regionalization of conventional authority structures
D) centralization of traditional command-and-control structures

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A mature male applies for the RCMP and is rejected for failing to disclose he was once investigated as a suspect in a break-and-enter.Which qualification is he lacking in the application process?

A) core competencies
B) standard qualifications
C) favoured competencies
D) preferred qualifications

Answer 3

A

Question 4

During the police recruiting process,what are items such as volunteer work,coaching youth sports,and work experience known as?

A) core competencies
B) standard qualifications
C) preferred qualifications
D) developmental competencies

Question 5

A female applies for the RCMP after returning from completing a bilingual undergraduate degree program abroad.Which qualification does this experience exemplify in the recruitment process?

A) core competency
B) favoured qualification
C) preferred qualification
D) developmental competency

Question 6

Which province's Police Act requires that all applicants complete a three-year college program to obtain a diploma,or meet standards of equivalence to this program?

A) Ontario
B) Quebec
C) Alberta
D) British Columbia

Question 7

A police officer has completed five in-service training courses,including advanced collision analysis and strategic intelligence analysis.What "type" of police officer characteristics does this exemplify?

A) experts
B) careerists
C) specialists
D) professionals

Question 8

Which of the following is defined as "an attitudinal set that emphasizes the high-risk/action component of police work"?

A) code of silence
B) hypervigilance
C) hyperattentiveness
D) blue-light syndrome

Question 9

Which Canadian police agency has adopted the Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR)program from the Canadian military to address the mental and physical health issues among its officers?

A) Toronto Police Service
B) Calgary Police Service
C) Saskatoon Police Service
D) Vancouver Police Department

Question 10

An Aboriginal female is interested in becoming an RCMP police officer but she does not meet the entry requirements to do so.What Aboriginal policing initiative could she participate in to help overcome her shortcomings?

A) Aboriginal Recruit Maturation Program
B) Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program
C) Police Aboriginal Recruiting Committee
D) Aboriginal Cadet Development Program

Question 11

A recruit successfully completes a review at an Assessment Centre and is hired by a municipal police service to undergo training,which consists of three blocks,including both classroom learning and field experience.Which province follows this procedure for recruitment and training?

A) Alberta
B) Ontario
C) New Brunswick
D) British Columbia

Question 12

An off-duty police officer goes to dinner with her family and insists upon sitting facing the other patrons in the restaurant rather than sitting with her back to them.Which concept does this behaviour exemplify?

A) blue code
B) hypervigilance
C) hyperattentiveness
D) blue-light syndrome

Question 13

During the first year of her career,a recruit becomes negative about police work and the criminal justice system,adopting her partner's attitudes.What does this process exemplify?

A) formal socialization
B) natural socialization
C) official socialization
D) informal socialization

Question 14

Which of the following is defined as "the minimum requirements for candidates applying for employment in policing"?

A) basic qualifications
B) standard qualifications
C) favoured qualifications
D) preferred qualifications

Question 15

During the police recruiting process,what are items such as citizenship,age,physical abilities,common sense,and good judgment known as?

A) core competencies
B) standard qualifications
C) preferred qualifications
D) developmental competencies

Question 16

Which statement describes "previously experienced officers"?

A) military-trained persons who are interested in a policing career
B) retired police officers who are interested in returning to a career in policing
C) private police officers who are interested in becoming public police officers
D) in-service police officers who are interested in leaving their current police service

Question 17

What five "types" of police officers have been identified,based on their key interests and career orientations?

A) providers,professionals,specialists,social activists,enforcers
B) self-investors,careerists,specialists,social activists,enforcers
C) providers,professionals,experts,social advocates,authoritarians
D) self-investors,careerists,experts,social advocates,authoritarians

Question 18

Where is the Canadian Police College (CPC)located?

A) Alberta
B) Quebec
C) Ottawa
D) British Columbia

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a component of the "working personality of police officers"?

A) the "blue wall"
B) the "blue code"
C) the "code of silence"
D) the "blue-light syndrome"

Question 20

A police officer experiences difficulties sleeping (e.g.,inability to fall asleep,nightmares)after being involved in a fatal shooting.What is this officer likely experiencing?

A) tired cop syndrome
B) chronic fatigue syndrome
C) post-traumatic stress disorder
D) critical incident anxiety disorder

Question 21

Only 10 percent of youth surveyed nationwide in Canada in 2010 indicated that policing was their primary choice for a career.

Question 22

Compare and contrast the BC and RCMP police training models,identifying one advantage and one disadvantage of each.

Question 23

As recently as 1997,RCMP policy did not allow officers to wear the Sikh turban.

Question 24

Essential competencies are those that can be acquired through training.

Question 25

Considerable variation across the country exists in terms of how new police recruits are trained.

Question 26

The average age of police recruits in many police services is in the early 20s.

Question 27

Approximately 90 percent of all police service applications across the country are unsuccessful.

Question 28

RCMP cadets at the Training Academy in Regina are NOT employees of the RCMP.

Question 29

The proportion of women attending Depot over the past five years has increased by 16 percent.

Question 30

Police officers consistently face a lower fatality rate than those employed in mining,construction,commercial fishing,and forestry.

Question 31

Many police services include post-secondary education as a preferred qualification; discuss two reasons why post-secondary education may make an individual a better police officer.

Question 32

Compare and contrast the basic qualifications (core competencies)and the preferred qualifications for police candidates.

Question 33

Describe what is meant by the working personality of the police,describing three components of the working personality.

Question 34

Female officers now account for approximately one in five officers in the Toronto Police Service.

Question 35

Define previously experienced officers (PEOs),and describe two reasons why they are highly desirable to police services.