Deck 18: Ethics for the 21st Century

Question 1

According to the text, how many principles are essential to the "move to contact" response plan?

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What are the "move to contact" response principles?

A) the team moves as one, each team member carries a certain responsibility.
B) team members keep in contact via radios, the team is split up to respond to their varied responsibilities.
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

When is "move to contact" used?

A) when all other tactics have failed
B) when there is no other choice but to handle the situation proactively, forcefully, and perhaps lethally
C) This is a last resort that must be developed and practiced.
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to the text, warning signs of school violence include:

A) the student being "obsessed" with death and dying
B) the student telling others of his or her plans
C) indicators that the child may be motivated to plan an act of school violence
D) all of the above

Question 5

The team-oriented approach to responding to warning signs can include the following as team members:

A) school counselor, child's parents, school resource officer, psychologist
B) the child's friends, fictional characters that only the child "sees"
C) the child's favorite movie characters
D) none of the above

Question 6

According to Nicoletti and Spencer-Thomas, barriers placed in the path of a child who is intent on committing an act of violence are called:

A) concrete barricades
B) road blocks
C) trees
D) bushes

Question 7

Which of the following are examples of these barriers placed in the path of a child who is intent on committing an act of violence?

A) questioning, confronting, obstacles
B) confronting , questioning, implementing consequences
C) questioning, confronting, probation
D) questioning, confronting, suspension

Question 8

Legal ramifications and administrative sanctions are examples of:

A) trees
B) bushes
C) consequences
D) both a and c

Question 9

Consequences make up what level of trees?

A) first
B) second
C) third
D) Consequences are not trees.

Question 10

According to the text, it is important to remember that the "tree" must be:

A) bigger than the problem
B) smaller than the problem
C) proportionate to the problem
D) watered frequently

Question 11

Legal ramifications include:

A) suspension
B) expulsion
C) detention
D) probation

Question 12

In which stage of response might an officer start planting trees?

A) intervention
B) prevention
C) anticipation
D) consequence

Question 13

In which stage does the officer start talking to the child and asking open-ended questions?

A) intervention
B) prevention
C) anticipation
D) consequence

Question 14

When the school resource officer identifies multiple warning signs of school violence, the officer should:

A) immediately arrest the child and get him or her away from the school
B) give the child the opportunity to speak with a qualified and concerned adult
C) try to avoid the child, because he or she is probably armed
D) none of the above

Question 15

Some of the warning signs that a student may be planning an act of violence could include:

A) he or she does not appear to have any friends and is always alone
B) he or she has access to guns
C) he or she talks about building bombs made out of propane tanks in his or her garage
D) All of the above could be warning signs.

Question 16

One of the main goals of the school resource officer program is to provide a safe learning environment.

Question 17

According to the text, conventional police response is best for crime scenes such as Columbine.

Question 18

DARE stands for Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education.

Question 19

The main purpose of DARE is to reduce gang activity in and around schools.

Question 20

With regard to lawsuits against law enforcement for violence at school, having a trained school resource officer is one of the best defenses against civil liability.