Policing Methods MCQs
Policing Methods MCQs
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1: Elias is a rookie police officer. His partner, Neil, is significantly more experienced and has a hunch that they’ve identified a man named Constantino who is selling cocaine. Neil uses his smartphone to do a background check on Constantino without obtaining a search warrant first. What concern about technology is exhibited in this scenario?
A. Cost
B. Image
C. Privacy
D. Ease of use
2: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of force by police officers must be ______.
A. Collaborative
B. Objectively reasonable
C. Effective for crime reduction
D. Secretive
3: Jerome Skolnick described the working personality of the police as consisting of two important variables: danger and authority.
A. True
B. False
4: Some states have privacy laws in place that restrict the use of facial recognition technology, such as Texas and Illinois.
A. True
B. False
5: Lawsuits that allow for employers to be found liable for certain unlawful actions of their employees are known as ______.
A. Section 1983 lawsuits
B. Intentional torts
C. Community policing
D. Consent decrees
6: When criminal justice employees’ conduct creates a danger to others, they may be subject to what kinds of torts?
A. Accidental
B. Intentional
C. Constitutional
D. Negligence
7: Which of the following would be considered police brutality?
A. An officer uses a nightstick to beat a sleeping citizen unconscious.
B. An officer shoots a suspect who is pointing a firearm at him or her.
C. An officer uses a stun device on a citizen who is not listening to officer commands.
D. An officer uses a control hold while attempting to handcuff a suspect.
8: Reduced sexual harassment and discrimination problems can be attributed to which of the following?
A. A consequence of numerous lawsuits against police agencies
B. A result of more in-service training at police agencies
C. A proven result of having female police officers
D. A side effect of improved curricula in police academies
9: Adela wants to let her local police department know her concerns about traffic safety in her neighborhood. She is not very adept at using a computer, so when she calls and they tell her to send in her comments online, she feels very frustrated. What pillar of procedural justice is Adela frustrated with?
A. Fairness to all
B. Voice
C. Transparency and openness of process
D. Impartiality and unbiased decision-making
10: Which type of police civil liability most often involves domestic violence cases?
A. Proximate cause
B. Duty of care
C. Failure to protect
D. Vehicle pursuits
11: What is one factor that is blamed for racism in police agencies?
A. Lack of preventative actions
B. Silence of fellow officers
C. Police culture
D. Flawed reporting systems
12: Which of the following is often now due to police shootings and the emphasis on greater police transparency?
A. Body-worn cameras on police officers
B. Additional hotlines for civilians to call police stations
C. Dedicated police station Facebook pages
D. Police agency Twitter feeds
13: Nguyen Van Lu is an inmate at a state penitentiary. The penitentiary psychologist has diagnosed him with depression and suicidal ideation, and a few weeks later Lu attempts suicide. This results in Lu needing medical assistance. What legal obligation does the state facility have to render Lu this assistance?
A. Vicarious liability
B. Proximate cause
C. Duty of care
D. Failure to protect
14: What term matches the “guardian mind-set” that law enforcement culture should be embracing?
A. Crime-fighter
B. Soldier
C. Warrior
D. Protector
15: About one in ten police officers are female, and one in fifteen are a first-line supervisor.
A. True
B. False
16: _____ is defined as a movement that initiated national scrutiny of police shootings after an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot by police and died in St. Louis in August 2014.
A. Black Lives Matter
B. Honesty
C. Fraternity
D. All of these
17: _____ is known as a movement formed in New York City after the killings of two officers, to publicize that dozens of police officers are murdered each year and that police work is increasingly dangerous.
A. Blue Lives Matter
B. Positivist School
C. Science
D. All of these
18: Is body-Worn Camera an audio, video, or photographic recording system worn by police to record their interactions with the public or to gather video evidence at crime scenes?
A. True
B. False
19: _____ is in tort law, the basis for which a cause of action (e.g., fine) is made to recover damages; in criminal justice, where a police or corrections officer, for example, violates someone’s civil rights.
A. Civil Liability
B. Lookouts
C. Touts
D. All of these
20: _____ is defined as where police officers have violated citizens’ civil rights, a tool used by the courts to compel an agency to generally perform within the dictates of the Constitution and make specific reforms.
A. Consent Decree
B. Calling public works or the police when a problem first arises
C. Covering over graffiti
D. None of these
21: _____ is known as policing practices that emphasize the protection of civilians’ civil rights and equal protection under the law.
A. Constitutional Policing
B. Restoration
C. Deterrence
D. None of these
22: Is duty Of Care a legal obligation imposed on someone; in the case of the police, they have a legal responsibility to see that persons in their custody are free from harm, given necessary medical assistance when necessary, and treated humanely?
A. True
B. False
23: _____ is a situation in which police place someone in jeopardy, such as by giving out the location of a battered spouse or names of victims or witnesses.
A. Failure To Protect
B. Child abuse
C. Human trafficking
D. All of these
24: _____ is defined as unlawful physical restraint by a police officer, for no valid reason.
A. False Arrest
B. Lack of social norms
C. Strain
D. None of these
25: _____ is known as the extent to which the community believes that police actions are appropriate, proper, and just, and its willingness to recognize police authority.
A. Legitimacy (Of Police)
B. A social science
C. A science
D. All of these
26: Is militarization (Of The Police) the idea that the increasing use (since 9/11) of military equipment and tactics by the police has made them pattern themselves around and adopt the military model?
A. True
B. False
27: _____ is Failure to perform a duty owed.
A. Negligence
B. Their sentences are overturned on appeal
C. Are paroled
D. None of these
28: _____ is defined as unnecessary use of force by police against citizens, resulting in injury.
A. Police Brutality
B. Illegal Guilt
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
29: _____ is known as a philosophy meaning that the manner in which an individual regards the criminal justice system is tied closely to the perceived fairness of the process and how he or she was treated rather than to the perceived fairness of the outcome.
A. Procedural Justice
B. Judicial Activism
C. None of these
D. All of these
30: Is proximate Cause a factor that contributed heavily to an event, such as an auto crash or death?
A. True
B. False
31: _____ is latin for “let the master answer”—a doctrine in liability that establishes a duty of supervisors to control their employees and be considered liable for their actions.
A. Respondeat Superior
B. Industrial schools
C. Halfway houses
D. All of these
32: _____ is defined as a portion of the U.S. Code that allows a legal action to be brought against a police officer or other person in position of authority who, it is believed, used his or her position (“acted under color of law”) to violate one’s civil rights.
A. Section 1983
B. Sergeants
C. Officers
D. All of these
33: _____ is known as a civil wrong or infraction; the remedy will be damages awarded in civil trial.
A. Tort
B. Biasness
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
34: Is use Of Force the type and amount of effort required to compel compliance by an unwilling suspect?
A. True
B. False
35: _____ is a legal doctrine whereby a person is responsible for the actions of another and is to exercise reasonable and prudent care in supervising that person.
A. Vicarious Liability
B. These require a lot of time away from the bench.
C. They reflect negatively on the courtroom work group.
D. All of these
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