1. What is the most promising and most important method of dealing with crime that is considered a cornerstone of community policing?
A) Law enforcement
B) Crime prevention
C) Non-law enforcement social services
D) Problem solving
2. Which of the following is critical to the success of strategic planning in a police agency?
A) The plan must be a budget document.
B) The plan must have no effect on the current budget (be cost-neutral).
C) The plan must have no connection to budgeting since that is another plan.
D) The plan must be tied to the budget.
3. Consistent with the theme that good police officers communicate well under stress, verbal judo (also referred to as tactical civility) is a communication technique that advocates police officers using which of the following when someone confronts them with verbal attacks?
A) Progressively increased vocal assertion
B) Equal verbal response to that which is aimed at the officer.
C) Be courteous but counter aggressive talk with equal force, yet never retreat to avoid further aggressiveness.
D) Remain civil, get tough if necessary and then return to civility.
4. Which strategy addressing gang problems uses treatment, outreach and referral to social services?
A) Suppression
B) Social intervention
C) Organizational development
D) Community mobilization
5. Which of the components of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) refers to making potential objectives of criminals more difficult to obtain?
A) Target hardening.
B) Community building.
C) Community building and changes to the physical environment.
D) Changes to the physical environment.
6.Outlaw motorcycle gangs have what type of leadership?
A) Multiple levels, stratified and decentralized
B) Strong and centralized
C) Strong and decentralized
D) Weak and decentralized
7. Which of the following is an impediment to implementing innovative community policing?
A) Substantial segments of the public do not want the police to change.
B) Union skepticism of innovation.
C) Lack of vision by police executives.
D) All of these choices.
8. Which of the following is an example of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)?
A) Citizens on patrol
B) Situational crime prevention
C) Use of volunteers
D) Street lighting
9. When youth programs concentrate on the policies and programs using a promote youth development approach, the focus of this effective strategy for delinquency prevention centers on which of the following?
A) Law enforcement centered approach to developmental issues
B) Solving problems associated with youth delinquency
C) Youth as problem solvers rather than problems to be solved.
D) Continuous assessment to identify and remove problem youth.
10. Which of the following is not one of the common characteristics as determined from a National Symposium on Community Intuitions and Inner-City Crime Project study of model programs for reducing inner-city crime?
A) Had a strong leader and incorporated natural support systems.
B) Built on community strengths.
C) Focused on causes of crime.
D) Focused on the middle-income families who were often victimized.
11. The broken windows phenomenon is an example of which theory?
A) Gateway
B) Strain
C) Contagion
D) Integrated
12. A study by Mazerolle et al. summarizing academic studies evaluating the range of street-level drug law enforcement interventions came to what conclusion?
A) Law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots worked best.
B) Law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots were ineffective.
C) Police partnerships with a variety of community entities combined with law enforcement approaches focused on hot spots were no more or less effective than law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots.
D) Police partnerships with a variety of community entities combined with law enforcement approaches focused on hot spots were more effective than law enforcement-only approaches focused on hot spots
13. Community prosecutors focus not on specific cases but on community issues and problems that often involve ________.
A) disputes with police officers
B) civil suits
C) crisis counseling related to court intervention
D) quality-of-life issues
14. The gangs Florencia 13, Fresno Bulldogs, Latin Disciples, Tango Blast and Unit Blood Nation are of which gang type?
A) Street-level
B) International-level
C) Regional-level
D) National-level
15. Which of the following is not considered an effective collaborative violence prevention effort?
A) Corporate support for antiviolence projects.
B) Addressing violence as a public health problem.
C) Building more private prisons to accommodate more violence offenders.
D) Public/community dialogue among public and private sector partners.
16. In communities with high levels of Putnam's social capital and high levels of community policing, how might the relationship between the police and the community be characterized?
A) Police and community working in partnership
B) Police pushing the community toward higher levels of engagement
C) Police acting as facilitators
D) The community working autonomously
17. Which of the following is a controversial method used to reduce vehicle accidents due to speeding?
A) Stepped-up radar enforcement
B) Click it or ticket
C) Traffic light camera enforcement
D) Traffic calming
18. Project ChildSafe is the nation's largest program focused on ________.
A) gang violence
B) a firearm safety education and gun lock program
C) a gun buyback program
D) gun courts
19. Which of the following is not a viable effort for the prevention of youths becoming gang members?
A) Address all facets of youths' lives.
B) Target youths with multiple risk factors.
C) Target youths with single risk factors.
D) Begin early.
20. ________ advocates a balanced approach to sentencing that involves offenders, victims, local communities and government to alleviate crime and violence and obtain peaceful communities
A) Conciliatory justice
B) Retributive justice
C) Ecology of crime
D) Restorative justice
21. What was one of the major lessons learned from the Rochester, New York Operation Cease Fire initiative?
A) Teaching conflict resolution among gangs was effective.
B) The program was effective as part of a long-term strategic approach rather than a short-term strategic approach.
C) Restricting traffic in high-crime areas with roadblocks was effective.
D) Instituting an aggressive gun buyback program targeting youth gangs was effective.
22. When giving interviews to the media, officers should speak in soundbites with the most important information provided at what point in the interview?
A) Repeated at the beginning, in the middle and again at the end.
B) At the beginning, even if it means telling the story in reverse, with the conclusion before the background information.
C) In the middle, with some background given up front and again at the end.
D) At the end for effect.
23. Within the problem-oriented policing approach, what is the definition of a problem?
A) A community concern, however unrelated, to a specific area, time or frequency.
B) A cluster of similar, related or recurring incidents, rather than a single incident or a substantive community concern.
C) A cluster of incidents, however unrelated, in a specific geographic area.
D) A cluster of related, however infrequent, incidents in a specific geographic area.
24. Which of the following is the oldest and most commonly used school/law enforcement partnership?
A) School liaison officer (SLO)
B) Adopt-a-cop
C) School resource officer (SRO)
D) Life skills resource liaison officer (LSRLO)
25. What was the effective strategy used in Boston in 1996 to address gang violence?
A) Traditional strategies
B) Social intervention
C) Crisis intervention
D) Pulling levers