1. What is the most effective tool terrorists have to bring about political change?
A) Economic wealth
B) Religion
C) Creation and exploitation of fear
D) Formal political power
2. According to research of police agencies' engagement in community policing, what was the community policing activity most widely used by agencies that indicated they were engaged in community policing?
A) Citizen surveys
B) Geographic responsibility to patrol officers
C) Citizen police academies
D) Problem solving
3. Which organization has a center for survey research to help agencies design, conduct and analyze surveys?
A) Police Forum
B) Police Executive Research Foundation (PERF)
C) Police Foundation
D) International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
4. Which of the following is a true statement about the definition of terrorism?
A) The FBI's definition is the widely accepted definition of terrorism
B) There is no single widely accepted definition of terrorism
C) The United Nations' definition is the widely accepted definition of terrorism.
D) The Department of Homeland Security's definition is the widely accepted definition of terrorism
5. In looking toward the future of policing, most experts believe ________ will have the most profound influence on the collective ability of the federal, state and local governments to protect the United States.
A) federal government encroachment on state and local law enforcement
B) proactive traditional policing
C) technological advances
D) innovative police techniques
6. Where is policing most effective in dealing with terrorists?
A) None of these choices because policing is not effective in countering terrorism.
B) Rural areas
C) Suburban areas
D) Urban areas/cities
7. For police agencies to engage in more effective evaluation of specific community policing strategies, they should focus more on:
A) academic researchers
B) federal agency statistics
C) crime statistics
D) community-wide information, including public and private agency (other than law enforcement agencies) information.
8. According to the Rand Corporation study of counterterrorism strategies, which is the most effective in eliminating terrorist groups?
A) Police and intelligence efforts
B) Political process
C) Military action
D) Diplomacy
9. International terrorists most often engage in what is referred to as ________ warfare
A) unilateral
B) asymmetric
C) symmetric
D) multidimensional
10. What is the result or product that comes from evidence-based policing?
A) Experimental research
B) Primary research
C) Best practices that can be adapted by an agency
D) A research design for further investigation
11. Much of what is known about community policing derives from what type of research?
A) Surveys
B) Case studies
C) Action research
D) Experimental research
12. What is one of the best models for police-researcher alliance?
A) Experimental research
B) Survey research
C) Case studies
D) Action research
13. Which of the following is essential to the prevention of terrorism in the United States?
A) Police working with local crime prevention groups.
B) Federalizing private security
C) Traditional police operations
D) Police partnerships with private security
14. The best application of and realization of meaningful results from research begin when:
A) there is a partnership but the user is not directly involved for fear of contaminating the research design.
B) there is a partnership between user and researcher on research topics but not on the research itself
C) there is a partnership and the user is directly involved.
D) there is partnership between researchers but not the end user.
15. Who is the first defense against terrorism in the United States?
A) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
B) The military
C) The patrol officer in the field
D) Special agents of the FBI
16. With whom do terrorist groups collaborate in dealing drugs and guns?
A) Radical militant political groups
B) Lone wolf extremists
C) Organized criminal groups
D) Third world military leaders
17. Which of the following is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice that is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues?
A) Justice Research and Statistics Association
B) National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
C) Police Foundation
D) Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
18. At the federal level, which government agency takes the lead in responding to acts of terrorism?
A) Local police
B) Department of Homeland Security
C) National Guard
D) FBI
19. Independent studies have found that COP grants, at the height of their funding, consistently contributed to between 10 and 13 percent yearly reductions in ________.
A) economic crime
B) violent crime
C) property crime
D) petty nuisance crimes
20. In the United States, there is a documented nexus between ________ and terrorism
A) nontraditional crime such as political assassinations
B) political corruption
C) communism
D) traditional crime such as drug trafficking and identity theft