LAW ENFORCEMENT I – FINAL REVIEW
Unit 1: History of Law Enforcement
______ 1. Where was the first recorded police organization established?
a) London
b) Greece
c) Egypt
d) Rome
______ 2. The concept of enforcement districts or precincts was contributed by whom?
a) Egyptians
b) Greeks
c) English
d) Romans
______ 3. The was instituted by King William in 1066.
a) Frankpledge System
b) Justice of the Peace
c) London Metropolitan Police Act
d) Night Watch System
______ 4. Police are entrusted to serve and protect the public.
a) True
b) False
______ 5. In ________ B.C. the first recorded police organization occurred.
a) 900
b) 1285
c) 1340
d) 1748
______ 6. The word police is derived from the Greek word___________.
a) Politicos
b) Policia
c) Politeria
d) Politics
______ 7. Every male over twelve years of age was required to form a group of ten
families called ____________.
a. Shire reeve
b. Bobbies
c. Shires
d. Tithings
______ 8. In 1326, the shire reeve was replaced with the_____________________.
a. Constable
b. Justice of the peace
c. Shire
d. Peel’s
______ 9. Henry Fielding formed “The Bow Street Runners” in 1748.
a. True
b. False
______ 10. Sir Robert Conan Doyle advocated the 12 principles of policing.
a. True
b. False
______ 11. What era of law enforcement emphasizes the need for police officers to be
in close
contact with the public?
a. Political Era
b. Reform Era
c. Professional Era
d. Community Model Era
______ 12. What is a system called where an elected official fired those government
employees not
loyal to him, and appointed political supporters to those jobs?
a. Home Rule
b. Spoils
c. Reforms
d. Political favor
______ 13. The era concerned with stamping out corruption and improving law
enforcement
efficiency.
a. Reform Era
b. Professional Era
c. Community Model Era
d. Political Era
______ 14. The most famous police reformer in the early part of the 20 th century was
who?
a. Stephen Girard
b. J. Edgar Hoover
c. August Vollmer
d. O.W. Wilson
______ 15. The era that called for the establishment of measures to assist law
enforcement agencies
to improve their effectiveness and to become more professional.
a. Professional Era
b. Community Model Era
c. Reform era
d. Political Era
______16. The Political Era was when the need for law enforcement to be in close
contact with the
public was advocated.
a. True
b. False
______17. O.W. Wilson helped develop the School of Criminology at the University of
California at
Berkley.
a. True
b. False
______18. Who proposed the ideal of motorized patrols?
a. O. W. Wilson
b. August Vollmer
c. Stephen Girard
d. Marshall Tate
______19. During which era was a unified law enforcement force established?
a. Community Model Era
b. Reform Era
c. Political Era
d. Professional Era
______20. O.W. Wilson introduced the importance of rotating beat assignments in order
to fight
police corruption.
a. True
b. False
Unit 2: Code of Ethics
Matching:
a) Discretion
b) Duty
c) Police Subculture
d) Racial Profiling
e) Gratuities
f) Internal Affairs
g) Noble Cause Corruption
h) Excessive Force
i) Discrimination
j) Ethics
k) Graft
l) Corruption
m) Civilian Review/Complaint Model Discipline Approach
1. _____Items of value given because of role or position, rather than a personal
relationship
2. _____Stopping an individual based solely on racial characteristics
3. _____An internal discipline system where police investigate themselves
4. _____The responsibilities attached to a specific role
5. _____The option to choose between two or more courses of behavior
6. _____An unofficial fraternity of police officers that promotes an “us versus them”
mentality
7. _____Exploitation of one’s role by accepting bribes or protection money
8. _____Exploiting one’s position for personal gain at the expense of those one is
authorized to serve
9. _____Occurs when a discretionary decision-maker treats a group or individual
differently
from others for no justifiable reason
10. _____Occurs when an officer goes beyond what is necessary for arrest or has no
lawful
reason to use force but uses it anyway
11. _____A code of values which guide our choices and determines the purpose and
course
of our lives
12. _____Involves officers employing unethical means to catch criminals because “it’s
the
right thing to do”
13. _____An independent civilian agency that audits complaints and investigations
against police
Multiple Choice:
14. _____What is not the mission of law enforcement in protecting a democratic
society?
a) To fight crime
b) To serve and protect
c) To protect the vested interests of the police department
d) To provide “due process” and “equal protection” for all
e) To promote public safety
15. _____Whom specifically do the police serve?
a) The chief
b) The city council
c) The citizens
d) The courts
16. _____To what point does the police officer have the duty to protect the community?
a) To the point of physical exhaustion
b) To the point of mental exhaustion
c) To the point of psychological exhaustion
d) To the point of death
17. _____What do police not have power to do in our society?
a) The power to arrest
b) The power to mediate or to charge
c) The power to use force
d) The power of life and death
e) All of the above
18. _____This is the means to dominate others. It implies that there might be resistance
to
overcome. If there is resistance, it will be crushed.
a) Police Authority
b) Police Power
19. _____This is the entitlement to unquestioned obedience that derives from fulfilling a
specific role. The officer has power simply because he or she is a police officer.
a) Police Authority
b) Police Power
20. _____According to the Social Contract Theory, in Quid Pro Quo, what does each
person give up in exchange for the guaranteed protection of the society against others?
a) Complete freedom
b) Democracy
c) The right not to pay taxes
d) All of the above
21. _____What offers protection to citizens from unreasonable intrusions in their lives
by law
enforcement?
a) Declaration of Independence
b) U.S. Constitution
c) Police department policy
d) An officer’s own conscious
22. _____What is an example of an exception to the rights afforded to citizens by the U.
S. Constitution?
a) Reasonable suspicion
b) Probable cause
c) A warrant
d) All of the above
Unit 3: The Bill of Rights and the Trial Process
1. _____The Bill of Rights is made up of which amendments?
a. 11-27
b. 1-27
c. 1-10
d. 5-10
2. _____Which of these best describes the First Amendment?
a. The rights given to those accused of a crime
b. The right to bear arms
c. The no quartering of rights
d. The rights essential to free people
3. _____Which of these is not protected by the First Amendment?
a. Freedom of speech
b. Freedom of press
c. Freedom of travel
d. Freedom of religion
4. _____The Fourth Amendment protects us from what?
a. Testifying against ourselves
b. Getting caught committing a crime
c. Unreasonable searches and seizures
d. Seizing our private property
5. _____Which of the following is not one of the rights of the accused protected by the
Fifth
Amendment?
a. Protection against self-incrimination
b. Protection against double jeopardy
c. You cannot have life, liberty, or property taken away without due process of law
d. Right to a lawyer
6. _____The Eighth Amendment is focused on what?
a. Getting caught committing a crime
b. Excessive bail
c. Religion
d. Speedy trial
7. _____The Sixth Amendment protects us from what?
a. Getting caught committing a crime
b. Excessive bail
c. Religion
d. Speedy trial
8. _____Trial by jury in a civil case applies to which amendment?
a. 2nd
b. 3rd
c. 5th
d. 7th
Unit 4: Community-Oriented Policing
_____1. Which of the following involves decentralized policing programs that focus on
crime prevention, quality of life in the community, public order, and alternatives to
arrest?
a) Community-Oriented Policing
b) Problem-Oriented Policing
_____2. Which of the following focuses on solving the underlying problems of
delinquency and crime?
a) Community-Oriented Policing
b) Problem-Oriented Policing
_____3. What is not a characteristic of Community-Oriented Policing?
a) Focus is on proactive crime prevention rather than emergency response
b) Encourages officers to see citizens as partners
c) Shifts decision-making and discretion downward to patrol officers
d) Less visible operations
_____4. Rapid response is a characteristic of which of the following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
_____5. Crime investigation is a characteristic of which of the following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
_____6. Strategies that promote crime prevention are a characteristic of which of the
following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
_____7. Apprehension of the criminal is a characteristic of which of the following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
_____8. Law enforcement is a characteristic of which of the following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
_____9. Promoting the community quality of life and public order is a characteristic of
which of the following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
_____10. Using alternatives to arrest and force to solve the problem is a characteristic
of which of the following?
a) Traditional law enforcement
b) Community-Oriented Policing
Unit 5: Arrest and Miranda Warning
1. _____In which of the following situations would a law enforcement agent NOT be
required to read a suspect the Miranda warnings?
a. A police officer, disguised as a jail inmate, asks his cellmate, “Did you commit the
murder?”
b. A police officer arrests a person for robbery and assault. When traveling to the
police station for booking purposes, the officer asks the suspect, “What do you know
about this robbery?”
c. An off-duty police officer apprehends a purse-snatcher. While waiting for a police
car to transport the suspect, the officer asks, “How many purses have you stolen in
the last month?”
d. An off-duty police officer apprehends an 11-year-old murder suspect. The officer
asks the boy, “Did you do it?”
2. _____Which of the following is the act of taking an adult or juvenile into physical
custody by
authority of law for the purpose of charging the person with a criminal offense?
a. Emergency search
b. Arrest
c. Suspicionless search
d. Inherent coercion
3. _____Which of the following refers to the level of suspicion that would justify an
officer’s
making further inquiry or conducting further investigation?
a. Reasonable suspicion
b. Fleeting-targets exception
c. Compelling interest
d. Suspicionless search
4. _____Which of the following refers to the advisement of rights that’s due criminal
suspects
by police before questioning begins?
a. Psychological manipulation
b. Confessional
c. Sneak-and-peek search
d. Miranda warnings
5. _____Which Constitutional Amendment guarantees the right against selfincrimination?
a. Fifth
b. First
c. Third
d. Seventh
6. _____Probable cause is a legal criterion residing in a set of facts and circumstances
that
would cause a reasonable person to believe that a particular other person has
committed a specific crime.
a. True
b. False
7. _____Arrest occurs whenever a law enforcement officer restricts a person's freedom
to
leave.
a. True
b. False
8. _____Unreasonable suspicion is defined as a belief, based on a consideration of the
facts at
hand and on reasonable inferences drawn from those facts that would induce an
ordinarily prudent and cautious person under the same circumstances to conclude that
criminal activity is taking place or has occurred.
a. True
b. False
9. _____Probable Cause is just a mere hunch that suspicious behavior has occurred.
a. True
b. False
10. _____An arrest warrant is a court-ordered document that gives law enforcement the
authority to arrest someone on a specific charge.
a. True
b. False
Unit 6: Elements of Crime and Categories of Punishment
______1. Criminal law comes from laws passed by legislatures and ____________.
A. Old law
B. Common law
C. Courts
D. B and C
______2. Joe was a juvenile but had a birthday two days ago and is now an adult. How
old is
Joe?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
______3. All elements of an offense have to be proven before someone can be charged
with
the crime.
A. True
B. False
______4. What is required to convict a person of a crime?
A. Probable cause
B. Reasonable suspicion
C. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
D. None of the above
______5. What may a person have in certain instances that would excuse the crime he
committed?
A. An exception
B. A defense
C. An affirmative defense
D. All of the above
______6. When a person should have been aware of a risk but they were not, their
culpable
mental state was
A. Intentional
B. Knowing
C. Reckless
D. Criminal negligence
______7. When a person was aware with reasonable certainty, their culpable mental
state was
A. Intentional
B. Knowing
C. Reckless
D. Criminal negligence
______8. When a person was aware but consciously disregarded a substantial and
unjustifiable risk that was a gross deviation of what a normal person would do, their
culpable mental state was:
A. Intentional
B. Knowing
C. Reckless
D. Criminal negligence
______9. When a person's conscious objective was to commit the crime they
committed, their
culpable mental state was
A. Intentional
B. Knowing
C. Reckless
D. Criminal negligence
______10. Ignorance of a law is an excuse for breaking that law.
A. True
B. False
Assaultive Offenses
1. _____Which of the following would be considered a family member?
A Long-time boyfriend/girlfriend
B Spouse
C Grandparent
D B and C only
E All of the above
2. _____A brother assaults his sister, causing bodily injury. The sister calls the police, who
determine that the brother needs to go to jail. The police first have to get a judge to sign a
warrant before they can arrest the brother.
A True
B False
3. _____Bernard and Veronica are married. Veronica gets a baseball bat and hits Bernard
in the head, knocking him out. Bernard is taken to the hospital and it is determined that he
has brain damage. Veronica will go to jail for?
A First-degree felony aggravated assault
B Second-degree felony aggravated assault
C Third-degree felony deadly conduct
D Class A misdemeanor assault
4. _____Amal takes her 10-year-old son, Stewart, Jr., to the rail station and intentionally
leaves him while he is playing on the railroad tracks during rush hour. Amal committed
which of the following crimes?
A Abandoning – State jail felony
B Abandoning – Third-degree felony
C Abandoning – Second-degree felony
D Abandoning – First-degree felony
5. _____Bernice takes her fourteen-year-old son, Hakim, to a fast food restaurant and
intentionally leaves him on the playground. This is the last time Bernice ever wants to see
Hakim. Bernice should be arrested for?
A Abandoning – State jail felony
B Abandoning – Third-degree felony
C Abandoning – Second-degree felony
D Abandoning – First-degree felony
6. _____Seiko takes Chan to a park and intentionally leaves him while she does some
errands. A police officer finds Chan 30 minutes before Seiko returns. What has Seiko
committed?
A Abandoning – State jail felony
B Abandoning – Third-degree felony
C Abandoning – Second-degree felony
D Abandoning – First-degree felony
7. _____Janelle attacks Madison and puts her in a headlock. Janelle punches Madison in
the eye causing it to swell and turn black. Janelle committed which of the following crimes?
A Class C misdemeanor assault
B Class B misdemeanor assault
C Class A misdemeanor assault
D Third-degree felony assault
8. _____Hans and Jose shared a room in a college dorm. One day, they began to argue
about Hans’ smoking habit. This led Jose to shout, “I'm going to stuff those cigarettes where
the sun don't shine!” Jose tried to punch Hans, but Hans moved out of the way just in time.
What offense has Jose committed?
A No offense
B Class C misdemeanor assault
C Class B misdemeanor terroristic threats
D Class A misdemeanor assault
9. _____Taylor and Jacob are boyfriend and girlfriend and got into an argument. Taylor
slapped Jacob on the face and offended him but did not hurt him. What did Taylor commit?
A No offense
B Class C misdemeanor assault
C Class B misdemeanor terroristic threats
D Class A misdemeanor assault
10. _____Jabar was a police officer, in uniform and on duty. He arrested Chris for selling
drugs. While waiting to be booked in at the jail, Chris uttered a lewd comment about the
female booking clerk who, unbeknownst to him, was Jabar’s younger sister. Jabar reacted
by punching Chris in the stomach, which ruptured his spleen, requiring emergency surgery.
What offense should Jabar be charged with?
A Class A misdemeanor assault
B 2nd Degree felony aggravated assault
C 1st Degree felony aggravated assault
D Class A misdemeanor deadly conduct
Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons
1. _____Restraint is "without consent" if it is accomplished by which of the following?
A Force
B Intimidation
C Deception
D All of the Above
2. _____Which of the following is the term that means “to restrain a person with intent to
prevent his freedom by hiding him where he won't be found or using or threatening to
use
deadly force”?
A Abduct
B Kidnap
C Restrain
D Conceal
3. _____ Which of the following is the term that means “to restrict a person's
movements
without consent in such a way as to interfere with their liberty”?
A Abduct
B Kidnap
C Restrain
D Conceal
4. _____Under what age is a person considered away without consent if the parent has
not
given them permission to leave?
A 12
B 13
C 14
D 17
5. _____What is the punishment for kidnapping?
A State jail felony
B Third-degree felony
C Second-degree felony
D First-degree felony
Criminal Homicide
1. _____A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or
with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual.
A True
B False
2. _____Criminal homicide includes murder, capital murder, manslaughter, and
criminally
negligent homicide.
A True
B False
3. _____Which of the charges below involves the death of the victim?
A Manslaughter
B Criminally Negligent Homicide
C Kidnapping
D A and B
4. _____At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to
whether
the death was caused due to sudden passion.
A True
B False
5. _____If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the
evidence, the offense is a ____________.
A Felony of the First Degree
B Felony of the Second Degree
C Felony of the Third Degree
D State Jail Felony