Name _____________________________
1.
The area of patrol that receives a
disproportionate number of calls for
police service and/or has a very high
crime rate is known as a:
a. High crime area.
b. Priority area.
c. Hot spot.
d. Force focus.
2. The amount of individual police work
done by patrol officers on a daily
basis is termed:
a. Work style.
b. Officer initiated activity.
c. Patrol officer activity.
d. Individual work production.
3. Only 20 to 30 percent of all calls
involve criminal law enforcement.
Most calls are actually:
a. Information calls.
b. Drug violation calls.
c. Service calls.
d. Domestic calls.
4. The time taken for police to get to
the scene of a call is measured and
referred to as:
a. Response time.
b. Work time.
c. Scene time.
d. Arrival time.
e. Answer: A
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CRJ-1210
Fall 2011
Chapter 7 & 8 Quiz
Mr. Jauch
5. The landmark event testing the
effectiveness of patrol to determine
the impact was known as:
a. Illinois Patrol Effectiveness
Study.
b. Newark
Patrol
Response
Survey.
c. Texas Patrol Response Study.
d. Kansas City Preventive Patrol
Experiment.
6. What area is considered the “nerve
center” of the modern police
department?
a. the communications center
b. the field of operations
c. the patrol station
d. police headquarters
7. Who is responsible for the
introduction of the 911 emergency
number in 1968?
a. NYPD
b. MCI
c. AT&T
d. LAPD
8. What was one of the findings of the
1973 Kansas City Patrol Beat
Experiment?
a. Lower levels of patrol did not
lead to an increase in crime.
b. Citizens noticed the different
levels of police patrol.
c. More patrol presence reduced
crime.
d. Routine patrol has no effect
on crime.
Policing in America
CRJ-1210
Fall 2011
Chapter 7 & 8 Quiz
Mr. Jauch
9. What is the reverse 911 call service?
a. a system that allows 911 to
call back callers who have hung
up.
b. a system that allows police to
call citizens in a particular
neighborhood with important
information
c. a system that allows
dispatchers to call a crime
victims’ family for assistance
d. a system that allows for patrol
supervisors to monitor
emergency calls
12. Which of the following is the most
common type of order maintenance
activity carried out by the police?
a. drug enforcement
b. domestic disputes
c. traffic enforcement
d. medical assistance
13. Which model holds that effective
responses to non-crime calls can help
the police establish greater
credibility with the public?
a. community cooperation model
b. police knowledge model
c. crime prophylactic model
d. social work model
10. A dispute involving two or more people
engaged in an intimate relationship is
commonly known as a:
a. Family conflict.
b. Household disorder.
c. Domestic disturbance.
d. Intimate argument.
14. Which of the following was one of the
first attempts to decrease officers’
arrest discretion?
a. mandatory referral policies
b. mandatory mediation policies
c. mandatory arrest policies
d. none of these
11. The study that sought to determine
the deterrent effect of arrest,
mediation, and separation in
misdemeanor domestic violence was
called:
a. Kansas City Domestic
Experiment.
b. Minneapolis Domestic Violence
Experiment.
c. Partners Domestic
Disturbance Study.
d. Household Violence Study.
15. The total response time between the
commission of a crime and the moment
a police officer arrives includes four
separate parts. Which of the
following is not one of the four parts?
a. reporting time
b. processing time
c. detainment time
d. travel time