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1
Which of the following drug enforcement strategies involves surveillance, interruption of suspected transactions, raids of "shooting galleries" and "crack houses," buy-and-bust operations, and "reverse stings"?
A)street-level enforcement
B)mid-level investigations
C)major investigations
D)drug demand reduction
2
Which of the following drug enforcement strategies usually involves undercover officers gaining the confidence of low-level dealers or using informants to work their way up the drug distribution chain?
A)street-level enforcement
B)mid-level investigations
C)major investigations
D)drug demand reduction
3
Which of the following drug enforcement strategies is usually conducted by federal and state law enforcement agencies and often requires long-term commitments, extensive travel, and specialized expertise?
A)street-level enforcement
B)mid-level investigations
C)major investigations
D)drug demand reduction
4
Which of the following drug enforcement strategies usually involves visible drug enforcement efforts, arresting offenders so that they can get court-ordered treatment, diverting offenders to drug treatment programs, public education programs, and seeking funding for drug treatment, prevention, and education programs?
A)street-level enforcement
B)mid-level investigations
C)major investigations
D)drug demand reduction
5
Which of the following illegal drugs is most frequently targeted by local police departments in the U.S. for crop eradication?
A)marijuana
B)cocaine
C)opiates
D)methamphetamine
6
Approximately ______ people die each year from the consumption of all illegal drugs combined, and about ______ people die from using marijuana.
A)3,600; 0
B)200,000; 3,600
C)400,000; 200,000
D)0; 0
7
Which of the following drugs has been found to cause a significant amount of crime?
A)cocaine
B)alcohol
C)heroin
D)marijuana
8
Which of the following terrorist "groups" poses the least threat to the United States?
A)right-wing terrorist groups
B)left-wing terrorist groups
C)special interest terrorist groups
D)"lone wolf" extremists
9
Approximately how many U.S. citizens were killed as a result of international terrorist acts from 1981-2001?
A)0
B)100
C)400
D)700
10
Approximately how many police officers in the U.S. were killed in the line of duty in 2003?
A)0
B)39
C)52
D)142
11
Whose typology of police officers includes the legalistic style, the watchman style, and the service style?
A)James Q. Wilson
B)William Muir
C)John Broderick
D)Ellen Hochstedler
12
Which of the following police agency tasks has long been referred to by police administrators as the backbone of the department?
A)patrol
B)criminal investigation
C)traffic
D)technical and support
13
What was the result of the extensive neighborhood foot patrol experiment in Flint, Michigan?
A)decreased fear of crime
B)increased satisfaction of citizens with police service
C)moderate decreases in crime
D)all of the above
14
Overall, the national clearance rate for violent crimes in 2001 was approximately:
A)7%
B)20%
C)47%
D)67%
15
Which of the following is NOT a way that community policing differs from traditional policing?
A)the police must share power with the residents of a community
B)critical decisions need to be made at the neighborhood level
C)officers must avoid contact with citizens
D)credit for bringing about a safer community must be shared between the police and the people of the community
16
Watching the streets with little direction; in between responding to radio calls, being "systematically unsystematic" and observant in an attempt to both prevent and ferret out crime is _____.
A)foot patrol
B)directed patrol
C)preventive patrol
D)aggressive patrol
17
_____ refers to patrolling under guidance or orders on how to use patrol time.
A)foot patrol
B)aggressive patrol
C)preventive patrol
D)directed patrol
18
The _____ was a 1972 study which showed that whether a group of patrol districts had no officers on preventive patrol or had several times the normal level of staffing engaged in patrol activity made no difference in the number of burglaries, robberies, vehicle thefts, and other serious crimes experienced in each of the three groups of police districts.
A)Kansas City (Missouri) Preventive Patrol Experiment
B)Flint (Michigan) Preventive Patrol Experiment
C)Newark (New Jersey) Preventive Patrol Experiment
D)New York City Preventive Patrol Experiment
19
The _____ is the police unit that ferrets out illegal and unethical activity engaged in by the police.
A)narc squad
B)field interrogation unit
C)internal affairs investigations unit
D)police cadet program
20
The psychological stress and frustration that results from trying to perform two or more incompatible responsibilities is called _____.
A)role expectation
B)nausea
C)dirty work
D)role conflict
21
_____ is the practice of having an entire patrol section make numerous traffic stops and field interrogations.
A)Preventive patrol
B)Aggressive patrol
C)Directed patrol
D)Full enforcement
22
_____ refer(s) to the different overall approaches to the police job.
A)Operational styles
B)Role expectations
C)Police functions
D)Community policing
23
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of police work?
A)quick decision making
B)"dirty work"
C)physical fitness
D)danger
24
According to your textbook, which of the following types of terrorists was Timothy McVeigh?
A)right-wing terrorist
B)left-wing terrorist
C)special interest terrorist
D)"lone wolf" extremist
25
Which of the following is the largest and best-known substance abuse prevention program in the United States?
A)SARA
B)DARE
C)CODIS
D)GIS







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