Spring Semester Test Study Guide Review
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- Q1
Following are the three I's of police selection. Which one of these does NOT belong?
Intelligence
Integrity
Intuition
Interaction skills
30s - Q2
According to your text, three highly important qualities for police are:
The three I's of police selection, appearance, and compassion
the three I's of police selection, common sense, and compassion.
strength, endurance, and compassion.
Strength, common sense, and the three I's of police selection.
30s - Q3
The movement to limit the discretion of police officers is the result of:
abuses of that discretion.
lowered crime rates.
positive publicity about lowered discretion
increased police-community relations.
30s - Q4
Police officers cannot make an arrest for every violation of law—that is, they cannot provide:
limited discretion
selective enforcement
high discretion
full enforcement
30s - Q5
The practice of relying on the judgment of the police leadership and rank-and-file officers to decide which laws to enforce is referred to as:
high discretion
limited discretion
full enforcement
selective enforcement
30s - Q6
For a long time, police looked at domestic violence calls as ____ when, in fact, they should have been treated as ____.
peacekeeping activities; criminal matters
misdemeanors; felonies
assault offenses; sexual offenses
criminal matters; routine service calls
30s - Q7
Which of the following is defined as the harmful physical and emotional outcomes that occur when the requirements of a job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the employee?
Racial profiling
Job stress
Organizational change
Stress management
30s - Q8
Which of the following is a measure of coercion beyond what is necessary to control participants in a conflict?
Deadly force
Excessive force
Job stress
Harassment
30s - Q9
Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court decisions severely restricted the police use of deadly force?
Escobedo v. Illinois
Woodson v. North Carolina
Furman v. Georgia
Tennessee v. Garner
30s - Q10
A court of ____ jurisdiction has the authority to hear a case when it is first brought to court.
original
general
appellate
special
30s - Q11
Trial courts of ____ jurisdiction are sometimes referred to generally as “inferior trial courts” or simply as “lower courts.”
limited
personal
special
general
30s - Q12
Which of the following is the attempt to “correct” the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational, vocational, or therapeutic treatment and to return them to society as law-abiding citizens?
Rehabilitation
Incapacitation
General deterrence
punishment
30s - Q13
The ____ is a community's chief law enforcement official and is responsible primarily for the protection of society.
sheriff
judge
public defender
prosecutor
30s - Q14
The ____ mandate(s) that a prosecutor provide defense counsel with any exculpatory evidence in the prosecutor's possession.
insanity defense
writ of habeas corpus
plea bargaining process
rules of discovery
30s - Q15
The role of defense lawyers is to:
mislead the court by using perjured testimony (false testimony under oath)
decide their clients' guilt or innocence
provide the best possible legal counsel and advocacy within the legal and ethical limits of the profession
mislead the court by providing false information
30s