Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.






2. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.






3. When called to attend to a non-crime incident - the police have to exercise discretion and can usually handle the situation _______ taking formal police action.






4. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.






5. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






6. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






7. In US v. __________ (1950) - the US Supreme Court ruled that a warrantless search upon a lawful arrest was permitted as long as it was reasonable given the circumstances.






8. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.






9. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.






10. Since these crimes are usually not reported - in order to discover them - undercover work using devices such as _________ are utilized.






11. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






12. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






13. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






14. The ATF was previously an organization within the Department of the Treasury but since 24th January 2003 - their agency was transferred to the Department of _______.






15. The role of the police academy is to provide formal training - root out ___________ recruits and immerse the trainees in the police subculture.






16. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






17. This is one of the main functions of the police academy and ensures that unsuitable recruits do not make it as officers. About 10% of recruits do not _________ from the academy.






18. The first landmark case that forms the foundation of the exclusionary rule is the US Supreme court decision of _____ v US (1914).






19. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






20. Police subculture is determined by the potential of ______ and because of this they stereotype certain categories of persons - such as low-income males - as possible threats.






21. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






22. _________ policing took off in the 1980s and 1990s - with the realization that the police could not fight crime on their own.






23. Under the 6th Amendment to the Constitution - every defendant has the right to a ____ trial.






24. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






25. The role of the ___ is to investigate breaches of federal criminal law - to protect the country from foreign counterintelligence and terrorist activities and to provide law enforcement assistance to other agencies.






26. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






27. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






28. The NCVS Survey is a yearly study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of specific households to determine the level of criminal _____________ - particularly unreported victimization - in the US.






29. The rights of the accused (and of prisoners) have been defined mostly through the _______________'s interpretation of the Bill of Rights.






30. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






31. Under the ___ system - if last night Jim killed John - then set fire to a car and robbed an old lady - these multiple crimes would be recorded as a single incident.






32. Sheriff departments are usually responsible for _______ court papers - civil summons - and managing security in state courtrooms.






33. Wilson and Kelling believed that the broken window symbolized a deteriorating neighborhood and not repaired led to the eventual decline of an area - thereby encouraging criminal _________.






34. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.






35. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






36. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






37. The county level of government supplies citizens with police services - for example the county ________.






38. The CID within the FBI is responsible for organized crime - violent crime - ____________ and money laundering.






39. Since the 1980s - there have been some very public crackdowns on _____ driving but rates of this offence which creep down during the crackdown soon return to the original levels because the publicity forces a temporary change in behavior which is not






40. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.






41. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






42. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






43. A limited amount of streetwalking is tolerated if it is restricted to a particular part of town - usually a business district and it is not too ________.






44. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






45. Domestic disturbances may be fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse - financial difficulties or many other reasons that are beyond the ________ of the officers.






46. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t






47. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






48. Racial profiling is the practice of stopping and or __________ a person not because of any suspected criminal activity but because of that person's race.






49. Research has revealed that in about 80% of such situations - no formal action - such as _______ was necessary.






50. The CIA is divided into 3 ____________ and 5 mission support offices (MSOs).