CRJU EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of James Q. Wilson's styles of policing is marked by professionalism and
emphasis on law enforcement? - Answer-legalistic
The Federal Bureau of Investigation rose to prominence under the leadership of: -
Answer-J. Edgar Hoover
Which of the following areas is not an emphasis of the FBI? - Answer-Vandalism
Scholars have determined that officer stress is increased based upon which of the
following: - Answer-Work environment
Work-family conflict
True or false:Forty percent of police officers in the U.S. today is a member of a racial or
ethnic minority group. - Answer-True
When police arrest subway fare-beaters, loiterers, and panhandlers, they are focusing
upon: - Answer-quality of life crimes
True or false:Detectives were the first official law enforcement positions created in the
expanding western rural areas. - Answer-False
Which federal program was designed to provide training and financial incentives for
college graduates to work as local police officers? - Answer-Police corps
Which two elements of police work define the working personality? - Answer-danger
and authority
True or False:Under the Fifth Amendment, states are required to use grand juries in the
criminal justice process. - Answer-False
True or False:"Stops" are defined as events that violate individuals' reasonable
expectations of privacy. - Answer-False
According to the Supreme Court, exigent circumstances might exist when: - Answer-
officers believe others might be in grave danger
, A person cannot be forced to respond to questions in which the answers may reveal
that they may have committed a crime. - Answer-self-incrimination
True or False:A motion to suppress would be used to ask a judge to exclude evidence
that has been illegally obtained. - Answer-True
Which of the following landmark U. S. Supreme Court cases required courts to provide
attorneys for poor defendants facing the death penalty? - Answer-Powell v. Alabama
(1932)
In which of the following situations must Miranda warnings be given? - Answer-custodial
interrogations
The US Supreme Court ruled, in this case, that the totality of circumstance test should
be used for determining the existence of probable cause. - Answer-Illinois v Gates
Because the fourth amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and
seizures by all law enforcement officials, evidence found through improper searches or
seizures must be: - Answer-excluded
True or False:Even if a police officer is acting in the interests of public safety, he/she
must obtain a warrant before searching an area. - Answer-False
How is procedural criminal law defined? - Answer-by courts, through judicial rulings
Grand juries are used to: - Answer-determine whether an offender should be
prosecuted
Which of the following situations best describes the good faith exception to the
exclusionary rule? - Answer-An officer believes he is acting correctly under the rules of
evidence, but is actually incorrect.
True or False:The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that prisoners do not share the same
rights against unreasonable search and seizure as non-incarcerated individuals. -
Answer-True
True or False:A consent search provides a valuable investigatory tool for officers. -
Answer-True
Which group won major court cases securing religious freedom for prisoners in the
U.S.? - Answer-Black Muslims
To improve efficiency, police departments utilize the policy of differential response,
which allows: - Answer-the appropriate response
ANSWERS
Which of James Q. Wilson's styles of policing is marked by professionalism and
emphasis on law enforcement? - Answer-legalistic
The Federal Bureau of Investigation rose to prominence under the leadership of: -
Answer-J. Edgar Hoover
Which of the following areas is not an emphasis of the FBI? - Answer-Vandalism
Scholars have determined that officer stress is increased based upon which of the
following: - Answer-Work environment
Work-family conflict
True or false:Forty percent of police officers in the U.S. today is a member of a racial or
ethnic minority group. - Answer-True
When police arrest subway fare-beaters, loiterers, and panhandlers, they are focusing
upon: - Answer-quality of life crimes
True or false:Detectives were the first official law enforcement positions created in the
expanding western rural areas. - Answer-False
Which federal program was designed to provide training and financial incentives for
college graduates to work as local police officers? - Answer-Police corps
Which two elements of police work define the working personality? - Answer-danger
and authority
True or False:Under the Fifth Amendment, states are required to use grand juries in the
criminal justice process. - Answer-False
True or False:"Stops" are defined as events that violate individuals' reasonable
expectations of privacy. - Answer-False
According to the Supreme Court, exigent circumstances might exist when: - Answer-
officers believe others might be in grave danger
, A person cannot be forced to respond to questions in which the answers may reveal
that they may have committed a crime. - Answer-self-incrimination
True or False:A motion to suppress would be used to ask a judge to exclude evidence
that has been illegally obtained. - Answer-True
Which of the following landmark U. S. Supreme Court cases required courts to provide
attorneys for poor defendants facing the death penalty? - Answer-Powell v. Alabama
(1932)
In which of the following situations must Miranda warnings be given? - Answer-custodial
interrogations
The US Supreme Court ruled, in this case, that the totality of circumstance test should
be used for determining the existence of probable cause. - Answer-Illinois v Gates
Because the fourth amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and
seizures by all law enforcement officials, evidence found through improper searches or
seizures must be: - Answer-excluded
True or False:Even if a police officer is acting in the interests of public safety, he/she
must obtain a warrant before searching an area. - Answer-False
How is procedural criminal law defined? - Answer-by courts, through judicial rulings
Grand juries are used to: - Answer-determine whether an offender should be
prosecuted
Which of the following situations best describes the good faith exception to the
exclusionary rule? - Answer-An officer believes he is acting correctly under the rules of
evidence, but is actually incorrect.
True or False:The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that prisoners do not share the same
rights against unreasonable search and seizure as non-incarcerated individuals. -
Answer-True
True or False:A consent search provides a valuable investigatory tool for officers. -
Answer-True
Which group won major court cases securing religious freedom for prisoners in the
U.S.? - Answer-Black Muslims
To improve efficiency, police departments utilize the policy of differential response,
which allows: - Answer-the appropriate response
