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Managing and Leading Today's Police Exam
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Refers to the cumulative processes that direct and move the department -
Answer✔Administration
refers to the structure of a department - Answer✔Organization
explains how an organization operates and provides the background for understanding
leadership and management. - Answer✔Organizational theory
management techniques by studying how workers might become more complete extensions of
machines. - Answer✔scientific management
having several different supervisors on a job so that each one oversaw a particular aspect or
part of the job. - Answer✔Functional supervision
______ is the backbone of a police department. - Answer✔Patrol
What percent of all sworn personnel should be assigned to patrol - Answer✔55%
Police organizations, military, universities and corporations are all virtually___________ -
Answer✔Bureaucracies
The administration of most police organizations is based on the traditional, pyramidal, quasi-
military organizational structure containing the elements of a ___________: specialized
functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority. - Answer✔bureaucracy
Heirarchy of authority also known as - Answer✔chain of command
seeks to identify generic or universal components or activities associated with administration. -
Answer✔Administrative theory
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The first cohesive set of principles used to manage organizations, and it is associated with
bureaucracy, it is very rigid and controlling, giving workers little discretion or latitude in how
they do their jobs. - Answer✔Classical organizational theory
POSDCORB - Answer✔Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting,
Budgeting
Identified the key administrative activities that occupy the majority of a manager's time, and
they remain important activities for police leaders and managers. - Answer✔POSDCORB
Identified the attributes of successful organizations. - Answer✔Max Weber
The chain of command is a - Answer✔hierarchy of authority
Provides consistency in an organization in that every officer reports to a superior officer and
allows for coordination and communication. - Answer✔The chain of command
One study found that large American police departments averaged from __ to __ levels of rank
or hierarchy. - Answer✔9, 13
This refers to when there are too many levels of rank, and when ths occurs the department
often becomes more bureaucratic. - Answer✔Excessive layering
working out in broad outline the things that need to be done and the methods for doing them
to accomplish the purposes set for the enterprise. - Answer✔Planning
establishment of the formal structure of authority through which work subdivisions are
arranged, defined, and coordinated for the deifined objective. - Answer✔Organizing
the whole personnel function of bringing in and training the staff and maintaining favorable
conditions at work. - Answer✔Staffing
the continuous task of making decisions, embodying them in specific and general orders and
instructions, and serving as a leader of the enterprise. - Answer✔Directing
the all-important duty of interrelating the various parts of the work. - Answer✔Coordinating
keeping those to whom the execution is responsible informed about what is going on, which
includes keeping himself and his subordinates informed through records, research, and
inspection. - Answer✔Reporting
all that goes with budgeting in the form of fiscal planning, accounting, and control. -
Answer✔Budgeting
the number of officers or civilian employees that a superior officer can effectively supervise. -
Answer✔Span of control
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Managing and Leading Today's Police Exam
Questions With Correct Answers 100%
Verified.
Refers to the cumulative processes that direct and move the department -
Answer✔Administration
refers to the structure of a department - Answer✔Organization
explains how an organization operates and provides the background for understanding
leadership and management. - Answer✔Organizational theory
management techniques by studying how workers might become more complete extensions of
machines. - Answer✔scientific management
having several different supervisors on a job so that each one oversaw a particular aspect or
part of the job. - Answer✔Functional supervision
______ is the backbone of a police department. - Answer✔Patrol
What percent of all sworn personnel should be assigned to patrol - Answer✔55%
Police organizations, military, universities and corporations are all virtually___________ -
Answer✔Bureaucracies
The administration of most police organizations is based on the traditional, pyramidal, quasi-
military organizational structure containing the elements of a ___________: specialized
functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority. - Answer✔bureaucracy
Heirarchy of authority also known as - Answer✔chain of command
seeks to identify generic or universal components or activities associated with administration. -
Answer✔Administrative theory
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:42PM. A+
The first cohesive set of principles used to manage organizations, and it is associated with
bureaucracy, it is very rigid and controlling, giving workers little discretion or latitude in how
they do their jobs. - Answer✔Classical organizational theory
POSDCORB - Answer✔Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting,
Budgeting
Identified the key administrative activities that occupy the majority of a manager's time, and
they remain important activities for police leaders and managers. - Answer✔POSDCORB
Identified the attributes of successful organizations. - Answer✔Max Weber
The chain of command is a - Answer✔hierarchy of authority
Provides consistency in an organization in that every officer reports to a superior officer and
allows for coordination and communication. - Answer✔The chain of command
One study found that large American police departments averaged from __ to __ levels of rank
or hierarchy. - Answer✔9, 13
This refers to when there are too many levels of rank, and when ths occurs the department
often becomes more bureaucratic. - Answer✔Excessive layering
working out in broad outline the things that need to be done and the methods for doing them
to accomplish the purposes set for the enterprise. - Answer✔Planning
establishment of the formal structure of authority through which work subdivisions are
arranged, defined, and coordinated for the deifined objective. - Answer✔Organizing
the whole personnel function of bringing in and training the staff and maintaining favorable
conditions at work. - Answer✔Staffing
the continuous task of making decisions, embodying them in specific and general orders and
instructions, and serving as a leader of the enterprise. - Answer✔Directing
the all-important duty of interrelating the various parts of the work. - Answer✔Coordinating
keeping those to whom the execution is responsible informed about what is going on, which
includes keeping himself and his subordinates informed through records, research, and
inspection. - Answer✔Reporting
all that goes with budgeting in the form of fiscal planning, accounting, and control. -
Answer✔Budgeting
the number of officers or civilian employees that a superior officer can effectively supervise. -
Answer✔Span of control
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