,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4THEDITION)
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION TEST
BANK
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and
methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime
events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering
underlying meanings and patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types
of crime Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of
geographic representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify,
visualize, query, and analyze geographic and tabular data
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the
software provides a framework and templates for data collection,
collation, and analysis
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer
so that a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Medium
3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct
spatial analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and
influence of information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and
associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Easy
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,4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
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, c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and
evaluation in policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the
above Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late
1970s,
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs.
criminality of individuals
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis
Association Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within
different regions and the relationship of these levels to sociological
factors
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
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CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION TEST
BANK
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and
methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime
events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering
underlying meanings and patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types
of crime Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of
geographic representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify,
visualize, query, and analyze geographic and tabular data
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the
software provides a framework and templates for data collection,
collation, and analysis
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer
so that a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Medium
3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct
spatial analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and
influence of information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and
associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Easy
1
,4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
2
, c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and
evaluation in policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the
above Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late
1970s,
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs.
criminality of individuals
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis
Association Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy
8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within
different regions and the relationship of these levels to sociological
factors
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
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