Test Bank: Managing and Leading Todays Police
Challenges Best Practices Case Studies
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the concepts of leadership and
management?
A) Leadership is responsible for implementing the change and transforming the department,
while management envisions change and introduces it to the department
B) Management is about dedication, dedication to changing the department, and ensuring that
operational units remain true to the envisioned organizational arrangements
C) Management is forward thinking while leadership is here and now
D) Good managers are able to explain direction, while leaders must teach subordinates how it is
operationalized - ANSWERSB
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the concepts of leadership and
management?
A) Leadership requires that the leader have a firm understanding of the environment so that
direction can be visualized
B) Leadership is responsible for implementing the change and transforming the department
C) Leadership is forward thinking while management is here and now
D) Management is about dedication to changing the department - ANSWERSB
Which of the following terms implies leadership and management?
A) Social entity
B) Relative identifiable boundary
C) Consciously coordinated
D) Organizational goals - ANSWERSC
An organization may be formally defined as:
,A) Consisting of many pieces that must be coordinated
B) A composition of people who interact with one another and with other people outside itself
C) Determined by its goals and the public served
D) A consciously coordinated social entity, with a relative identifiable boundary, that functions
on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals - ANSWERSD
According to Managing and Leading Today's Police, ____________________ is getting things
done through other people
A) Management
B) Administration
C) Leadership
D) Delegation - ANSWERSC
Which of the following was the first policing system to evolve in England?
A) Leges Henrici
B) Frankpledge system
C) Night watches
D) The Shire-Reeves - ANSWERSB
Which of the following is the foundation of our modern legal system by identifying offenses
against the crown or state instead of considering offenses against persons that were handled by
citizens?
A) Magna Carta
B) Frankpledge System
C) Leges Henrici
D) Capital system - ANSWERSC
,According to Sir Robert Peel, which of the following is the most indispensable quality of a
policeman?
A) Good appearance
B) Properly trained
C) A perfect command of temper
D) Efficiency - ANSWERSC
Henry Fielding was appointed, as a magistrate in the Bow Street area of London. He employed a
group who investigated crimes in the area and brought criminals to justice. These persons were
the forerunners of today's police detectives were called:
A) Shire-reeves
B) Bobbys
C) Inspectors
D) Thief takers - ANSWERSD
By the 1950s, American policing could be characterized as:
A) Community policing
B) Watchman style
C) Bureaucratic policing
D) Paramilitary - ANSWERSC
Which of the following statements is TRUE about goals?
A) They are specific results or achievements toward which police departments direct their
efforts
B) They delineate what needs to be accomplished
C) They guide behavior
D) All of the above - ANSWERSD
, ______________________ refers to officers engaging in activities such as looking for missing
children, providing motorists assistance, and engaging in crime prevention activities
A) Law enforcement
B) Order maintenance
C) Provision of services
D) All of the above - ANSWERSC
Which of the following best describe a mission statement?
A) It details specific goals the police department is committed to accomplish
B) It details specific strategies the police department deploys to accomplish the goals
C) It states a police department's commitment to the community
D) It represents a roadmap for police activities - ANSWERSC
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Procedural justice is the right for officers to use power to enforce the law
B) Police legitimacy is how citizens evaluate police performance
C) Procedural justice can neither be enhanced nor diminished
D) Police legitimacy is accepted by almost everyone at least to some degree - ANSWERSD
Jim Bueermann has identified three principles that police departments should adopt in order to
enhance their legitimacy in the community. Which of the following is NOT a principle?
A) A police department must be a catalyst for change only within the department
B) A police department must be value-driven
C) A police department must train and hold officers accountable
D) A police department must solve community problems - ANSWERSA
Challenges Best Practices Case Studies
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the concepts of leadership and
management?
A) Leadership is responsible for implementing the change and transforming the department,
while management envisions change and introduces it to the department
B) Management is about dedication, dedication to changing the department, and ensuring that
operational units remain true to the envisioned organizational arrangements
C) Management is forward thinking while leadership is here and now
D) Good managers are able to explain direction, while leaders must teach subordinates how it is
operationalized - ANSWERSB
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the concepts of leadership and
management?
A) Leadership requires that the leader have a firm understanding of the environment so that
direction can be visualized
B) Leadership is responsible for implementing the change and transforming the department
C) Leadership is forward thinking while management is here and now
D) Management is about dedication to changing the department - ANSWERSB
Which of the following terms implies leadership and management?
A) Social entity
B) Relative identifiable boundary
C) Consciously coordinated
D) Organizational goals - ANSWERSC
An organization may be formally defined as:
,A) Consisting of many pieces that must be coordinated
B) A composition of people who interact with one another and with other people outside itself
C) Determined by its goals and the public served
D) A consciously coordinated social entity, with a relative identifiable boundary, that functions
on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals - ANSWERSD
According to Managing and Leading Today's Police, ____________________ is getting things
done through other people
A) Management
B) Administration
C) Leadership
D) Delegation - ANSWERSC
Which of the following was the first policing system to evolve in England?
A) Leges Henrici
B) Frankpledge system
C) Night watches
D) The Shire-Reeves - ANSWERSB
Which of the following is the foundation of our modern legal system by identifying offenses
against the crown or state instead of considering offenses against persons that were handled by
citizens?
A) Magna Carta
B) Frankpledge System
C) Leges Henrici
D) Capital system - ANSWERSC
,According to Sir Robert Peel, which of the following is the most indispensable quality of a
policeman?
A) Good appearance
B) Properly trained
C) A perfect command of temper
D) Efficiency - ANSWERSC
Henry Fielding was appointed, as a magistrate in the Bow Street area of London. He employed a
group who investigated crimes in the area and brought criminals to justice. These persons were
the forerunners of today's police detectives were called:
A) Shire-reeves
B) Bobbys
C) Inspectors
D) Thief takers - ANSWERSD
By the 1950s, American policing could be characterized as:
A) Community policing
B) Watchman style
C) Bureaucratic policing
D) Paramilitary - ANSWERSC
Which of the following statements is TRUE about goals?
A) They are specific results or achievements toward which police departments direct their
efforts
B) They delineate what needs to be accomplished
C) They guide behavior
D) All of the above - ANSWERSD
, ______________________ refers to officers engaging in activities such as looking for missing
children, providing motorists assistance, and engaging in crime prevention activities
A) Law enforcement
B) Order maintenance
C) Provision of services
D) All of the above - ANSWERSC
Which of the following best describe a mission statement?
A) It details specific goals the police department is committed to accomplish
B) It details specific strategies the police department deploys to accomplish the goals
C) It states a police department's commitment to the community
D) It represents a roadmap for police activities - ANSWERSC
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Procedural justice is the right for officers to use power to enforce the law
B) Police legitimacy is how citizens evaluate police performance
C) Procedural justice can neither be enhanced nor diminished
D) Police legitimacy is accepted by almost everyone at least to some degree - ANSWERSD
Jim Bueermann has identified three principles that police departments should adopt in order to
enhance their legitimacy in the community. Which of the following is NOT a principle?
A) A police department must be a catalyst for change only within the department
B) A police department must be value-driven
C) A police department must train and hold officers accountable
D) A police department must solve community problems - ANSWERSA
