Clearwater Police Sergeant's And Lieutenant's Exam A
This is version A of the Sergeant's and Lieutenant's exam. You must complete this test within 1 hour and pass with a 70% or above.
- 1.Financial loss to society is greatest in which of the following areas of criminal activity?
- A.
Robbery
- B.
White-collar crime
- C.
Auto theft
- D.
Arson
- 2.
- A.
Reduced the problem to writing.
- B.
Stated the problem and left the solution to the chief.
- C.
Offered a solution or alternative along with outlining the problem.
- D.
Conferred first with the union president to solve the problem.
- 3.The process of formulating a goal and deciding what steps are necessary to achieve it is known as
- A.
Organizing.
- B.
Planning.
- C.
Executing.
- D.
Directing.
- 4.Police organizations are "labor intensive". This most clearly means that
- A.
Most of an officer's time is spent on calls for police services.
- B.
Most of an officer's time is spent on line activities.
- C.
Most of the police budget consists of salaries.
- D.
Most police organizations have union/management contracts.
- 5.Which of the following is least important in providing police services?
- A.
The number of sworn officers in the department
- B.
Good supervision and management
- C.
Ethical and highly motivated personnel
- D.
The training of officers
- 6.According to psychologist Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the most vital human need is
- A.
Self-actualization.
- B.
Achievement.
- C.
Affiliation.
- D.
Physiological.
- 7.Specialized unit should be created in a police organization when
- A.
The areas of jurisdication exceed the number or patrol personnel.
- B.
Communication between line and staff is impaired.
- C.
Department responsibilities are significantly increased.
- D.
Calls for police services exceed the number of officers capable of responding.
- 8.A police department should primarily be organized
- A.
With the right number of people.
- B.
With a decentralized line and staff reporting structure.
- C.
According to tasks needing to be performed.
- D.
In relation to the number of calls for police services.
- 9.In which of the following areas is it most important for an assistant chief to have extensive knowledge?
- A.
Forensics
- B.
Human relations
- C.
Budget preparations
- D.
Computer-aided dispatching
- 10.Many police departments use use line-item budgeting as part of their fiscal management. The primary advantage of this budget form is that it
- A.
Provides flexibility in making budgetary decisions.
- B.
Simplifies year-to-year comparing of expenditures.
- C.
Integrates budgeting control, and planning into a single process.
- D.
Specifically relates budget items to expenses.
- 11.Lieutenants must first ________ before communicating with subordinates.
- A.
Remove all physical barriers to the communications process
- B.
Ensure a mechanism for feedback is in place
- C.
Ensure that what is to be communicated is clear and precise
- D.
Clearly understand what is to be communicated
- 12.Of the following, on whome should a police lieutenant concentrate most of his or her worktime?
- A.
With a veteran sergeant returning from an extended disability
- B.
With a sergeant newly appointed to the unit
- C.
With a newly appointed probationary sergeant
- D.
With a sergeant who has an "up and down" performance record
- 13.Which of the following embodies a line function in a police organization?
- A.
Internal affairs division
- B.
Patrol division
- C.
Police training academy
- D.
Records division
- 14.Management fails in interpersonal communication primarily because of
- A.
The filtering of messages.
- B.
The failure to obtain feedback.
- C.
The physical barriers to the communication process.
- D.
Its failure to listen.
- 15.An inspection process is designed to measure the extent to which department goals are being met is known as
- A.
Directing.
- B.
Planning
- C.
Controlling.
- D.
Coordinating.
- 16.In preparing a budget for a detective division, what step should a manager take first?
- A.
Plan what needs to be done.
- B.
Assign dollar amounts to organizational objectives.
- C.
Determine objectives.
- D.
Determine the dollar amount allocated to the division's budget.
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