DB CH7

1. Criminal intelligence gathering is one of the least understood aspects of criminal investigation and is one of the most valuable and underused resources

True

False

2. During a three-officer surveillance, if a street is crowded then all three officers should remain on the same side of the street as the suspect

True

False

3. The RISS projects are funded on a yearly basis by the United States Congress

True

False

4. The dissemination stage sees more breakdown than does any other stage

True

False

5. The preferred method of storing intelligence data is by index cards because of their simplicity and security

True

False

6. Data collection is the hallmark of the intelligence function

True

False

7. Each state in the United States is placed in one of ten RISS regions

True

False

8. Event flow analysis is the most commonly used method of investigating drug kingpins

True

False

9. The heart of the RISS projects is a centralized database

True

False

10. Even the best of intelligence does not produce decisions

True

False

11. The role of intelligence personnel is more of a line function than a staff function

True

False

12. Generally, a stakeout team consists of an inside team and an outside team. The inside team is normally designated as the arrest team.

True

False

13. Data integration is a method of conducting link analysis

True

False

14. The use of an outside auditor is typically the best approach to purging intelligence files.

True

False

15. If a suspect is shot he or she should be disarmed immediately and handcuffed unless he is dead or unconscious

True

False

Always

Explanation

Always

16. Criminal investigators generally use inductive logic, whereas intelligence unit personnel use deductive logic

True

False

17. In regards to a stakeout, _______ should be the maximum allowable response time for the outside team to get to the stakeout

15 seconds

30 seconds

1 minute

45 seconds

18. Approximately ________ of all intercepted conversations have been classified as "incriminating"

One-half

One-third

One-fourth

Two-thirds

19. Which best describes the collation process?

Comparing data by designing charts in sequence

Listing the names of criminals in various crimes

Providing information to different agencies

Deleting data that is not relevant to the objective

20. _________ systems measure radiant heat energy and display their readings as thermographs

Forward-looking infrared

Thermal imaging

HGH infrared

Thermal-violet imaging

21. Which is true regarding the nature of the criminal intelligence function?

Overt intelligence collection is more commonly done than is covert intelligence collection

The patrol division is especially useful in conducting covert intelligence activities

Covert methods include the use of surveillance equipment, undercover agents, and informants

Typically, the role of intelligence personnel is to receive information from line personnel

22. ____________ includes personal interaction with people, many of whom are witnesses to crimes, victims of crimes, or the suspects themselves

Overt information collection

Covert information collection

Intelligence gathering

Criminal intelligence

23. _______ is the most common and includes a method known as intelligence gathering. This is a process of data collection on criminal acts that have not yet occured but for which the investigator must prepare.

Overt information collection

Covert information collection

Intelligence extraction

Criminal intelligence

24. Which is the first step in the intelligence gathering process?

Collection

Dissemination

Target selection

Collation and analysis

25. __________ plays a role in the investigation of crimes by providing the investigator with a tool for long-range planning

Strategic intelligence

Tactical intelligence

Intelligence gathering

Criminal intelligence

26. The ___________ may be of value in locating hideouts or meeting places when the risk of trailing a suspect is too great

Progressive or leapfrog method

Two-officer surveillance

Three-officer surveillance

One-officer surveillance

27. _________ is a technique designed to show relationships between individuals and organizations using a graphical visual design. It is used to show graphically transactions or relationships that are too large and confusing for one to assimilate through the reading of reports

Link analysis charting

Collation

Flowcharting

Event flow analysis

28. The _____ requires that telecommunication carriers ensure law enforcements ability, pursuant to a lawful court order, to intercept communications notwithstanding advanced telecommunications technologies

CALEA - Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

FCA - Federal Communications Act

TA - Telecommunications Act

29. The Supreme Court underttok a significant change of direction in the area of electronic eavesdropping when it decided the case of _______________

Katz v. U.S.

Berger v. New York

U.S. v Karo

Olmstead v. U.S.

30. In which way are crimianl and intelligence functions different?

Criminal investigations tend to be proactive in nature while intelligence ones are reactive

Intelligence personnel tend to use deductive logic while criminal personnel tend to use inductive logic

Criminal personnel are staff functions while intelligence personnel are line functions

Intelligence files are generally closed while criminal files generally are open

31. The largest pecentage of terrorist attacks in the United States are bombings by:

Special interest groups against local establishments in urban areas

Lone individuals with anti-government ideals and beliefs

Foreign terrorist groups whose primary purpose is to srike fear into citizens to convince them of the weakness of government

Disgruntled citizens who feel wronged by their government and elected officials

32. ______________ by individual officers is at the heart of any intelligence operation

Information gathering

Documentation

Criminal intelligence

Informant information

33. Which best describes the goal of the RISS projects?

To provide tactical intelligence information to guide decision making

To aid state and local law enforcement agencies in sharing criminal intelligence

To create a nation wide, strategic plan for intelligence collation

To ensure a systematic method for data collection and target selection

34. The purpose of ________ is to make fragmented information flow in a logical sequence to make it purposeful to the user

Analysis

Collation

Link analysis

Flowcharts

35. In the 1971 case of ________, the court held that law enforcement officer may intercept electronic information when one of the parties involved in the communication gives his or her consent, even without a warrant

U.S. v. White

Katz v. U.S.

Lee v. Florida

U.S. v. Scott

36. _________ is defined as knowledge of past, present, or future criminal activity that results from the collection of information that, when evaluated, provides the user with a basis for rational decision making

Criminal intelligence

Overt information collection

Analysis

Intelligence information

37. Which best explains the utility of an investigation target?

The value of the investigations findings

The heinousness of the criminals activities

The length of sentence the criminal will probably receive

The amount of money the state will save by prosecuting the criminal

38. GPS devices can be accurate, down to the nanosecond and within ______

10 feet

20 feet

50 feet

100 feet

39. Which is the best example of the analysis chase?

A flowchart

A criminal profile

Dissemination of information

Meaningful interpretation of data

40. The _____ requires that investigating officers obtain wiretap-type court orders to eavesdrop on ongoing communications. The use of pen registers and recording devices, however, are specifically excluded by law from court order requirements

ECPA - Electronic Communications Privacy Act

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

FCA - Federal Communications Act

TA - Telecommunications Act

41. ________ requires that officers take every reasonable effort to monitor only those conversations, through the use of phone taps, body bugs, and the like, that are specifically related to criminal activity under investigation

Minimization

Relevancy

Objectivity

Specific-relative

42. Title ____ of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 made it a federal offense for anyone engaged in interstate or international communications to call someone for the purpose of harassment

III

IV

V

VI

43. __________ targets criminal activity considered to be of immediate importance to the investigator

Strategic intelligence

Tactical intelligence

Intelligence gathering

Criminal intelligence

44. It appears the intelligence function in the United States was first carried out by large-city police departments when:

Immigrants first concentrated in urban areas of the country

Prohibition fueled the criminal activities associated with bootlegging

Organized crime began infiltrating police perosonnel

Information gathering began post World-War II on suspected Communist organizations

45. A(n) _______ consists of assessing a potential stakeout location and developing an initial tactical plan

Advance

Target

Asset

Reconnaissance

Skim

46. Which illegal activities are most likely to be targets of an intelligence operation?

Drug trafficking

Bank robbery

Pornography

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47. Which kind of organizations may be the subjects of an intelligence operation?

Those with dangerous religious beliefs

Those that attempt to control arms shipments

Those that advocate the violent overthrow of the government

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48. Two types of flowcharts have emerged as the most useful in criminal intelligence collection:

Event flow analysis

Commodity flow analysis

Stress flow analysis

Link analysis

Probability analysis

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Db Ch7