CRJ 330 WEEK 1 QUIZ

CRJ 330 WEEK 1 QUIZ
1 According to your textbook, what percentage of your offices should be dedicated to patrol?
a.    35%
b.    40%
c.    50%
d.    55%
Hint: chapter 1
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1G:Describe how police culture and agency size affect supervision and management
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2.	What does POSDCORB stand for in your text?
a.    Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting
b.    Planning, organizing, staffing, diligence, company, reporting, and budgeting
c.    Planning, organizational, staffing, diligence, company, reporting, and budgeting
d.    Planning, organizational, strength, diligence, company, reporting, and budgeting
Hint: chapter 1
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1C:Describe several major elements of administrative theory
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3.	The rule of management by exception, which states that a superior does not have the time to supervise all the activities under his or her control and, therefore, should devote energy and time only to those exceptional tasks or activities.
a.    True
b.    False
Hint: chapter 2
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1E:Discuss the nature of supervisors’ and managers’ roles
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4.	Who is credited as being the father of Scientific Management?
a.    Cesare Becceria
b.    Ed Dailey
c.    Frederick Winslow Taylor
d.    None of the choices apply.
Hint: chapter 1
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1B:Discuss how organizational theory evolved
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5.	What type of police supervisor tends to involve him- or herself in the field?
a.    Traditional
b.    Innovative
c.    Supportive
d.    Active
Hint: chapter 2
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1E:Discuss the nature of supervisors’ and managers’ roles
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6.	What type of police supervisor is concerned with developing good relations with subordinates?
a.    Traditional
b.    Innovative
c.    Supportive
d.    Active
Hint: chapter 2
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1E:Discuss the nature of supervisors’ and managers’ roles
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7.	Span of control is a reference to what?
a.    Number of supervisors
b.    Number of persons reporting to a supervisor
c.    Wing span
d.    Number of supervisors in the control room.
Hint: chapter 1
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1E:Discuss the nature of supervisors’ and managers’ roles
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8.	What are specific guidelines that leave little or no latitude for individual discretion?
a.    Policies
b.    Procedures
c.    Rules
d.    Regulations
e.    Both rules and regulations
Hint: chapter 1
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1E:Discuss the nature of supervisors’ and managers’ roles
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9.	What may be formally defined as "a consciously coordinated social entity, with relative identifiable boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals?"
a.    An organization
b.    A social entity
c.    A business
d.    None of the choices apply.
Hint: chapter 1
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1A:Explain the concept of organizations
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10.	One of the most influential leadership theories holds that the nature of subordinates is the key determinant of which management style will be most successful.
a.    True
b.    False
Hint: chapter 2
SLO1:Describe the wide variety of issues confronting the modern police manager.
LO1B:Discuss how organizational theory evolved