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Chapter 5: Law Enforcement Today – Worksheet 2

TRUE/FALSE

1. Female police officers often face the problem of double marginality on the job.

T F REF: 150 OBJ: 6

2. Of the three levels of law enforcement, municipal police have the broadest authority to apprehend suspects, maintain order, and provide services to the community.

T F REF: 152 OBJ: 7

3. The FBI provides support service functions such as database access and crime lab services to other law enforcement agencies.

T F REF: 157 OBJ: 8

4. Terrorism is one of the investigative priorities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

T F REF: 157 OBJ: 8

5. The Internal Revenue Service has been transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Homeland Security.

T F REF: 159 OBJ: 7

6. The U.S. Marshals Service is the oldest federal law enforcement agency.

T F REF: 159 OBJ: 7

7. The primary purpose of private security is to investigate criminal offenses.

T F REF: 160 OBJ: 9

8. In the eyes of the law, a private security guard is the same as any other private person when it comes to police powers.

T F REF: 160 OBJ: 9

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The suspicion that police officers of a racial or ethnic minority face from their white colleagues and from members of the minority community to which they belong is ______________.

|a. |sexual harassment. |

|b. |the second wound. |

|c. |reverse discrimination. |

|d. |double marginality. |

REF: 150 OBJ: 6

2. Almost every one of the 3000 counties in the U.S. have a sheriff except those in

|a. |New Mexico. |

|b. |Hawaii. |

|c. |Alaska. |

|d. |Rhode Island. |

REF: 152 OBJ: 7

3. The coroner is an elected official on the ___________ level.

|a. |municipal |

|b. |county |

|c. |state |

|d. |federal. |

REF: 153 OBJ: 7

4. Historically, state police agencies were created to do all of the listed except

|a. |investigate crimes that cross jurisdictional boundaries within the state. |

|b. |to assist local police agencies that lacked adequate resources to handle law enforcement tasks. |

|c. |provide law enforcement in rural and other areas that did not have local |

| |or county police service. |

|d. |investigate tax and welfare fraud. |

REF: 153 OBJ: 7

5. Which of the following agencies is a part of the Department of Homeland Security?

|a. |Federal Bureau of Investigation. |

|b. |The Drug Enforcement Administration. |

|c. |The U.S. Secret Service. |

|d. |The U.S. Marshals. |

REF: 155 OBJ: 7

6. Which agency has the primary responsibility for protecting the U.S. against international and domestic terrorism?

|a. |Federal Bureau of Investigation |

|b. |U.S. Marshals Service |

|c. |U.S. Department of Justice |

|d. |U.S. Department of Homeland Security |

REF: 155 OBJ: 7

7. Which of the following is not an investigative responsibility of the FBI?

|a. |Federal drug offenses |

|b. |Counterfeiting |

|c. |Anti-terrorism |

|d. |White-collar crime |

REF: 157 OBJ: 8

8. The Internal Revenue Service is organized under the

|a. |Department of Treasury. |

|b. |Department of Justice. |

|c. |Department of Homeland Security. |

|d. |Department of the Interior. |

REF: 159 OBJ: 8

9. Enforcement of the federal gun control act of 1968 is the responsibility of the

|a. |Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. |

|b. |U.S. Department of the Treasury. |

|c. |U.S. Secret Service. |

|d. |Federal Bureau of Investigation. |

REF: 159 OBJ: 8

10. U.S. Marshals do not

|a. |provide security at federal courts. |

|b. |control property that has been seized by federal court order. |

|c. |provide security at the U.S. Capitol. |

|d. |transport federal prisoners. |

REF: 159 OBJ: 8

11. Problems facing the private security industry include all of the following except

|a. |high employee turnover rates. |

|b. |college training programs are overloaded where students face long waitlists. |

|c. |low pay and lack of benefits. |

|d. |quality of personnel. |

REF: 161 OBJ: 9

12. According to the text, all of the following factors have been recognized for contributing to the rapid growth of the private security industry except

|a. |high profit margins for private security companies. |

|b. |Increasing fear of crime. |

|c. |crime in the workplace. |

|d. |budget cuts for state and municipal police services. |

REF: 162 OBJ: 9

COMPLETION

1. During the ___________________ the recruit is in jeopardy of being fired without cause if he or she proves inadequate to the challenges of police work.

REF: 146 OBJ: 5

2. Under a ______________________ the law enforcement agency often agrees to meet certain numerical goals in hiring women and members of minority groups.

REF: 148 OBJ: 6

3. _______________ are responsible for maintaining the county jail, keeping order in the county courthouse, collecting taxes, and enforcing orders of the court.

REF: 152 OBJ: 7

4. The _________________, a branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has the burden of policing both the Mexican and Canadian borders between official ports of entry.

REF: 155 OBJ: 7

5. The FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, and DEA are organized under the .

REF: 156-157 OBJ: 7

6. The was created in 1973 to enforce domestic drug laws.

REF: 157 OBJ: 8

7. President George Washington created the _______________ to protect his attorney general.

REF: 159 OBJ: 8

8. The primary role of private security is to .

REF: 160 OBJ: 9

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