Chapter 6 Quiz

Selection and Development
. Specialized training attempts to __________.

. Which of the following is true regarding problem-based learning?

. Pre-employment standards, pre-employment testing, and recruit screening methods are all examples of __________.

. This case ruled that having a minimum height requirement was discriminatory:

. This is a new type of field-training program that trains officers in the principles and concepts of community policing:

. Which of the following is NOT a strategy suggested by the Recruitment Toolkit?

. What is the term for the degree to which a measure actually assesses the attribute it is designed to measure?

. This is the process of providing a general body of knowledge on which decisions can be based as to why something is being done while performing the job:

. What is the purpose of in-service training?

. What term is defined as the focus on the process that establishes correct and valid thinking patterns?

. ____________ identifies the behaviors necessary for adequate performance.

. Training is best described as __________.

. This court case upheld the standard requirement that police applicants not have recent or excessive histories of marijuana use:

. This court case ruled that an employer's requirement of a high school education and two standardized written tests for a position disqualified a higher percentage of blacks than whites:

. This court case ruled that selection and promotion tests must be shown to be related to job performance:

. One of the most effective strategies to attract diverse applications is to specifically target them for recruit purposes.

. All police departments use a physical agility test to eliminate applicants.

. No evidence exists that stressful training is a valid way to train recruits.

. With the complex nature of the police role and the need to use discretion wisely, increased emphasis should be placed on using pedagogical methods of instruction.

. Many police training programs are heavily oriented toward teaching facts and procedures to the exclusion of theories, concepts, and analytical reasoning.

. Validity is a measure's ability to yield consistent results over time.

. The majority of police departments nationwide require a college degree for recruitment purposes, while all require at least a 2-year college degree.

. Today, police departments are permitted to set maximum age levels for new recruits.

. Cognitive learning is training that goes beyond a specific skill or task and instead focuses on the process that establishes correct and valid thinking patterns.

. Under the ADA, blanket exclusions of individuals with a particular disability are permissible.

. Stringent minimum and maximum heights and weight requirements were standards for most departments in the past, and still serve as standards for most departments today.

. Health-based screening tends to eliminate the negative effect on female applicants.

. Training is the process of how whereas education is the process of why.

. A selection method can be considered to have a legally disparate impact when the selection rate of a group is less than 50 percent of the most successful group.

. Some jurisdictions have ruled polygraph examinations for applicants illegal due to False positives.

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