Chapter 6 Practice Quiz

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. Rotten apples theory rejects the claim that police corruption may be caused by organizational- or community-level factors.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Rotten barrels theory is an organizational theory of police integrity.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Rotten orchards theory suggests that under certain conditions, police enforcement of the law is problematic and doing so may earn officers a reprimand.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Rotten orchards theory is an organizational theory of police integrity.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. This specialized examination assesses a candidate's emotional stability and helps identify whether she possesses certain traits believed relevant to future success.

Polygraph correct incorrect

Preemployment psychological evaluation correct incorrect

Drug testing correct incorrect

Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) correct incorrect

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. Police academy instructors' "war stories":

Have both latent and manifest content correct incorrect

Are designed to test the values of academy enrollees correct incorrect

Typically include elements of danger, hardship, or adventure correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Field training officers (FTOs):

Have little impact on new officers vulnerability to organizational pressures correct incorrect

Are part of programs that been shown to produce both practical and legal benefits to departments correct incorrect

Only evaluate new officers' efficiency in performing their assigned duties correct incorrect

Do not volunteer for this duty correct incorrect

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. The "blue wall of silence" associated with police officers:

Strongly condemns officers daring to report the unethical or illegal behavior of other officers correct incorrect

Expresses the level of loyalty expected of members of the group correct incorrect

Is a value associated with "the" police culture correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. These challenge police officers' existing moral compasses and may result in a not-so-subtle shift in the bearing of the compass toward becoming corrupt.

Contingencies correct incorrect

Apologia correct incorrect

Moral experiences correct incorrect

Introduction correct incorrect

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. Ethical issues surrounding, and moral dilemmas confronting, police officers arise from which of the following sources?

The recruitment, selection, and training of police officers correct incorrect

The culture of policing correct incorrect

The tactics of policing the organizational climate of police departments correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The individual context of police ethics relates to:

The behavior of the citizens with whom police officers interact correct incorrect

The behavior of individual officers as they go about fulfilling their duties correct incorrect

The culture of the specific community that is being policed correct incorrect

The organizational culture of a specific police departments and the values contained in that culture correct incorrect

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. At which level of analysis is the "rotten barrels" theory of police ethics?

Individual correct incorrect

Community correct incorrect

Organizational correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Police academy instructors'"war stories":

Serve as parables used by veteran officers to share informal lessons with novices about working as a police officer correct incorrect

Are rarely used correct incorrect

Have been found to be blatantly racist and/or sexist correct incorrect

Cannot be used to test an enrollee's fitness for the job correct incorrect