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Test Bank For Police Administration 3rd Edition By Larry K. Gaines
Chapter 10: Police Human Resources Management
TRUE/FALSE
- Civil service protections run counter to professionalism.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- The first permanent legislation enacting civil service was the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applies to all employers.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- Disparate impact occurs when members of a protected class are not adequately represented in the selection process.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- Most police departments have sufficient female and minority representation in their ranks.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- The Americans with Disabilities Act forbids discrimination against people with HIV.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- Each year there are dozens of sexual harassment lawsuits filed against police departments.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- Hostile work environment exists when there is a tangible economic detriment as a result of refusal to succumb to sexual advances.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- Police departments have been known to retaliate against female officers who file sexual harassment complaints.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- The first step in recruitment is the written examination.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- Many police departments have dropped their residency requirements and now recruit nationwide.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- Most police departments require that their recruits have college degrees.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- All police recruits must have 20/20 vision.
ANS: F PTS: 1
- The polygraph is useful for uncovering information that cannot be readily examined during the background investigation.
ANS: T PTS: 1
- Discipline plays a key part in the promotion process.
ANS: T PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Which of the following characterizes a system whereby employees are hired, retained, advanced, disciplined, and discharged on the basis of merit?
| a. | tenure |
| b. | civil service |
| c. | moonlighting |
| d. | permanency |
ANS: B PTS: 1
- Which of the following was the first case to define discrimination as promulgated by the Civil Rights Act?
| a. | Miranda v. Arizona |
| b. | Brown v. Board of Education |
| c. | Griggs v. Duke Power Company |
| d. | Mapp v. Ohio |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- Which of the following is an important civil rights case?
| a. | Griggs v. Duke Power Company |
| b. | Washington v. Davis |
| c. | Davis v. City of Dallas |
| d. | all of these choices |
ANS: D PTS: 1
- What term is used to describe a situation when members of a protected class are not adequately represented in the selection process?
| a. | discrimination |
| b. | race norming |
| c. | disparate impact |
| d. | racism |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- Whites who feel they have been put at a disadvantage because of affirmative action claim:
| a. | discrimination |
| b. | racism |
| c. | reverse discrimination |
| d. | reverse racism |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- What tests do the courts use to determine whether a department is discriminating against a protected class?
| a. | population comparisons |
| b. | four-fifths rule |
| c. | the McDonnell Douglas rule |
| d. | all of these choices |
ANS: D PTS: 1
- In the past, what did courts use as the primary remedy when discrimination occurred?
| a. | equal opportunity selection |
| b. | quota systems |
| c. | race norming |
| d. | none of these choices |
ANS: B PTS: 1
- According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, a disability can be:
| a. | physical |
| b. | mental |
| c. | physical and mental |
| d. | none of these choices |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- What type of sexual harassment exists when there is a tangible economic detriment as a result of a refusal to succumb to sexual advances?
| a. | retaliatory |
| b. | quid pro quo |
| c. | hostile work environment |
| d. | overt |
ANS: B PTS: 1
- What term refers to the development of a pool of sufficiently qualified applicants from which to select officers?
| a. | hiring |
| b. | recruitment |
| c. | selection |
| d. | promotion |
ANS: B PTS: 1
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