Recently graduated recruits from the police academy receive a type of on-the-job training called __________.

field training

True or False: Police officer candidates are administered polygraph examinations in the vast majority of police departments.

False

Which of the following is NOT something that is taken into consideration during a candidate's oral interview?

Speaking accent

Rather than lose an otherwise quality candidate, departments often provide training or guidance before which phase of the application process?

Physical agility test

Previous height and weight requirements were believed to discriminate against ____________.

women and minority candidates

Researcher Hrand Saxenian says ________ is the single most important criterion in the police selection.

maturity

During the police screening process, most departments reject applicants with what type of arrest on record?

An adult or juvenile felony conviction

The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by 2050, minority populations will be _________ percent of the population.

54

During the field training phase, a recruit is assigned to three different __________ , who provide daily and weekly evaluations on the recruit's performance.

field training officers

How do officers determine which tasks need to be done and what kind of skill and knowledge will be required to complete those tasks successfully?

Job analysis

Today, the typical police officer is ____________ educated than previous generations of police officers.

better

Which academy, located in Quantico, Virginia, is one of the most well-known law enforcement leadership and administrative officers courses in the United States?

FBI academy

Which of the following is an example of a recent trend in police use of force training?

More training in de-escalation techniques

If a competent job analysis is performed, the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for performance in that department are judged to be __________.

job-related

True or False: Courts have typically supported minimum height and weight requirements for applicants to police forces.

False

True or False: Police departments do not address workplace dating because of privacy concerns.

False

Why were women excluded from regular police work until the 1970s?

False belief about women's incapability and physical size

Until the 1970s, it was presumed that women were not as capable of performing the same type of patrol duty as men, because

of their gender and size

The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders stated that police departments

examine their promotional policies

True or False: Female police officers tend to use their cognitive and communication skills to deescalate potentially violent situations more than male police officers.

True

True or False: Griggs v. Duke Power Company was the first important job discrimination case.

True

True or False: The first policewomen were working-class immigrants.

False

The 1971 Supreme Court case that established the concept that hiring requirements must be job related was

Griggs v. Duke Power Company

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA) of 1972

all of the above

Before the 1940s, no black police officers worked in the Deep South; they were eliminated from the hiring process because they

posed a threat to white supremacy

Which state tends to lead the way with the employment of Asian Americans in law enforcement?

California

Which Constitutional Amendment is the primary instrument governing employment equality, as well as all equality, in U.S. society?

Fourteenth Amendment

An agreement between parties in a court action before, and instead of, a decision by a judge is called a

consent decree

True or False: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 covered hiring, promotion, compensation, dismissal, and all other terms or conditions of employment.

True

True or False: The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders stated that discriminatory police employment practices did not contribute to the riots of the middle and late 1960s.

False