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1. An informant who cooperates out of a need for money is the ______ informant.
a. hammered
b. mercenary
c. police buff
d. vengeful
b. mercenary
6. Nearly all of the cases shown on America's Most Wanted involved ______.
a. serious violent crimes
b. cases without viable suspects
c. cold cases
d. cases that have been solved
a. serious violent crimes
11. Video surveillance can help prove someone is innocent of a crime if a video shows ______.
a. multiple people entering and exiting a location
b. the criminal obscured their face before committing the crime
c. that person at a different location at the time the crime took place
d. someone who looks like the suspect at the crime’s location
c. that person at a different location at the time the crime took place
16. What is one of the problems with the police posting information about crimes on social media?
a. Most potential suspects do not use social media.
b. Police are unfamiliar with its use.
c. Posts can take on a life of their own.
d. Police can’t release information fast enough through social media.
c. posts can take on a life of their own.
21. When a person attempts to purchase a gun, the background check is required to look into the ______ File of the NCIC to find if the applicant is a prohibited person?
a. Denied Transaction
b. Article
c. Gun
d. Violent Person
a. Denied Transaction
2. For an organization to be classified as an outlaw motorcycle gang, three or more people ______.
a. commit an illegal act and belong to the same organization
b. offend while wearing the same or similar colors or symbols
c. share common symbols and are in possession of a motorcycle
d. commit a crime and are in possession of a motorcycle
d. commit a crime and are in possession of a motorcycle
7. Street gangs are increasingly associated with identity theft and cybercrimes, whereas outlaw motorcycle gangs are associated with ______ crimes.
a. property
b. violent
c. white-collar
d. drug-related
b. violent
12. What are the limitations of video surveillance?
a. Technology is moving so quickly that video is outdated.
b. Video can be grainy or out of focus.
c. Obtaining video surveillance requires a warrant.
d. Video surveillance is easily manipulated and is unreliable.
b. video can be grainy or out of focus
17. What is part of “pulling in” information from social media?
a. messaging the person of interest of a department account
b. viewing photographs and videos posted by suspects
c. releasing information broadly to media outlets
d. using the officer’s personal account to look for information
b. viewing photographs and videos posted by suspects
22. Which agency is responsible for maintaining the NCIC database?
a. Federal Bureau of Investigation
b. Central Intelligence Agency
c. INTERPOL
d. Bureau of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
a. Federal Bureau of Investigation
3. Gangs most often differentiate themselves based on ______.
a. education
b. gender
c. age
d. race
d. race
8. The AMBER Alert relates to ______.
a. identity theft
b. child abduction
c. runaways
d. serial murder
b. child abduction
13. What is a common characteristic among gangs?
a. They mostly operate out of legitimate businesses.
b. They primarily commit petty theft and other property crimes.
c. They are all tightly regimented with strict hierarchies.
d. They are ramping up their use of technology and social media.
d. they are ramping up their use of technology and social media.
18. What is the biggest criticism of operating a gang database?
a. It focuses on race as a determining factor of gang affiliation.
b. Most databases do not have a registry for gang tattoos.
c. It is difficult to define what a gang, gang member, or gang crime is.
d. There is no national registry, so individual departments could have conflicting data.
c. it is difficult to define what a gang, gang member, or gang crime is.
23. Which enormous interdepartmental database contains files on guns, vehicles, missing persons, foreign fugitives, identity theft, and many other crime-related issues?
a. National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
b. National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS)
c. INTERPOL Case Tracking System (ICTS)
d. Central Index System (CIS)
a. National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
4. If a crime occurred within a business, police should look for a(n) ______ to find recorded evidence of the crime.
a. source of DNA
b. eyewitness
c. closed-circuit television
d. victim statement
c. closed-circuit television
9. Though helpful in some cases, a tip line could create problems for criminal investigations because ______.
a. tip line information cannot be admitted in court
b. tip line information is hard to verify
c. tip lines require citizens to reveal their identities
d. tip lines cannot offer financial incentives
b. tip line information is hard to verify
14. What is a common feature of gangs?
a. Membership is kept strictly secret.
b. Members use symbols.
c. They are the same in every city.
d. The group is involved in petty levels of criminal activity.
b. members use symbols
19. What is the biggest limitation for newspaper and television in receiving information about crimes?
a. Information from newspapers and television is unreliable.
b. Newspapers and television are outdated forms of information gathering.
c. People likely to know about the crimes may not watch television or read newspapers.
d. These media do not have the space or time to often help with investigations.
c. people likely to know about the crimes may not watch television or read newspapers
24. Which is true with regard to the use of parapsychology and criminal investigations?
a. Investigators use clues and extrasensory perception to determine the next location of a crime.
b. Investigators make an educated guess on where the next crime will take place.
c. Investigators use precognition to see future events.
d. Investigators work with a psychic to use their talents to solve the crime.
d. Investigators work with a psychic to use their talents to solve a crime
5. NCIC is an example of ______.
a. crime analysis systems
b. geographical profiling systems
c. psychological profiling systems
d. interdepartmental databases
d. interdepartmental databases
10. Vehicle registration information is available through ______.
a. Equifax
b. El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)
c. National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS)
d. Central Index System (CIS)
c. National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS)
15. What is one of the advantages social media could have for criminal investigations?
a. Information can be assumed to be reliable.
b. The information can be released by other media outlets.
c. Most criminals do not have social media accounts.
d. Citizens can attempt to solve crimes on their own.
b. the information can be released by other media outlets
20. What is the primary concern about using Facebook in criminal investigations?
a. reliability of information
b. willingness of Facebook to cooperate
c. privacy of the user
d. ability to obtain information
c. privacy of the user
25. Which method allows the public to anonymously provide information to help solve the crime?
a. tip line
b. radio dispatch
c. wiretapping
d. confidential informing
a. tip line