Question : 11. A common personality test used in police selection the : 1256185

 

11. A common personality test used in police selection is the IPI. What does IPI stand for?

a.Inbau’s Personality Index

b.Inwald Personality Inventory

c.Inwald’s Policing Index

d.Iterative Policing Inventory

e.none of the above

12.As a psychologist involved in police selection, which measure(s) would you be most confident in administering to an applicant if your goal was to accurately predict their future job performance?

a.IPI

b.SILS

c.MMPI

d.MMPI-2

e.the combined results of the MMPI and the MMPI-2

13.What is the most common police selection instrument used in assessment centres?

a.personality tests

b.cognitive ability tests

c.situational tests

d.selection interviews

e.polygraph tests

14.An RCMP applicant is given a certain period of time to interview witnesses in a mock domestic disturbance case and complete an incident report. This scenario is most likely a component of:

a.an IPI

b.a situational test

c.a selection interview

d.an RPAT

e.a personality test

15.As a police selection instrument, research suggests that situational tests have:

a.no predictive validity

b.extremely high predictive validity

c.moderate predictive validity

d.no research has been conducted on the predictive validity of situational tests

e.results of studies that have been conducted are inconclusive

16.According to Sheehan and Cordner (1989), which of the following are arguments for the use of police discretion?

a.Law enforcement resources are limited and full enforcement of the law would overwhelm the criminal justice system.

b.Most law violations are minor and do not require strict enforcement all the time.

c.Some laws are vague and ill-defined, which makes discretion necessary.

d.Full enforcement of the law would alienate the public.

e.all of the above

17.Which of the following is used to deal with young offenders informally, outside the court system?

a.de-institutionalization

b.youth discretion

c.incarceration

d.resolution conferences

e.arrests

18.Which of the following is not included as a goal of the resolution conference?

a.bringing the offender and his/her family together with the victim and the police

b.providing support to the offender’s family

c.compensating the victim

d.penalizing the offender

e.fining the offender

19.Hoch, Hartford, Heslop, and Stitt (2009) conducted a study to determine whether mentally ill individuals in London, Ontario were more likely than non-mentally ill individuals to come into contact with the police and be arrested and/or charged. They found that:

a.mentally ill individuals had significantly less contact with the police

b.mentally ill individuals had significantly more contact with the police

c.mentally ill individuals were more likely to get arrested and charged by the police

d.mentally ill individuals were less likely to get arrested and charged by the police

e.both b and c

20.Which of the following statements is not true with respect to police discretion in cases of domestic violence?

a.Historically, domestic violence by a man against his wife was often ignored.

b.Historically, arrest rates have been reported to range from 75% to 100%.

c.Police sometimes choose to mediate domestic disturbances in an informal manner.

d.Community referrals and separation have been used in the past to deal with domestic disturbances.

e.both b and d

 

 

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