Question 1

Valid measures correctly capture the concept under consideration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

______________measures consider the quantity of the service delivered, such as number of arrests, total dollars collected in seized assets, and number of cases resulting in conviction.

Accepted Answer

A)  Input 
B)  Output 
C)  Outcome 
D)  Efficiency

Question 3

Research has found that although community policing departments emphasized a different level of service delivery and performance evaluation, these changes were yet to be reflected in their performance appraisal instruments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Studies that examined the relationship between personality traits and job performance consistently found that _________________ was a predictor of job performance across all occupational categories.

Accepted Answer

A)  extraversion 
B)  emotional stability 
C)  agreeableness 
D)  conscientiousness

Question 5

The performance of public agencies is typically focused on all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  equality 
B)  economy 
C)  efficiency 
D)  effectiveness

Question 6

Police managers are responsible for the evaluation of all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  individual performance 
B)  unit performance 
C)  court performance 
D)  project or program performance

Question 7

What are the issues in the evaluation of strategy? Which is most important, and why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the issues in the evaluation...

Question 8

Selective reporting by victims can influence the accuracy of crime rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Individual performance appraisals are used to provide data for all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  information to the media 
B)  administrative decisions 
C)  research purposes 
D)  counseling of personnel

Question 10

Police performance measures are typically used to determine all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  what is accomplished 
B)  efficiency of resource allocation 
C)  future accomplishments 
D)  effectiveness of the resources used

Question 11

A target is the part of a performance measure that establishes the desired level to be reached in a defined time period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What are the difficulties in measuring the crime rate, and how can they be addressed?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the difficulties in measuring the...

Question 13

What is the purpose of individual performance measurement, and how can it be improved?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the purpose of individual performance...

Question 14

Macro measures are broad indicators of effectiveness based on the subjective reflection of impressions of police activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Traditionally, police performance measures have been based on all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  numbers and types of arrests 
B)  clearance rates 
C)  conviction rates 
D)  citations/parking tickets issued

Exam 10: Measuring Police Performance

Valid measures correctly capture the concept under consideration.

______________measures consider the quantity of the service delivered, such as number of arrests, total dollars collected in seized assets, and number of cases resulting in conviction.

Research has found that although community policing departments emphasized a different level of service delivery and performance evaluation, these changes were yet to be reflected in their performance appraisal instruments.

Studies that examined the relationship between personality traits and job performance consistently found that _________________ was a predictor of job performance across all occupational categories.

The performance of public agencies is typically focused on all of the following EXCEPT:

Police managers are responsible for the evaluation of all of the following EXCEPT:

What are the issues in the evaluation of strategy? Which is most important, and why?

Selective reporting by victims can influence the accuracy of crime rates.

Individual performance appraisals are used to provide data for all of the following EXCEPT:

Police performance measures are typically used to determine all the following EXCEPT:

A target is the part of a performance measure that establishes the desired level to be reached in a defined time period.

What are the difficulties in measuring the crime rate, and how can they be addressed?

What is the purpose of individual performance measurement, and how can it be improved?

Macro measures are broad indicators of effectiveness based on the subjective reflection of impressions of police activities.

Traditionally, police performance measures have been based on all of the following EXCEPT: