Order 1094642: Read Instructions
Student’s Name: ______________________________ SCORE: ____________
Chapter 9: External Systems
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) That National Crime Information Center (NCIC) receives information from the various Control Terminal Agencies (CTA). The CTAs use the ________ in order to determine if an arrest record for an offender exists. 1) ______
A) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
B) Interstate Offender Index (IOI)
C) National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
D) Interstate Identification Index (III)
2) National Crime Information Center 2000 (NCIC 2000) provides local users with the ________ necessary to run the system. However, the local users are required to purchase the ________. 2) ______
A) software; hardware B) software; license
C) hardware; license D) hardware; software
3) The National Crime Information Center 2000 (NCIC 2000) has reduced fingerprint and ________ information to digital format. 3) ______
A) evidence B) crime report C) photographic D) arrest report
4) Local agencies should consider developing ________ and ________ so that National Crime Information Center 2000 (NCIC 2000) digital capabilities are used legally and safely. 4) ______
A) protocols; rules B) protocols; field tactics
C) protocols; structures D) protocols; systems
5) Uniformed Crime Reports (UCR) are ________ and ________ statistics collected about nationwide crime trends. 5) ______
A) mandatory; self-reported B) mandatory; research
C) voluntary; self-reported D) voluntary; research
6) The statistics collected by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and reported in the Uniformed Crime Reports (UCR) are classified as ________ and ________ crimes. 6) ______
A) Part A; Part B B) Part I; Part II
C) local; federal D) felony; misdemeanor
7) Information about nationwide crime trends is also provided by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in their ________. 7) ______
A) National White Collar Crime Survey (NWCCS)
B) National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
C) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
D) Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
8) The ________ states that only the most serious crime is reported to the Uniformed Crime Reports (UCR). 8) ______
A) Hierarchy Rule B) National Reporting Rule
C) Serious Crime Rule D) Felony Crime Rule
9) With ________ you would only see all bank robberies that occurred in a large urban jurisdiction. You would not be able to see the differences between those robberies. With ________ you would see the different aspects, or elements of the crimes like the weapon used. 9) ______
A) National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS); Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
B) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS); National White Collar Crime Survey (NWCCS)
C) Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
D) National White Collar Crime Survey (NWCCS); National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
10) Generally, private firms that buy and sell personal information to government organizations and the public do not report ________. 10) ______
A) death records B) Census Bureau information
C) credit history D) birth records
11) What is the agency that inputs and manages information in NCIC called? Generally, it is a larger municipal, county or state law enforcement agency. 11) ______
A) Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) B) National Tracing Center (NTC)
C) Control Terminal Agency (CTA) D) NCIC 2000
12) A computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e., criminal record history information, fugitives, stolen properties, missing persons). It is available to Federal, state, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, describes what agency? 12) ______
A) National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
B) Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS)
C) National White Collar Crime Center (NWCCC)
D) National Drug Pointer Index (NDPIX)
13) Which of the following would not be considered a public record? 13) ______
A) Birth B) Marriage C) Arrest D) Death
14) Which of the following is NOT a reason that external records are often more extensive than agency records? 14) ______
A) Offenders move across jurisdictional lines.
B) Many crimes are complex and cross jurisdictional.
C) Small agencies may not have the resources to maintain large or extensive databases.
D) Internal records are more accurate.
15) Which of the following is a pointer system for suspected drug offenders under investigation? 15) ______
A) National Drug Pointer Index (NDPIX)
B) National Tracing Center (NTC)
C) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
D) National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
16) If a local police officer was investigating an explosive device he or she could contact what agency for assistance in locating the origin of the explosive material? 16) ______
A) National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
B) Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS)
C) National White Collar Crime Center (NWCCC)
D) National Tracing Center (NTC)
17) A database that cross references past and current investigations is often referred to as: 17) ______
A) an open source B) a pointer system
C) an offender database D) a regional clearinghouse
18) Which of the following is NOT information that is maintained by a state or local government agency? 18) ______
A) Professional Licenses B) Voter Registration
C) Credit Histories D) Birth Records
19) Which of the NOT true about National Crime Victimization Survey(NCVS): 19) ______
A) It interviews business as well as households.
B) It does not collect information about homicides.
C) It surveys victims about crimes.
D) It does not collect information about crimes against children.
20) Both the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) can be used for all of the following, except: 20) ______
A) Long-term Planning B) Budgeting
C) Field Situations D) Criminal Justice Research
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
21) Under the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Hierarchy Rule, only the most only the most serious crime is reported. 21) _______
22) Police officers might access two broad classifications of records public records and investigative records. 22) _______
23) The National Crime Information Center is strictly a federal level database. Local agencies have no control over the records. 23) _______
24) Uniformed Crime Reports are the only source of information that should be considered in the analysis of crime trends. 24) _______
25) Uniform Crime Report data comes from interviews of victims of crime. 25) _______
26) Relational databases have elements that are filled with information called values. 26) _______
27) The Regional Information Sharing System uses a secure Internet connection to provide a network that connects six regional centers and member agencies. 27) _______
28) Requirements for obtaining driver's licenses are uniform from state to state. 28) _______
29) The beginnings of commercial databases can be found in the history of catalog sales. 29) _______
30) Birth, death, marriage and arrest records are all public records. 30) ______