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Module 6: Week 6
Quiz: Whisenand - Problem Employee/Bosses, Politics, Unions, Budget - CJUS 300
75 out of 75
1. Corruption is legalistic misconduct.
a. True
2. A budget is basically an action plan.
a. True
3. A control-taking boss seeks collaboration.
a. False
4. Participative openness means looking inward for answers.
a. False
5. Because of the 1973 National Criminal Justice Advisory Commission recommendation,
every state enacted prohibitive job action/strike legislation.
a. False
6. Police managers should not ignore social groups even if they're small, newly emerging,
and focused on a specific cause.
a. True
7. "Program" and "results-oriented" budgets are the same type.
a. True
8. Preparation and interpretation of a negotiated MOU or contract does not end with
adoption.
a. True
9. Having an internal investigations unit removes the manager from the disciplinary process.
a. False
10. The program budget is most useful for setting goals and working to reach them.
a. True
11. "Leaking" budget information to influential citizens before presenting it to elected
legislative bodies is recommended, because support for new programs can be gained.
a. False
12. Large police departments have a risk-management unit or a few employees designated as
risk-management specialists.
a. True
13. The budget process is not a political process.
a. False
14. In many instances, police unions have openly challenged management's lead in achieving
professional status.
a. True
15. Self-deception occurs when we blame others for our circumstances.
a. True
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16. The two types of proprietary funds are enterprise funds and special revenue funds.
a. False
17. Votes of no confidence against a police chief are not unusual because today's police
organizations and unions are politically oriented.
a. True
18. The city manager's message that accompanies the budget typically summarizes the
budget and emphasizes special problems and programs.
a. True
19. The success of a quality of working life (QWL) program is exclusively a management
concern.
a. False
20. You owe staff an explanation for all your decisions as a leader.
a. False
21. Most community groups are influencing police policy either routinely or occasionally.
a. True
22. The police labor movement grew out of circumstances very different from those that
triggered the birth of industrial unions decades earlier.
a. False
23. Job satisfaction is more important than compensation in the retention of police
employees.
a. True
24. Internal politics is not a problem, it is a situation.
a. True
25. To question a manager's legitimate command is an act of disobedience.
a. True
26. Risk management activities include all of the following EXCEPT .
a. investing in hedge funds
27. Which of the following does NOT describe the Quality of Working Life philosophy of
management?
a. It requires detachment of the top manager from the program.
28. The forces management and supervisory employees to discuss problems
openly rather than letting them fester.
a. grievance procedure
29. A typical program budget provides for all of the following EXCEPT .
a. elaborate cost-benefit analyses
30. The best approach to budgets is to combine the budget with the
budget.
a. traditional line-item; program
31. What is defined as a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts
recording resources together with liabilities and charges?
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a. fund
32. How many members should ideally be on the Communication/Problem Solving Team for
a department with fewer than 100 employees?
a. 5
33. Which is NOT a question that needs to be answered in the first paragraph of a news
release?
a. With?
34. Which of the following is the last resort way to cope with a bad boss?
a. Confront him or her.
35. A fund accounts for resources that are legally restricted.
a. special revenue
36. Which of the following perspectives reminds police executives that they are dependent on
continuing credibility with their boss to ensure an ongoing supply of resources to their
organization?
a. strategic
37. Which of the following is an example of unlawful conduct?
a. perjury
38. Which of the following should a manager avoid doing in order to help a problem
employee?
a. Use the counseling interview to discipline the employee.
39. The growing prevalence and power of police unions should be seen as .
a. restructuring of a relationship
40. Which of the following is the most severe disciplinary action?
a. demotion
41. Which of the following is NOT one of the overlapping stakeholders relevant to the
political implications of leadership in a police organization?
a. suspected criminals
42. Typically, collective bargaining legislations covers all of the following EXCEPT
.
a. the right to strike
43. Which is NOT a name used for a type of problem boss?
a. the clown
44. are not basically politically oriented but have the capability of becoming
political when confronted with certain issues.
a. Service clubs
45. Which of the following is a legal reason for police to withhold certain information from
the news media?
a. A court has determined that the information can prejudice an upcoming criminal
trial.
46. A spotlighter .
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a. rarely shares success with others
47. What is the final entry-level step in the employment process?
a. probationary period
48. To what do sections 3300 to 3311 of the California Government Code refer?
a. Public Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights
49. Which of the following is NOT a strategy an officer would use to handle hostile media
questions?
a. Repeat the hostile question.
50. A(n) fund is a fiduciary fund.
a. agency
