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Criminal Justice Leadership and Management Module 02 Quiz Question 1 Activity based budgeting is transparent and it is largely thought to eliminate _______. o Budget Preparations o Appropriations Hearings o Unnecessary Expenditures o Hidden Costs Question 2 One of the keys to accountability involves the person assigned to handle the budget having real control over the resources that take the form of ____________, ___________, and __________. After all, managers "cannot be responsible for a budget in which they have no authority to approve expenditures. Which of these is not one of those listed in our readings? o Needs o Information o Decision making authority o Skills Question 3 Public budgets are not merely technical managerial documents; they also are intrinsically and irreducibly _____________. o Comprehensive o Complex o Important o Political Question 4 Because their budgets are politically driven, executives should understand elected leaders' __________, often mutually beneficial when seeking funds. o Performance o Platforms o Preferences o Interests Question 5 The police department must compete with the other elements of city government for limited funds, making it of paramount importance for its leader to prepare a sound budget justification. o True o False
Question 6 These differ from justifications because they are an approach, a careful plan or method, or the art of devising or employing plans toward a goal. o Efforts o Plans o Blueprint o Strategies Question 7 Which of these is a means to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable or to show to have had a sufficient legal reason? o Explanation o Rationalization o Justification o Vindication Question 8 The chief executive's goal is to retain the agency's __________ and, if possible, to increase it. o Base budget o Capital budget o Asset management o Future budget Question 9 A police department should justify the budget in three separate spending categories; which of these is NOT one of them? o Compulsory o Discretionary o Base o Mandatory Question 10 Which of these expenditures enhances an existing level of service? o Mandatory o Base o Discretionary o Compulsory Question 11 On average, about _________ of trial court funding for courts of general jurisdiction come from state funding sources.
o 75% o 55% o 45% o 65% Question 12 Most funding for all state activities comes from general funds; however, many states have set up _______ funds. Often these are funds that take specific revenue sources and dedicate them to specific court functions. o Grant o Directed o Specific o Special Question 13 Courts sometimes will apply for grants through executive agencies in the states. This is often used to finance court innovations or start-up costs. o True o False Question 14 The judiciary is a separate and equal branch of government. However, in our constitutional system the courts are dependent upon the majoritarian branches for their resources. This arrangement creates three particular threats to the ability of the courts to carry out their constitutional functions in an independent manner. Which of these is not one of them? o Pressure to raise revenues o Interbranch competition o Competition for scarce resources o Community resources Question 15 The courts use strategies such as asking only for what they need the most from the legislature, justifying their requests with adequate documentation, and emphasizing the need to respect the courts as a __________ branch of government.  o Concurrent o Independent o Inclusive o Separate Question 16 In corrections, continual environmental analysis, also known as environmental mapping, affords the system the capability of identifying its strengths and weaknesses. This is known as an _________ analysis. o Internal
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o Budgetary o Contiguous o External Question 17 This practice has continued to grow as a way to achieve cost accountability and stability in service delivery in corrections. o Rehabilitative education o Program reduction o Inmate labor o Contracting Question 18 Corrections jurisdictions now are exploring the use of ____________ as a means to contain costs and improve service accessibility and productivity. o Inmate labor increases o Faith based rehabilitation. o New technologies o Rehabilitative education Question 19 Which of these is NOT a new technology being used in corrections health services to contain costs? o Automated medical information management systems o Cross trained correctional officers o Telemedicine o Portable fluoroscopy Question 20 Proponents of single-service and wholly contracted systems in corrections health, cite several benefits for such practice; which of these is NOT one of the posited benefits? o Reduced staff recruitment, hiring and retention o Professionally managed and operated services o Single accountability o Fixed annual budgets
Answers 1. hidden Costs 2. Needs 3. Political 4. Platforms 5. True 6. Strategies 7. Justification 8. Base Budget 9. Compulsory 10.Discretionary 11.75% 12.Special 13.True 14.Community Resources 15.Separate 16.Internal 17.Contracting 18.New Technologies 19.Cross Trained Correctional Officers 20.Reduced Staff Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention