Criminology Chapter 14 Quiz

Which act is not considered a form of cybercrime?

cyber violence

About ________ of US companies report being hit by computer network attacks each year.

60 percent

_____________ refers to the process by which thieves place an electronic device on a card that steals personal information and customer account information.

ATM skimming

You access a website you think gives you the scores of your favorite team, but a pop-up message from the FBI shows that you have violated some federal law and that your computer will remain locked until you pay a fine. This is an example of (a) ___________.

ransomware

Warez is ________.

a term that describes hacking a game or application that has copyright protection.

Thieves acquire a legitimate receipt from a store, either by buying something or taking one from the trash, and then return to the store and take an identical item to the return department. This is sometimes known as ____________.

shoplisting

Which of the following is not a motive behind cybervandalism?

a desire to earn a profit from their crime

The process of calling 911 and faking an emergency is called _______.

swatting

About _______ LGBT students have been verbally harassed at school.

8 in 10

Which of the following occurs when cyberbullies want to stalk victims?

cat fishing

The costs of cybercrime are estimated to be as high as _______________.

$575 billion

_________ is defined as illegally using the Internet to gather information that is considered private or confidential.

cyberspying

The ________ is the act that criminalizes the use of recording equipment that makes copies of films while in movie theaters.

Artists rights and theft prevention act

The ________ maintains the Electronic Crimes Task Force, which focuses on identifying and locating international cybercriminals connected to cyber intrusions, bank fraud and other computer-related crimes.

Secret Service

At the start of the second Gulf War, US agents sent emails to Iraqi military officers telling them they would not be harmed if they left their tanks and weapons parked on the side of the road and went home. This would be an example of ____________. ___________.

cyber war

n 2014, 500 million Yahoo accounts were hacked and personal information was stolen. This act was an example of ___________________. _________.

cyber espionage

One recent tactic used by terrorist groups is to _________________.

make contributions through fraudulent charitable organizations to distribute funds

You are asked in a press conference about the differences between transnational organized crime and traditional organized crime, or the Mafia. You answer that ____________.

there are only a few differences between the Mafia and networks of individuals working in more than one state or nation to conduct illegal business ventures

Which of the following is not considered a main activity of transnational organized crime?

burglary

Which transnational gang is not based primarily on ethnicity or family structure, but is instead based on economic necessity?

Russian gangs

An estimated ________ percent of cocaine entering the United States comes from Mexico.

90 percents

Industry experts estimate that the worldwide criminality of traditional Italian organized crime equals approximately ________annually.

100 billion

You are a federal prosecutor attempting to use the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act against an Asian organized crime group THAT operates a legitimate international clothing manufacturer in Brooklyn, New York. What provision of the RICO statutes are you going to use?

acquiring an interest in or control of any enterprise engaged in interstate of foreign commerce

A large part of the problem relating to eradicating transnational organized crime is that _________.

profits are too great for countries to look the other way

One problem with combating cybercrime is that _____________.

existing laws are sometimes inadequate to address the problem

According to the theory of social harm, immoral acts can be distinguished from crimes on the basis of the ____they cause.

injury

After World War I, prostitution became associated with ____, and the desire to protect young servicemen from harm helped to end all experiments with legalization in the United States.

disease

Attaining sexual pleasure through sexual activity with prepubescent children is referred to as ______.

pedophilia

Becky obtains a legitimate receipt from a store and returns to the store, shops, and picks up the identical item return to the service desk to get a refund. Becky has just committed _______.

shoplisting

David Smith pleaded guilty to state and federal charges and was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his $80 million dollar cyber attack in the form of a ______.

​computer worm

Ethan Nadelmann argues that drugs should be legalized because ______.

the use of mood-altering substances is customary in almost all human societies

Gloria would most likely fit into which category of prostitute?

​Call girl

_________is a disturbing behavior whereby men travel overseas to places such as Thailand in order to engage in illicit sexual behavior with young girls who have been sold into prostitution.

Sex tourism

​Opium was first discovered in 1887 by Josef Mendelson as a derivative for the harsh medications used for relaxation at the time.

False

​Similar to a salami slice fraud but on a much larger and usually more complex scale, ________________ sometimes is perpetrated as a "one-off kamikaze" fraud.

manipulation of accounts

​The creation of false emails or websites that look legitimate but are designed to gain illegal access to a victim's personal information

phishing

One of the primary issues for combating transnational drug crime is that the United States has little influence in some key drug-producing areas, such as Taliban-held Afghanistan and Myanmar. ​

True

The following illustrates the story of Rebecca Caine who was terrorized by her ex-boyfriend Peter Atkinson who bombarded her with hundreds of texts and calls a day and even posted nude pictures of her online. His actions are characterized as ______. ​

​cyberstalking

​The theft and/or destruction of information, resources, or funds via computers, computer networks, or the Internet.

Cybercrime

What does research indicate about the effects of legalizing prostitution?

Legalization leads to massive expansion of the trade, both legal and illegal.

​Which of the following is an Asian transnational group involved in manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamine who originated in Thailand?

​Red Wa

Which of the following is false in regard to cyberbullying?

Girls are more likely to post harmful videos or pictures, while boys are more likely to spread rumors.

Which of the following is not a condition present in a commercial sexual transaction?

Felonious violence

Which of the following would be an example of a cyber smear scam?

​Bill writes a fictional column about Exxon Mobile closing, hence driving down stock prices for his friends to purchase