Deck 14: Special Investigations

Question 1

The hit-and-run driver who justifies his or her actions as the calculated risk shared by all operators who place their vehicles on the highway is known by which motivation?

A) apprehension
B) panic
C) projectionist
D) sneak operator

Answer 1

D

Question 2

This characteristic most distinguishes the crime syndicate.

A) unity of action
B) corruption
C) death to the informant
D) presence of weak and foolish public officials

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is a complex computer scheme in which the programmer steals small amounts from numerous accounts?

A) Trojan horse
B) worm
C) salami fraud
D) a come around fraud

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The projectionist hit-and-run driver tries the case in his or her own mind and determines that the other driver was at fault, refused to be a party to the accident, and drives off as the offended person.

Question 5

Crackers are often more comfortable online in front of a computer and rarely have a specific goal in mind beyond exploring another's computer system.

Question 6

Antisocial misfits who intrude into another's computer system for the challenge involved in overcoming the systems defenses is known as what type of hacker?

A) cracker
B) computer criminal
C) vandal
D) black hat

Question 7

This driver is involved in a hit-and-run because they have tried the case in his or her mind and have found the other driver at fault, refused to be a party to the accident, and drives off. This type of hit-and-run driver is known as the: _____.

A) apprehensive driver
B) alarmist driver
C) projectionist driver
D) sneak operator

Question 8

Computer vandals engage in frauds, sabotage, industrial sabotage, and theft.

Question 9

This is a common technique of the hit-and-run driver in an attempt to explain vehicle damage and the presence of his or her vehicle at the scene of the crime.

A) blame another
B) project guilt to another
C) panic
D) report the vehicle stolen

Question 10

Public morals laws are usually aggressively enforced in a community only when: _____.

A) a complaint is made
B) other crime is involved
C) an allegation of police misconduct is involved
D) an allegation of police corruption is involved

Question 11

Computer criminals are motivated by revenge due to some real or imagined wrong and seek to destroy databases and wreak havoc, to shut down another's system or the entire Internet.

Question 12

What are computer programs that perform destructive acts based upon a trigger event called?

A) viruses
B) Trojan horses
C) worms
D) logic bombs

Question 13

What is the first effort in apprehending the responsible party in a hit-and-run investigation?

A) broadcast an alarm
B) notify repair shops to be on the lookout
C) review recent reports of stolen vehicles
D) do an extensive search of public parking lots

Question 14

Vice laws, which regulate standards for public morals, are not usually aggressively enforced unless someone is offended and lodges a complaint or unless the activity occurs publicly.

Question 15

A police department that aggressively pursues enforcement of public morals laws may be criticized for squandering resources that could be used to control far more serious forms of crime.

Question 16

Prison gangs operating outside of prisons are similar to other organized crime groups, although they have a limited range of criminal activities, primarily drug selling.

Question 17

Sports gambling's main events are professional and college basketball and football games and boxing.

Question 18

Although pornography is not illegal in the United Sates, information and pictures depicting sex with children, child pornography, is prohibited by law.

Question 19

This driver is involved in a hit-and-run because they have a greater offense to hide, either morally or criminally, such as drunk driving. This type of hit-and-run driver is known as the: _____.

A) apprehensive driver
B) alarmist driver
C) projectionist driver
D) sneak operator

Question 20

A computer virus is a type of program within a program that performs destructive acts based upon a trigger event.

Question 21

All sports wagering, legal and illegal, is aided by the local press, which gives the day's _____, or betting odds for these events.

Question 22

Asian criminal organizations, called _____, concentrate on extortion of local illegal gambling as well as legitimate business owners.

Question 23

A major characteristic of syndicate operations, or organized crime, is the _____ of weak and foolish public officials to secure immunity from arrest and prosecution.

Question 24

Female undercover officers or volunteer decoys are used to arrest _____ who solicit females for the purpose of prostitution.

Question 25

The characteristic that most distinguishes the crime syndicate, or organized crime, is _____ of action.

Question 26

A major characteristic of organized crime operations is the extension of the creed of death to the _____ to justify the killing of anyone who interferes with the operations of organized crime.

Question 27

The _____ driver has a greater sin to hide, either morally or criminally, and they may flee the scene of an accident for this reason.

Question 28

_____ are trespassers who intrude and enter another's computer system without authorization.

Question 29

Most cities large enough to support a variety of prostitutes will have a _____ area where prostitutes use the client's car as the place to perform the illegal sex act.

Question 30

_____ are people who take illegal bets on sporting events.