Deck 14: Crimes Against the State

Question 1

Which of the following is not an act of espionage?

A) theft by foreign governments of trade secrets from U.S. corporations
B) the destruction of national defense utilities
C) transmission of a code book relating to the national defense
D) stealing plans from U.S. defense files relating to the design of a nuclear bomb

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the most frequently violated provisions of federal immigration law?

A) marriage fraud
B) harboring a person who is in the country illegally
C) boundary infringement
D) counterfeiting immigration document

Answer 2

C

Question 3

One of the purposes of ______ terrorism is intended to intimidate or coerce the American population.

A) domestic
B) international
C) foreign
D) political

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The mens rea of treason is characterized as which of the following?

A) intent to betray the United States
B) levy of war against the United States
C) promotion of an enemy of the United States
D) criticism of the United States

Question 5

Not only the American colonists adopted a constitutional system intended to guard against the excesses of governmental power, but they also appreciated the need to ______ and to ______ domestic threats to the government.

A) prevent; diminish
B) prevent; punish
C) track; punish
D) track; challenge

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT the actus reus of treason to individuals engaged in armed opposition to the government or in providing aid and comfort to the enemy?

A) providing arms to the enemy
B) fomenting strikes in defense plants
C) intent to betray the United States
D) charging exorbitant prices for essential armaments

Question 7

During the colonial time, British officials applied the law on treason against rebellious servants and government critics, and the punishment were ______ and ______.

A) drawing; stoning
B) branding; hanging
C) drawing; hanging
D) stoning; quartering

Question 8

Which of the following factors is not required by the Constitution for treason be clearly established by the prosecution and to protect individuals against convictions based on the following factors EXCEPT ______.

A) espionage
B) false testimony
C) prejudice
D) passion

Question 9

The United States has brought ______ prosecutions for treason.

A) only a handful of
B) few hundreds of
C) few thousands of
D) two million

Question 10

In which court case, the U.S. convicted a U.S. citizen who gave aid and comfort to the enemy during World War II by working as a radio broadcaster for the Japanese government?

A) Dennis v. United States
B) Yates v. United States
C) Cramer v. United States
D) D'Aquino v. United States

Question 11

Which of the following acts does not denounce advocacy in the sense of preaching abstractly the forcible overthrow of the Government?

A) Economic Espionage Act
B) Espionage Ac
C) Smith Act
D) Alien and Sedition Act

Question 12

Which of the following acts punishes any person writing or stating anything false, scandalous, and malicious against the government, president, or Congress with the intent to defame or to bring any of these parties into disrepute or to excite . . . the hatred of the . . . people of the United States, or to stir up sedition?

A) Economic Espionage Act
B) Espionage Act
C) Smith Act
D) Alien and Sedition Act

Question 13

Individuals involved in industrial espionage are subject to prosecution under the ______.

A) Economic Espionage Act
B) Espionage Act
C) Smith Act
D) Alien and Sedition Act

Question 14

Which of the following is not a weapon of mass destruction?

A) smallpox
B) poison gas
C) nuclear material
D) tear gas

Question 15

Which one of the following court cases resulted in an establishment of the American Chemical Warfare Act?

A) Gorin v. United States
B) Arizona v. United States
C) United States v. Bond
D) Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Question 16

An aggravated offense of a weapon of mass destruction against a mass transportation system is punishable by up to what?

A) 10 years of imprisonment
B) 20 years of imprisonment
C) life imprisonment
D) death

Question 17

Which of the following things is not a material support or resources in support of terrorism?

A) false documentation
B) airplanes
C) personnel
D) religious materials

Question 18

What is the maximum sentence for involuntary manslaughter of a U.S. national outside the United States?

A) 1 year
B) 3 years
C) 10 years
D) life or death

Question 19

Which court case challenged the constitutional status of the material support statute, including training, expert advice or assistance, service, and personnel?

A) Gorin v. United States
B) Arizona v. United States
C) United States v. Bond
D) Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Question 20

Which court case is recognized as the beltway sniper case?

A) Muhammad v. Commonwealth
B) Arizona v. United States
C) United States v. Bond
D) Gorin v. United States

Question 21

______ regulates the entry of individuals into the United States, the length of their stay, whether they may work or attend school, the treatment of individuals who are in the United States unlawfully, and the process by which individuals can become legally naturalized citizens.

A) Immigration law
B) Terrorism law
C) Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments
D) Immigration and Nationality Act

Question 22

The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act is also known as the ______.

A) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
B) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
C) Simpson-Mazzoli Act
D) Immigration and Nationality Act

Question 23

______ focused on immigration-related offenses such as alien smuggling, the creation of fraudulent documents, and the deportation of aliens who commit criminal offenses.

A) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
B) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
C) Simpson-Mazzoli Act
D) Immigration and Nationality Act

Question 24

______ allows undocumented immigrants who entered the country before their 16th birthday and before June 2007

A) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
B) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
C) Deferred Action for Parents of Americans
D) Immigration and Nationality Act

Question 25

Which state became the first sanctuary state in the United States?

A) Vermont
B) California
C) Oregon
D) Massachusetts

Question 26

Which U.S. President introduced a "zero tolerance" policy at the border between the United States and Mexico?

A) Bill Clinton
B) George W. Bush
C) Barack Obama
D) Donald Trump

Question 27

International criminal treaties do not prohibit or punish which of the following acts?

A) terrorism
B) human trafficking
C) genocide
D) torture

Question 28

The U.S. ______ is charged with determining whether a group is a foreign terrorist organization.

A) Secretary of State
B) Secretary of Defense
C) Secretary of Homeland Security
D) Attorney General

Question 29

In order to establish the crime of treason, the prosecution must provide the accused's confession as evidence.

Question 30

Immigration is exclusively governed by state law.

Question 31

Under the U.S. Code, acts of espionage committed during war are punished the same as acts of non-wartime espionage.

Question 32

English royalty prosecuted and convicted critics of the monarchy for sabotage.

Question 33

Failing to depart the United States when ordered is a violation of immigration law.

Question 34

Prosecutors in countries in which regimes carry out international crimes have frequently indicted former government officials for their commission of international crimes.

Question 35

Congress is constitutionally prohibited from adopting the policy practiced in England of extending penalties beyond the individual offender to members of his or her family.

Question 36

The major difference between sedition and seditious conspiracy is a presence of the use of force.

Question 37

Sabotage is punishable by imprisonment up to life imprisonment and a fine.

Question 38

Espionage during wartime is more difficult for the prosecution to prove.

Question 39

The use, threat, attempt, or conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction is punishable by imprisonment for a term of years or life and, in the event of death, by life imprisonment.

Question 40

Regardless of the act of terrorism resulted in death, an individual who provided material support to a terrorist is punishable by imprisonment for no more than 15 years, a fine, or both.

Question 41

Not all states have a terrorism statute to cover criminal acts that do not fall within federal jurisdiction.

Question 42

What are some ways to acquire proof of the defendant's treasonous intent?

Question 43

What is the mens rea for sabotage?

Question 44

What is the central provisions of the U.S. law on terrorism?

Question 45

What is the purpose of extraterritorial jurisdiction?

Question 46

What are some of the criticisms against the material support statutes?

Question 47

What are the four criteria under the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War in order for its members to qualify for lawful combatant status?

Question 48

What kind of impact did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 cause?

Question 49

Compare and contrast international and domestic terrorism.