Deck 17: Cyber Crime and the Future of Criminal Justice

Question 1

In which U.S. Supreme Court case did the Court ruling provide film and music companies with the ability to file piracy lawsuits against Internet file-sharing Web sites that market software used primarily to illegally download intellectual property?

A) Napster v. Illinois
B) MGM Studios v. Grokster.
C) Maxx v. Milnes
D) Roker v. Leaper

Answer 1

B

Question 2

When cyber criminals want to take their money-laundering operations one step
Further and avoid legitimate banks altogether, they can make use of
_______________.

A) digital banking
B) cyber money mules
C) laundering mules
D) digital currency

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A person who uses one computer to break into another is called a:

A) cyberbully
B) hacker
C) botnet
D) cyberstalking

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Buying and selling that takes place in cyberspace is called:

A) online auction fraud
B) e-commerce
C) online retail fraud
D) hacking

Question 5

Most parents are concerned more about pedophiles online than they are about __________, which is much more prevalent among children.

A) cyberbullying
B) hacking
C) cyberstalking
D) spyware

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the major challenges for law enforcement in dealing with cyber crime?

A) the limited amount of crime that is occurring
B) the difficulty of gathering evidence
C) the ease of dealing with jurisdictional issues
D) the multitude of resources that are available at the local level

Question 7

Which of the following is a computer program that can automatically replicate itself over a network such as the Internet and interfere with the normal use of a computer?.

A) virus
B) botnet
C) hacker
D) worm

Question 8

Which of the following is not something a worm or virus is typically programmed to do?

A) prompting host computers to continually crash
B) prompting host computers to continually reboot
C) steal someone's identity
D) infect the system

Question 9

Studies have shown that nearly __________ of American teenagers who use the Internet report being targets of cyberbullying.

A) one in five
B) one in ten
C) one in fifteen
D) one in seventeen

Question 10

In which of the following crimes do consumers order and pay for items that are never delivered?

A) online auction fraud
B) cybertheft
C) cyberhacking
D) online retail fraud

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the three roles a computer can take on in a criminal act?

A) object
B) subject
C) instrument
D) model

Question 12

There are _____ state laws that target cyberbulling in the United States.

A) 24
B) 36
C) 44
D) 49

Question 13

About __________ of the approximately 3.4 million Americans who are stalked each year are victims of cyberstalking.

A) one in ten
B) one in eight
C) one in six
D) one in four

Question 14

Bulk e-mails, particularly of commercial advertising, sent in large quantities without the consent of the recipient are called:

A) malware
B) spam
C) viruses
D) worms

Question 15

Which of the following private efforts is NOT one of the efforts used to combat cyber crime?

A) the creation of laws
B) encryption
C) firewalls
D) patches

Question 16

A network of computers that have been appropriated without the knowledge of their owners and used to spread harmful programs via the Internet is called a(n):

A) virus
B) botnet
C) hacker
D) worm

Question 17

The introduction of illegally gained funds into the legal financial system with the
Goal of covering up the funds' true origin is known as:

A) money laundering
B) digital currency
C) online banking
D) denial of service attack

Question 18

What protections ensure that a person who writes a book or a song or creates a software program is financially rewarded if that product is sold in the marketplace?

A) software and hardware
B) piracy and hacking
C) copyrights and patents
D) duplicates and rulings

Question 19

In what type of crime do the perpetrators try to get financial data and passwords from consumers by posing as a legitimate business such as a bank or credit-card company?

A) cyberbullying
B) hacking
C) phishing
D) cybertheft

Question 20

By 2010 nearly 300 billion spam messages were being sent each year, accounting for about ___ percent of all e-mails.

A) 97
B) 68
C) 35
D) 10

Question 21

Digital currency is the introduction of illegally gained funds into the legal financial system with the goal of covering up the funds' true origin.

Question 22

Which of the following is one of the main weaknesses of using encryption to protect material on computers?

A) the ease with which iencryptiont can be hacked
B) the rate at which encryption it becomes obsolete
C) the rate at which spam overrides encryptionit
D) the ease with which viruses obstruct encryptionit

Question 23

Research suggests that the greatest threats to children and teenagers on the Internet are other children and teenagers, not adult pedophiles.

Question 24

The crime of stalking, committed in cyberspace though the use of the Internet, e-mail, or another form of electronic communication is called __________.

Question 25

Many experts believe that Internet-enabled crime is going to increase dramatically in the near future.

Question 26

Malware is a term that refers to any program that is harmful to a computer or, by extension, a computer user.

Question 27

U.S. law requires that banks "know their customers"-that is, a banks is not required to know the source of a customer's funds.

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why the Internet is conductive to child pornography?

A) speed
B) security
C) regulation
D) anonymity

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a federal law regarding cybercrime?

A) it is a crime to gain unauthorized entry into a government computer and thereby discover information which is intended to remain confidential
B) it is a crime to transport child pornography in interstate or foreign commerce
C) it is a crime to use a computer to transmit adult pornography in interstate or foreign commerce
D) it is a crime to employ a minor or induce a minor to participate in making a visual depiction of a sexually explicit act

Question 30

Businesses sometimes fail to report cybercrimes for fear of losing customer confidence.

Question 31

A __________ is a person who uses one computer to break into another.

Question 32

The Internet has been a boon to the pornography industry.

Question 33

__________ is the willful and repeated emotional harm inflicted on another individual through the use of electronic devices such as computers and cell phones.

Question 34

Cybercrime is a crime that occurs online, in the virtual community of the __________.

Question 35

Today, cyber crime is the FBI's __________ priority, and each of the bureau's fifty-six field divisions has at least one agent who focuses solely on crimes committed on the Internet.

A) top
B) second-highest
C) third-highest
D) fourth-highest

Question 36

The illegal production and sales of material depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child is called:

A) statutory rape
B) child sex trade
C) sex trafficking
D) child pornography

Question 37

All states have laws criminalizing aggressive behavior perpetrated through technology.

Question 38

The condition of not being recognized or having a traceable name or identity on
the Internet is known as _________.

Question 39

Every day, as many as 60,000 malicious programs circulate on the Internet.

Question 40

Twelve percent of all Web sites have pornographic content, and these sites
generate $4.2 billion in revenue a year.

Question 41

The unauthorized copying and use of the intellectual property is called __________.

Question 42

Outline the three major reasons why the Internet is conducive to the dissemination of child pornography.

Question 43

A __________ is a network of computers that have been appropriated without the
knowledge of their owners and used to spread harmful programs via the Internet.

Question 44

Explain the difference between cyberbullying and cyberstalking and what states are doing to counteract these issues.

Question 45

Information or data of value to a criminal investigation that is either stored or transmitted by electronic means is called __________.

Question 46

Explain at least two of the issues with the use of credit cards on the Internet in relation to cyber
crime.

Question 47

_______________ is tThe application of computer technology to finding and utilizeing evidence of cyber crimes. is called __________.

Question 48

Describe the three following forms of malware: (a) botnets, (b) worms, and (c) viruses.

Question 49

Explain two some of the trends for the future of criminal justice.

Question 50

__________ is property resulting from intellectual, creative processes, such as books, films, or music.