Deck 11: Internet Deviance

Question 1

Experts fear that if Internet gambling were legal,compulsive gamblers would probably

A)get more help.
B)gamble less.
C)go bankrupt.
D)break the law.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A Trojan is

A)a Greek military strategy.
B)a hacker code.
C)a protective software.
D)a key logger

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Joe engaged in an online affair,but when he was caught by his wife,he insisted it was not an affair.He was likely to use all of the following reasons to deny guilt,EXCEPT that

A)no real sex took place.
B)it was merely fun.
C)it only involved a relationship to a machine.
D)no one was hurt by the affair.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

All of the following are characteristics of cyberporn surfers,except for ________.

A)teenagers
B)whites
C)males
D)married

Question 5

Internet gambling seems to be more convenient,solitary,and anonymous.These features also make it more ________.

A)addictive
B)deviant
C)profitable
D)legal

Question 6

Which of the following statements about Internet gambling is true?

A)Internet gamblers bet about $2 billion a year.
B)Internet gambling is largely legal in the United States.
C)Internet gambling is illegal throughout the world.
D)Internet gambling legalization is an unsettled issue in the United States.

Question 7

The text's authors call the Internet the "wild frontier of deviance" because

A)Internet deviance involves many violent acts.
B)Internet deviance can be carried out with impunity.
C)the Internet itself is somewhat deviant.
D)so much imaginative deviance is taking place.

Question 8

Which of the following is the most often an outcome of cybersex?

A)finding a partner offline
B)masturbation
C)depression
D)better sex

Question 9

All of the following are reasons why online infidelity is very appealing EXCEPT that it

A)is anonymous.
B)is convenient,allowing one to find partners all over the world from their keyboard.
C)leads to real-life liaisons most of the time.
D)is a form of escapism.

Question 10

Which of the following is one reason why the United States cannot stop Internet gambling within their borders?

A)the lack of law enforcement
B)the lack of laws
C)too many compulsive Internet gamblers
D)organized crime involvement

Question 11

Cyberdeviance can be split into two broad types: disrupting a computer network as a target and

A)using the computer as a tool to commit deviant acts.
B)using the computer to keep records of deviance.
C)creating a method of hacking.
D)creating a computer network to commit deviance.

Question 12

If consumers are sent bogus e-mails that appear to come from legitimate banks or e-commerce sites in order to gain personal information,they are victims of ________.

A)hacking
B)plucking
C)phishing
D)pilfering

Question 13

Men who visit and use child pornography sites are considered

A)innocent partakers of fantasies.
B)pedophiles.
C)normal Internet users.
D)harmless visitors.

Question 14

All of following are reasons for people to take part in cybersex,except for

A)anonymity.
B)ease and convenience.
C)resolving marital problems.
D)strong sexual fantasies.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about cyberdeviance is true?

A)High tech has enabled law enforcement agencies to catch and convict at least 25 percent of online identity thieves.
B)The majority of identity thefts are inside jobs.
C)Most cyberporn enthusiasts are teenagers.
D)Cyberstalking is more benign and less harmful than off-line,traditional stalking.

Question 16

Most people consider online affairs just as real as offline affairs because

A)they involve the deviant use of a computer.
B)all fantasies about sex turn into reality.
C)a physical sexual act usually takes place.
D)they can lead to marital discord and divorce.

Question 17

Most identity theft is done by

A)Eastern European countries.
B)organization or corporate insiders.
C)bright teenagers.
D)cyber-pornographers.

Question 18

Many companies are unwilling participants in identity theft.All of the following are practices that facilitate identity theft if not implemented,EXCEPT for

A)using key logging monitoring programs.
B)maintaining personnel security.
C)installing a firewall.
D)using hard-to-guess passwords.

Question 19

Legalizing Internet gambling would

A)end organized crime involvement in Internet gambling.
B)largely end Internet gambling.
C)produce needed tax revenue.
D)make Internet gambling a local and not a national problem.

Question 20

About ________ billion dollars are spent each year on Internet gambling.

A)1
B)6
C)44
D)61

Question 21

How many nationwide cyberattacks have taken place against the United States?

A)0
B)1
C)6
D)14

Question 22

The anonymity of the Internet discourages discrimination because it

A)discourages prejudice against minorities through education.
B)hides the group-identifying cues of gender and ethnicity.
C)hides the deviants who promote hate.
D)receives minority protections from the U.S. government.

Question 23

The key factor that allows people to express their anti-minority feelings and beliefs is

A)the number of computers available.
B)anonymity.
C)freedom.
D)prejudice.

Question 24

Which of the following are NOT characteristics of the typical hacker profile?

A)They are males.
B)They come from dysfunctional families.
C)They have deviant personalities.
D)They associate with a peer group.

Question 25

Which of the following would be an example of cyberterrorism?

A)flying an airplane into the World Trade Center
B)the London suicide bombers
C)the disruption of the nation's air traffic system
D)giving an impassioned speech at a local mosque

Question 26

The most common type of cyberdeviance is ________.

A)terrorism
B)pornography
C)viruses
D)child pornography and exploitation

Question 27

Which of the following figures reflects the yearly number of cybercrimes around the world in 2002?

A)300,000
B)700,000
C)1,300,000
D)5,100,000

Question 28

A global perspective on cyberdeviance reveals that cyberdeviance is

A)mostly confined to the United States.
B)truly global and borderless.
C)largely shaped by the global economy.
D)mostly the result of offline deviance in other places in the world.

Question 29

The repeated harassment of others through the Internet is called ________.

A)cyberterrorism
B)a hate crime
C)cyberstalking
D)discrimination

Question 30

Cyberstalking is sometimes more disturbing and dangerous than traditional stalking because

A)e-mail messages can be meaner than in-person contact.
B)cyberstalkers have greater access to personal data.
C)most victims are recent immigrants from other countries.
D)e-mail contact usually lead to personal confrontation.

Question 31

The free exchange website Pirate Bay has ties to which of the following organizations?

A)Creative Commons
B)The Federal Trade Commission
C)The Missionary Church of Kopimism
D)The Hipatia Group

Question 32

Which of the following is the reason why no terrorist has launched a cyberattack upon the United States?

A)The United States has good defenses against such an attack.
B)Cyberterrorists have lost interest in attacking the United States.
C)Cyberterrorists still do not possess specialized knowledge of the U.S. computer infrastructure.
D)Cyberterrorists are more interested in identity theft to raise money for offline terrorist acts.

Question 33

All of the following are features of cyberstalking,EXCEPT that cyberstalkers

A)can harass people anywhere in the world.
B)can cause people serious emotional and physical harms through the spread of rumors online.
C)usually cyberstalk persons they know.
D)usually make themselves known to the persons they are tormenting.

Question 34

The Anti-Defamation League and the Poverty Law Center

A)track prejudice online and promote tolerance.
B)offer filtering programs to protect children.
C)enforce hate crime laws.
D)promote Internet freedom of speech.

Question 35

Which of the following types of hacking are the most well known?

A)exploring networks
B)planting viruses
C)changing user names and passwords
D)manipulation of web pages

Question 36

All of the following are true about expressing hate online,EXCEPT that the deviants

A)usually follow up their expression of hate by practicing discrimination.
B)use the Internet to express their personal hatred toward a minority.
C)can begin cyberstalking the victims.
D)usually choose to hate someone they know.

Question 37

To many sociologists,hackers strongly resemble

A)career criminals.
B)cyberterrorists.
C)identity thieves.
D)juvenile delinquents.

Question 38

All of the following are examples of using the computer-as opposed to the computer network-as a tool to commit a deviant act,EXCEPT

A)cyberporn.
B)stalking.
C)identity theft.
D)cyberterrorism

Question 39

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)is a sector belonging to which of the following institutions?

A)the National Institute of Justice
B)the United States National Guard
C)the CIA
D)the FBI

Question 40

Which of the following forms of hacking has the fewest implications for greater society?

A)planting a worm
B)knocking out a phone network
C)hacking a famous person's cellphone and posting stored photos
D)stealing money through identity theft

Question 41

The reason the text's authors call the Internet the new, wild frontier of deviance today is because Internet deviants are more educated and clever.

Question 42

Many people use the Internet as a tool for expressing their hate of others.

Question 43

The anonymity of the Internet leads to more discrimination against members of minority groups.

Question 44

One benefit from the legalization of Internet gambling would be the ability to more carefully regulate the industry

Question 45

Traditional stalking is generally more dangerous than traditional cyberstalking.

Question 46

Cyberstalking is almost always directed toward people the deviant knows and does not like.

Question 47

Most persons visiting Internet porn sites are sex-crazed teenagers.

Question 48

The majority of people who visit Internet porn sites are married white males.

Question 49

Internet gambling is legal in a handful of states in the United States, despite limitations.

Question 50

A serious type of cyberdeviance involves targeting a computer network through hacking and cyberterrorism.

Question 51

Internet gambling is totally illegal in the United States.

Question 52

Two reasons why many persons enjoy cybersex are because it is anonymous and can lead to real sex.

Question 53

Trojan horses are a type of spyware programs that allow identity thieves to monitor a computer user's key strokes.

Question 54

Cyberstalking is more disturbing and dangerous than traditional stalking.

Question 55

Hacktivism involves accessing computer systems and files,by illegal means,for various political and socially conscientious purposes.

Question 56

Two factors that have led to the tremendous rise of cyberdeviance is the phenomenal increase in the use of computers and

A)an increased desire for deviant activities such as pornography.
B)organized crime.
C)lack of law enforcement.
D)fewer opportunities for offline deviance.

Question 57

Law enforcement agencies have not successfully caught and convicted any online identity thieves.

Question 58

Almost all hackers are interested in cracking and damaging computer networks and to otherwise show off their skills.

Question 59

Almost all Internet affairs result in the actual meeting and sex with the online partner.

Question 60

Married people excuse their online affairs by saying it is a relationship with an object and not a real person.

Question 61

A ______ could bring a country to its knees by disrupting or disabling its infrastructure.

Question 62

The main reason why the United States has not experienced a cyberattack is because terrorists have lost interest in doing so.

Question 63

The two factors that explain cyberdeviance's meteoric rise is the phenomenal increase in computer use and lack of law enforcement.

Question 64

The most widespread form of cyberdeviance around the world is pornography.

Question 65

_____________ is using the Internet or e-mails to repeatedly harass or threaten another person.

Question 66

___________ is popular because customers can view materials in the privacy of their homes.

Question 67

__________ people in the general public consider online affairs to be just as real as offline affairs.

Question 68

One disturbing use of the Internet is expressing __________ toward some minority group.

Question 69

Analyze the threat of a cyberterrorist attack against the United States.What would happen? How can the United States prevent such an attack,and would such prevention change the nature of the Internet? How so?

Question 70

Cyberspace is truly global and borderless.

Question 71

Cyberaggression is similar to cyberbullying,but the negative online interaction is repeated over a much longer term.

Question 72

__________ programs copy a computer user's keystroked and sends the information to the offender.

Question 73

__________ involves accessing computer systems and files,by illegal means,for various political and socially conscientious purposes.

Question 74

Two forms of cyberdeviance are using a computer as a __________ to commit acts of deviance and disrupting a computer network as a target.

Question 75

Cyberterrorists could bring the United States to its knees by disrupting or disabling its infrastructure.

Question 76

__________ is a scam that involves a caller pretending to have knowledge of an abduction of a family member.

Question 77

While often conducted for malicious purposes,__________ may also be relatively innocent and harmless,such as breaking into computer systems only for the challenge and then notifying system administrators how the break-in is done so that they can improve their network security.

Question 78

Most Americans who engage in Internet gambling do so by visiting otherwise legal __________ gaming websites.

Question 79

What can a global perspective tell us about cyberdeviance? Discuss which countries engage in cyberdeviance,and the historic trends that have been emerging since the 1990s.

Question 80

One common reason why people participate in cybersex is the relative __________ of finding sex partners.