Question 1

Con artists prey upon human vanity, fantasy, loneliness, insecurity, and fear.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Prosecutions for computer crime have increased somewhat in recent years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

People with poor credit histories are less vulnerable to fraud than other groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The term "organized crime" has been applied exclusively to the activities of the
Italian-American Mafia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to the text, what is the largest Ponzi scheme committed to date?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Charles Ponzi scheme 
B)  The Grenada Bank Ponzi scheme 
C)  The Madoff Ponzi scheme 
D)  The Angelo Haligiannis Ponzi scheme 
A)  The Charles Ponzi scheme 
B)  The Grenada Bank Ponzi scheme 
C)  The Madoff Ponzi scheme 
D)  The Angelo Haligiannis Ponzi scheme

Question 6

La Cosa Nostra and the Lockheed Corporation have had parallel objectives in
making bribes to public officials.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The original Ponzi scheme is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  selling people products of grossly inferior quality 
B)  selling people investments which are much riskier than described 
C)  selling people shares in a non-existent investment, paying out to early investors from later investors' funds 
D)  selling people franchises which they must sell to other gullible investors 
A)  selling people products of grossly inferior quality 
B)  selling people investments which are much riskier than described 
C)  selling people shares in a non-existent investment, paying out to early investors from later investors' funds 
D)  selling people franchises which they must sell to other gullible investors

Question 8

Disposing of hazardous waste illegally costs possibly only around 5% of what it
would cost to dispose of it legally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Purchasing stock in a company, creating a hype that leads to the value of the stock rising, and then selling it at a profit is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  pump and dump 
B)  simple investment fraud 
C)  illegal stock inflation 
D)  playing the market 
A)  pump and dump 
B)  simple investment fraud 
C)  illegal stock inflation 
D)  playing the market

Con artists prey upon human vanity, fantasy, loneliness, insecurity, and fear.

Prosecutions for computer crime have increased somewhat in recent years.

People with poor credit histories are less vulnerable to fraud than other groups.

The term "organized crime" has been applied exclusively to the activities of the Italian-American Mafia.

According to the text, what is the largest Ponzi scheme committed to date?

La Cosa Nostra and the Lockheed Corporation have had parallel objectives in making bribes to public officials.

The original Ponzi scheme is best described as:

Disposing of hazardous waste illegally costs possibly only around 5% of what it would cost to dispose of it legally.

Purchasing stock in a company, creating a hype that leads to the value of the stock rising, and then selling it at a profit is referred to as:

The Discovery of White Collar Crime

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Occupational Crime and Avocational Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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Exam 7: Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Con artists prey upon human vanity, fantasy, loneliness, insecurity, and fear.

Prosecutions for computer crime have increased somewhat in recent years.

People with poor credit histories are less vulnerable to fraud than other groups.

The term "organized crime" has been applied exclusively to the activities of the Italian-American Mafia.

According to the text, what is the largest Ponzi scheme committed to date?

La Cosa Nostra and the Lockheed Corporation have had parallel objectives in making bribes to public officials.

The original Ponzi scheme is best described as:

Disposing of hazardous waste illegally costs possibly only around 5% of what it would cost to dispose of it legally.

Purchasing stock in a company, creating a hype that leads to the value of the stock rising, and then selling it at a profit is referred to as:

The Discovery of White Collar Crime

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Occupational Crime and Avocational Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

Filters