Question 1

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) often opts to negotiate a consent order
calling for the cessation of some prohibited practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the half-century period in which Edgar Hoover was its director, the F.B.I.:

Accepted Answer

A)  accorded the highest priority to white collar crime 
B)  was concerned mainly with less publicly visible forms of crime 
C)  accorded rather little attention to white collar crime 
D)  was quite unaware of corrupt and improper dealings of various politicians and businessmen 
A)  accorded the highest priority to white collar crime 
B)  was concerned mainly with less publicly visible forms of crime 
C)  accorded rather little attention to white collar crime 
D)  was quite unaware of corrupt and improper dealings of various politicians and businessmen

Question 3

The Inspectors General:

Accepted Answer

A)  are the government agents in charge of inspecting food 
B)  are attached to a variety of government departments and agencies, and conduct internal audits and investigations 
C)  are in charge of insuring that all government transportation vehicles are safe 
D)  are traditional agents of the English government, but are unknown in the American system of government 
A)  are the government agents in charge of inspecting food 
B)  are attached to a variety of government departments and agencies, and conduct internal audits and investigations 
C)  are in charge of insuring that all government transportation vehicles are safe 
D)  are traditional agents of the English government, but are unknown in the American system of government

Question 4

If regulatory agencies take steps which benefit a particular industry, it is
uniformly the case that the agency is "captive" to the industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is a basic limitation on the effectiveness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It cannot engage in plant inspections 
B)  It cannot issue warnings 
C)  It often does not carry out tests directly 
D)  It cannot make referrals for criminal prosecution 
A)  It cannot engage in plant inspections 
B)  It cannot issue warnings 
C)  It often does not carry out tests directly 
D)  It cannot make referrals for criminal prosecution

Question 6

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been criticized both for holding up
approval of experimental drugs and not requiring adequate testing of new medical
devices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Identify some of the principal disincentives for local police involvement with white collar crime? What state and federal enforcement agencies have played a role in the investigation of white collar crime? What factors inhibit their effectiveness, and what factors contribute to it?

Accepted Answer

Some of the principal disincentives for

Question 8

Corporate offenders who are viewed as deliberately breaking laws to maximize profit are regarded by agency personnel as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amoral calculators 
B)  Political citizens 
C)  Organizationally incompetent 
D)  Task-oriented 
A)  Amoral calculators 
B)  Political citizens 
C)  Organizationally incompetent 
D)  Task-oriented

Question 9

Private policing:

Accepted Answer

A)  is a much smaller enterprise than public policing 
B)  never engages in cooperative ventures with public police 
C)  is often oriented toward avoiding criminal prosecution of matters it investigates 
D)  tends to be focused on the wrongdoing of higher-level corporate officials 
A)  is a much smaller enterprise than public policing 
B)  never engages in cooperative ventures with public police 
C)  is often oriented toward avoiding criminal prosecution of matters it investigates 
D)  tends to be focused on the wrongdoing of higher-level corporate officials

Question 10

Yeager's study of the Environmental Protection Agency found evidence of a strong structural bias in the regulatory process which favors which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Smaller, weaker corporations 
B)  Larger, more powerful corporations 
C)  Medium-sized, moderately powerful corporations 
D)  Individual entrepreneurs 
A)  Smaller, weaker corporations 
B)  Larger, more powerful corporations 
C)  Medium-sized, moderately powerful corporations 
D)  Individual entrepreneurs

Question 11

Compliance officers in brokerages or banking houses are encouraged to report
violations of laws and regulations and are assured that no adverse action will be
taken against them by their employers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The first major period of federal regulatory expansion at the beginning of the 20th century was inspired by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Concern over the effects of the great depression 
B)  Environmentalist and consumer activist groups 
C)  Populist sentiments against the abuses of big businesses 
D)  Conservative political interest groups 
A)  Concern over the effects of the great depression 
B)  Environmentalist and consumer activist groups 
C)  Populist sentiments against the abuses of big businesses 
D)  Conservative political interest groups

Question 13

Which of the following has not been adopted as a strategy to diminish the problem of corrupting of regulatory agencies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Creating prohibitions against moving into regulated industries for a period after agency service 
B)  Limiting agency discretion with more specific statutes 
C)  Prohibiting people with knowledge of the industry to be regulated from being hired by regulatory agencies 
D)  Promoting the professionalization of agency personnel 
A)  Creating prohibitions against moving into regulated industries for a period after agency service 
B)  Limiting agency discretion with more specific statutes 
C)  Prohibiting people with knowledge of the industry to be regulated from being hired by regulatory agencies 
D)  Promoting the professionalization of agency personnel

Question 14

Which of the following is not a way in which the regulatory justice system tends to differ from the criminal and civil justice systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has a generally lower public profile 
B)  It is less likely to involve an adversarial confrontation 
C)  It has the least likelihood of being involved with alleged business wrongdoing 
D)  It has less stigma associated with it, at least relative to the criminal justice system 
A)  It has a generally lower public profile 
B)  It is less likely to involve an adversarial confrontation 
C)  It has the least likelihood of being involved with alleged business wrongdoing 
D)  It has less stigma associated with it, at least relative to the criminal justice system

Question 15

Major financial firms have established in-house policing units in very few cases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A major limitation on the Inspectors General's ability to root out internal
government corruption is the fact that they remain external to the department they
are investigating.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A much broader range of agencies is involved in the policing of white collar
crime than in the policing of conventional crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the first federal regulatory agency that was established 
B)  one of the most controversial federal regulatory agencies 
C)  an agency devoid of any rule-making authority 
D)  an agency with no significant sanctions available to it 
A)  the first federal regulatory agency that was established 
B)  one of the most controversial federal regulatory agencies 
C)  an agency devoid of any rule-making authority 
D)  an agency with no significant sanctions available to it

Question 19

Which of the following statements about self-regulation is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is commonly called for and promoted by top-level corporate executives 
B)  It is never in the interest of corporations 
C)  It plays an especially important role in the professions 
D)  It results in professional disciplinary actions against a very large number of professionals 
A)  It is commonly called for and promoted by top-level corporate executives 
B)  It is never in the interest of corporations 
C)  It plays an especially important role in the professions 
D)  It results in professional disciplinary actions against a very large number of professionals

Question 20

The federal agency given the authority to pursue and capture white collar crime fugitives is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. Secret Service 
B)  U.S. Customs Service 
C)  U. S. Marshals Service 
D)  U. S. Postal Inspection Service 
A)  U.S. Secret Service 
B)  U.S. Customs Service 
C)  U. S. Marshals Service 
D)  U. S. Postal Inspection Service

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) often opts to negotiate a consent order calling for the cessation of some prohibited practice.

During the half-century period in which Edgar Hoover was its director, the F.B.I.:

The Inspectors General:

If regulatory agencies take steps which benefit a particular industry, it is uniformly the case that the agency is "captive" to the industry.

Which of the following is a basic limitation on the effectiveness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been criticized both for holding up approval of experimental drugs and not requiring adequate testing of new medical devices.

Identify some of the principal disincentives for local police involvement with white collar crime? What state and federal enforcement agencies have played a role in the investigation of white collar crime? What factors inhibit their effectiveness, and what factors contribute to it?

Corporate offenders who are viewed as deliberately breaking laws to maximize profit are regarded by agency personnel as which of the following?

Private policing:

Yeager's study of the Environmental Protection Agency found evidence of a strong structural bias in the regulatory process which favors which of the following?

Compliance officers in brokerages or banking houses are encouraged to report violations of laws and regulations and are assured that no adverse action will be taken against them by their employers.

The first major period of federal regulatory expansion at the beginning of the 20th century was inspired by which of the following?

Which of the following has not been adopted as a strategy to diminish the problem of corrupting of regulatory agencies?

Which of the following is not a way in which the regulatory justice system tends to differ from the criminal and civil justice systems?

Major financial firms have established in-house policing units in very few cases.

A major limitation on the Inspectors General's ability to root out internal government corruption is the fact that they remain external to the department they are investigating.

A much broader range of agencies is involved in the policing of white collar crime than in the policing of conventional crime.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is:

Which of the following statements about self-regulation is true?

The federal agency given the authority to pursue and capture white collar crime fugitives is the:

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

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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Exam 10: Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) often opts to negotiate a consent order calling for the cessation of some prohibited practice.

During the half-century period in which Edgar Hoover was its director, the F.B.I.:

The Inspectors General:

If regulatory agencies take steps which benefit a particular industry, it is uniformly the case that the agency is "captive" to the industry.

Which of the following is a basic limitation on the effectiveness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been criticized both for holding up approval of experimental drugs and not requiring adequate testing of new medical devices.

Identify some of the principal disincentives for local police involvement with white collar crime? What state and federal enforcement agencies have played a role in the investigation of white collar crime? What factors inhibit their effectiveness, and what factors contribute to it?

Corporate offenders who are viewed as deliberately breaking laws to maximize profit are regarded by agency personnel as which of the following?

Private policing:

Yeager's study of the Environmental Protection Agency found evidence of a strong structural bias in the regulatory process which favors which of the following?

Compliance officers in brokerages or banking houses are encouraged to report violations of laws and regulations and are assured that no adverse action will be taken against them by their employers.

The first major period of federal regulatory expansion at the beginning of the 20th century was inspired by which of the following?

Which of the following has not been adopted as a strategy to diminish the problem of corrupting of regulatory agencies?

Which of the following is not a way in which the regulatory justice system tends to differ from the criminal and civil justice systems?

Major financial firms have established in-house policing units in very few cases.

A major limitation on the Inspectors General's ability to root out internal government corruption is the fact that they remain external to the department they are investigating.

A much broader range of agencies is involved in the policing of white collar crime than in the policing of conventional crime.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is:

Which of the following statements about self-regulation is true?

The federal agency given the authority to pursue and capture white collar crime fugitives is the:

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

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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