Deck 15: Technology and Crime

Question 1

DNA profiling is

A) infallible.
B) highly reliable.
C) somewhat reliable.
D) not very reliable.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the 1994 federal DNA Identification Act, the FBI is authorized to establish DNA indexes for all but which of the following categories?

A) Samples recovered from unidentified human remains
B) Samples recovered from crime scenes
C) Offenders convicted of crimes
D) Offenders charged with crimes

Answer 2

D

Question 3

____________involves using official-looking e-mail messages to steal valuable information.

A) Cloning
B) Phishing
C) Phreaking
D) Softlifting

Answer 3

Phishing

Question 4

____________are hackers who are fascinated by the evolving technology of telecommunications and explore it without knowing exactly what they will find.

A) Game players
B) Explorers
C) Scamps
D) Pioneers

Question 5

Illegally obtaining computerized information through the path of direct access is usually taken by

A) malware creators.
B) business competitors.
C) office workers.
D) hackers.

Question 6

The __________ Act criminalized the willful infringement of copyrighted works.

A) Communications Decency
B) No Electronic Theft
C) National Stolen Property
D) Cyber Security Enhancement

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the average hacker?

A) A 20-year-old man living in San Francisco
B) A 23-year-old woman living in Chicago
C) A 35-year-old woman living in Paris
D) A 40-year-old man living in New York

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by white-collar and computer criminals?

A) Their acts generally involve information manipulations that create profits or losses
B) Their crimes can be committed by an individual, several people working in collusion, and/or organizations
C) Their crimes generally are committed through violent means
D) The generally require access to computers or computer storage media

Question 9

____________is defined as any illegal act for which knowledge of computer technology is involved for its investigation, perpetration, or prosecution.

A) Cybercrime
B) Computer crime
C) Computer-related crime
D) Computer abuse

Question 10

__________ is any violation of a federal or state computer-crime statute.

A) Computer-facilitated crime
B) Cybercrime
C) Computer abuse
D) Computer-related crime

Question 11

Hackers who are excited about breaking into geographically distant computer systems fall into which category?

A) Game players
B) Explorers
C) Vandals
D) Scamps

Question 12

Using a computer to create a database to support drug distribution falls into which category of cybercrime?

A) Internal cybercrime
B) Computer-manipulation crime
C) Support of criminal enterprises
D) Telecommunications crimes

Question 13

In the case of __________, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an earlier standard for the admissibility of scientific evidence and said that all relevant evidence is admissible unless otherwise provided by the U.S. Constitution or other relevant legal rules.

A) Frye v. U.S.
B) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C) Buck v. Bell
D) Reno v. ACLU

Question 14

In the case of __________, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down several provisions of the Communications Decency Act.

A) Frye v. U.S.
B) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C) Buck v. Bell
D) Reno v. ACLU

Question 15

Malware involves

A) phone phreaking.
B) embezzlement.
C) computer viruses.
D) software piracy.

Question 16

The primary motivation of the average hacker is to

A) profit financially by hacking.
B) gain access to computer networks.
C) demonstrate network vulnerability.
D) create a computer security system.

Question 17

Which type of hacker is most likely to use illicit drugs?

A) Scamps
B) Vandals
C) Explorers
D) Addicts

Question 18

Planting a virus is an example of which category of cybercrime?

A) Internal cybercrime
B) Computer-manipulation crime
C) Support of criminal enterprises
D) Telecommunications crimes

Question 19

Which is not one of the factors that may be used to determine whether a form of scientific evidence is reliable?

A) It has no known or potential rates of error
B) It has been subjected to peer review
C) It has been subjected to testing
D) It has standards controlling application of the techniques involved

Question 20

Lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act claimed that provisions of the act contravened __________ Amendment guarantees.

A) First
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Sixth

Question 21

Explorers focus on computer systems that are geographically distant from the hacker's physical location.

Question 22

A(n) __________ records the activities of computer operators surrounding each event in a transaction.

A) expert systems analysis.
B) data encryption.
C) threat analysis
D) audit trail

Question 23

Cybercrime is often committed through the use of violent means.

Question 24

The Daubert standard deals with the application of the laws requiring convicted offenders to provide DNA samples.

Question 25

Discovery of cybercrime is often by accident.

Question 26

Technology and crime have always been closely linked.

Question 27

The primary motivation of the average hacker is financial profit.

Question 28

The Supreme Court case of Reno v. ACLU focused on whether the Communications Decency Act abridged First Amendment protections.

Question 29

The path of direct access to computer information is generally used by office workers violating positions of trust.

Question 30

DNA evidence may last for many years.

Question 31

The first national police force to begin routine collection of DNA samples from anyone involved in a serious crime is located in which country?

A) Great Britain
B) France
C) Germany
D) China

Question 32

Illegal hacking is an example of a computer manipulation crime.

Question 33

Phishing is usually done via calls and texts made on cell phones

Question 34

The "Spiderman snare" is a discolike strobe light which quickly disorients human targets.

Question 35

is a system used to match a suspect's fingerprints against stored records.

A) NCIC
B) AFIS
C) METAPOL
D) VICAP

Question 36

The _____________ is a citizens' group that focuses on refining notions of privacy and legality as they relate to telecommunications and other communications-based media.

A) The Computer Security Institute
B) The Cybersecurity Center
C) The National Computer Security Association
D) The Electronic Frontier Foundation

Question 37

What does President Obama consider one of the most serious economic and national security challenges facing the US today?

A) White-collar crime
B) Cybersecurity
C) Violent crime
D) Constitutional protections

Question 38

____________attempt to duplicate the decision-making processes used by skilled investigators in evidence analysis.

A) Expert systems
B) TEMPEST
C) Audit trails
D) DNA systems

Question 39

An assessment of the potential disasters facing an organization is known as

A) data encryption.
B) threat analysis.
C) an expert system.
D) an audit trail.

Question 40

Typical phishing schemes generally reach only about 10,000 e-mail in-boxes

Question 41

Computer __________ involves remote access to targeted machines.

Question 42

____________are malicious hackers who deliberately cause damage with no apparent personal gain.

Question 43

The federal DNA Identification Act authorizes the FBI to establish DNA indexes for samples recovered from crime scenes.

Question 44

The greatest threat to reliable results in DNA profiling is __________ error.

Question 45

Most police departments today are prepared to effectively investigate computer crimes

Question 46

The lifeblood of the cyberworld is ________.

Question 47

Cybercriminals do not need to come into direct contact with victims.

Question 48

The Daubert ruling rejected the standards set in the previous case of __________.

Question 49

Expert systems such as NCAVC may eventually replace human criminal investigators.

Question 50

____________used special dial-up access codes to avoid long-distance charges.

Question 51

Computer __________ involves an unlawful incident associated with computer technology in which a victim suffers loss or a perpetrator reaps benefit.

Question 52

Threat analysis is the process of encoding information so that it is unreadable to all but its intended recipients.

Question 53

The U.S. Constitution states that electronic documents and communications qualify for protection under the First and Fourth Amendments.

Question 54

A(n) __________ or sequential record of system activities is a powerful tool that is useful in identifying instances of computer crime when they occur.

Question 55

Hackers who intend no overt harm but just have a sense of fun are known as __________.

Question 56

The Electronic Frontier Foundation focuses on protecting the individual rights found in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as new communications technologies emerge.

Question 57

Illegally copying software programs is known as __________.

Question 58

__________ systems are systems of computer hardware and software that attempt to duplicate the decision-making processes used by skilled investigators in evidence analysis and pattern recognition.

Question 59

____________is the process by which information is encoded so that it is unreadable by all but its intended recipients.

Question 60

________ is the violation of a federal or state computer-crime statue

Question 61

Do you agree with President Barack Obama that "cybersecurity is one of the most serious economic and national-security challenges facing the United States"?

Question 62

According to President Barak Obama, _________ is one of the most serious economic and national-security challenges facing the U.S.

Question 63

Describe the characteristics of hackers and explain the categories of the basic typology that is based on psychological characteristics.

Question 64

What effects do you think the use of DNA evidence will have on the justice system in the United States in the long run?

Question 65

Compare and contrast phone phreaking with phishing.

Question 66

One contemporary is whether e-mail qualifies as speech and is therefore protected under the _______ Amendment.

Question 67

How might similarities between hacking and playing computer games blur the lines between entertainment and crime?

Question 68

Why might cybercrime appeal to people who would not commit crimes like burglary or robbery?

Question 69

How is the use of computer technology by criminals and law enforcement similar too and different from the use of other types of technology to perpetrate crimes and bring perpetrators to justice?