Deck 9: Modus Operandi, Motive, and Technology

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an offense behavior?

A) Motivational typology
B) Power reassurance
C) Power assertive

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Criminal motivation is, generally:

A) Technology dependent
B) Technology-based
C) Technology independent
D) Technology-centric

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In this offense behavior, the goal is the victim's total fear and submission for the purposes of feeding the offender's sexual desires.

A) Power reassurance
B) Power assertive
C) Anger retaliatory
D) Anger excitation

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the example of programs being released, an example of power assertive offense behavior would be:

A) A terrorist releasing a virus that would shut down segments of the power grid
B) A 13-year-old running a tool that attempts to guess phonecard PIN numbers
C) A keylogger that is installed on the computer of anyone who visits a particular website
D) A program that simulates the Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) as a screensaver

Question 5

An unintended consequence of the Advanced Research Projects Agency's development of a mechanism for ensured communication between military installations was:

A) Mainframe computing
B) The Internet
C) Microwave communication
D) The Ada programming language

Question 6

The emotional, psychological, or material need that that impels, and is satisfied by, a behavior is known as:

A) Motive
B) Modus operandi
C) Offense behaviors
D) Offender behaviors

Question 7

The study that was taken and modify by the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime was:

A) Locard's Principle
B) The Groth rapist motivational typology
C) Lombroso's typology
D) Gibb's Numerical Rules

Question 8

Profit-oriented offense behavior indicates that the offender's motivation was based on:

A) Anger
B) Revenge
C) Restoration of self-confidence
D) Material or personal gain

Question 9

In power assertive offense behavior, the offenders may not take precautions that they have learned are generally unnecessary. One reason for this is because:

A) The crimes they commit usually have minimal punishment.
B) The offenses are usually fantasized and not really carry out.
C) They have no respect for law enforcement.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

Computers and the Internet are no different from other technologies adapted by the criminal.

Question 11

When the Advanced Research Projects Agency began funding a mechanism for ensured communications between military installations, they understood full well that they were developing a pervasive form of social-global connectedness.

Question 12

Using e-mail for anonymous harassment is an example of how technology has been used as a vehicle for criminal behavior.

Question 13

Modus operandi is a Latin term that means "the method of operating."

Question 14

A criminal's set of learned behaviors that can evolve and develop over time are referred to as:

A) Motivational typology
B) Offense behaviors
C) Modus operandi
D) The none of the above

Question 15

An offender's MO behavior is functional by nature - one of the purposes is that it facilitates the offender's escape.

Question 16

The cotton gin and the Gatling gun are examples of:

A) The role innovation played in American history
B) New technology that had unintended social consequences
C) Proof that inventors should be monitored by the government
D) None of the above

Question 17

Which offense behavior is characterized by the belief that the victim will enjoy and eroticize the offense behavior and may subsequently fall in love with the offender?

A) Power reassurance
B) Power assertive
C) Anger retaliatory
D) Anger excitation

Question 18

Maury Roy Travis was arrested for multiple murders based on:

A) The fact that the police were able to link into all of his crimes prior to his capture
B) His inadvertent cybertrail of information recovered from an online map
C) The large number of tangible leads the police had to work on
D) His lack of skill and poor planning

Question 19

Modus operandi (MO) is a Latin term that means:

A) Seize the data
B) Ways and means
C) Operator error
D) A method of operating

Question 20

Motive reflects__________ the crimes were committed.

A) How
B) Why
C) Where
D) When

Question 21

A criminal's MO reflects how he committed his crimes.

Question 22

Anger retaliatory offense behavior is behavior wherein the offender obtains sexual gratification from the victim's pain and suffering.

Question 23

The criminal's MO consists of learned behaviors that can evolve and develop over time.

Question 24

In regard to profit-oriented offense behavior, any behavior that is not purely profit motivated, which satisfies an emotional or psychological need, should be examined with the lens of the other behavior motivational types.

Question 25

Explain the possible benefits of conducting a thorough analysis of modus operandi during an investigation.

Question 26

Power reassurance - one of the offense behaviors - intends to restore the criminal self- confidence or self-worth through the use of extremely high aggression means.

Question 27

The technology that proved to be the downfall of Maury Roy Travis was the online mapping service that had logged his IP address.

Question 28

You are investigating the hacking and defacing of a corporate website. Provide a motivational analysis for this incident based on each of the offense behaviors listed in the text.

Question 29

As a general rule, law enforcement groupies are always engaged in some form of criminal activity.

Question 30

Modus operandi and motive are considered to be the same thing.

Question 31

Maury Roy Travis, compared with other serial murderers, was foolish, impulsive, and unskilled.

Question 32

As criminals learn about new forensic technologies and techniques being applied to their particular area of criminal behavior, they must be willing to modify their MO, if possible, to circumvent those efforts.