Deck 14: Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime

Question 1

Which department's primary responsibility is the collection of revenues due to the federal government?​

A)​Homeland Security
B)​Justice
C)​Treasury
D)Defense

Answer 1

C

Question 2

With about five thousand agents,which single-mission agency is responsible for enforcing federal statutes dealing with controlled substances by investigating alleged or suspected major drug traffickers?​

A)DHS​
B)​FBI
C)​DEA
D)ATF

Answer 2

C

Question 3

​Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)is an agency of which federal department?

A)​Department of Justice
B)​Department of the Treasury
C)​Department of Homeland Security
D)Department of Health and Human Services

Answer 3

C

Question 4

​The right to counsel,right to be tried by an impartial jury,and right to confront witnesses are U.S.Constitutional rights derived from which amendment(s)?

A)​First,Fourth,and Sixth Amendment
B)​First Amendment
C)​Fifth Amendment
D)Sixth Amendment

Question 5

Which branch of the government is responsible for combating organized crime?​

A)​judicial branch
B)​executive branch
C)​legislative branch
D)allocative branch

Question 6

The Secret Service is part of which federal government agency?​

A)​Department of Justice
B)​Department of the Treasury
C)​Department of Homeland Security
D)United States Postal Service

Question 7

Which act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General,which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government?​

A)​Judiciary Act
B)​Law Enforcement Act
C)​Protection Act
D)Policing Act

Question 8

​Office of the Inspector General special agents of the Division of Labor Racketeering conduct investigations in three general areas.Which of the following is NOT one of those areas?

A)​employee benefit plans
B)​labor-management relations
C)​internal union affairs
D)internal political party affairs

Question 9

Which law enforcement strategy requires officers/agents to seek out indications of criminal behavior?​

A)​reactive
B)​proactive
C)​responsive
D)preventative

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT one of the three restraints on law enforcement efforts in general and on organized crime law enforcement in particular?​

A)​constitutional restraints
B)​jurisdictional limitations
C)​intertwining problems of corruption and informants
D)executive orders

Question 11

The right to remain silent is a U.S.Constitutional right guaranteed under which amendment?​

A)​First Amendment
B)​Second Amendment
C)​Fifth Amendment
D)Sixth Amendment

Question 12

Which of the following is/are incentive(s)for informants to help law enforcement apprehend organized crime suspects?​

A)​financial reward
B)​vengeance
C)​securing leniency for themselves
D)financial reward,vengeance,and securing leniency for themselves

Question 13

The exclusionary rule,which provides that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be entered as evidence in a criminal trial,is a(n)_____________ on law enforcement.​

A)​constitutional restraint
B)​jurisdictional limitation
C)​intertwining problem of corruption and informants
D)executive order prohibition

Question 14

Which restraint on law enforcement restrains the United States from compelling foreign nations' police to comply with the Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule when seizing evidence from U.S.citizens abroad?​

A)​constitutional restraints
B)​jurisdictional limitations
C)​intertwining problems of corruption and informants
D)executive orders

Question 15

​The Department of Justice is headed by which official?

A)​Attorney General
B)​Director of the FBI
C)​Director of Homeland Security
D)Speaker of the House

Question 16

Which agency is the major law enforcement agency combating organized criminal activity and the lead agency in using the RICO statute to take down these types of illegal organizations?​

A)​FBI
B)​CIA
C)​DEA
D)INTERPOL

Question 17

Which law enforcement strategy encourages citizens to report crimes,then the agency responds?​

A)​reactive
B)​proactive
C)​responsive
D)preventative

Question 18

Which branch of the government is responsible for trying organized crime?​

A)​judicial branch
B)​executive branch
C)​legislative branch
D)allocative branch

Question 19

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms and Explosives agencies are part of which federal government agency?​

A)​Department of Justice
B)​Department of the Treasury
C)​Department of Homeland Security
D)United States Postal Service

Question 20

A "snitch," known by law enforcement as a confidential ________________,is an individual who provides help to law enforcement in order to further his/her own ends.​

A)​infiltrator
B)​spy
C)​informant
D)suspect

Question 21

While most people associate the Secret Service with presidential protection,its original mandate was to investigate which criminal activity,a mission they still carry out to this day?​

A)​treason
B)​counterfeiting
C)​espionage
D)gun trafficking

Question 22

Which agency in the Department of Justice (DOJ)is responsible for coordinating and developing nationwide programs for responding to organized crime?​

A)​Office of the Attorney General
B)​the U.S.Attorney in each judicial district
C)​the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section (OCRS)
D)FBI

Question 23

Coast Guard personnel are law enforcement officers who do not have to establish probable cause prior to boarding a vessel.​

Question 24

The FBI is considered the single national federal police force in the United States.​

Question 25

The FBI is the oldest federal law enforcement agency,dating back to 1789.During the period of westward expansion,the "special agent" played a significant role in the "Wild West," where he was often the only symbol of law and order.​

Question 26

Which agency is closest to a federal police force?​

A)FBI​
B)​DEA
C)​ATF
D)Secret Service

Question 27

Organized crime is always a major investigative priority for municipal police departments throughout the United States.​

Question 28

​The Customs Service and Border Protection (CBP)is a part of which federal department?

A)​Homeland Security
B)​IRS Criminal Investigation
C)​Justice
D)Treasury

Question 29

Which agency acts as a central repository for professional and technical expertise on transnational organized crime and as a clearinghouse for the collection,collation,analysis,and dissemination of information relating to organized crime and criminal organizations?​

A)​AFRICAPOL
B)​ASIAPOL
C)​INTERPOL
D)EUROPOL

Question 30

Proactive law enforcement officers often must conceal their identities and otherwise deceive the criminals they are stalking.​

Question 31

​The Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule do not govern seizure of evidence from U.S.citizens in foreign countries by those nations' police.

Question 32

During the late 1960s and early 1970s,lawsuits were brought against law enforcement intelligence units who were maintaining files on people absent evidence of criminality.​

Question 33

​The Postal Inspection Service is responsible for investigating which of the following?

A)​the use of the mail to conduct fraud
B)​the mailing of drugs
C)​the mailing of child pornography
D)all of the above

Question 34

Informants will always be truthful if they are well compensated.​

Question 35

What did the 1981 amendments to the Posse Comitatus Act provide?​

A)​a greater level of military involvement in civilian drug enforcement
B)​the tracking of suspect ships and planes
C)​the use of military pilots to transport civilian enforcement personnel
D)a greater level of military involvement in civilian drug enforcement,the tracking of suspect ships and planes,and the use of military pilots to transport civilian enforcement personnel

Question 36

Which organization is the largest inspector general's office in the federal government,with more than 1,700 employees dedicated to combating fraud,waste,and abuse and to improving the efficiency of programs?​

A)​DHS
B)​HHS
C)​HUD
D)DOD

Question 37

Federalism provides a level of inefficiency that handicaps efforts to deal with organized criminal activity.​

Question 38

The Regional Information Sharing System (RISS)was established in 1974 to do which of the following?​

A)​Assist criminal justice agencies to remove criminal conspiracies.
B)​Provide locally based services to law enforcement agencies.
C)​Provide controlled systematic updating of criminal justice information.
D)Assist criminal justice agencies to remove criminal conspiracies,provide locally based services to law enforcement agencies,and provide controlled systematic updating of criminal justice information.

Question 39

The 1878 Posse Comitatus Act prohibited the U.S.Army from performing civilian law enforcement.​

Question 40

In the wake of the Reconstruction era,when the Union Army occupied the states of the Confederacy,Congress enacted which 1878 act that prohibited the U.S.Army from performing civilian law enforcement?​

A)​Occupation Reform Act
B)​Reconstruction Act
C)​Posse Comitatus Act
D)Unification Act

Question 41

The investigative mission of the _____________ is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States.​

Question 42

In intelligence gathering,an analyst uses the methods of social science research,and central to this approach is the _____________.​

Question 43

The _____________ Amendment to the U.S.Constitution provides that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."​

Question 44

​What is electronic surveillance,and what are some of the problems associated with its use by law enforcement?

Question 45

What is the role of the U.S.Marshals Service in regard to the Witness Security Program,and what activities does it perform to fulfill this role?​

Question 46

The top investigative priority of the _____________________ is the American Mafia's domination of labor unions and/or employee benefit plans.​

Question 47

Discuss the constitutional restraints that law enforcement may encounter when attempting to investigate and prosecute known organized criminals?​

Question 48

In the federal system,the ______________ is a body of 23 citizens empowered to operate with a quorum of 16 and requiring 12 votes who hears evidence to determine whether an official indictment should be handed down by the federal prosecutor.​

Question 49

The Fifth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution provides that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." This is an important protection for the individual against the coercive powers of the state,and it can be partially neutralized by a grant of ___________________.​

Question 50

​Define "immunity." What are the two major types of immunity used by prosecutors?

Question 51

Coast Guard personnel are sometimes assigned to U.S.Navy ships who are tasked to drug interdiction,because military personnel are prohibited from making arrests of civilians by the _____________ Act.​

Question 52

The most important task for the U.S.Marshals that is related to organized crime is the responsibility for administering the ______________ program.​

Question 53

​What is the role of the Criminal Investigation Division (CI)of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)in organized crime law enforcement,and what activities does the CI perform to fulfill that role?

Question 54

_____________ acts as a central repository for professional and technical expertise on transnational organized crime.​

Question 55

The ______________________________ mandates telecommunication companies' cooperation when law enforcement engages in a wiretap.​