Deck 16: Terrorism, Technology, and the Future of Criminal Investigation

Question 1

The hijackers' weapon of choice for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was ______.

A) explosives
B) handguns
C) box cutter knives
D) stun guns

Answer 1

box cutter knives

Question 2

In the investigation of the September 11 hijackings, investigators learned the names of the suspected hijackers from ______.

A) witnesses at the airport
B) relatives
C) the flight manifests
D) NCIC

Answer 2

the flight manifests

Question 3

One of the things that initially linked the hijackers who flew into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and who crashed the plane in Pennsylvania was______.

A) maps of the Washington, D.C., area
B) letters containing instructions to the hijackers
C) information from the hijackers' relatives
D) fingerprints

Answer 3

letters containing instructions to the hijackers

Question 4

An individual already in police custody before September 11, 2001, Zacarias Moussaoui, was believed by investigators to be ______.

A) an innocent bystander
B) a person at the wrong place at the wrong time
C) another terrorist hijacker
D) a participant in the September 11 plot but it was not clear how

Question 5

In response to the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, more resources and authority were provided to law enforcement agencies, particularly ______ law enforcement agencies.

A) local
B) state
C) federal
D) private

Question 6

Biometric technology focuses on ______.

A) identification of people
B) information access
C) internet applications
D) DNA analysis

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT true about terrorist attacks?

A) They draw a lot of media attention.
B) A majority of them are committed through the use of bombs or explosives.
C) They are potentially devastating.
D) They always target the police.

Question 8

It is likely that most legal challenges of the future that relate to technology will center on ______ issues.

A) technological
B) privacy
C) freedom of religion
D) self-incrimination

Question 9

Which issues will most likely be the future of policing and criminal investigations?

A) terrorism
B) identity theft
C) technology
D) both terrorism and technology

Question 10

The crises that the police experienced in the past have been largely two-dimensional: new ______ demands and new ______ demands.

A) technological; crime
B) citizen; cultural
C) technological; citizen
D) cultural; crime

Question 11

It may be reasonable to expect that as society becomes more ______, so too will crime.

A) global
B) internet-driven
C) spontaneous
D) simple

Question 12

Which of the following is Terrorism usually not ______.

A) domestic
B) international
C) independent of a country
D) devastating

Question 13

Common terrorist targets include ______.

A) businesses
B) government
C) private citizens and property
D) all of these

Question 14

Which of the following is a criminal opportunity that the Internet provides?

A) disseminate information of hate
B) facilitate communication among all criminals
C) perform terrorism
D) all of these

Question 15

The ______ was a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

A) Posse Comitatus Act
B) USA Patriot Act
C) biometrics discipline
D) National Guard

Question 16

What is not correct about the USA Patriot Act?

A) gave additional power to the military
B) amended money laundering laws
C) made stricter immigration laws
D) expanded law enforcement's authority to seize an individual's records from a third party

Question 17

What is not correct regarding DNA?

A) It was first used in the 1990s for criminal identification purposes.
B) New technologies will make it easier to collect DNA.
C) It was a widely used and powerful tool.
D) Physical characteristics can be determined from DNA.

Question 18

______ is a nationwide DNA network, which includes DNA samples from convicted offenders and crime scenes.

A) BJS
B) UCR
C) CODIS
D) NCIC

Question 19

Which is NOT one of the biometrics technologies?

A) fingerprints
B) DNA
C) facial recognition cameras
D) thermal imaging

Question 20

Research designed to assess the ______ and ______ of emerging technologies are necessary.

A) disadvantages; cost
B) impact; effects
C) cost; use
D) new ideas; demands

Question 21

Which is NOT one of the things that may have implications for the effectiveness of criminal investigations?

A) the opinion of investigators
B) concerns about privacy
C) limited resources
D) limitations of technology

Question 22

______ will likely control many technologies in the future.

A) DNA
B) UAV's
C) Voice recognitions
D) Thermal imaging

Question 23

Which is NOT one of the seeing technologies?

A) x-ray
B) thermal Imaging
C) UAVs
D) fingerprinting

Question 24

What is not one of the limitations of the intelligence-led approach?

A) It is enough to collect intelligence.
B) Personnel needs to know how to analyze information.
C) Personnel needs to know how to make information actionable.
D) Significant resources are necessary.

Question 25

Surveillance, Elicitation, tests of security, acquiring supplies, and dry runs are a few sings for what?

A) a private investigator making an investigation
B) the installation of new technologies in law enforcement agencies
C) a terrorist attack being planned
D) a cybercrime being planned

Question 26

Organized international terrorism may represent the new, most significant crime-related demand on the police.

Question 27

In the future, it is likely that citizens will have less of a role in preventing and fighting crime than they do today.

Question 28

Without question, the Patriot Act is an excellent terrorist fighting law.

Question 29

Rewards and tip lines will likely have no place in the future of criminal investigations.

Question 30

If CODIS was to expand to the entire population of the United States, it most likely run into legal and ethical issues.

Question 31

Fingerprint technology is expanding to increase the mobility of the test as well as the ability to test on more difficult surfaces.

Question 32

Facial recognition systems are a form of digital evidence, NOT biometric technology.

Question 33

Voice biometrics and implantable microchips are forms of biometric technology.

Question 34

UAVs are drones.

Question 35

CCTV surveillance will decrease in use as compared to other technologies in the future of criminal investigations.

Question 36

Terrorist group structures are designed so that few people know everything that is being planned and carried out. This way, terrorists can escape identification and detection.

Question 37

Technological advancements may affect the way we see in criminal investigations.

Question 38

Discuss the ways in which more resources are being allocated to the federal government.

Question 39

Differentiate between domestic terrorism and internationally based terrorism.

Question 40

Name some of the technological advancements that affect the way we see in criminal investigations.

Question 41

Discuss the limitations of the intelligence-led approach and explain how you personally think one of the limitations could be mitigated.

Question 42

Name the different biometric technologies and explain what they are?