Deck 14: Wiretaps

Question 1

Call content information is the substance of the message. In a conversation it is the voices, in an email it is the body of the message.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A pen registry allows law enforcement officers access to call content information.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A police officer often gathers information about the community wherein they work by looking for changes to the community.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Electronic surveillance involves only intercepting call content information.

Question 5

The concept that that the government cannot seize our personal electronic communications without probable cause is a relatively recent development of the previous century.

Question 6

There are situations wherein a police officer can electronically record telephone conversations without a warrant.

Question 7

The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) clarified the debate on packet information in Internet-based communications.

Question 8

Operational security in electronic intercepts refers only to the steps taken by law enforcement officials to ensure that the targets or unauthorized persons do not become aware of the electronic surveillance.

Question 9

Because of the intrusive nature of wiretaps, the legal requirements for judicial authorization are often more stringent than other types of warrants.

Question 10

Carnivore (DCS 1000) is a software tool designed to facilitate the interception of electronic communications on the Internet.

Question 11

________ is actually a computer virus program developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It is sent to a target's computer and once operational it sends ________ usage to the FBI. One of it's purposes is to defeat offender encryption efforts.

A) Magic Lantern; keyboard
B) Carnivore; printer
C) Magic Lantern; printer
D) Carnivore; keyboard

Question 12

The Foreign Intelligence Service Act includes a secret court of ________ federal judges who review requests for secret searches and covert electronic surveillance.

A) ten
B) eleven
C) seven
D) six

Question 13

Before the USA PATRIOT Act, court orders for electronic intercepts were only valid in the jurisdiction of the ________.

A) court
B) United States
C) offender
D) law enforcement agency

Question 14

Gathering information from ________ without their knowledge is the definition of ________.

A) offenders; covert surveillance
B) victims; covert surveillance
C) victims; overt surveillance
D) offenders; overt surveillance

Question 15

Electronic surveillance for the purpose of gather ________ from a telephone is commonly called a ________.

A) identifying information; wiretap
B) content information; warrant
C) identifying information; warrant
D) content information; wiretap

Question 16

Prior to the court decision, ________, as long as law enforcement officials did not trespass onto private property in order to conduct electronic surveillance, the information gained was not protected by the Fourth Amendment.

A) Griswold v. Connecticut
B) Gideon v. Wainwright
C) Miranda v. Arizona
D) the USA PATRIOT Act

Question 17

The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) requires that ________ develop equipment, facilities and services that enable electronic surveillance by law enforcement officials.

A) state and local agencies
B) commercial carriers
C) federal agencies
D) none of the above

Question 18

For local law enforcement officials, the justification for a wiretap warrant ________ that the purpose of the wiretap focus on ________.

A) requires; gaining evidence
B) may require; gaining evidence or criminal intelligence
C) requires; gaining evidence or criminal intelligence
D) may require; gaining evidence

Question 19

For state and local law enforcement officials, they must supply to the judicial authority every ________ a recapitulation of the wiretap.

A) 15 days
B) 30 days
C) 7 days
D) 5 days

Question 20

A ________ is a device used today to record and decode the electronic signal that identifies the number someone dialed.

A) Dialed Telephone Recorder (DTR)
B) Offender Number Recorder (ONR)
C) Dialed Number Recorder (DNR)
D) Offender Telephone Recorder (OTR)

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT a technological means of capturing electronic information?

A) Traps
B) Epic
C) Pen Registry
D) Magic Lantern

Question 22

A system developed during the Cold War to routinely monitor global communications best describes:

A) Tap Dance
B) Carnivore
C) Echelon
D) Magic Lantern

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the USA PATRIOT Act?

A) The Aspect of roving electronic intercepts
B) The right to counsel prior to a custodial interview during which accusatory questions are asked
C) Lowering the threshold for obtaining permission to intercept electronic communications
D) Clarifications to the interception of Internet-based communications

Question 24

Law enforcement information can be gathered from:

A) Witness
B) Offenders
C) The observations of police officers
D) all of the above

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT an instance wherein a police officer can record a conversation without a warrant?

A) Surreptitiously recorded conversations during a routine traffic stop
B) When law enforcement officials have a victim contact an offender via telephone and have the victim attempt to illicit incriminating statements
C) While offenders are handcuffed in the back seat of a police vehicle
D) none of the above

Question 26

Which of the following is an aspect of operational security?

A) Preventing unauthorized disclosure
B) Ensuring transparency
C) Restricting knowledge to as few people as possible
D) all of the above

Question 27

The general rules for monitoring a wiretap state that the official has how long to determine if the call is related to the investigation?

A) Two Minutes
B) 30 Seconds
C) One Minute
D) There is no such requirement.

Question 28

A software tool developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation designed to facilitate the interception of electronic communications on the Internet best describes:

A) Carnivore
B) Tap Dance
C) Echelon
D) Magic Lantern

Question 29

Software that can detect and select a defined subset of traffic on an Internet-based network is called:

A) Spider
B) Magic Lantern
C) Sniffer
D) Sphinx

Question 30

Device identifying information is captured through which of the following?

A) Traces
B) Pen registers
C) Traps
D) all of the above