Deck 11: Crimes Against Property

Question 1

A TOR browser allows users to access the Internet anonymously.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

​The first nonconsensual,nonviolent taking felony was larceny.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

​Arson includes burning almost any kind of building,but not vehicles.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

​For common law burglary,a circumstance element was that the crime occurred at night.

Question 5

​Embezzlement was not a crime at common law.

Question 6

​Receiving stolen property is a crime that applies only to those who sell stolen property for profit.

Question 7

​Federal mail fraud and Ponzi schemes are white-collar crimes against property.

Question 8

​The crime of receiving stolen property targets professional fences and ordinary people who know,or should know,they're buying stolen things.

Question 9

​The definition of burglary today is broader than the common law definition.

Question 10

​A Ponzi scheme is an online fraudulent investment operation.

Question 11

​Criminal mischief is the damage or destruction of intellectual property.

Question 12

​In many states,there is more than one type or degree of burglary.

Question 13

​Identify theft is prevalent but does not cause a great deal of harm.

Question 14

​Personal computing has greatly enhanced the opportunity for cybercrimes.

Question 15

​Most states have only one degree of burglary.

Question 16

​Intellectual property can be the most valuable property of any individual,business,or society.

Question 17

​Cybercrimes are really new ways to commit the three ancient kinds of property crimes: taking,damaging or destroying,and invading.

Question 18

​Trespass used to be limited to unauthorized invasions of physical property.

Question 19

​Burglary is a specific-intent crime.

Question 20

​First-degree arson includes burning unoccupied structures.

Question 21

The group of crimes that under common law were referred to as abuse-of-trust crimes eventually came to be called​

A) ​cybercrime.
B) ​arson.
C) ​white-collar crime.
D) ​embezzlement.

Question 22

​The federal mail fraud statute defines "false pretenses" much more narrowly than common law fraud.

Question 23

Professionals who sell stolen property for profit are called

A) ​purveyors.
B) fences.
C) ​procurers.
D) ​wholesalers.

Question 24

​Receiving stolen property requires that the receiver control the property.

Question 25

​A fence is a receiver of stolen goods.

Question 26

​More people are victims of identity theft than burglary,vehicle theft,and robbery combined in the United States.

Question 27

Intellectual property definitely needs protection,but less today than in the past.

Question 28

​The heart of criminal trespass is unwanted theft.

Question 29

Larceny was born as the common law tool to protect the Anglo-Saxons' most valuable possession,which was​

A) ​land.
B) ​money.
C) ​children.
D) ​livestock.

Question 30

​What do the crimes of theft,robbery,fraud,and receiving stolen property all have in common?

A) ​They all consist of taking someone else's property.
B) ​They all consist of damaging someone else's property.
C) ​They all consist of destroying someone else's property.
D) ​They all consist of invading someone else's property.

Question 31

​There are four categories of crimes against property.

Question 32

What crime was created to deal with caretakers who wrongfully appropriated the money that came into their possession but really belongs to others?​

A) ​embezzlement
B) ​larceny
C) ​false pretenses
D) ​extortion

Question 33

What was the first nonconsensual,non violent taking felony?​

A) ​false pretenses
B) ​larceny
C) ​extortion
D) ​robbery

Question 34

Most states have made an attempt to better organize the law of theft by enacting what statutes?​

A) ​omnibus larceny
B) ​comprehensive theft
C) ​complete theft
D) ​consolidated theft

Question 35

​All states require that receivers of stolen property have to know the goods are stolen.

Question 36

Illegally obtaining property by trick,deception,or lie is called​

A) ​voyeurism.
B) ​fraud by deception.
C) ​false pretenses.
D) ​larceny by lie.

Question 37

​Arson is a misdemeanor.

Question 38

​Silk Road is the name of a black market "eBay."

Question 39

Which of the following terms means theft by deceit?​

A) ​obtaining property by false pretenses
B) ​obtaining property by converting
C) ​obtaining property by embezzling
D) ​obtaining property by stealing

Question 40

Legislatures responded to the problem of unlawful conversion of property by creating what felony?​

A) ​embezzlement
B) ​robbery
C) ​larceny
D) ​theft

Question 41

Even slightly mishandling the victim,like a push,turns the pickpocket into a​

A) ​burglar.
B) ​arsonist.
C) ​robber.
D) ​extortionist.

Question 42

​Common law false pretenses mens rea requires the purpose or specific intent to

A) ​destroy property by deceit and lies
B) ​obtain property by deceit and lies
C) ​obtain property by deceit and lies by threat of physical violence to another person
D) ​obtain sex by deceit and lies

Question 43

The actus reus of receiving stolen property is the act of receiving the​

A) ​property.
B) ​money.
C) ​knowledge of the property.
D) ​summons.

Question 44

Robbery is really two crimes,theft and​

A) ​extortion.
B) ​assault.
C) ​arson.
D) ​stalking.

Question 45

Which of the following provides a unique,anonymous opportunity for criminal activity?​

A) ​the dark web
B) ​the internet
C) ​fraud
D) ​theft

Question 46

What statutes eliminate needlessly separating theft into distinct offenses according to their actus reus?
​

A) ​consolidated theft statutes
B) ​mitigated theft statutesmitigated theft statutes
C) ​interpreted theft statutes
D) ​instigated theft statutes

Question 47

Most states have consolidated the old crimes of larceny,embezzlement,and false pretenses into one offense called​

A) ​theft.
B) ​receiving stolen property.
C) ​breaking and entering.
D) ​white-collar crime.

Question 48

What motivates cybercriminals?​

A) ​revenge
B) ​hate
C) ​ideology
D) ​all of these motivate cybercriminals

Question 49

The federal mail fraud statute played an essential role in the government's case against ​

A) ​Thomas Maze.
B) ​Timothy McVeigh.
C) ​Kenneth Lay.
D) ​Martha Stewart.

Question 50

What is the name of a scheme in which schemers tell investors they're buying assets like real estate,stocks and bonds,or consumer products when,in fact,they're buying nothing?​

A) ​Ponzi schemes
B) ​Stewart schemes
C) ​Nanz schemes
D) Tendrick schemes

Question 51

The crime of theft grew out of the general social concern with​

A) ​violent crime against persons.
B) ​misbehavior by juveniles.
C) ​sexual assaults against persons.
D) ​arson against persons.

Question 52

​Criminal mischief descends from a common law crime,the misdemeanor called

A) ​malicious mischief.
B) ​malicious malfeasance.
C) ​malicious waywardness.
D) ​malicious disobedience.

Question 53

What is the crime in which theft is accomplished under circumstances intended to terrorize the victim by actual injury or the threat of immediate injury to the victim?​

A) ​extortion
B) ​burglary
C) ​robbery
D) ​false pretenses

Question 54

What cybercrime method uses a network to send copies of itself to other systems?​

A) ​a worm
B) ​a salami attack
C) ​piggybacking
D) ​data diddling

Question 55

The history of larceny and fraud is also the history of supplementing​

A) ​civil actions with criminal punishment.
B) ​criminal punishment with civil actions.
C) ​civil actions with capital punishment.
D) ​criminal punishment with fines.

Question 56

​The Model Penal Code divides arson into degrees based on

A) ​defendant's motive.
B) ​defendant's blameworthiness.
C) ​amount of damage.
D) ​defendant's motive.

Question 57

Most states have divided robbery into degrees,based on how many circumstances?​

A) ​two
B) ​three
C) ​four
D) ​five

Question 58

What is the name of the crime when an attacker compromises routing packets to direct a file or transmission to a different location?​

A) ​spoofing
B) ​piggybacking
C) ​data diddling
D) ​salami attack

Question 59

Which of the following crimes has the most victims?​

A) ​identity theft
B) ​burglary
C) ​vehicle theft
D) ​robbery

Question 60

Today,arson is a crime against possession and occupancy,not just against​

A) ​ownership.
B) ​cars.
C) ​buildings.
D) ​titles.

Question 61

​What crime did Doris commit?

A) ​larceny
B) ​stalking
C) ​grand theft
D) ​robbery

Question 62

​Stock options are an example of what kind of property?

A) ​tangible
B) ​intangible
C) ​intellectual
D) ​constructive

Question 63

​Arson includes burning which of the following?

A) ​building,vessel,or vehicle
B) ​building
C) ​vehicle
D) ​vessel

Question 64

​White-collar crimes are crimes generally related to

A) ​occupation.
B) ​drug addiction.
C) ​attitude.
D) ​recklessness.

Question 65

​What term is used for the crime of gaining property through deception?

A) ​criminal trespass.
B) ​robbery.
C) ​arson.
D) ​fraud.

Question 66

​There are how many types of cybercrimes?

A) ​two
B) ​three
C) ​four
D) ​five

Question 67

​Jewelry is what kind of possession?

A) ​tangible
B) ​intangible
C) ​intellectual
D) ​constructive

Question 68

​Arson is a very serious crime against

A) ​property.
B) ​persons.
C) ​property and persons.
D) ​none of these answers is correct.

Question 69

​What crime best describes what Janet experienced?

A) ​theft
B) ​burglary
C) ​robbery
D) ​pickpocketing

Question 70

​The struggle for the purse satisfies what element actus reus of the crime?​

A) ​force
B) ​threat
C) ​fear
D) ​torture

Question 71

​Which of the following is true of criminal trespass?

A) ​It is a broader property crime than burglary.
B) ​It is a more serious property crime than burglary.
C) ​The heart of criminal trespass is unwanted taking.
D) ​None of these is true of criminal trespass.

Question 72

​What is the essence of the robbery criminal act?

A) ​taking
B) ​use of force
C) ​threat of force
D) ​use or threat of force

Question 73

​What makes mail fraud statutes a powerful tool for prosecuting white-collar criminals?

A) ​They are inchoate offenses.
B) ​They are comprised of just two elements.
C) ​They are very broad and malleable.
D) ​All of these characteristics make mail fraud statutes a powerful tool for prosecuting white-collar criminals.

Question 74

​What actions did Doris take that indicated her intent to take the jacket without paying?

A) ​tearing off the price tag
B) ​tearing off the security device
C) ​leaving her own jacket on a table
D) ​all of these actions indicated her intent to take the jacket without paying

Question 75

​There are three kinds of criminal mischief.Which of the following is not criminal mischief?

A) ​taking
B) ​destruction
C) ​damage
D) ​tampering

Question 76

​What is the crime of lawfully gaining possession of someone else's property and later converting it to one's own use?

A) ​larceny
B) ​fraud
C) ​theft
D) ​embezzlement

Question 77

​The term "intellectual property" refers to

A) ​ideas and their application in practice.
B) ​a person's natural intelligence.
C) ​tangible property in the nature of books and manuscripts.
D) ​diplomas,certifications,and other materials that show someone has completed a course of study.

Question 78

​Arson is a(n)

A) ​felony.
B) ​misdemeanor.
C) ​aggravated misdemeanor.
D) ​capital crime.

Question 79

​Who in this transaction is guilty of receiving stolen property?

A) ​Lyle
B) ​John
C) ​Don
D) ​Lyle and Don

Question 80

​Receiving stolen property requires which of the following,in all states?

A) ​that the receiver know the property is stolen
B) ​that the receiver pay for the stolen property
C) ​that the stolen property be a minimum value of $5,000
D) ​that the receiver control the property,at least briefly