Question 1

Which of the following best represents a goal of applying routine activity theory to cybercrimes?

Accepted Answer

A)   to better understand guardianship that protects potential online victims
B)   to better understand the paths and nodes used by offenders online
C)   to better understand the rational decision making process of online offenders
D)   to better understand the social environment of cyberoffenders and how this contributes to their criminal offending A

Question 2

What would be the intent if one were to engage in a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS)?

Accepted Answer

A)   to destroy a hard disk so that it can no longer be sold
B)   to infiltrate and sabotage a host server
C)   to enable the police to read an IP address
D)   to send a blast of bulk messaging B

Question 3

Which of the following can best be described as ripping?

Accepted Answer

A)   the use of a network-enabled device to repeatedly make unwanted contact with a person using any number of means (emails,text messages,etc.) ,and doing so knowing that this behaviour is likely to cause fear or annoyance
B)   the use of specially designed software to download original material from a protected media source (e.g.,online movie) to a hard disk,for the purposes of resale or redistribution
C)   the attempt to remotely circumvent the security or privacy measures of an Internet website for the purposes of either stealing information or other malicious actions against the owner of the website
D)   sending unsolicited and unwanted bulk email messages to other users B

Question 4

Which of the following can best be described as hacking?

Accepted Answer

A)   the use of software and hardware to steal data (usually related to credit cards) by intercepting e-transmissions,which then enable the cloning or counterfeiting of specific financial instruments (credit cards,bank cards,etc.) for the purposes of theft and fraud
B)   the use of specially designed software to download original material from a protected media source (e.g.,online movie) to a hard disk,for the purposes of resale or redistribution
C)   using an Internet connection to access social media,chat rooms,or other places of electronic assembly to make contact with a child or person under 16 to meet for sexual purposes
D)   the attempt to remotely circumvent the security or privacy measures of an Internet website for the purposes of either stealing information or other malicious actions against the owner of the website

Question 5

Hayward (2012)has noted that the Internet has broken down traditional barriers between life stages bringing about online collisions between groups of people with different value systems.Which of the following scenarios best reflects this statement?

Accepted Answer

A)   an adult pedophile posing as a 10-year-old girl looking to meet new friends in a pop singer's fan club chat room
B)   email spam attempting to sell shares in a non-existent company
C)   the hacking of an online bank to steal the passwords of customers
D)   the hacking of a website of a nuclear facility

Question 6

What is the name applied to a parallel Internet that exists beneath the surface of conventional browsers,features sites not indexed by search engines,is unregulated,and is rife with criminal activity and illegal transactions?

Accepted Answer

A)   deep threat
B)   deep throat
C)   deep web
D)   deep sea

Question 7

Which of the following crosses the lines of cyberterrorism and cybercrime and could be part of either or both?

Accepted Answer

A)   erotomania
B)   deep web
C)   cyberbullying
D)   ransomware

Question 8

Phishing is when a fraudster sends an email supposedly from a bank requesting information on the target's bank account,including the password,with the intention of stealing money from that account.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Cyberdeviance rarely encompasses one or more of the traditional offline paraphilias.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following does not represent a critical infrastructure site that would be subject to a cyberterrorist attack?

Accepted Answer

A)   water treatment facility
B)   nuclear power plant
C)   an airport
D)   a major sports stadium

Question 11

"Soft targets" are those that are weak or vulnerable to cybercriminals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is thought to be the best legal response to cybercrimes?

Accepted Answer

A)   create a public task force to investigate incidents
B)   use existing laws to address the criminal behaviours
C)   hire more police officers
D)   infiltrate gangs responsible for most cybercrimes

Question 13

What is the relationship between cyberdeviance and paraphilias?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cyberdeviance has not been studied enough to know of such relationships.
B)   Paraphilias are more difficult to prove online than offline.
C)   Paraphilias are not usually found to be linked to online crimes.
D)   Cyberdeviance often involves one or more traditional offline paraphilias.

Question 14

Cyberbullying is one of the most well reported crimes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following terms refers to the use of a network-enabled device to repeatedly make unwanted contact with a person (through emails,text messages,etc.)knowing that this behaviour is likely to cause fear or annoyance?

Accepted Answer

A)   stalking
B)   luring
C)   spamming
D)   trafficking

Question 16

Which of the following terms refer to the use of an Internet connection to access social media,chat rooms,or other places of electronic assembly to make contact with a child or person under 16 to meet for sexual purposes?

Accepted Answer

A)   stalking
B)   luring
C)   spamming
D)   trafficking

Question 17

As of 2015,all police services in Canada had established clear approaches to cybercrime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What important theoretical school of thought doesChapter 18 state should be applied to determine where the line between crime and deviance is drawn in online communities?

Accepted Answer

A)   the consensus model of crime
B)   the conflict model of crime
C)   symbolic interactionism
D)   rational choice theory

Question 19

The Lori Drew case clearly outlined the fact that cyberbullying is not a cybercrime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Unlike corporations and American government agencies,Canadian government agencies have thus far avoided cyberattacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance

Which of the following best represents a goal of applying routine activity theory to cybercrimes?

What would be the intent if one were to engage in a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) ?

Which of the following can best be described as ripping?

Which of the following can best be described as hacking?

Hayward (2012) has noted that the Internet has broken down traditional barriers between life stages bringing about online collisions between groups of people with different value systems.Which of the following scenarios best reflects this statement?

What is the name applied to a parallel Internet that exists beneath the surface of conventional browsers,features sites not indexed by search engines,is unregulated,and is rife with criminal activity and illegal transactions?

Which of the following crosses the lines of cyberterrorism and cybercrime and could be part of either or both?

Phishing is when a fraudster sends an email supposedly from a bank requesting information on the target's bank account,including the password,with the intention of stealing money from that account.

Cyberdeviance rarely encompasses one or more of the traditional offline paraphilias.

Which of the following does not represent a critical infrastructure site that would be subject to a cyberterrorist attack?

"Soft targets" are those that are weak or vulnerable to cybercriminals.

What is thought to be the best legal response to cybercrimes?

What is the relationship between cyberdeviance and paraphilias?

Cyberbullying is one of the most well reported crimes.

Which of the following terms refers to the use of a network-enabled device to repeatedly make unwanted contact with a person (through emails,text messages,etc.) knowing that this behaviour is likely to cause fear or annoyance?

Which of the following terms refer to the use of an Internet connection to access social media,chat rooms,or other places of electronic assembly to make contact with a child or person under 16 to meet for sexual purposes?

As of 2015,all police services in Canada had established clear approaches to cybercrime.

What important theoretical school of thought doesChapter 18 state should be applied to determine where the line between crime and deviance is drawn in online communities?

The Lori Drew case clearly outlined the fact that cyberbullying is not a cybercrime.

Unlike corporations and American government agencies,Canadian government agencies have thus far avoided cyberattacks.