Question 1

The Medellin cartel has traditionally controlled at least 60% of the Columbian _____________ traffic

Accepted Answer

A)   Marijuana
B)   Sex
C)   Weapons
D)   Cocaine D

Question 2

In order to protect their immigration smuggling operations across Central America and the U.S. the cartels developed

Accepted Answer

A)   Alias'
B)   Alliances with businesses
C)   Alliances with street gangs
D)   Paramilitary capabilities D

Question 3

In spite of treaty agreements the Mexican government would not ordinarily _______________ wanted Mexican nationals to face trial for crimes committed.

Accepted Answer

A)   Allow the US to surveil
B)   Extradite to the U.S.
C)   Prosecute
D)   Give to bounty hunters B

Question 4

Counterfeiting covers almost all categories of goods and affects

Accepted Answer

A)   Mostly small business owners
B)   Large corporations
C)   Import and export businesses only
D)   Economies throughout the world

Question 5

In order to protect their criminal activities the cartels must

Accepted Answer

A)   Import weapons and ammunition
B)   Have alliances within the judicial system
C)   Keep close alliances with other cartels
D)   Keep an active war against the government

Question 6

With the constant flow of refugees due to war, poverty and political oppression there exist opportunities for organized crime to engage in

Accepted Answer

A)   Cartel recruitment
B)   Human trafficking
C)   Economic growth
D)   Political gain

Question 7

Other than political clout the Cali cartel used ___________to escape punishment

Accepted Answer

A)   Modern technology and intelligence tactics
B)   War
C)   Business fronts
D)   Smuggling routes

Question 8

The FARC is a

Accepted Answer

A)   Cartel alliance
B)   Political movement
C)   Marxist-Leninist movement
D)   Anti-Communist movement

Question 9

The cartel La Lina paramilitary group was located in which city

Accepted Answer

A)   Tijuana
B)   Sinaloa
C)   Chihuahua
D)   Oaxaca

Question 10

The Medellin cartel transported cocaine by________________ and the Cali cartel used

Accepted Answer

A)   Semi's, mail
B)   Boats, airplanes
C)   Airplane, merchant marine
D)   Trains, boats

Question 11

In an attempt to deal with corruption in the Mexican government who began extraditing wanted criminals to the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)   The PRI
B)   Gulf Cartel
C)   Vicente Fox
D)   Pablo Acosta

Question 12

_______________ did not start supplying marijuana on a large scale until the late 1960's

Accepted Answer

A)   Mexico
B)   Columbia
C)   Texas
D)   Bolivia

Question 13

The goals of the Mexican government forces include

Accepted Answer

A)   A government free of the cartel influence
B)   Suppression of the cartel forces.
C)   The control over the drug trade
D)   Taxing the Mafias illegal gains

Question 14

On August 29, 2016 the Columbian government and the FARC

Accepted Answer

A)   Signed a ceasefire
B)   Made an alliance
C)   Started a revolutionary war
D)   Met for negotiations

Question 15

Cárdenas and Abrego turned a local smuggling operation that had roots in prohibition into a full blown ___________________

Accepted Answer

A)   Distillery
B)   Political move
C)   Drug smuggling operation
D)   War against the government

Exam 12: Drug and Other Trafficking Organizations in the Americas