Deck 15: Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet

Question 1

Risk assessment on the Internet works in the same way as in the physical world.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Individuals who engage in espionage and fraud/abuse are referred to as what?
a. Computer criminals
b. Computer crackers
c. Vandals
d. Hackers

Answer 2

Computer criminals

Question 3

The Internet influences victim risk, putting an otherwise low-risk victim at high risk of certain crimes.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

An offender who uses anonymity provided by the Internet and performs covering behavior to avoid detection is an example of risk behavior.
a. Low-
b. Medium-
c. High-
d. Extreme-

Question 5

Which of the following is not a goal or criminal profiling in cyber investigations?
a. Giving insight into offender motivations
b. Assessing the dangerousness of the offender
c. Revealing additional sources of evidence
d. All of the above are goals

Question 6

refers to the process by which a sexual predatory offender gains control over his victim.
a. Manipulation
b. Grooming
c. Exploitation
d. Abuse

Question 7

As offenders become more aware of digital forensic techniques, they are employing which of the following concealment tools and techniques?
a. Encryption
b. Misleading file names
c. Disk wiping
d. All of the above

Question 8

Cybertrails refer to evidence that is consciously left behind by the offender.

Question 9

It is productive for investigators to view cybertrails as an extension of the physical world.

Question 10

An offender can use the Internet both proactively and reactively.

Question 11

It is important for a profiler to consider when digital evidence should be present but is absent.

Question 12

Criminal profiling can be most useful when a significant amount of information is known about the offender.

Question 13

Which of the following is most revealing from a victimology standpoint and may suggest the way the offender crossed cybertrails with the victim?
a. A person's private online hangouts
b. A person's e-mail correspondences
c. A person's instant messaging correspondence
d. A person's Web history

Question 14

An offender's Web page history may give insight into his or her motive and fantasy.

Question 15

Investigators are currently encountering a decrease in the amount of digital evidence of witness, victim, and criminal activity.

Question 16

A child left unattended in an Internet chat room talking with strangers in as example of a --------- risk victim.

A) Low-
B) Medium-
C) High-
D) Extreme-

Question 17

Similar to crime in the physical world, computer intrusions can be primary and secondary crime scenes, each containing potentially useful information.

Question 18

To date, the majority of efforts to apply profiling to crimes involving computers have focused on what type of criminal?
a. Computer crackers
b. Computer criminals
c. Vandals
d. All of the above

Question 19

occurs when one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and gains an illegitimate advantage.
a. Hackers
b. Spoofing
c. Exploitation
d. Grooming

Question 20

Which of the following is true regarding the Internet?
a. An offender can use it proactively to enhance MO
b. An offender can use it reactively to avoid detection and capture
c. It provides greater access to victims
d. All of the above

Question 21

Explain the importance of victimology in assessing cybercrimes. Provide an example of online victim activity that may be relevant to an investigation.

Question 22

Provide 3 examples of ways that criminal profiling can assist with investigations of cybercrimes.

Question 23

Define the term cybertrail. Provide 2 examples of techniques that offenders are employing in an attempt to reduce their cybertrails.