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Chapter 10: Crimes Against Property

Practice Test
      
  1.Property crimes include all of the following EXCEPT __________.  
  a.   arson  
  b.   vandalism  
  c.   vehicular homicide  
  d.   shoplifting  
      
  2.Vishwa handles the student organization funds. He secretly takes $150 for his own use. He has committed __________.  
  a.   embezzlement  
  b.   extortion  
  c.   robbery  
  d.   burglary  
      
  3.The difference between robbery and larceny is __________.  
  a.   use of force  
  b.   the amount taken  
  c.   the nature of the property taken  
  d.   the intent to deprive the owner of her property  
      
  4.Shinone climbs in through Tom's window in order to take back the CD player she had given him when they were dating. Shinone has committed __________.  
  a.   extortion  
  b.   no crime  
  c.   burglary  
  d.   embezzlement  
      
  5.A person can be found guilty of receiving stolen property if he or she __________.  
  a.   knew that the property is stolen  
  b.   knew or had reason to believe it was stolen  
  c.   got something for an incredibly cheap price  
  d.   was motivated to help the seller  
      
  6.Sumatra hot wires a car and drives it for three hours before leaving it on the side of the road. Sumatra has committed __________.  
  a.   carjacking  
  b.   receiving stolen property  
  c.   larceny  
  d.   unauthorized use of a vehicle  
      
  7.An example of a cracker in computer crime is __________.  
  a.   a person who accesses the Pentagon's Web site for the challenge  
  b.   a person accesses bank records and transfers someone else's money to his account  
  c.   a person who creates a virus and spreads it  
  d.   a person who enhances the impact of a virus and spreads it  
      
  8.Attempts to restrict children's access to pornography on the Internet are challenged on the basis of __________.  
  a.   privacy  
  b.   freedom of speech  
  c.   equal protection  
  d.   due process  
      
  9.Federal law makes it a crime to do each of the following EXCEPT __________.  
  a.   make lists of government Web sites that have been illegally entered  
  b.   disclose information gained from unauthorized entry into a computer  
  c.   threaten to cause damage to a computer system unless the owner agrees to give system privileges  
  d.   intentionally give or receive passwords that would permit unauthorized access to systems  
      
  10.Akbar buys a new software program and installs it on his laptop and his desktop computers. Akbar has committed __________.  
  a.   no crime  
  b.   larceny  
  c.   copyright violation  
  d.   embezzlement  

 

 


 
 
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