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White-Collar Crime MCQ

White-Collar Crime MCQ

 

1. _____ is defined as an illegal act or series of illegal acts committed by nonphysical means and by concealment or guile to obtain money or property or to obtain a business or personal advantage.

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Correct Answer: White-Collar Crime

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2. _____ is illegally copying and distributing computer software.

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Correct Answer: Software Piracy

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3. Is sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) an act passed in 2002 in response to numerous corporate scandals. Provisions include increased funding for the Security Exchange Commission, penalty enhancement for white-collar crimes, and the relaxing of some legal impediments to gaining convictions?

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Correct Answer: True

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4. _____ is crime committed by individuals in the course of their employment.

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Correct Answer: Occupational Crime

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5. Is moral Hazard the tendency to take unwarranted risks when costs are not borne by the party taking the risk?

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Correct Answer: True

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6. _____ is known as a person who illicitly accesses someone else’s computer system.

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Correct Answer: Hacker

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7. _____ is defined as a wide variety of crimes committed with computer technology.

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Correct Answer: Cybercrime

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8. _____ is the close relationship between businesspeople and politicians for purposes of lining each other’s pockets.

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Correct Answer: Crony Capitalism

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9. Is corporate Crime criminal activity on behalf of a business organization?

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Correct Answer: True

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10. Cybercrime is the use of computer technology to criminally victimize unwary individuals or groups.

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Correct Answer: True

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11. Which of the following would not constitute a cybercrime?

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Correct Answer: Purchasing music online

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12. Who monitors corporate wrongdoing?

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Correct Answer: A variety of criminal, administrative, and regulatory bodies

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13. In 1979, Congress defined white-collar crime as “an illegal act or series of illegal acts committed by non-physical means and by concealment or guile, to obtain money or property, or to obtain business or personal advantage”. This definition focuses on characteristics of ______.

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Correct Answer: The offense

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14. Moral hazard is considered to be the root of the mortgage scandal.

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Correct Answer: True

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15. What allowed for massive embezzlement of funds to occur in the S&L scandal?

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Correct Answer: Deregulation

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16. Which of the following would not contribute to a newcomer conforming to unethical behavior at a corporation?

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Correct Answer: High ethical and moral values

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17. An occupational crime is a crime committed ______.

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Correct Answer: B & C

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18. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ______.

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Correct Answer: Increased penalties for corporate criminals

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19. An example of an occupational crime is insider trading

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Correct Answer: False

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