Quizzes-Law10-Fall2013
Chapter 9 - Criminal Law
1. Smitty, driving while intoxicated, causes a car accident that results in the death of Tiffany. Smitty is arrested and charged with a felony. A felony is a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for
a. any period of time.
b. more than one year.
c. more than six months.
d. more than ten days.
2. Biff wrongfully takes an unopened carton from a Cold Storage Warehouse loading dock, puts the carton in his car, and drives away. This is
a. burglary.
b. robbery.
c. larceny.
d. no crime.
3. Desi reaches into Edna’s pocket and takes her money, without her consent and without her immediate awareness. Unlike robbery, picking pockets does not involve
a. breaking and entering.
b. force or fear.
c. large amounts of money.
d. weapons.
4. On the orders of their corporate employer, Della and Efron, employees of Fabulous Fashionista, a clothing store, switch trademarks on clothing that comes into the store to be sold to consumers. This is most likely
a. forgery.
b. larceny.
c. robbery.
d. no crime.
5. Ludwig receives from Milo a marimba stolen from Nadine. To be criminally liable, Ludwig must know
a. Milo.
b. Nadine.
c. the marimba is stolen.
d. what a marimba is.
6. Val, the owner of Wild Wheels, a bicycle store, trusts Xavier to manage the store’s daily cash flow. One night, without Val’s knowledge or consent, Xavier takes and keeps $500 from the receipts. This is most likely
a. embezzlement.
b. larceny.
c. robbery.
d. no crime.
7. In relation to Edie’s solicitation of investors in a nonexistent business, she is charged with “mail fraud.” This requires, among other things,
a. claiming that an item is “in the mail” when it is not.
b. deceiving postal authorities as to the content of an item of mail.
c. depositing items in the postal system without proper postage.
d. mailing or causing someone else to mail a writing.
8. Ilise, an employee of Pyro Displays, Inc., pays Gavin, an employee of Pyro’s competitor Fire Worx Company, for a secret Fire Worx pricing schedule. This may be
a. an effective marketing strategy.
b. commercial bribery.
c. creative legal bookkeeping.
d. money laundering.
9. Page points a knife at Ray’s daughter, threatening to hold her hostage and “cut” her unless Ray takes a certain file from Skelter Supplies Corporation, his employer. Charged with theft, Ray can successfully claim as a defense
a. insanity.
b. duress.
c. entrapment.
d. self-defense.
10. Ethan, the president of Financial Investments, Inc. (FII), and Gina, FII’s accountant, are charged with a crime, after the police search FII’s offices. Under the exclusionary rule
a. certain FII records are excluded from subpoena by the government.
b. certain parties to a criminal action may be excluded from a trial.
c. illegally obtained evidence must be excluded from a trial.
d. persons who have biases that would prevent them from fairly deciding the case may be excluded from the jury.
11. Jesse arrests Imelda on suspicion of embezzlement. According to the United States Supreme Court in Case 9.3, Miranda v. Arizona, Imelda must be apprised of certain of her rights
a. after any questioning.
b. at any time during questioning.
c. only in the absence of questioning.
d. prior to any questioning.
12. Mike is arrested at a warehouse in North Industrial Park. A government prosecutor issues a formal charge against Mike for receiving stolen property. This charge is
a. an arraignment.
b. an indictment.
c. an information.
d. an inquisition.
13. Swinborn sells “Tyger” steroids over the Internet. He is arrested and charged with the sale of a controlled substance. This is cyber crime, which is
a. a crime in which the letter “y” is used in the misspelling of a word.
b. a crime that occurs in the virtual community of the Internet.
c. a crime that is less real than the same crime in the physical world.
d. no crime.
14. Omar sends Nell an e-mail ad touting software that will cloak its user in “the anonymity of the Internet.” Nell pays Omar for the software, which is never delivered to her. This is online
a. auction fraud.
b. puffery.
c. retail fraud.
d. frustration but not fraud.
15. Travis sends Ursula a link to a purported e-birthday card that when clicked on downloads software to her computer to record her keystrokes and send the data to Travis. He uses the data to obtain her personal information and access her financial resources. This is
a. identity theft.
b. no crime.
c. regifting.
d. Windows shopping.
16. Posing as Sterling Bank, Roxanne e-mails Quentin, asking him to update his personal banking information by calling a certain phone number. He makes the call and supplies the data, which Roxanne promptly sells to Porcio. This is
a. no crime.
b. employment fraud.
c. phishing
d. vishing.
17. Jared uses his computer to secretly install software on thousands of personal computers without their owners’ knowledge. The program can reproduce itself and spread from one computer to another via any USB port. This program is
a. a hacker.
b. a bot.
c. a virus.
d. a worm.
18. Boris programs software to prompt a computer to continually crash and reboot. Boris’s goal is to install this program on various companies’ computer systems without the companies’ knowledge. The program can reproduce itself, but must be attached to a host file to travel from one computer network to another. This program is
a. a hacker.
b. a bot.
c. a virus.
d. a worm.
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19. Iggy uses his computer to break into Hye Technology Company’s computer. Iggy is
a. a hacker.
b. a bot.
c. a botnet.
d. a worm.
20. Patricia commits an act via e-mail against Othman Finance Company, a business in California, where the act is a cyber crime. Patricia resides in New York where the act is not a crime. Prosecution of Patricia in California involves questions of
a. jurisdiction.
b. “maximum contacts.”
c. the immunity of Internet service providers.
d. encryption.
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