Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the
following are ALL crimes against property? a. | assault, arson, embezzlement, robbery | b. | receiving stolen
property, burglary, forgery, homicide | c. | extortion, robbery, battery, larceny | d. | larceny, vandalism,
burglary, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle | | |
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Which of the
following is an example of larceny? a. | Konrad shoplifts a jacket. | b. | Karen holds up a
jewelry store. | c. | Karol threatens to beat Grace up if she does not give her
$1,000. | d. | Karl breaks into his neighbor’s house. | | |
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Marty
set his own home on fire and destroyed it because he wanted to build a new house on the property. He
did not try to get insurance proceeds for the loss. Marty has committed a. | arson. | c. | vandalism. | b. | malicious burning. | d. | no crime. | | | | |
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Conor
works in the canteen selling snacks to students during lunch hour. Every day he takes $20 from the
cash register. He has committed a. | robbery. | c. | burglary. | b. | extortion. | d. | embezzlement. | | | | |
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Maurice used his credit card to order a digital camera. A week later, someone began
charging items to Maurice’s credit card with the number they took from the Internet. Maurice is
the victim of a. | burglary. | c. | embezzlement. | b. | identify theft. | d. | extortion. | | | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement.
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Complete each of the following statements with the appropriate choice below.
Some choices are not used and some may be used more than once.
arson | burglary | embezzlement | extortion | identity theft | larceny | robbery | vandalism | | |
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If you
threaten that you will cut down a person’s trees unless she gives you $1,000, the crime is
____________________.
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If you find
lost property and keep it when you can easily find the owner, the crime is
____________________.
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A pickpocket
is guilty of ____________________.
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9.
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If you take
property from another person by force, the crime is ____________________.
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10.
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Lily
threatens to destroy Lou’s business premises next week unless Lou hands over everything in his
pockets. Lou does what Lily asks. The crime is ____________________.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. Some items will not be
used. a. | arson | e. | shoplifting | b. | computer crime | f. | robbery | c. | embezzlement | g. | uttering | d. | forgery | h. | vandalism | | | | |
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taking items
from a store without paying for them
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12.
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destruction
of property by willful and malicious burning
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13.
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offering a
fake check to someone as a genuine check
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unauthorized
acquisition of classified government information through the use of a computer
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15.
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falsely
making or altering a writing or document with the intent to defraud
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Short Answer
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16.
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Which
type of complaint increased the most between 2002 and 2003?
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17.
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What
was the total number of fraud and identity-theft complaints in 2003?
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18.
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How
many more identity-theft cases were reported in 2003 than in 2001?
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