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Cyber Crime T/F
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 2
10/16/2014

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Law enforcement has been threatened and weakened by the advent of the Internet and has not been able to benefit from it.
Definition
False
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Increasing dependence on cyber information is one of the disadvantages of the Internet.
Definition
True
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Much computer-related crime involves specialist users.
Definition
False
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The lack of physical boundaries and the removal of traditional jurisdictional demarcations allow perpetrators to commit multinational crime with little fear of judicial sanctions.
Definition
True
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Electronic purses come in two primary types: limited or closed, and multipurpose or open.
Definition
False
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For users, 24-hour accessibility equates to 24-hour vulnerability.
Definition
True
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One of the earliest computers developed by Charles Babbage was created to tabulate the 1880 U.S. census.
Definition
False
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The smallest piece of data is called a bit.
Definition
True
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Operating systems may be either single-user or multiple-user.
Definition
True
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Intranets are small local networks connecting computers within one organization, controlled by a common system administrator.
Definition
True
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The issue of vicinage has been simplified by the lack of international guidelines for cyberactivity
Definition
False
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Like traditional communication carriers, Internet service providers are required to maintain transmission records
Definition
False
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Not all crimes involving computers can be characterized as “computer crime.”
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True
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Traditional hacker culture was characterized by an antiestablishment rhetoric.
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True
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Blue boxes were extremely popular among college dorms and were widely considered harmless by users.
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True
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At the dawn of the computer age, the term “computer crime” usually referred to the theft of computers or computer components.
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True
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Spamming refers to the abuse of electronic messaging systems to randomly or indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages.
Definition
True
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Recent studies indicate that the emergence of cloud computing and removable media has effectively decreased theft of information or breaches in digital security.
Definition
False
Term
According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), almost all possessors of child pornography are black males who are under the age of 25.
Definition
False
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Vengeance or terrorist stalkers are motivated by either economic gain or revenge.
Definition
True
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Identity fraud is committed when a credible identity is created by accessing others’ credit cards, financial or employment records, or computer system.
Definition
True
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An individual who creates a false virtual identity has automatically crossed the line into illegal activity.
Definition
False
Term
An individual who has been a victim of reverse criminal record identity theft does not face legal obstacles to his or her identity rehabilitation.
Definition
False
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A full accounting of the prevalence of identity theft has been confounded by the lack of mandatory reporting and inconsistent application by federal agencies
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True
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To safeguard belongings and identity from dedicated criminals, it is important to develop alternate means of identity authentication.
Definition
True
Term
Theorists argue that terrorism may be characterized as theater in which the audience is far more important than the actors.
Definition
True
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According to Tsfati and Weimann, a resurgence in terrorist rhetoric in Europe has led to a marked increase in both the development of European-based terrorist groups and their presence on the Web.
Definition
True
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One drawback to the use of dead drops is that communications are not anonymous.
Definition
False
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Directing conventional weapons against a computer facility is an example of a physical attack
Definition
True
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A critical data threat involves the compromise of a critical computer system to alter, manipulate, or destroy critical data with the potential of death, destruction, and/or economic turmoil.
Definition
True
Term
The Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act allows for the pretrial release of persons charged with offenses against children.
Definition
False
Term
The Drivers Privacy Protection Act permits the disclosure of social security numbers in legal or arbitral proceedings.
Definition
True

 

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The President’s Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet suggested developing mechanisms for tracing online offenders.
Definition
True

 

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The Computer Emergency Response Team plays the role of an informational clearinghouse for public and private computer networks.
Definition
True

 

 

      

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The High Terrorist Factor (HTF) mathematical formula was used by the Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange Pilot Project (MATRIX) in developing a list of suspicious individuals.
Definition
True

 

 

       

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