True / False
1. Many states have court records online.
2. www.yahoo.people.com is the website for Yahoo! People Search.
3. www.yellowpages.com, www.whowhere.com, and www.LinkedIn.com are good
websites to locate a person’s home address or telephone number.
4. The FBI maintains a list of individual state sex registries at
www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/Registry.htm.
5. Civil court records are available in web format as well as web crimes.
6.www.searchsystems.net/ is a website where you might specifically find federal prison
records.
7. www.bop.gov is a website where you might specifically find public records relating to
the United Kingdom.
8. Readernet is a global group of bulletin boards.
95. There are no restrictions on information you can post on Usenet.
106. A discarded credit card receipt may become the starting point from which an
identity fraud perpetrator finds enough information to assume the victim’s identity.
Multiple Choice
1. A discarded credit card receipt or utility bill could be the starting point from which a
perpetrator finds enough information to assume a victim’s _______________.
a. Identity
b. Password
c. Appearance
d. None of the above
2. Hackers want information about a target person, organization, and _______ to assist in
compromising security.
a. License plate
b. System
c. Clothing size
d. None of the above
3. Most companies perform the same _________ background check of network
administrators as they do of any other person.
a. Thorough
b. Cursory
c. Digital
d. None of the above
4. It would be advisable to obtain __________ before running a background check on any
person.
a. A Social Security number
b. An IP address
c. Written permission
d. None of the above
5. You can use the service Yahoo!People Search by going to _________.
a. !PeopleSearch.com
b. PeopleSearch.com
c. people.yahoo.com
d. people@yahoo.com
6. A website that enables you to seek out phone numbers and addresses in a variety of
countries is __________.
a. www.yahoointernational.com
b. www.infobel.com
c. googleint.com
d. None of the above
7. The websites www.yellowpages.com, www.FaceBook.com, and
www.switchboard.com may point the way to ___________.
a. A person’s home address or telephone number
b. A person’s criminal history
c. A person’s work history
d. None of the above
86. Many states have online __________ registries.
a. Sex offender
b. Voter
c. Hospital
d. None of the above
9.7. There have been cases of mistaken identity with _________lists.
a. Voter registration
b. Sex offender
c. Computer hardware
d. None of the above
10. ________________ records have not been transferred to a web format as well as sex
crimes.
a. Voter registration
b. Violent nonsex crimes
c. Civil court
d. None of the above
11. The website www.uscourts.gov/court_locator.aspx contains information that
_________.
b. Helps you find other federal websites
c. Can be used to locate federal criminals
d. None of the above
128. A website that may help locate federal prison records is ________.
a. www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
b. www.bop.gov/
c. www.searchsystems.net/
d. www.pro.gov.uk
13. A website that may help locate public records in the United States is _________.
a. www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
b. www.bop.gov/
c. www.searchsystems.net/
d. www.pro.gov.uk
14. A website that may help locate public records in the United Kingdom is ________.
a. www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
b. www.bop.gov/
c. www.searchsystems.net/
d. www.pro.gov.uk/
159. __________ is a global group of bulletin boards that exist on any subject you can
imagine.
a. Usenet
b. www.bulletin.com
c. www.boardnet.com
d. None of the above
Matching
a. people.yahoo.com
b. www.infobel.com
c. www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/Registry.htm
d. Offender Locator
