True / False
1. All criminal acts perpetrated by politicians are deemed political crimes.
a. True
b. False
2. According to political crime expert Jeffrey Ian Ross, intent is neither necessary nor sufficient for an action to be
labeled a political crime.
a. True
b. False
3. Independent-type political crimes benefit only the perpetrators participating in the misdeeds.
a. True
b. False
4. Campaign contributions refer to money a person gives to friends or family members who are directed to
contribute it to a specific campaign.
a. True
b. False
5. Treason is the practice of obtaining information about a government, organization, or society that is considered
secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information.
a. True
b. False
6. A plot to overthrow the existing government and replace it with one that holds views more acceptable is the goal
of a revolution.
a. True
b. False
7. Nationalist terrorism promotes the interests of a minority ethnic or religious group that believes it has been
persecuted under majority rule and wishes to carve out its own independent homeland.
a. True
b. False
8. A contested election is generally defined as a civil war fought between nationalists and a sovereign power, or
between the existing government and local groups over issues of ideology and power.
a. True
b. False
9. Al-Qaeda is an example of a redistributive terrorist group.
a. True
b. False
10.
Redistributive
terrorism is directed at people or groups who oppose the terrorists’ political ideology or whom the
terrorists define as “outsiders” who must be destroyed.
a. True
b. False
11. The Earth Liberation Front is an example of an eco-terrorism group.
a. True
b. False
12. Death squads are characteristic of nationalist terrorist groups.
a. True
b. False
13. Terrorism is a political crime.
a. True
b. False
14. A terrorist group is any group practicing, or that has significant subgroups that practice, international terrorism
a. True
b. False
15. Terrorist cells are armed military bands that attack military, police, and government officials in an effort to
destabilize the existing government.
a. True
b. False
16. By definition, terrorism can never be perpetrated by an existing government.
a. True
b. False
17. The profile of the terrorist as an emotionally disturbed individual who acts out his or her psychoses within the
confines of violent groups is consistent with the economic motivation for terrorism.
a. True
b. False
18. According to mental health expert Randy Borum, mental illness is not a critical factor in explaining terrorist
behavior.
a. True
b. False
19. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for preventing terrorist attacks within the
United States.
a. True
b. False
20. Emergency preparedness and response is an example of confronting terrorism with the law.
a. True
b. False
21. The use of the term ‘terrorism” began in 1795 in reference to
a. the divine right of kings
b. development of the modern state
c. the Reign of Terror
d. American Revolution
22. The definition of the term ‘political crime“ is
a. illegal acts that undermine an existing government and threaten its survival
b. the development of state-terrorism terrorism
c. the use of political power for illegal purposes
d. the government’s careless waste of tax revenue
23. Which of the following is not an example of political crime?
a. voting for the party out of power
b. treason
c. espionage
d. terrorism
24. Those personal, social, and economic rights and freedoms that should belong to all people are most commonly
referred to as
a. human rights
b. personal liberties
c. civil rights
d. universal rights of man
25. The “It‘s not fair” cognitive stage of political criminals is charactered by which of the following?
a. An unhappy, dissatisfied individual identifies some type of undesirable event or condition.
b. The
undesirable
condition is a product of “injustice”
c. Someone or some group must be held accountable for the extremist’s displeasure.
d. Targeted groups are appropriate objects for revenge and/or violence.
26. The “You‘re evil” cognitive stage of political criminals is charactered by which of the following?
a. An unhappy, dissatisfied individual identifies some type of undesirable event or condition.
b. The
undesirable
condition is a product of “injustice”
c. Someone or some group must be held accountable for the extremist’s displeasure.
d. Targeted groups are appropriate objects for revenge and/or violence.
27. The textbook lumps political crimes into three categories. Which of the following is not one of those categories?
a. organizational
b. occupational
c. independent
d. conspiratorial
28. Registration fraud consists of
a. busing ineligible voters in from other districts
b. intimidating the voters of opposition candidates
c. securing votes by payment or other rewards
d. providing misleading or false information about an opponent
29. Those political crimes perpetrated by state authorities against the people they are supposed to serve is the
definition of
a. state political crime
b. bureaucratic political crime
c. sanctioned political crime
d. official political crime
30. The ticking bomb scenario is sometimes used to justify
a. torture
b. warrantless searches
c. suspension of writ of habeas corpus
d. misinformation
31. In the ticking bomb scenario,
a. torture is used on a terrorist to find the location of a device before it explodes
b. a terrorist is threatened with torture
c. a terrorist is strapped to a ticking bomb
d. psychological methods are used to convince a terrorist a ticking bomb exists
32. Which of the following is not a type of espionage?
a. selling state secrets to a foreign government for money
b. steal trade secrets and illegally acquiring technology
c. secretly photographing forbidden areas
d. spying on potential or actual enemies by a foreign agent
33. terrorism promotes the interests of a minority ethnic or religious group that believes it has been
persecuted under majority rule and wishes to carve out its own independent homeland.
a. Nationalist
b. Endemic
c. Retributive
d. State-sponsored
34. Foreign attacks on American corporations in an effort to steal trade secrets or to achieve some other goal is the
definition of
a. industrial espionage
b. industrial treason
c. economic espionage
d. state-directed terrorism
35. Which of the following is an example of a nationalist terrorist group?
a. ETA of Spain
b. al Qaeda
c. the Animal Liberation Front
d. Shining Path or Peru
36. Groups which seek to impose their social and religious code on others are categorized as terrorists.
a. redistributive
b. revolutionary
c. nationalist
d. political
37. The definition of eco-terrorism is
a. terrorism directed at people or groups who oppose the terrorists’ political ideology or whom the terrorists
define as “outsiders” who must be destroyed.
b. the use violence to frighten those in power and their supporters in order to replace the existing government
with a regime that holds acceptable political or religious views.
c. when a repressive government regime forces its citizens into obedience, oppresses minorities, and stifles
political dissent.
d. violent actions to protect the environment.
38. Which of the following is an example of a redistributive terrorist group?
a. ETA of Spain
b. al Qaeda
c. the Animal Liberation Front
d. PLO
39. The definition of political terrorism is
a. terrorism directed at people or groups who oppose the terrorists’ political ideology or whom the terrorists
define as “outsiders” who must be destroyed.
b. the use violence to frighten those in power and their supporters in order to replace the existing government
with a regime that holds acceptable political or religious views.
c. when a repressive government regime forces its citizens into obedience, oppresses minorities, and stifles
political dissent.
d. violent actions to protect the environment.
40. Victims are usually selected for their maximum propaganda value and the goal is to inflict maximum horror is
characteritc of which type of group?
a. political
b. redistributive
c. insurgent
d. nationalist
41. Death squads are typically associated with which type of terrorism?
a. political
b. redistributive
c. state-sponsored
d. nationalist