WK1 STUDENT REPLIES

Week 1 Test for Understanding

This 10-question, objective Test for Understanding will assess how well you understand and can apply the information in this week's Learning Resources.

To prepare for the Test for Understanding:

Review the assigned Learning Resources.

About the Test for Understanding:

PLEASE HIGHLIGHT THE CORRECT ANSWER IN RED AND IF YOU GO BACK TO ALL THE READING, I HAVE POSTED FOR WEEK 1 IN THE LAST 2 ASSIGNMENT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THESE ANSWERS

QUESTION 1

As a result of a sexual fantasy, a man kills a series of women over a period of time to demonstrate his control over the victims. What is most likely the motivating reason for this murder?

Terror

Loyalty

Revenge

Power

QUESTION 2

The biggest difference between serial murderers and mass murderers is:

The number of victims

The lapse in time in between killings

The motivation for the killings

The selection of the victims

QUESTION 3

Suppose a criminal profiler is assisting law enforcement in the interrogation of potential suspects. This would most likely be an example of which of the three major goals of criminal profilers?

To provide the criminal justice system with a social and psychological assessment of the offender

To provide the criminal justice system with a psychological evaluation of the belongings found in the possession of the offender

To provide interviewing suggestions and strategies

To provide the criminal justice system with a hypothesis about where the potential serial murderer lives

QUESTION 4

A man kills seven people at his place of employment and then takes his own life. He would be considered a ___________.

mass murderer

serial murderer

spree murderer

suicide murderer

QUESTION 5

Typologies of mass and serial murderers are useful in constructing a profile of a murderer. In general, one of the most important characteristics of a crime scene in determining the type of murderer is __________.

the time of the murder

the victims' characteristics

the weapons used in the killing

the location of the bodies

QUESTION 6

The serial killer Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Strangler, was unique among serial killers because:

He killed mostly women.

He killed some of the victims in their homes.

He killed victims near his place of residence.

Some of his killings were separated by long periods of time.

QUESTION 7

Inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning are the two major ways criminal profilers construct profiles of potential suspects. With ______________ logic, a criminal profiler conducts a thorough analysis of a crime scene and then based on the analysis, constructs an image of the unknown murderer.

inductive

deductive

inductive and deductive

deducible

QUESTION 8

Proponents of criminal profiling recognize that profiling is part art, but they also recognize that it is grounded in science. Which of the following statements reveals the science aspect of criminal profiling?

Criminal profilers use their intuition to create profiles.

Criminal profilers rely on their hunches to create profiles.

Criminal profilers rely on empirical research from criminology, sociology, and psychiatry to create profiles.

Criminal profilers rely on guesswork to create profiles.

QUESTION 9

Advocates of criminal profiling recognize that criminal profiling is appropriate for which of the following types of crimes?

Sexual homicide

Child molestation

Armed robbery

Burglary

QUESTION 10

Using typologies is at times difficult because not all serial and mass murderers fall neatly into one typology or another. Assume you have to classify the Virginia Tech killer into one particular type of mass murderer. All that you know about the killer is that he had a stockpile of weapons at his disposal. What type of mass murderer is the Virginia Tech killer?

The family annihilator

The disgruntled employee

The disciple

The pseudocommando