Criminal Justice

Question 1 of 20

5.0 Points

Which of the following statements is FALSE about foreign terrorist organization designations?

A. The U.S. Department of State has the power to designate a group outside the United States as an FTO.

B. An FTO designation is not subject to judicial review.

C. It is unlawful for a person to provide funds to an organization designated as an FTO.

D. An FTO threatens the security of U.S. nationals or national security.

Question 2 of 20

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Islamic law descends directly from the teachings of whom?

A. Gandhi

B. Jesus

C. Buddha

D. Muhammad

Question 3 of 20

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Which of the following is probably the fastest growing crime?

A. software piracy

B. hacking

C. biological crime

D. identity theft

Question 4 of 20

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Which federal agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security?

A. U.S. Department of Treasury

B. Department of Agriculture

C. Department of Energy

D. all of the above

Question 5 of 20

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What is the mission of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC.?

A. coordinate military strikes on Al-Qaeda

B. merge and analyze terrorist related information

C. expose and capture terrorist sleeper cells

D. interrogate suspected terrorists to gather intelligence

Question 6 of 20

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The primary purpose of what organization is to act as a clearinghouse for information on offenses and suspects who are believed to operate across national boundaries?

A. FTO

B. TAZIR

C. INTERPOL

D. DEA

Question 7 of 20

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What bombing is thought to have been modeled after The Turner Diaries?

A. the bombing of American embassies in Africa

B. PanAm 103 bombing

C. World Trade Center bombing

D. Oklahoma City bombing

Question 8 of 20

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Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals determined that admissibility of what would be based on Rule 402 of the Federal Rules of Evidence?

A. hearsay evidence

B. business records

C. children’s testimony

D. scientific evidence

Question 9 of 20

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Terrorism that uses advanced computer technology is called what?

A. narcoterrorism

B. cyberterrorism

C. druterrorism

D. coatterrorism

Question 10 of 20

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Which criminalist technique is used to reconstruct the likeness of a decomposed or dismembered body?

A. medical pathology

B. fingerprint analysis

C. DNA testing

D. forensic anthropology

Question 11 of 20

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The analysis of weapons, ammunition, and projectiles is called what?

A. ballistics

B. criminalistics

C. forensic technology

D. evidence pathology

Question 12 of 20

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Criminal offenses that employ advanced or emerging technology are called what?

A. technocrimes

B. cybercrimes

C. computer crimes

D. electrocrimes

Question 13 of 20

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Which DNA Sexual Assault Act authorized $10 million per year for 5 years for grants to state and local governments to eliminate forensic science backlogs?

A. DNA Sexual Assault Prevention Act

B. DNA Sexual Assault Elimination Act

C. DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act

D. DNA Sexual Assault Prosecution Act

Question 14 of 20

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The study of insect behavior to determine the time of death of a corpse is called what?

A. forensic entomology

B. criminalistics

C. forensic technology

D. evidence pathology

Question 15 of 20

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Prevention of catastrophic terrorism is most dependent on a unity of efforts between the federal government and what?

A. the American Red Cross

B. local and state level agencies

C. the U.S. Armed Forces

D. private security services

Question 16 of 20

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Who is responsible for performing yearly assessments of key technological needs and opportunities of the criminal justice system?

A. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.

B. Department of Homeland Security

C. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center

D. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA.

Question 17 of 20

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Which of the following is not a type of domestic terrorism?

A. militias

B. single-issue extremist groups

C. ecoterrorists

D. Al-Qaeda

Question 18 of 20

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In the report “Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science,” 28 inmates were exonerated by what?

A. eyewitness testimony

B. DNA evidence

C. another offender’s confession

D. hearsay evidence

Question 19 of 20

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The federal government and first responders have taken action to do what?

A. limit the role of first responders

B. remove mutual aid agreements

C. improve capacity, communication, and cooperation

D. reduce time spent on training seminars

Question 20 of 20

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To counter the threat of terrorist attacks, some larger police departments have turned to what?

A. joint local-federal counterterrorism task forces

B. special ops units

C. multi-jurisdictional task forces

D. private security services