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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






2. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






3. Adding or removing a substance






4. Created 3 new crimes - Unauthorized access with intent to defraud - Malicious damages via unauthorized access - Trafficking in passwords with intent to defraud






5. Legally exploits security to test systems






6. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






7. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






8. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






9. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






10. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






11. Jurisdictions over false advertising






12. Created 3 new crimes - Unauthorized access with intent to defraud - Malicious damages via unauthorized access - Trafficking in passwords with intent to defraud






13. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






14. Arab Scam or Abdul Scam - an FBI sting operation in which agents posed as rich oil sheiks and bribed members of Congress






15. Illegally exploits security in good will or jut for fun (for the lulz)






16. Arab Scam or Abdul Scam - an FBI sting operation in which agents posed as rich oil sheiks and bribed members of Congress






17. Low or absent affect - Lack of empathy - Inability to form attachment - Able to appear outwardly normal






18. Time between check issuance and presentation






19. Adding or removing a substance






20. Bonds- debt paid back with interest Stocks - shares of company






21. A legislation designed to prevent business firms from gaining monopoly in their fields






22. Said the free market - not the legal system is the best way to deal with business which harm people... govern themselves






23. Monitors and regulates security transactions






24. Illegally exploits security in good will or jut for fun (for the lulz)






25. Crimes committed by company






26. A legislation designed to prevent business firms from gaining monopoly in their fields






27. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






28. Taking cash from a register - over charging customers or under ringing sales






29. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






30. Commitment to one's job should constrain crime - Hollinger and Clark (1983) found deviant workplace behavior increased when employees intended to leave their current job






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






32. Certainty - severity - and celerity - How likely it is to be punished - How harsh that punishment will be - How quickly the punishment will be applied






33. Individuals have criminal tendencies that they import to the organizational context to commit both occupational and organizational crimes






34. Bonds- debt paid back with interest Stocks - shares of company






35. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






36. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






38. Crimes committed by company






39. Time between check issuance and presentation






40. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






41. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






42. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller






43. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






44. Federal agency that protects the environment






45. Easiest way to make a fast buck - Greed is good - Fear of falling






46. Writing worthless checks and using finical institutions to conceal their true value






47. Big companies may benifit from regulatory laws but little companies don't make enough money to meet regulatory laws






48. Individuals choose to commit crimes as a result of some calculus - Bounded rationality






49. Said the free market - not the legal system is the best way to deal with business which harm people... govern themselves






50. Taking cash from a register - over charging customers or under ringing sales