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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






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






3. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






5. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






7. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






9. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






12. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






13. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






18. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






19. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






22. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






24. Adding or removing a substance






25. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






30. Largest ponzi scheme in history






31. 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






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






34. Something about the organizational context induces otherwise good people to commit crimes or unethical acts






35. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






36. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






43. Crimes committed by company






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






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






46. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






50. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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