Bakersfield College
Crim B10Organized Crime
Quiz 5
Name: ______Date Due: 4/9/18
Select the best answer. Use a Scan-Tron 882E Answer Form
Chapter 7:
1. Recent research indicates that black criminals have gained control of criminal rackets through ______distribution.
a. gangb. leader
c. gund. drug
2. A 1991 report by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office titled “Gangs, Crime, and Violence in Los Angeles” stated that more than half of Los Angeles’s ______population between the ages of 21 and 24 were involved in some type of gang activity
a. blackb. Hispanic
c. adultd. oriental
4. Virtually every gang evolves from ______.
a. jail acquaintancesb. larger groups
c. a smaller groupd. riots and looters
5. One of the most prominent black youth gangs today is the ______.
a. KKKb. Aryan Brotherhood
c. Croniesd. Crips
6. Often times, to join a youth gang, the young members must undergo initiation rites before being accepted into the gang. Typically, they must fight a selected member of the gang for a designated length of time, often resulting in serious injury. This is referred to as being ______.
a. jumped uponb. jumped in
c. jumped ond. jumped out
7. Historically, ______are establishments in which a single room in a house is set aside for drinking. These establishments commonly house a small gambling operation and several prostitutes.
a. Hole-in-onesb. Two-holers
c. Three-holesd. Hold-ems
8. The overwhelming majority of rural criminal enterprises involve small numbers of ______.
a. participantsb. gun crimes
c. juvenilesd. arrests
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9. A quick survey of those mentioned as organized criminals in the 1980 Pennsylvania Crime Commission report indicated that of 357 persons clearly identified as members of ongoing criminal enterprises only 2 (0.56 percent) were ______.
a. juvenilesb. nonwhite
c. womend. white
Chapter 8:
10. Whatever the reasons, the promise of mutual benefit is the foundation of transnational
______between criminal organizations.
a. impact agreementsb. strategic alliances
c. collective bargainingd. common allocation
11. Conducting business across state borders enhances the ability of criminal organizations to keep ______.
a. a low profileb. large quantities of stock
c. local law enforcement at bayd. a business going for decades
12. Which of the following contracts with Mexicans to move cocaine into the United States?
a. Colombiansb. Laotians
c. Finnsd. New Zealanders
13. When did the first of the infamous Colombian drug cartels surface?
a. Early-1980sb. Late-1960s
c. Mid-1970sd. 1958
14. Who was convicted of cocaine trafficking and sentenced to 135 years in a federal prison, a sentence that was subsequently reduced in return for his cooperation in the prosecution of Panama dictator Manuel Noriega?
a. Rodrigo Bonillab. Jose Gacha
c. Pablo Escobard. Carlos Lehder
15. Which of the following is considered to be one of the largest Chinese organized crime groups operating worldwide?
a. 13Kb. The triads
c. Sendero Luminosod. Inagawa-Kai
16. Canadian and U.S. law enforcement intelligence analysts report that the ______has become the most active Asian criminal organization in the world.
a. Yakuzab. Big Circle gang
c. Fuk Chingd. Dai Dai Lo
17. The ______is best known for its human-trafficking activities, but is also heavily involved in drug trafficking, particularly of heroin and methamphetamines.
a. Yakuzab. Big Circle gang
c. Fuk Chingd. Dai Dai Lo
18. ______organizations not only dominate the Japanese underworld but also are powerful actors in the legitimate economy.
a. Honda b. Tongan
c. Yamahad. Yakuza
19. ______organizations are heavily involved in the international trafficking of human beings, particularly foreign workers for the Japanese construction industry and foreign women.
a. Luminosob. Yakuza
c. Yamaguchid. Golden Crescent
Chapter 9:
20. Essentially, terrorism is the unlawful use or threat of violence against persons or property to further political or social objectives. It is designed to intimidate or coerce a government, individuals, or groups to change their behavior or policies.
a. Trueb. False
21. Terrorists of the past had a deep-seated belief in the justice of their causes, but today’s terrorists do not.
a. Trueb. False
22. Terrorists can be a part of a large organization or can act with only a few persons who share similar beliefs.
a. Trueb. False
23. Terrorist tactics take many forms: hostage taking, aircraft piracy, sabotage, assassination, hoaxes, and indiscriminate bombings or shootings.
- Trueb. False
24. Most acts of terrorism have three basic participants: the perpetrator, the victim, and the ______.
a. weapons usedb. audience affected
c. handlerd. organizer
25. The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, could be considered a terrorist act that, at least from a perpetrator’s standpoint, represents the epitome of a success.
a. True b. False
26. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, both charged with complicity in the Oklahoma City bombing, were allegedly members of the radical Michigan Militia, a heavily armed, antigovernment group that opposed taxes, the authority of federal agents, and the power of the federal government in general.
a. Trueb. False
Continued
27. In an unprecedented terrorist act in Tokyo, Japan, in 1995, members of a religious cult group used______in the city’s commuter train, killing 12 people and injuring thousands.
a. hand grenadesb. traditional guns
c. lethal nerve gasd. homemade bombs
28. In its efforts to depose the Taliban, the United States allied with warlords of the Northern Alliance, traditional ______producers.
a. opiumb. heroin
c. marijuanad. hashish
29. According to the text, (William Chambliss,) governments often engage in smuggling, assassination conspiracies, terrorist acts, and other crimes to further their foreign policy objectives.
a. Trueb. False
30. Iran’s most notable terrorist group, the ______movement in Lebanon, has carried out numerous kidnappings and hijackings since the early 1980s.
a. Apostateb. Triploi
c. Mu’ammard. Hezbollah
31. Who established Al Qaeda in 1988?
a. Iatola Komanib. Osama Bin Laden
c. Mu’ammar Gadhafid. Chiang Kai-shek
32. The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the Arab world’s oldest and influential Islamic movements, meaning its ideology is based on the teachings of the Quran.
a. Trueb. False
33. The Unibomber case illustrates the power of domestic terrorism, even though the crimes in this case were perpetuated by a lone individual.
a. Trueb. False
34. Al Qaeda seeks to unite Muslims to fight the West, except for the United States.
a. Trueb. False
35. Violent ultraconservative terrorist groups, also known as hate groups, emerged in the United States during the 1980s and have been blamed for terrorist behavior.
a. Trueb. False
36. One fundamental difference exists between international crime and terrorism. Organized crime groups who are profit motivated have no interest in overthrowing the government and decisively weakening society, but prefer that a prosperous economy “host their parasitic existence.”
a. True b. False
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