Common Business Crimes Essentials Quiz

What is White Collar Crime?

• A crime involving physical violence.

• A crime committed by juveniles.

• A crime that involves theft of physical property.

• A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation.

What is a pump-and-dump scheme?

• A scheme to inflate stock prices artificially and sell at a profit.

• A method to increase product sales through false advertising.

• A strategy to reduce company expenses by cutting jobs.

• A plan to improve employee performance through incentives.

The crime of larceny includes:

• Joyriding.

• The nontrespassory taking and controlling of personal property.

• The trespassory taking and control of personal property.

• The trespassory taking and carrying away of real or personal property.

Distinguish between larceny and embezzlement.

• Larceny involves real property; embezzlement involves personal property.

• Larceny is a civil offense; embezzlement is a criminal offense.

• Larceny involves fraud; embezzlement involves force.

• Larceny involves taking property without consent; embezzlement involves lawful possession.

What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

• A law prohibiting bribery of foreign officials to obtain business.

• A regulation for international trade tariffs.

• A policy for foreign investment in domestic markets.

• A guideline for international environmental standards.

Businesses can be charged with crimes.

• True.

• False.

• Only in civil cases.

• Only if they are publicly traded.

The burden of proof in a criminal case is:

• Clear and convincing evidence.

• Preponderance of evidence.

• Beyond a reasonable doubt.

• Reasonable suspicion.

Which of the following is a goal of an arraignment?

• Requires the defendant to bear the burden of proof.

• All of these are correct.

• The defendant is informed of the charge and enters a plea.

• Begins the inquisitorial system of adjudication.

The criminal act necessary to commit a crime is known as:

• Malice aforethought.

• Mens rea.

• Subjective fault.

• Actus reus.

Distinguish between civil and criminal law.

• Civil law requires a jury; criminal law does not.

• Civil law is always federal; criminal law is always state.

• Civil law involves jail time; criminal law involves fines.

• Civil law deals with disputes between individuals; criminal law deals with offenses against the state.