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BUSINESS LAW 202 CHAPTER 8 T/F SELF TEST



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The prosecution in a criminal case need only establish by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant committed the crime.
 

 2. 

A crime punishable by imprisonment in a federal or state penitentiary for any period of time is a felony.
 

 3. 

Criminal defendants are prosecuted by public officials.
 

 4. 

Petty offenses are felonies.
 

 5. 

If a person does not know that he or she is taking the property of someone else, the person cannot be convicted of theft.
 

 6. 

The use of force or intimidation is not necessary for an act of theft to be considered a robbery.
 

 7. 

Counterfeiting constitutes forgery.
 

 8. 

At common law, burglary was defined as breaking and entering into the dwelling of another at any time with the intent to commit a felony.
 

 9. 

Obtaining another person's phone card number so that it may be used to make unauthorized long-distance calls is not considered larceny.
 

 10. 

Forgery occurs when a person entrusted with another person's property or money fraudulently appropriates it.
 

 11. 

The recipient of stolen goods who does not know the identity of the owner or the thief has a defense to criminal liability.
 

 12. 

Stealing computer time is not a crime.
 

 13. 

Stealing a computer program may be considered larceny.
 

 14. 

It is a sufficient defense to a charge of embezzlement that the embezzler intended to return the embezzled property eventually.
 

 15. 

Embezzlement is like robbery in that neither crime requires the use of force or fear.
 

 16. 

Embezzlement may be committed without physically taking property from the possession of another.
 

 17. 

It is a crime to use the mail to defraud the public, but not to use radio or television to do so.
 

 18. 

A bribe must consist of money to be a crime.
 

 19. 

The crime of bribery is committed only if the recipient agrees to perform whatever action is desired by the person offering the bribe.
 

 20. 

Under federal law, financial institutions must report currency transactions in excess of $10,000.
 

 21. 

"Dirty" money may be laundered by making it appear to be the "profit" of a legitimate business.
 

 22. 

A theft of trade secrets conducted via the Internet is not yet a federal crime.
 

 23. 

White-collar crimes may be prosecuted under RICO.
 

 24. 

Ignorance of the law is a valid defense to criminal liability.
 

 25. 

In most courts, a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if, at the time of the conduct, as a result of a mental defect, the person lacked substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of the act or to conform the conduct to the law.
 

 26. 

Voluntary intoxication may never serve as a defense for crimes.
 

 27. 

The defense of entrapment is intended to prevent the police from pushing an individual into committing a crime.
 

 28. 

Most statutes of limitations do not apply to murder.
 

 29. 

The Fifth Amendment permits a person accused of murder to be tried for the crime more than once.
 

 30. 

All evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments normally must be excluded from a criminal trial.
 

 31. 

All evidence derived from evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments is normally admissible in a criminal trial.
 

 32. 

In Case 8.3, Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court held that criminal defendants must be informed of their right to remain silent.
 

 33. 

A suspect who is not informed of the right to remain silent could not, under any circumstances, have a confession considered as evidence against him or her.
 

 34. 

Probable cause may be defined as "a substantial likelihood that an individual has committed or is about to commit a crime."
 

 35. 

Accessing a computer online, without authorization, to obtain protected data is a federal crime.
 



 
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