Property Crime MCQs
Property Crime MCQs
Try to answer these 60 Property Crime MCQs and check your understanding of the Property Crime subject.
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1: Purse snatching is the most common form of larceny/theft in the United States.
A. True
B. False
2: Most cases of ______ are committed by juveniles for fun.
A. Burglary
B. Motor vehicle theft
C. Phishing
D. Piracy
3: ______ is the passing of a document to another with knowledge of its falsity with the intent to defraud.
A. Forgery
B. Uttering
C. Fraud
D. Counterfeiting
4: What is a technique of embezzlement that involves stealing just a few cents each from a large number of accounts?
A. Counterfeiting
B. Pirating
C. Salami technique
D. Uttering
5: ______ is defined by the FBI as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
A. Burglary
B. Larceny
C. Piracy
D. Robbery
6: ______ is the term to refer to those who compulsively shoplift.
A. Booster
B. Fence
C. Hacker
D. Kleptomaniac
7: The category of motor vehicle theft only entails the theft of cars, trucks, and buses; thefts of snowmobiles and motorcycles are separately classified as larceny.
A. True
B. False
8: Counterfeiting is a subcategory of forgery.
A. True
B. False
9: Which crime is one of the three childhood behaviors that is often used by experts to predict violence in adulthood?
A. Arson
B. Burglary
C. Hacking
D. Shoplifting
10: Johnny owns a convenience store, but uses the business to cover for his activities in buying and selling stolen goods. Johnny would most appropriately be identified as a ______.
A. Fence
B. Jockey
C. Snitch
D. Pimp
11: Most arson is committed by females.
A. True
B. False
12: Most shoplifters are ______.
A. Impulsive amateurs who steal relatively inexpensive items
B. Kleptomaniacs who steal because they can’t help themselves
C. Professionals who steal as their primary source of income
D. Professionals who have been recruited by large theft rings
13: Robbery is the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony inside.
A. True
B. False
14: An offender steals a $1500 laptop from an unlocked vehicle. This crime is best identified as ______.
A. Carjacking.
B. Grand theft.
C. Petty theft.
D. Pirating.
15: What occurs when an attacker stages what appears to be an accident, simulates an injury to get a victim to stop to assist, and then takes the vehicle once the victim stops?
A. Bump
B. Good Samaritan
C. Ruse
D. Trap
16: _____ deal in stolen property.
A. Stings
B. Fences
C. Burglars
D. Snitches
17: Joyriding is a type of motor-vehicle theft.
A. True
B. False
18: Pigeon drop cons prey on the affluent class.
A. True
B. False
19: Roping the con refers to showing the victim how he or she can make big money dishonestly.
A. True
B. False
20: Conventional criminals tend to commit crimes of arson.
A. True
B. False
21: Which of the following passes bad checks or other documents?
A. Paper hangers
B. Snitches
C. Fences
D. Torch
22: ______ represent the aristocracy of the professional criminal world.
A. Snitches
B. Boosters
C. Cannons
D. Con artists
23: Inventory shrinkage in the retail trade industry is also known as ______.
A. Shoplifting
B. Boosting
C. Snitching
D. Robbing
24: Which of the following is a characteristic of a professional criminal?
A. Seek fame
B. Rarely come into contact with law enforcement
C. Do not have stable family lives
D. Are not drug addicts usually
25: Young burglars are under 16 years of age and prey on local neighborhood targets.
A. True
B. False
26: Which of the following types of burglars are the least skilled thieves?
A. Young burglars
B. Junkies
C. Known burglars
D. Juvenile burglars
27: Which crime makes up the largest category of the UCR crime index?
A. Larceny/theft
B. Vandalism
C. Arson
D. Robbery
28: Which of the following is another term for a pickpocket?
A. Heels
B. Cannons
C. Boosters
D. Snitches
29: ______ criminals tend to commit crimes like theft-larceny and burglary on a regular basis.
A. Conventional
B. Occasional
C. Career
D. Drug
30: _____ is any willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, or personal property of another.
A. 1960s
B. None of these
C. Arson
D. 1990s
31: _____ is defined as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
A. Positive
B. All of these
C. Criminal
D. Burglary
32: _____ is known as the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle from its occupant by force or threat of force.
A. 1980s
B. 1960s
C. Carjacking
D. None of these
33: Is counterfeiting the creation or altering of currency?
A. True
B. False
34: _____ is a person who regularly buys stolen property for resale and who often has a legitimate business to cover his activities.
A. Self-Control
B. Fence
C. 5
D. None of these
35: _____ is defined as the creation or alteration of documents to give them the appearance of legality and validity with the intention of gaining some fraudulent benefit from doing so.
A. Mala prohibita
B. Mala in se
C. Forgery
D. None of these
36: _____ is known as obtaining the money or property of another through deceptive practices such as false advertising, impersonation, and other misrepresentations.
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Fraud
D. None of these
37: Is home invasion a type of breaking and entering into a residential home in which the express purpose is to catch occupants at home so that criminals can rob, rape, or assault the occupants as well as steal their property?
A. True
B. False
38: _____ is the unlawful taking, leading, or riding away from the possession or constructive possession of another.
A. Larceny-Theft
B. Neutralization
C. Drift
D. All of these
39: _____ is defined as the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
A. All of these
B. Motor Vehicle Theft
C. National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
D. Recidivism
40: _____ is the distinctive or specialized language of a group.
A. Churning
B. Argot
C. None of these
D. Pyramid
41: _____ is defined as the purposeful setting of fires.
A. Mutual fund managers must ensure that shareholder proxies are voted in the best interest of investors.
B. Arson
C. All of these
D. Accountants will no longer be considered independent and objective.
42: _____ is known as professional shoplifters.
A. Boosters
B. Overcriminalization
C. Undercriminalization
D. All of these
43: Is box men professional safecrackers?
A. True
B. False
44: _____ is the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
A. Misdemeanors
B. Midwest
C. Burglary
D. None of these
45: _____ is defined as a name for professional pickpockets.
A. Residential mobility
B. Con artists
C. None of these
D. Cannon
46: _____ is known as one who has a lifelong involvement in crime.
A. Career criminal
B. None of these
C. How much crime is there?
D. Why are some areas more criminogenic than others?
47: Is conventional criminals semiprofessional criminals who are generally unsuccessful at their trades of larceny and burglary?
A. False
B. True
48: _____ is dealers in stolen property.
A. Fences
B. Pyramid
C. Argot
D. All of these
49: _____ is defined as act of forestalling legal actions through bribery and corruption.
A. All of these
B. The fix
C. Midwest
D. Misdemeanors
50: _____ is known as sneak thieves who operate in stores and offices.
A. None of these
B. Farrington’s antisocial potential (AP) theory
C. Soft determinism
D. Heels
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