Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
“Black Hand” is synonymous with: a. | Italian-based Mafia | b. | Asian Triads | c. | biker gangs | d. | illegal drug activities | e. | Russian criminals | | |
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The
first Mafia-style organization in Italy was established in Sicily in the a. | 1960s | b. | 1920s | c. | nineteenth century | d. | 1850s | e. | 1940s | | |
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The
term “Mafia” currently refers to: a. | any organized criminal activity | b. | Italian-based criminal groups | c. | any ethnic or regionally based crime
organization | d. | biker
gangs | e. | political
criminals | | |
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Major
internationally connected crime organizations started at the: a. | governement level | b. | corporate level | c. | prison group level | d. | family or local level | e. | a and b | | |
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5.
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There
is more political corruption in the United States than Canada because: a. | political power in the United States is more
decentralized | b. | there are more
elected officials in the United States | c. | the United States has tried to use the law to control moral
behaviour more than Canada has | d. | all of the above | e. | none of the above | | |
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The way
in which organized criminal activity is structured depends on: a. | the demand for illegal goods | b. | the nature of the illicit market | c. | selective enforcement by the
police | d. | competition for
markets | e. | all of the
above | | |
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The
Italian Mafia moved its gambling activity to Montreal in the 1950s because: a. | of pressures resulting from an U.S. Congressional
committee | b. | of the openness of
Quebec society | c. | the Mafia
preferred to work in French | d. | the weakness of Quebec policing | e. | all of the above | | |
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Asian
Triads first emerged as: a. | criminal gangs | b. | worker unions | c. | disgruntled serfs | d. | resistance fighters against Manchu
invaders | e. | small
businesses | | |
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The
“bad apples” among a large group of motorcycle riders arriving in Hollister, California, in
1947 became known as the: a. | Hell’s Angels | b. | Big Circle Boys | c. | one-percenters | d. | Outlaws | e. | Triads | | |
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For
many years the most violent biker gangs were found in: a. | British Columbia | b. | California | c. | Colorado | d. | Quebec | e. | Texas | | |
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Organized criminals are normally drawn to: a. | violent crime | b. | conflict crime | c. | consensual crime | d. | white-collar crime | e. | all of the above | | |
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The
visible link between the criminal activity and the top-level organizers and planners is the movement
of funds through a careful transfer system known as: a. | money laundering | b. | direct investment | c. | bank deposits | d. | commercial investments | e. | property holdings | | |
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The
most effective way to curb the profits and income of crime groups is: a. | tougher policing | b. | smarter policing | c. | legalizing the products and
services | d. | computerized
enforcement | e. | crackdown on
producers | | |
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The
Volstead Act passed by the U.S. Congress imposed prohibition from: a. | 1910 – 1920 | b. | 1920 – 1933 | c. | 1929 – 1939 | d. | 1930 – 1935 | e. | 1900 – 1910 | | |
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It is
unlikely that Canada will decriminalize the use and sale of illicit drugs because: a. | drugs cause too much harm | b. | United Nations conventions that Canada and other nations
have signed prevent this | c. | it would have no effect | d. | there is little public support for such a
move | e. | police agencies
are too strong | | |
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The
centre for triad groups is: a. | Canada | b. | British Columbia | c. | Korea | d. | Singapore | e. | Hong Kong | | |
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