Media and Crime in the U S 1st Edition By Jewkes – Test Bank

True/False

1. Social networking sites are used by people of all ages, they have particularly revolutionized the ways in which young people communicate, compete, and interact.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Role of the Internet in Crime and Deviance
Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Start-up costs of Internet access are still prohibitively high for the poorest people in the world.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Regional growth in Internet use is always smooth and continuous.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Developed countries will benefit from increased access to knowledge, increased economic flexibility, and increased communication efficiency.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The biggest distributor of online video in China is Yukou Tudou, which has overtaken YouTube with over 12bn megabytes of data transfers every day.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The Russian media have been described as being in transition between totalitarianism and market authoritarianism
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. All Chinese Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have to register with the police and all Internet users must sign a declaration that they will not visit forbidden sites.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Cybercrime is a word that encompasses both “computer-assisted” and “computer-Oriented” crimes.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Redefining Deviance and Democratization: Developing Nations and the Case of China
Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Patents are considered intellectual property.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Electronic Theft and Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Electronic reproduction of data can take many forms. One of the most common is “peer-to-peer” (or P2P) file-sharing
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Electronic Theft and Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy