Cross 9e TBB Ch07
Chapter 7
Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.
N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.
true/false questions
1. In a criminal case, the state must prove its case by a preponderance of the evidence.
answer: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
2. The sanctions imposed on criminal wrongdoers are the same as those applied in civil cases.
ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
3. One element that normally must exist for a person to be convicted of a crime is the performance of a prohibited act.
answer: T PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
4. The crime of theft requires only the taking of another person’s property, not the awareness that the property belongs to another.
answer: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
5. The federal criminal code lists more than four thousand criminal offenses, all of which require a specific mental state.
ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
6. Corporate officers and directors may be held criminally liable for the actions of employees under their supervision.
ANSWER: T PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
7. Falsifying public records or altering a legal document is larceny.
ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 3 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Leveraging Technology
8. The crime of bribery occurs when the bribe is offered—it is not required that the bribe be accepted.
answer: t PAGES: Section 3 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
9. An employer’s failure to remit state withholding taxes that were collected from employee wages cannot constitute a crime.
answer: F PAGES: Section 3 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective
Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.
N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.
true/false questions
1. In a criminal case, the state must prove its case by a preponderance of the evidence.
answer: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
2. The sanctions imposed on criminal wrongdoers are the same as those applied in civil cases.
ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
3. One element that normally must exist for a person to be convicted of a crime is the performance of a prohibited act.
answer: T PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
4. The crime of theft requires only the taking of another person’s property, not the awareness that the property belongs to another.
answer: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
5. The federal criminal code lists more than four thousand criminal offenses, all of which require a specific mental state.
ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
6. Corporate officers and directors may be held criminally liable for the actions of employees under their supervision.
ANSWER: T PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal
7. Falsifying public records or altering a legal document is larceny.
ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 3 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Leveraging Technology
8. The crime of bribery occurs when the bribe is offered—it is not required that the bribe be accepted.
answer: t PAGES: Section 3 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
9. An employer’s failure to remit state withholding taxes that were collected from employee wages cannot constitute a crime.
answer: F PAGES: Section 3 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective