Exam 5: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime

Enrico accesses Finance Bank's computer system without authority to obtain protected financial and credit records. Under federal law, this is

Berto pushes Consuela to the ground, grabbing her smartphone as she falls. The use of force or fear is required for this act to constitute

Criminal law spells out the duties that exist between persons or between citizens and their governments.

Picking pockets is not robbery.

A cyberterrorist might target a government agency, but not a business.

The sanctions imposed on criminal wrongdoers are the same as those applied in civil cases.

Bev wrongfully takes an unopened carton from a Cold Storage Warehouse loading dock, puts the carton in her car, and drives away. This is

A kickback for a special favor or service is a form of bribery in some situations.

The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches by the government.

Sun-Hi, who operates a Pan-Asian restaurant in her apartment, is charged with criminal violations of the local health and building codes, state license regulations, and federal environmental statutes. The standard of proof to find a defendant who has been charged with a crime guilty is

The purpose of the exclusionary rule is to encourage criminals to provide exclusive evidence of their crimes.

Cumulus Cloud Computing Services, Inc., suffers a security breach in its computer network. Before the company discovers the breach, the perpetrator obtains a large amount of confidential data, including corporate financial records, marketing plans, and other sensitive information. Has a crime been committed? If so, what are its elements? What steps might Cumulus take to ensure that going forward only authorized users access the data on its computers? Whose efforts-those of the federal government or Cumulus-are more important in securing the company's computer infrastructure, and why?