HSM 438 Cyber Crime (Answered) Questions and Answers
-The most common judicial challenges facing computer crime investigators include
inconsistent interpretations and applications of the First, Second, and Thirteenth
Amendments to emerging advancements in technology.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}B)
-Prior to the 1950s, traditional notions of decency and obscenity were governed by an
obscenity statute originally developed in 1868 in Regina v. Hicklin.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}A)
-The Court held in Sable Communications, Inc. v. FCC and Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. v. FCC that telephone communications and cable broadcasts are entitled
to the same level of First Amendment protection.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}B)
-The Communications Decency Act criminalized any obscene communication to a minor
recipient.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}A)
-Which of the following Constitutional Amendments poses the fewest challenges to
computer crime investigators faced with interpreting and applying it?
{{ANS}}the Fifth Amendment)
-How has the advent of electronic communications helped child pornographers defy the
existing broad laws regarding indecency and victimization of children?
{{ANS}}Child pornographers argue that virtual children lack the requisite specified
victim.)
-Prior to the 1950s, which obscenity statute governed traditional notions of decency and
obscenity?
{{ANS}}A) Regina v. Hicklin)
-Which of the following determined that obscene material is not constitutionally
protected by the First Amendment?
{{ANS}}Roth v. United States)
, -Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the Supreme Court's findings
when it revisited the obscenity issue in 1973?
{{ANS}}C) The Court endorsed the notion of universal decency.)
-The Supreme Court in New York v. Ferber held that states are granted more leeway in
the regulation of pornographic depictions of children than in the regulation of obscenity
because the use of children as subjects of pornographic materials is harmful to the
physiological, emotional, and mental health of the child.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}A)
-Beginning with which case has the Supreme Court ruled that new media of
communication must be scrutinized as they are developed and that varying media result
in varying protections?
{{ANS}}FCC v. Pacifica Foundation)
-Which of the following is NOT a reason for the Supreme Court's ruling that the broad-
based nature of radio communication mandated a greater level of scrutiny when
broadcasting programs that contained probable indecent speech?
{{ANS}}A) The medium is available cheaply to people.)
-Which of the following reasons was NOT cited for ruling that George Carlin's broadcast
monologue Filthy was not entitled to First Amendment protection?
{{ANS}}B) depiction of children as victims of sexual exploitation)
-Which of the following is the first act specifically aimed at protecting families and
children from online sexually explicit materials?
{{ANS}}C) Communications Decency Act)
-Which of the following was the ground for the court to invalidate the Communications
Decency Act?
{{ANS}}its overbreadth and vagueness)
-In which of the following cases did the Court specifically rely on statistics and opinions
gathered from sources ranging from scholars to law enforcement practitioners in order
to arrive at a conclusion, marking a clear departure from the normal procedure?
{{ANS}}New Yorker v. Ferber)
-Which of the following statements holds true regarding Osborne v. Ohio?
{{ANS}}B) The Court finally established a standard of scienter that had been lacking
until then.)
-The most common judicial challenges facing computer crime investigators include
inconsistent interpretations and applications of the First, Second, and Thirteenth
Amendments to emerging advancements in technology.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}B)
-Prior to the 1950s, traditional notions of decency and obscenity were governed by an
obscenity statute originally developed in 1868 in Regina v. Hicklin.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}A)
-The Court held in Sable Communications, Inc. v. FCC and Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. v. FCC that telephone communications and cable broadcasts are entitled
to the same level of First Amendment protection.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}B)
-The Communications Decency Act criminalized any obscene communication to a minor
recipient.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}A)
-Which of the following Constitutional Amendments poses the fewest challenges to
computer crime investigators faced with interpreting and applying it?
{{ANS}}the Fifth Amendment)
-How has the advent of electronic communications helped child pornographers defy the
existing broad laws regarding indecency and victimization of children?
{{ANS}}Child pornographers argue that virtual children lack the requisite specified
victim.)
-Prior to the 1950s, which obscenity statute governed traditional notions of decency and
obscenity?
{{ANS}}A) Regina v. Hicklin)
-Which of the following determined that obscene material is not constitutionally
protected by the First Amendment?
{{ANS}}Roth v. United States)
, -Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the Supreme Court's findings
when it revisited the obscenity issue in 1973?
{{ANS}}C) The Court endorsed the notion of universal decency.)
-The Supreme Court in New York v. Ferber held that states are granted more leeway in
the regulation of pornographic depictions of children than in the regulation of obscenity
because the use of children as subjects of pornographic materials is harmful to the
physiological, emotional, and mental health of the child.
A) True
B) False
{{ANS}}A)
-Beginning with which case has the Supreme Court ruled that new media of
communication must be scrutinized as they are developed and that varying media result
in varying protections?
{{ANS}}FCC v. Pacifica Foundation)
-Which of the following is NOT a reason for the Supreme Court's ruling that the broad-
based nature of radio communication mandated a greater level of scrutiny when
broadcasting programs that contained probable indecent speech?
{{ANS}}A) The medium is available cheaply to people.)
-Which of the following reasons was NOT cited for ruling that George Carlin's broadcast
monologue Filthy was not entitled to First Amendment protection?
{{ANS}}B) depiction of children as victims of sexual exploitation)
-Which of the following is the first act specifically aimed at protecting families and
children from online sexually explicit materials?
{{ANS}}C) Communications Decency Act)
-Which of the following was the ground for the court to invalidate the Communications
Decency Act?
{{ANS}}its overbreadth and vagueness)
-In which of the following cases did the Court specifically rely on statistics and opinions
gathered from sources ranging from scholars to law enforcement practitioners in order
to arrive at a conclusion, marking a clear departure from the normal procedure?
{{ANS}}New Yorker v. Ferber)
-Which of the following statements holds true regarding Osborne v. Ohio?
{{ANS}}B) The Court finally established a standard of scienter that had been lacking
until then.)
