CMY3706 - MCQ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. profile of house robber (pg 231) - Answers :2 - male with grade 8 - 12 education,
criminal record, comes from broken home
2. one factor that fuelled taxi conflict in its early years (pg 76) - Answers :4 - rapid
deregulation of transport as well as underlying political forces
3. Regarding planning of Cash-In-Transit (CIT), Thobane (2014) states that rivers spend
..... planning a single robbery (pg 192) - Answers :2 - 1 week - 2 months
4. residential segregation, differential access to social amenities and limiting economic
and employment opportunities are e.g. of (pg 107) - Answers :1 - instigating factors
associated with xenophobic attacks
5. four typologies of gangs proposed by Roloff (2014) include (pg 146) - Answers :2 -
crews and cliques
6. terminology such as parricide, matricide and filicide is associated with which type of
interpersonal violent phenomena (pg 45) - Answers :2 - family homocide
7. what is the main motive for robbers at commercial premises (pg 206) - Answers :4 -
monetary gain
8. the root cause of political violence in SA is found in the country's long history of (pg
90) - Answers :3 - socio-political oppression, exploitation and poverty
9. profile of a farm attacker (pg 252) - Answers :4 - between 15 - 35 y.o. and comes
from broken home
10. most important motive when selecting victims of a house robbery (pg 232) -
Answers :1 - wealth of victim
11. factors specifically contributing to the incidents of violent crime in SA - Answers :2 -
vigilantism, socio-economic conditions and a weak criminal justice system
12. type of residence associated with the highest number of robberies (pg 233) -
Answers :2 - residential homes .. followed by farm houses and flats
13. provide with the most killings of police officials between 2012 - 2014 (pg 264) -
Answers :4 - Western Cape
14. conditions in both SA and the rest of the world that are conducive to the growth in
organised crime (pg 21) - Answers :2 - existing market for contraband goods, poorly
patrolled boarders and a well-developed communication and transport network
, 15. highest terrorism incidents occurring between 2008 - 2012 (pg 118) - Answers :4 -
South Asia (11 598) .. Middle East, North Africa (8 433)
16. child abuse (Children's Act 38 of 2005) is any format of harm or ill treatment
deliberately inflicted on a child, this may include (phone 37) - Answers :4 - children who
are deliberately injured, exposed to sexual abuse and subjected to behaviour that may
harm them
17. characteristic of intermediate robbers (163) - Answers :4 - their engagement in
armed robberies is sporadic and they mix these robberies with other types of crimes
18 factors that contribute to the escalation of political violence in SA include (pg 96) -
Answers :3 - ethnicity, crime, socioeconomic deprivation
** apartheid, political competition, the state
19. former of terrorist incidents that can be reported as random acts of destruction
without any underlying cause or agenda (pg 121) - Answers :4 - ecoterrorism
20. what do the Numbers gang memberships offer to inmates (pg 149) - Answers :4 -
protection against other gang members as well as correctional service officials
21. the modus operandi of the attackers of police officials during crimes such as house
and bank robberies is often characterised by (pg 269) - Answers :3 - chance, impulse
and spontaneous reaction to the circumstances
22. according to the SAPS (2013 16-17) annual report, some of the root causes of rape
and sexual assault are .... related (pg 17) - Answers :3 - victim, perpetrator and
environment
23. statistics of vehicle hijackings released by the SAPS are displayed as a subcategory
of (pg 158) - Answers :3 - aggravated robbery
.. CIT, robbery at non (business)/residential premises, bank robbery, truck hijacking
24. main reason for attacks on farms and smallholdings (pg 247) - Answers :3 - robbery
25. xenophobia as a hate crime in SA goes beyond prejudicial attitudes, predominant
causative factors can be described as (pg 111) - Answers :4 - deteriorating
socioeconomic factors as well as competition for scarce life supporting resources
26. murder of a child by a parent - Answers :2 - filicide
27. a research study into the murders of police officials indicates that those most likely
to be killed are (pg 270) - Answers :3 - non-commissioned officers
28. robbery is one of the most .... crimes (pg 159) - Answers :4 - violent and serious
1. profile of house robber (pg 231) - Answers :2 - male with grade 8 - 12 education,
criminal record, comes from broken home
2. one factor that fuelled taxi conflict in its early years (pg 76) - Answers :4 - rapid
deregulation of transport as well as underlying political forces
3. Regarding planning of Cash-In-Transit (CIT), Thobane (2014) states that rivers spend
..... planning a single robbery (pg 192) - Answers :2 - 1 week - 2 months
4. residential segregation, differential access to social amenities and limiting economic
and employment opportunities are e.g. of (pg 107) - Answers :1 - instigating factors
associated with xenophobic attacks
5. four typologies of gangs proposed by Roloff (2014) include (pg 146) - Answers :2 -
crews and cliques
6. terminology such as parricide, matricide and filicide is associated with which type of
interpersonal violent phenomena (pg 45) - Answers :2 - family homocide
7. what is the main motive for robbers at commercial premises (pg 206) - Answers :4 -
monetary gain
8. the root cause of political violence in SA is found in the country's long history of (pg
90) - Answers :3 - socio-political oppression, exploitation and poverty
9. profile of a farm attacker (pg 252) - Answers :4 - between 15 - 35 y.o. and comes
from broken home
10. most important motive when selecting victims of a house robbery (pg 232) -
Answers :1 - wealth of victim
11. factors specifically contributing to the incidents of violent crime in SA - Answers :2 -
vigilantism, socio-economic conditions and a weak criminal justice system
12. type of residence associated with the highest number of robberies (pg 233) -
Answers :2 - residential homes .. followed by farm houses and flats
13. provide with the most killings of police officials between 2012 - 2014 (pg 264) -
Answers :4 - Western Cape
14. conditions in both SA and the rest of the world that are conducive to the growth in
organised crime (pg 21) - Answers :2 - existing market for contraband goods, poorly
patrolled boarders and a well-developed communication and transport network
, 15. highest terrorism incidents occurring between 2008 - 2012 (pg 118) - Answers :4 -
South Asia (11 598) .. Middle East, North Africa (8 433)
16. child abuse (Children's Act 38 of 2005) is any format of harm or ill treatment
deliberately inflicted on a child, this may include (phone 37) - Answers :4 - children who
are deliberately injured, exposed to sexual abuse and subjected to behaviour that may
harm them
17. characteristic of intermediate robbers (163) - Answers :4 - their engagement in
armed robberies is sporadic and they mix these robberies with other types of crimes
18 factors that contribute to the escalation of political violence in SA include (pg 96) -
Answers :3 - ethnicity, crime, socioeconomic deprivation
** apartheid, political competition, the state
19. former of terrorist incidents that can be reported as random acts of destruction
without any underlying cause or agenda (pg 121) - Answers :4 - ecoterrorism
20. what do the Numbers gang memberships offer to inmates (pg 149) - Answers :4 -
protection against other gang members as well as correctional service officials
21. the modus operandi of the attackers of police officials during crimes such as house
and bank robberies is often characterised by (pg 269) - Answers :3 - chance, impulse
and spontaneous reaction to the circumstances
22. according to the SAPS (2013 16-17) annual report, some of the root causes of rape
and sexual assault are .... related (pg 17) - Answers :3 - victim, perpetrator and
environment
23. statistics of vehicle hijackings released by the SAPS are displayed as a subcategory
of (pg 158) - Answers :3 - aggravated robbery
.. CIT, robbery at non (business)/residential premises, bank robbery, truck hijacking
24. main reason for attacks on farms and smallholdings (pg 247) - Answers :3 - robbery
25. xenophobia as a hate crime in SA goes beyond prejudicial attitudes, predominant
causative factors can be described as (pg 111) - Answers :4 - deteriorating
socioeconomic factors as well as competition for scarce life supporting resources
26. murder of a child by a parent - Answers :2 - filicide
27. a research study into the murders of police officials indicates that those most likely
to be killed are (pg 270) - Answers :3 - non-commissioned officers
28. robbery is one of the most .... crimes (pg 159) - Answers :4 - violent and serious
