,ISSC 451 Week 5 Quiz | Cybercrime (2026) Q&A | AMU
1. Which term describes a crime that can only be committed using a computer or network?
A) Cyber-enabled crime
B) Cyber-dependent crime
C) Traditional crime
D) White-collar crime
Correct Answer: B) Cyber-dependent crime
Rationale: Cyber-dependent crimes require digital technology to exist, such as hacking or
malware. Cyber-enabled crimes are traditional crimes facilitated by technology.
2. A hacker weighs financial reward against risk of capture. Which theory explains this?
A) Social Learning Theory
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) Neutralization Theory
D) Deterrence Theory
Correct Answer: B) Rational Choice Theory
Rationale: Rational Choice Theory holds that offenders evaluate costs and benefits before
committing a crime.
3. Routine Activities Theory requires which three elements?
A) Motive, weapon, opportunity
B) Likely offender, suitable target, absence of capable guardian
C) Poverty, strain, peer influence
D) Anonymity, technology, jurisdiction gaps
,Correct Answer: B) Likely offender, suitable target, absence of capable guardian
Rationale: Crime occurs when a motivated offender and suitable target meet without a
capable guardian.
4. Creating a new credit account using a stolen SSN plus fake name is:
A) Synthetic identity fraud
B) Account takeover
C) Phishing
D) Spoofing
Correct Answer: A) Synthetic identity fraud
Rationale: Synthetic identity fraud combines real and fabricated information to create a new
identity.
5. Which encryption uses the same key for encryption and decryption?
A) Asymmetric
B) Symmetric
C) Hash-based
D) Quantum
Correct Answer: B) Symmetric
Rationale: Symmetric encryption uses a single shared secret key for both operations.
6. AES operates on what block size?
A) 64-bit
B) 128-bit
, C) 256-bit
D) Variable
Correct Answer: B) 128-bit
Rationale: AES uses 128-bit blocks with key lengths of 128, 192, or 256 bits.
7. Which hashing algorithm is cryptographically broken due to collisions?
A) SHA-256
B) SHA-3
C) MD5
D) SHA-512
Correct Answer: C) MD5
Rationale: MD5 is vulnerable to collision attacks and should not be used for integrity
verification.
8. In PKI, which component issues digital certificates?
A) Registration Authority
B) Certificate Authority
C) CRL
D) OCSP
Correct Answer: B) Certificate Authority
Rationale: The Certificate Authority signs and issues certificates, validates identities, and
manages revocation.
9. Digital signatures primarily provide which security property?
1. Which term describes a crime that can only be committed using a computer or network?
A) Cyber-enabled crime
B) Cyber-dependent crime
C) Traditional crime
D) White-collar crime
Correct Answer: B) Cyber-dependent crime
Rationale: Cyber-dependent crimes require digital technology to exist, such as hacking or
malware. Cyber-enabled crimes are traditional crimes facilitated by technology.
2. A hacker weighs financial reward against risk of capture. Which theory explains this?
A) Social Learning Theory
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) Neutralization Theory
D) Deterrence Theory
Correct Answer: B) Rational Choice Theory
Rationale: Rational Choice Theory holds that offenders evaluate costs and benefits before
committing a crime.
3. Routine Activities Theory requires which three elements?
A) Motive, weapon, opportunity
B) Likely offender, suitable target, absence of capable guardian
C) Poverty, strain, peer influence
D) Anonymity, technology, jurisdiction gaps
,Correct Answer: B) Likely offender, suitable target, absence of capable guardian
Rationale: Crime occurs when a motivated offender and suitable target meet without a
capable guardian.
4. Creating a new credit account using a stolen SSN plus fake name is:
A) Synthetic identity fraud
B) Account takeover
C) Phishing
D) Spoofing
Correct Answer: A) Synthetic identity fraud
Rationale: Synthetic identity fraud combines real and fabricated information to create a new
identity.
5. Which encryption uses the same key for encryption and decryption?
A) Asymmetric
B) Symmetric
C) Hash-based
D) Quantum
Correct Answer: B) Symmetric
Rationale: Symmetric encryption uses a single shared secret key for both operations.
6. AES operates on what block size?
A) 64-bit
B) 128-bit
, C) 256-bit
D) Variable
Correct Answer: B) 128-bit
Rationale: AES uses 128-bit blocks with key lengths of 128, 192, or 256 bits.
7. Which hashing algorithm is cryptographically broken due to collisions?
A) SHA-256
B) SHA-3
C) MD5
D) SHA-512
Correct Answer: C) MD5
Rationale: MD5 is vulnerable to collision attacks and should not be used for integrity
verification.
8. In PKI, which component issues digital certificates?
A) Registration Authority
B) Certificate Authority
C) CRL
D) OCSP
Correct Answer: B) Certificate Authority
Rationale: The Certificate Authority signs and issues certificates, validates identities, and
manages revocation.
9. Digital signatures primarily provide which security property?
