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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY CCJ 2002 EXAM 1 2025
MULTICHOICE ANSWERED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED RATIONALES
1. Which of the following best defines crime?
a. Any immoral act committed by an individual
b. An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal sanctions ✔
c. Any behavior frowned upon by society
d. A civil wrong handled by private parties
Rationale: Crime specifically refers to acts violating criminal law and carrying criminal
penalties.
2. The relationship between crime and society is:
a. Fixed and unchanging
b. Determined solely by religion
c. Not static — both evolve and change ✔
d. Always the same across all nations
Rationale: Definitions and perceptions of crime change with social values and time.
3. Do different societies define crime the same way?
a. Yes — universal agreement exists
b. Only for violent crimes
c. No — different societies constitute crime differently ✔
d. Only developed nations differ
Rationale: Cultural, political, and legal contexts shape what is criminalized.
4. The Consensus Model Theory of crime assumes:
a. Laws reflect the will of powerful elites
b. Criminal law is meaningless
c. Most citizens share values; crimes offend common values ✔
d. Crime is a myth
Rationale: Consensus model holds laws represent shared moral values of society.
5. The Conflict Model Theory of crime suggests:
a. Society has one unified value system
b. Criminal law is random
c. Laws are created by groups holding economic, political, and social power ✔
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d. Crime is biologically determined
Rationale: Conflict theory emphasizes power differentials in lawmaking.
6. Politically powerful segments of society are typically based on:
a. Diet and fashion
b. Class, income, age, and race ✔
c. Favorite sports teams
d. Eye color
Rationale: Social stratification dimensions often determine political influence.
7. Crime is generally described as an activity that:
a. Only harms one person
b. Is punishable under criminal law, prosecuted by public officials, and carries
sanctions ✔
c. Is always nonviolent
d. Only includes property offenses
Rationale: Three-part definition: legal prohibition, social offense, statutory sanctions.
8. Deviance is best defined as:
a. An illegal act prosecuted by the state
b. Behavior that goes against societal norms ✔
c. A strictly medical condition
d. Only acts that are violent
Rationale: Deviance concerns norm violations; not all deviance is criminal.
9. Who has created and classified hundreds of thousands of criminal acts?
a. Judges only
b. Religious leaders
c. Legislation ✔
d. International courts
Rationale: Legislatures write criminal statutes defining offenses and punishments.
10. Crime is commonly broken into how many broad categories?
a. 3
b. 6 ✔
c. 9
d. 12
Rationale: Your notes list six major crime categories.
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11. Which of the following lists the six categories of crime?
a. Traffic, cyber, family, sexual, white-collar, juvenile
b. Violent, property, public order, white-collar, organized, high-tech ✔
c. Felony, misdemeanor, treason, civil, administrative, regulatory
d. Political, moral, economic, religious, social, cultural
Rationale: Standard criminology classification includes high-tech (cyber) crimes.
12. Which of these is NOT one of the four subcategories of violent crime?
a. Murder
b. Sexual assault / rape
c. Embezzlement ✔
d. Robbery
Rationale: Embezzlement is a property/white-collar crime, not violent.
13. Murder is defined as:
a. Theft resulting in injury
b. Unlawful killing of a human being ✔
c. Threatening language only
d. Nonfatal assault
Rationale: Murder specifically involves unlawful homicide.
14. Sexual assault / rape involves:
a. Consensual sexual activity between adults
b. Coerced sexual actions against an unwilling participant ✔
c. Only noncontact acts
d. Only marital relations
Rationale: Rape/sexual assault requires lack of consent and coercion or force.
15. An assault is best described as:
a. Successful theft of property
b. A verbal argument only
c. Threats or attempts that make someone believe they will be harmed ✔
d. A non-threatening physical touch
Rationale: Assault involves apprehension of imminent harmful contact.
16. Battery differs from assault because battery is:
a. A verbal threat only
b. Always accidental
c. The physical contact intended to harm ✔
d. A financial crime
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY CCJ 2002 EXAM 1 2025
MULTICHOICE ANSWERED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED RATIONALES
1. Which of the following best defines crime?
a. Any immoral act committed by an individual
b. An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal sanctions ✔
c. Any behavior frowned upon by society
d. A civil wrong handled by private parties
Rationale: Crime specifically refers to acts violating criminal law and carrying criminal
penalties.
2. The relationship between crime and society is:
a. Fixed and unchanging
b. Determined solely by religion
c. Not static — both evolve and change ✔
d. Always the same across all nations
Rationale: Definitions and perceptions of crime change with social values and time.
3. Do different societies define crime the same way?
a. Yes — universal agreement exists
b. Only for violent crimes
c. No — different societies constitute crime differently ✔
d. Only developed nations differ
Rationale: Cultural, political, and legal contexts shape what is criminalized.
4. The Consensus Model Theory of crime assumes:
a. Laws reflect the will of powerful elites
b. Criminal law is meaningless
c. Most citizens share values; crimes offend common values ✔
d. Crime is a myth
Rationale: Consensus model holds laws represent shared moral values of society.
5. The Conflict Model Theory of crime suggests:
a. Society has one unified value system
b. Criminal law is random
c. Laws are created by groups holding economic, political, and social power ✔
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d. Crime is biologically determined
Rationale: Conflict theory emphasizes power differentials in lawmaking.
6. Politically powerful segments of society are typically based on:
a. Diet and fashion
b. Class, income, age, and race ✔
c. Favorite sports teams
d. Eye color
Rationale: Social stratification dimensions often determine political influence.
7. Crime is generally described as an activity that:
a. Only harms one person
b. Is punishable under criminal law, prosecuted by public officials, and carries
sanctions ✔
c. Is always nonviolent
d. Only includes property offenses
Rationale: Three-part definition: legal prohibition, social offense, statutory sanctions.
8. Deviance is best defined as:
a. An illegal act prosecuted by the state
b. Behavior that goes against societal norms ✔
c. A strictly medical condition
d. Only acts that are violent
Rationale: Deviance concerns norm violations; not all deviance is criminal.
9. Who has created and classified hundreds of thousands of criminal acts?
a. Judges only
b. Religious leaders
c. Legislation ✔
d. International courts
Rationale: Legislatures write criminal statutes defining offenses and punishments.
10. Crime is commonly broken into how many broad categories?
a. 3
b. 6 ✔
c. 9
d. 12
Rationale: Your notes list six major crime categories.
, ESTUDYR
11. Which of the following lists the six categories of crime?
a. Traffic, cyber, family, sexual, white-collar, juvenile
b. Violent, property, public order, white-collar, organized, high-tech ✔
c. Felony, misdemeanor, treason, civil, administrative, regulatory
d. Political, moral, economic, religious, social, cultural
Rationale: Standard criminology classification includes high-tech (cyber) crimes.
12. Which of these is NOT one of the four subcategories of violent crime?
a. Murder
b. Sexual assault / rape
c. Embezzlement ✔
d. Robbery
Rationale: Embezzlement is a property/white-collar crime, not violent.
13. Murder is defined as:
a. Theft resulting in injury
b. Unlawful killing of a human being ✔
c. Threatening language only
d. Nonfatal assault
Rationale: Murder specifically involves unlawful homicide.
14. Sexual assault / rape involves:
a. Consensual sexual activity between adults
b. Coerced sexual actions against an unwilling participant ✔
c. Only noncontact acts
d. Only marital relations
Rationale: Rape/sexual assault requires lack of consent and coercion or force.
15. An assault is best described as:
a. Successful theft of property
b. A verbal argument only
c. Threats or attempts that make someone believe they will be harmed ✔
d. A non-threatening physical touch
Rationale: Assault involves apprehension of imminent harmful contact.
16. Battery differs from assault because battery is:
a. A verbal threat only
b. Always accidental
c. The physical contact intended to harm ✔
d. A financial crime
