CMY1501 EXAM PACK 620 QUESTIONS LATEST

9)       QUESTION

With which criminological school of thought do you associate the names Beccaria and

Bentham?

(a)    Classical school of thought

(b)   Feminist school of thought

(c)    Critical school of thought

(d)   Postmodern school of thought

10) Who was the first person to use the term “white collar crime”?

(a)    Lombroso

(b)    Quetelet

(c)    Beccaria

(d)   Sutherland

11) QUESTION

According to liberal feminist theory, the lower crime rate for women in comparison to me

can be attributed to…..

(a)    lack of opportunity to commit crime

(b)    women’s lower economic and social position

(c)    women’s physical weakness

(d)    inborn qualities

(e)    lower level of aggression

12) QUESTION

Farrington’s Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) theory stresses…..

(a)    antisocial behaviour at all ages

(b)    neurological and temperamental difficulties

(c)    low self-control and irritability

(d)    antisocial potential and cognition

(e)    the power of informal social control

13) QUESTION

The term “motivation” refers to……

(a)    mental events such as beliefs, expectations and self-concept

(b)    subjective feelings that stem from physiological needs

(c)    the desire that a specific result will follow from a particular action

(d)     a causative factor that drives an action to bring about a definite result (e) physiological preparedness to meet situational demands

14) To understand why an offender committed a particular crime, it is essential to establish the perpetrator’s…….

(a)    intelligence

(b)    previous criminal record

(c)    personality characteristics

(d)    mental make-up

(e) motive

15) QUESTION

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(a)     Emotions are subjective feelings that make us feel a particular way, such as angry, joyful or sad

(b)   Emotions are short-lived subjective-physiological-functional-expressive phenomena that orchestrate how we react to events in our lives

(c)    Emotions indicate the desire that a specific result will follow from a particular action

(d)   Emotions prepare our bodies for action

(e)     Emotions have four components, namely feelings, bodily arousal, sense of purpose and social expressions

16) QUESTION

Arnold, Robertson and Cooper are of the opinion that there are three components of

motivation, namely….

(a)    Goal, effort and persistence

(b)    Direction, effort and persistence

(c)    Need, goal and action

(d)    Direction, need and effort

(e)    Goal, persistence and effort

17) QUESTION

Cognitive processes play an important role in appraising available aims when designing a particular strategy. Cognition involves…… (a)  thoughts, needs, emotions and understanding

(b)    goals, judgment, emotions and understanding

(c)    emotions, judgment, interpretation and understanding

(d)    thought, judgment, interpretation and understanding

(e)    needs, emotions, interpretation and understanding

18)

Read the following statement and identify the missing word(s):

The role that …. can play as a criminogenic risk factor is based on research which found that the criminal or antisocial behaviour of parents acts as one of the primary risk factors for criminal behaviour in children

(a)    socialisation

(b)    hereditary factors

(c)    family

(d)    predisposing factors

19) QUESTION

During his research, Sheldon (in Hunter & Dantzker 2002:50) identified three basic body types (somatotypes) namely endomorphs, mesomorphs and ectomorphs. According to Sheldon’s somatotypes delinquent boys are mainly……

(a)    endomorphs (b)    mesomorphs (c)    ectomorphs

(d)    all of the above

20) QUESTION

Personality can be defined as…..

(a)     a unique relatively stable and consistent behaviour pattern, including emotions and behaviour, that distinguishes one person from another

(b)     a unique relatively stable and consistent behaviour pattern, including behaviour and thoughts, that distinguishes one person from another

(c)     a unique relatively stable and consistent behaviour pattern, including emotions and actions, that distinguishes one person from another

(d)     a unique relatively stable and consistent behaviour pattern, including emotions and thoughts, that distinguishes one person from another

21) QUESTION

What type of impact do physiological disorders have on a person’s functioning?

(a)     biological (genetic) and psychological influences on human behaviour as well as labelling impact

(b)   social and psychological influences on human behaviour as well as labelling impact

(c)    biological and psychosocial influences on human behaviour as well as labelling impact

(d)   social and biological influences on human behaviour as well as labelling impact

22) Lyken (in Schoeman 2002:99) is of the opinion that socialisation comprises three principal components, namely:

(a)    conscientiousness, pro-sociality and acceptance of adult discipline

(b)    conscientiousness, values and acceptance of adult control

(c)    conscientiousness, pro-sociality and acceptance of adult responsibility

(d) conscientiousness, values and submission to adult control

23) QUESTION

In relation to family functioning, criminal risk factors can be associated with…..

(a)    interfamilial abuse, criminality and offending

(b)    interpersonal relationships, functioning and socialisation within the family

(c)    family structure, size and composition

(d)    family structure, functioning and relationships

24) QUESTION

Parental neglect is associated with and includes child abuse and is often associated with

the ……

(a)    deprivation of the child’s physical needs

(b)    deprivation of the child’s of the child’s social needs

(c)    deprivation of the child’s emotional needs

(d)    deprivation of the child’s psychosocial needs

25) QUESTION

Being psychologically present literally implies that a child will….

(a)    consciously, or unconsciously, evaluate behaviour against their parents’ opinion of

that particular act

(b)   consciously, or unconsciously, evaluate behaviour against their society’s opinion of that

particular act

(c)    consciously, or unconsciously, evaluate behaviour against their community’s opinion of that

particular act

(d)   consciously, or unconsciously, evaluate behaviour against their peers’ opinion of that

particular act

26) According to Bartol and Bartol (2005)…. Is one of the strongest predictors of adolescent

violence for both males and females

(a)    alcohol and drug abuse

(b)    poverty

(c)    family criminality

(d)    childhood aggression