Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the 'Submit my answers' button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:

Which of the following constitutes criminal activity?
a) Insider trading
b) Environmental damage
c) Labour exploitation
d) Violation of health and safety laws
e) All of the above.

Question 2:

What is the estimated value of the worldwide gross criminal product (GCP)?
a) Between $100 billion and $500 billion
b) Between $100 billion and $500 billion
c) Between $500 billion and $900 billion
d) Between $600 billion and $1.5 trillion
e) Between $100 trillion and $500 trillion

Question 3:

What percentage of the world’s gross national product is accounted for by world-wide organized criminal activity?
a) 2 per cent
b) 2 to 5 per cent
c) 1 per cent
d) 10 per cent
e) 6 to 8 per cent

Question 4:

Which of the following is not an example of counterfeiting?
a) Production of replica designer jeans
b) Production of fake Rolex watches
c) Imitation of Adidas running shoes
d) Downloading of music from a site on the Internet to one’s iPod
e) None of the above.

Question 5:

Which country is considered the world’s biggest source of piracy?
a) The US
b) Jamaica
c) Nigeria
d) Mexico
e) China

Question 6:

Which of the following counterfeited items could pose health risks to the public?
a) Automobile brake pads made with sawdust
b) Chinese-made toothpaste
c) Toys containing high levels of lead
d) Fake prescription drugs
e) All of the above.

Question 7:

Which common product was produced and marketed widely as far back as the colonial era, resulting in the first Anglo-Chinese war?
a) Electronic
b) Opium
c) Hemp
d) Marijuana
e) Poppy

Question 8:

Which of the following countries is not part of the ‘Golden Triangle’ in the global trade in heroine?
a) Burma/Myanmar
b) Colombia
c) Thailand
d) Laos

Question 9:

Which American State in increasingly becoming the transit point for drug trafficking into North America?
a) New York
b) Nevada
c) California
d) New Jersey
e) New Mexico

Question 10:

Which Western country do African politicians associate with money laundering and a safe haven for stolen moneys?
a) The US
b) Switzerland
c) The Uk
d) Sweden
e) Italy

Question 11:

Which of the following is said to be the fastest-growing criminal activity in the world?
a) Drug trafficking
b) Piracy
c) Counterfeiting
d) Human trafficking
e) Money laundering

Question 12:

The ‘419’ money laundering scam is reputed to have originated from ________.
a) Nigeria
b) South Africa
c) Mexico
d) Colombia
e) Jamaica

Question 13:

‘The value of trade in counterfeit and pirated items is greater than the GDP of 150 economies’.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Global Politics: Chapter Twelve