Digital Policing

Question 1

What does URL stand for?

Answer 1

unique resource locator

Question 2

What does IP stand for?

Answer 2

Internet protocol

Question 3

What does MAC address stand for?

Answer 3

Media Access control

Question 4

What year is the Computer Misuse Act?

Answer 4

1990

Question 5

What are the 3 categories of offence for the computer misuse act?

Answer 5

unauthorised access to computer material
unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences
unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing operation of computer

Question 6

Definition under offence 1 computer misuse act?

Answer 6

causes a computer to perform any function with INTENT to secure access to any program or data held in any computer or to enable any such access to be secured
the access he intends to secure, or to enable to be secured, is unauthorised
he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that this is the case

Question 7

Summary conviction for offence 1 Computer misuse act?

Answer 7

not exceeding 12 months and/or fine not exceeding statutory max

Question 8

Indictable conviction for offence 1 computer misuse act?

Answer 8

not exceeding 2 years and/or fine

Question 9

Definition under offence 2 computer misuse act?

Answer 9

commits an offence under section 1 with intent to:
commit an offence which this section applies or
to facilitate the commission of such an offence

Question 10

definition under offence 3 computer misuse act?

Answer 10

he does any unauthorised act in relation to a computer
at the time when he does the act, he knows that it is unauthorised

Question 11

How many ACPO principles are there?

Answer 11

4

Question 12

What is the first ACPO principle?

Answer 12

no action taken by law enforcement agencies, persons employed within those agencies, or their agents should change data which may subsequently be relied upon in court

Question 13

what is the second ACPO principle?

Answer 13

in circumstances where a person finds it necessary to access original data, that person must be competent to do so and be able to give evidence explaining the relevance and the implications of their actions

Question 14

what is the third ACPO principle?

Answer 14

an audit trial or other record of all processes applied to digital evidence should be created and preserved. an independent third party should be able to examine those processes and achieve the same result

Question 15

what is the fourth ACPO principle?

Answer 15

the person in charge of the investigation has overall responsibility for ensuring that the law and these principles are adhered to

Question 16

What year is The Wireless Telegraphy Act?

Answer 16

2006

Question 17

what is wireless telegraphy?

Answer 17

telegraphy carried by radio waves and without the connection of wires

Question 18

Examples of The Wireless Telegraphy Act offences

Answer 18

unauthorised use of wireless telegraphy station or apparatus
allowing premises to be used for unlawful broadcasting
convention of terms
repeated contravention

Question 19

what year is the Criminal Justice and Police Act?

Answer 19

2001

Question 20

What is the criminal justice and police act 2001?

Answer 20

it extends the malicious communications act to cover electronic communication in addition to traditional communication

Question 21

What is RIPA and what year is the act?

Answer 21

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Question 22

What does RIPA govern?

Answer 22

the use of covert surveillance by public bodies
interception of private communications (intercept)
communications data
directed surveillance
intrusive surviellance

Question 23

what are the issues with intercepts?

Answer 23

have to be authorised by the home secretary
anything obtained is inadmissible in legal proceedings

Question 24

what is communications data?

Answer 24

information about a communication rather than its contents

Question 25

what is directed surveillance?

Answer 25

conducted as part of a specific investigation and carried out “in such a manner as is likely to result in the obtaining of private information about a person”.

Question 26

what is intrusive surveillance?

Answer 26

involves either residential premises, private vehicle or any surveillance device e.g. planting a bug in someones house

Question 27

What is CPIA and what year is the act?

Answer 27

Criminal Procedure and Investigation Act 1996

Question 28

what is digital evidence?

Answer 28

data stored or transmitted on a computer that support or refute a theory of how an offence occurred or that address critical elements of the offence such as intent or alibi

Question 29

what are the three main sources of digital evidence

Answer 29

open computer systems
communication systems
embedded computer systems

Question 30

what is internet facilitated crime?

Answer 30

any crime where the internet is used in the planning or commission of an offence

Question 31

what are the 5 monitored areas of hate crime?

Answer 31

disability
race
religion
sexual orientation
transgender

Question 32

what is the definition of blackmail?

Answer 32

with a view to gain for himself or another with the intent to cause LOSS TO ANOTHER, he makes UNWARRANTED demand with menaces, and for this purpose a demand with dances is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief that he has reason grounds

Question 33

definition of online fraud

Answer 33

in breach of any of the following: fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information, fraud by abuse of position

Question 34

summary conviction of fraud

Answer 34

12 months and/or fine

Question 35

indictable conviction of fraud?

Answer 35

10 years and/or fine

Question 36

what is child sexual exploitation

Answer 36

where an individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, manipulate or deceive a child or young person under the age of 18 into sexual activity:
in exchange for something the victim needs or wants or
for the financial advantage or increased status of the perpetrator

Question 37

what is radicalisation?

Answer 37

the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism leading to terroism