Ponzi schemes are which kind of fraud?
a. mass marketing fraud
b. insurance fraud
c. mortgage fraud
d. securities and commodities fraud
Answer: d. securities and commodities fraud
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According to sociologist Victor Rodriquez, why did Jeff and Matthew participate in the riot? A) They feared revenge from other rioters if they did not participate. B) They saw the loot they took as payback for the high gasoline prices. C) They felt no one would ever catch them. D) They suffered frustration and anger caused by the gasoline shortage.
A researcher notes that the correlation in the group she studies is so large that if there were not a correlation among people in general, there is less than a 5% chance of getting her correlation. Her correlation is thus:
A) statistically significant B) statistically insignificant C) nonlinear D) curvilinear
Research based on a national representative sample of more than 10,000 U.S. teens found that the negative effects of divorce and living with a single mother were less serious for black and Hispanic adolescents than they were for a. Asian-Americans.b. Native Americans
c. Pacific Islanders. d. whites.
The red and white speckled mushroom that has been associated with an early Christian cult as well as with other religions all over the world is:
A. amanita muscaria. B. psilocybe cubensis. C. mescal. D. datura inoxia.