Free Ethos Quiz

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Where was the suspect in the police bulletin last scene?

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What crime is the suspected in the bulletin wanted for?

Community patrol programs play a major role in ______ by reducing crime before it occurs.

A. prevenshun

B. prevension

C. prevention

D. prevetsion

The investigation revealed that the driver did more than just flee the scene, his actions to — actively help — the suspect, caused him to evade arrest.

A. abett

B. abet

C. abbet

D. abed

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a. By the time we arrived at the theater, the movie has already started and the lights were dimmed.
b. The research team was successful in collecting data, analyzing results, and to publish their findings in a top journal.
c. The student who won the award, along with her mentors, is attending the ceremony in Ottawa this weekend. 
d. Everyone should bring their laptops with him to the workshop tomorrow.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?
a) The policy aims to protect privacy, ensuring fairness, and the reduction of delays.
b) The policy aims at protecting privacy, to ensure fairness, and reducing delays.
c) The policy aims to protect privacy, to ensure fairness, and to reduce delays.
d) The policy aims to protect privacy, ensuring fairness, and reduce delays.

Choose the best revision of the sentence.

[While reading the instructions, confusion increased.]

a) While reading the instructions, confusion increase.
b) While reading the instructions, increased confusion greatly.
c) While reading the instructions, confusion increased to me.
d) While reading the instructions, I became confused.

Choose the best revision of the sentence.

[Investigators believed the suspect had deliberately falsified several documents in order to conciel the origin of the funds.]

a) Investigators believed the suspect had deliberately falsified several documents in order to conceal the origin of the funds.
b) Investigators believed the suspect had deliberatly falsified several documents in order to conceal the origin of the funds.
c) Investigators believed the suspect had deliberately falsified several documents in order to conciel the origin of the funds.
d) Investigators believed the suspect had deliberately falsified several documents in order to conzeal the origin of the funds.

Financial Fraud Investigation – Case Synopsis

At 0915 hours on 2012-03-19, members of the Commercial Crime Unit of the Calgary Police Service executed a search warrant at the condominium residence of Daniel R. Mercer, a Senior Information Systems Analyst at Northern Dominion Credit Union.

The investigation began on 2011-11-02, when the credit union’s fraud prevention department received an alert from a credit card processing company reporting unusual activity involving a number of recently issued cards. Shortly afterward, an anonymous email was received by the credit union alleging that an internal employee had been copying customer financial information and selling it to organized crime groups operating in Western Canada.

Concerned about potential reputational damage, CEO Margaret Halvorsen immediately directed the organization’s internal compliance team to cooperate with police. An internal audit began on 2011-11-05, during which investigators identified multiple instances where a senior employee accessed confidential account records outside normal working hours.

Audit logs revealed that Mercer had accessed the institution’s secure database on nine occasions over a four-month period without authorization. Based on this information, investigators obtained judicial authorization to monitor Mercer’s communications and placed him under physical surveillance.

During the surveillance operation, Mercer was observed four times meeting with individuals known to be associated with a regional organized crime group. On two of those occasions, investigators observed Mercer handing over small electronic storage devices concealed inside a magazine.

Financial analysis revealed that Mercer had made six unusual cash deposits into his personal bank account over a five-month period in the following amounts:

• $54,000

• $72,000

• $91,000

• $108,000

• $126,000

• $149,000

Investigators also discovered five international wire transfers from Mercer’s account to a financial institution in Belize. The total value of the five transfers was $2,000,000.

When police executed the search warrant at Mercer’s residence, they located five encrypted hard drives containing approximately 31,000 credit card numbers. They also discovered specialized equipment used to encode magnetic strips onto blank plastic cards.

Inside a locked storage cabinet in Mercer’s office, police located three sealed containers filled with counterfeit credit cards:

• Container A: 640 Visa cards

• Container B: 515 MasterCards

• Container C: 470 American Express cards

Each card had the following credit limits:

• Visa: $4,500

• MasterCard: $6,500

• American Express: $8,000

Finally, investigators located four duffel bags containing U.S. currency totalling $420,000.

Mercer was not present during the execution of the search warrant, and a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest.

If the third wire transfer was twice the size of the first, and the first transfer was $100,000 less than the second ($300,000), what was the value of the third transfer?

A. $400,000
B. $420,000
C. $440,000
D. $500,000

On 2021-06-18, members of the Integrated Proceeds of Crime Unit (IPOC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia began an investigation into a suspected money-laundering operation believed to be connected to organized crime groups operating throughout Atlantic Canada.

The investigation began when analysts at the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) flagged a pattern of unusually structured cash deposits made into several accounts at Maritime Trust Bank. Over an eight-month period, more than 70 deposits ranging between $8,500 and $9,900 were made into three different accounts. Although none of the deposits exceeded the $10,000 threshold that would normally trigger automatic reporting requirements, investigators suspected the transactions had been deliberately structured to avoid detection.

Further analysis revealed that all three accounts were registered to small logistics companies operating out of a shared warehouse complex in Dartmouth. Corporate records indicated that the companies were owned by Anthony Calder, a 42-year-old entrepreneur who had no prior criminal convictions but whose name had previously appeared in intelligence reports related to organized crime associates.

Police initiated surveillance of the warehouse complex. Over the following six weeks, officers observed that the three businesses listed at the address appeared to conduct little legitimate activity. Delivery trucks arrived irregularly, and on several occasions investigators observed large sealed containers being transferred between vehicles late at night.

During this surveillance period, Calder was observed meeting twice with individuals known to police as members of a regional criminal network involved in drug trafficking. On both occasions the meetings lasted less than ten minutes and occurred in public parking lots.

Investigators subsequently obtained a judicial authorization to examine financial records associated with the three companies. The records showed that over the previous year, the companies collectively transferred $3.6 million to overseas accounts in Singapore and Cyprus. However, the companies reported only $420,000 in legitimate business revenue during the same period.

In addition, investigators discovered that several commercial shipments sent through the warehouse had been declared as “industrial equipment components.” However, customs officials later reported that the weight of some shipments did not match the documentation provided.

Police applied for a search warrant for the warehouse complex. When the warrant was executed on 2021-09-02, investigators discovered that several of the containers stored inside the facility contained vacuum-sealed packages of currency totaling approximately $1.1 million, along with sophisticated currency-counting equipment.

Officers also located several encrypted laptops and accounting ledgers that appeared to track financial transfers between multiple shell companies. Preliminary analysis suggested that the warehouse may have been functioning as a central collection point for illicit proceeds before the funds were transferred internationally.

Calder was not present at the time the warrant was executed. Later that day, investigators learned that he had boarded a flight to Panama only hours before the search warrant was carried out. Authorities subsequently began coordinating with international partners to locate him.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Which detail most strongly suggested that the businesses at the warehouse were not conducting significant legitimate operations?

A. The companies had overseas accounts
B. Trucks arrived at irregular hours
C. Investigators observed limited routine business activity at the site
D. Calder met with associates in public places

At approximately 2215 hours on May 6, 2024, officers from the Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a disturbance outside a restaurant on King George Boulevard. Upon arrival, officers observed two individuals arguing loudly near the entrance. Witnesses reported that the altercation began when one individual accused the other of attempting to steal a backpack left on a nearby chair. Officers separated the individuals and conducted interviews with several witnesses. Surveillance footage from the restaurant confirmed that the backpack belonged to the complainant and had been moved by the suspect. The suspect was arrested for theft under $5,000 and later released on conditions. No injuries were reported.

Which of the following pieces of information is most essential to include in a summary of the report?

a) The exact location of the restaurant
b) The time officers arrived
c) The suspect was arrested for theft under $5,000
d) Witnesses described the argument as loud

Police Report Narrative

At approximately 2040 hours on March 8, 2025, officers from the Nanaimo RCMP responded to a report of a disturbance at a downtown apartment building. Residents reported hearing loud shouting in the hallway and suspected that an argument had escalated between two tenants.

When officers arrived, they located a male and female standing outside one of the apartment units. Both individuals appeared upset but cooperative with police. After speaking with the parties involved and several witnesses, officers learned that the disagreement began over a missing package that had been delivered earlier that evening.

One resident believed the other tenant had taken the package by mistake. Officers later located the unopened package in a nearby hallway storage area where it had been placed by a third resident who believed it had been delivered to the wrong floor.

No criminal offence had occurred. Officers assisted the tenants in resolving the misunderstanding, and the package was returned to its owner. No arrests were made, and no injuries were reported.

Which summary best captures the main outcome of the incident?

a) Police spoke with several witnesses and residents at the apartment building about a missing package.

b) Officers attended an apartment building after reports of a disturbance caused by a dispute over a missing package. The package was later located in a storage area, and officers determined no offence had occurred.

c) Residents heard shouting in the hallway and believed the argument had escalated between two tenants.

d) Police investigated a dispute involving a missing package that had been delivered earlier in the evening.