Which term describes crimes involving information stored or transmitted electronically?

• A. Storage-related high-tech crimes
• B. High-tech crimes
• C. Tool-related high-tech crimes
• D. Affordance of trust and legitimacy

Answer: (A)

The central idea being tested is the classification of crimes by their use of electronic information. When the criminal activity revolves around information that is stored on digital devices or transmitted over networks, the focus is on the electronic nature of the data itself, not just on the tools used or on non-digital aspects of crime.

Storage-related high-tech crimes best captures this focus because it points to crimes involving information in digital form—whether it’s data at rest (stored) or data in transit (transmitted). This term emphasizes the electronic handling of information as the core feature of the offenses, which aligns with offenses like data breaches, hacking, unauthorized access to digital records, and manipulation of electronically stored information.

Other terms either sweep too broadly or miss the core element. A broad label like high-tech crimes doesn’t spotlight the information aspect, tool-related high-tech crimes centers on the mechanisms or tools rather than the information itself, and a term about trust and legitimacy doesn’t describe a category of crimes at all.