Maurice Was Unemployed and Desperate to Feed His Children, So

question 23

Multiple Choice

Maurice was unemployed and desperate to feed his children, so he stole from his local grocery store. This behavior demonstrates Merton's ______ theory.

• A) hardship
• B) strain
• C) psycho-social
• D) conditional

---

Definitions:

System Unit

The main body of a computer, housing the motherboard, central processing unit (CPU), power supply, and more, excluding peripheral devices.

Optical Media

Storage disks such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays that use laser light to read and write data.

Jump Drive

Another term for USB flash drive, a portable storage device that connects to a computer's USB port allowing the transfer and storage of data.

USB Drive

A portable storage device that uses Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology to store and transfer data between computers and other devices.