How well do you recognise corruption? We have 10 questions for you to answer. Start Question W TEST How well do you recognise corruption? We have 10 questions for you to answer. Already 391 users have taken this test! Start Btn Start Total Questions Total Correct Answers Total Incorrect Answers Question #1 W Question #1 During the electoral campaign, a candidate offers USB sticks with the party logo, with a total value of 100 lei. Is that voter corruption? Question #1 btns Yes No Correct answer! Although, according to the Criminal Code, offering gifts (including food, alcohol, tobacco and money) with the purpose to influence the voter’s choice it is a criminal offence, there are some exceptions. In the electoral campaign, it is allowed to use only electoral campaign materials, which do not exceed the amount of 100 lei (per unit). They must be paid out of the electoral fund and must have the symbols of the candidate or the political party. The materials, which exceed 100 lei and do not have the electoral candidate's marks, represent corruption of the voters, and are punished, according to the law, with a fine of 500-850 conventional units or with one to five years imprisonment for the individual. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. This is not voter corruption as long as this are electoral campaign materials, which do not exceed the amount of 100 lei (per unit); are paid out of the electoral fund and must have the symbols of the candidate or the political party. According to the Criminal Code (art. 181), USB sticks are part of the materials that can be used during the electoral campaign. The materials, which exceed 100 lei and do not have the electoral candidate's marks, represent corruption of the voters, and are punished, according to the law, with a fine of 500-850 conventional units or with one to five years imprisonment for the individual. Q #1 Next Question Next Question Question #2 W Question #2 There are employers in Moldova who pay the envelope salary. Is this corruption? Question #2 btns Yes No Correct answer! This is tax evasion and is punished under the Penal Code (Article 244). Envelope wages contribute to the shadow economy, affecting the amounts collected for the national public budget, respectively, and the quality of public services provided by the state and the country's development in general. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. This is tax evasion and is punished under the Penal Code (Article 244). Envelope wages contribute to the shadow economy, affecting the amounts collected for the national public budget, respectively, and the quality of public services provided by the state and the country's development in g6666eneral. Q #2 Next Question Next Question Question #3 W Question #3 It is quite common in Moldova that patients bring gifts to doctors who have treated them. Is this always corruption? Question #3 btns Yes No Correct answer! It is not corruption when a thank-you gift is made from ordinary courtesy. However, if the aim of the gift is to get better or faster treatment, it is a bribe. The value of a gift is not as decisive as its purpose. A doctor who expects a gift from a patient to start treatment is a bribe taker. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. No, it is not corruption when a thank-you gift is made from ordinary courtesy. However, if the aim of the gift is to get better or faster treatment, it is a bribe. The value of a gift is not as decisive as its purpose. A doctor who expects a gift from a patient to start treatment is a bribe taker. Q #3 Next Question Next Question Question #4 W Question #4 A minister prefers to hire as head of a department in the same ministry his daughter in law. Is this corruption? Question #4 btns Yes No Correct answer! In this case, it is nepotism - that is, offering a preferential treatment for a person, thanks to his family ties. Nepotism directly affects the opportunity of other people more qualified to get this job. Nepotism reduces competitiveness and affects the quality of work. The Law of Integrity prohibits direct hierarchical relationships between direct relatives (parent, brother, sister, son, daughter), relatives by affinity or concubines within the same entity. Other similar situations could be qualified as favoritism or abuse of service. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. In this case, it is nepotism - that is, offering a preferential treatment for a person, thanks to his family ties. Nepotism directly affects the opportunity of other people more qualified to get this job. Nepotism reduces competitiveness and affects the quality of work. The Law of Integrity prohibits direct hierarchical relationships between direct relatives (parent, brother, sister, son, daughter), relatives by affinity or concubines within the same entity. Other similar situations could be qualified as favoritism or abuse of service. Q #4 Next Question Next Question Question #5 W Question #5 Well-known politician owns several TV channels. Is this a corruption? Question #5 btns Yes No You are right! It is political corruption. No one can hold the monopoly in forming public opinion or use unlimited resources to influence citizens and get political dividends. The new Audiovisual Service Code provides that: "a person may be the owner-beneficiary of up to two general and / or news television services and up to two thematic television services" and no owner-beneficiary can have a share of more than 35% of the audience, or have a dominant position. Moreover, Article 28 of the Code provides that private media service providers may not have as a beneficial owner a party or a social-political organization. At the same time, persons holding positions in the legislative, executive or judicial public administration authorities, as well as those elected in the leadership of the parties and who are founders or have legal actions in the field of audiovisual media services, can not have the right to vote in these media institutions. The lack of media ownership transparency is also corruption. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. It is political corruption. No one can hold the monopoly in forming public opinion or use unlimited resources to influence citizens and get political dividends. The new Audiovisual Service Code provides that: "a person may be the owner-beneficiary of up to two general and / or news television services and up to two thematic television services" and no owner-beneficiary can have a share of more than 35% of the audience, or have a dominant position. Moreover, Article 28 of the Code provides that private media service providers may not have as a beneficial owner a party or a social-political organization. At the same time, persons holding positions in the legislative, executive or judicial public administration authorities, as well as those elected in the leadership of the parties and who are founders or have legal actions in the field of audiovisual media services, can not have the right to vote in these media institutions. The lack of media ownership transparency is also corruption. Q #5 Next Question Next Question Question #6 W Question #6 If a businessman asks a civil servant, in return for material benefits, to intervene in front of another public official to ensure that a bid is won. Is this influence peddling? Question #6 btns Yes No Correct answer! This is a influence peddling. According to the Criminal Code, influence peddling is the claim, acceptance or receipt, personally or through intermediary, of money, securities, services, privileges, other goods or benefits for himself or for another person by a person who has influence or who claims to have an influence on a public person. In 2017, the former head of transportation department in Chisinau was sentenced for influence peddling, with the receipt of goods or advantages in particularly large proportions in the parking project case. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. This is a traffic of influence. According to the Criminal Code, traffic of influence is the claim, acceptance or receipt, personally or through intermediary, of money, securities, services, privileges, other goods or benefits for himself or for another person by a person who has influence or who claims to have an influence on a public person. In 2017, the former head of transportation department in Chisinau was sentenced for influence peddling, with the receipt of goods or advantages in particularly large proportions in the parking project case. Q #6 Next Question Next Question Question #7 W Question #7 The studies of a politician's son are paid by a known businessman. This businessman has had preferential treatment in public procurement process. Is this corruption? Question #7 btns Yes No Correct answer! In case the politician is suspected to be offering some benefits to the businessman, this is abuse in the service. Abuse in service is the intentional use by a public person of the service situation if it has caused considerable damage to the public interest or to the rights and interests protected by law of natural or legal persons. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. In case the politician is suspected to be offering some benefits to the businessman, this is abuse in the service. Abuse in service is the intentional use by a public person of the service situation if it has caused considerable damage to the public interest or to the rights and interests protected by law of natural or legal persons. Q #7 Next Question Next Question Question #8 W Question #8 The specification for procurement of medical devices contains trade mark of a manufacturer. Is this corruption? Question #8 btns Yes No You are right! The specification must not refer to a particular trade mark or to a particular economic agent, patent, draft or type of goods, works and services, will not indicate a specific origin, a manufacturer or a concrete economic operator. (Public Procurement Act, Art. 37.4) The tender specifications may be detailed to favor a competitor from the start, ie leads to unfair competition. A CPR Moldova paper reveals this kind of situations in the procurement of medical devices. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. The specification must not refer to a particular trade mark or to a particular economic agent, patent, draft or type of goods, works and services, will not indicate a specific origin, a manufacturer or a concrete economic operator. (Public Procurement Act, Art. 37.4) The tender specifications may be detailed to favor a competitor from the start, ie leads to unfair competition. A CPR Moldova paper reveals this kind of situations in the procurement of medical devices. Q #8 Next Question Next Question Question #9 W Question #9 On the day of the election, a political party has a table next to the polling station and distributes electoral informative materials, scarves and chips, with the candidate's insignia. Is this the corruption of voters? Question #9 btns Yes No You are right! In November 2018, Parliament voted to exclude the "Silence Day" from the Electoral Code. Also, the ban on not making electoral agitation within the 100-meter radius was also removed. Wrong answer. In November 2018, Parliament voted to exclude the "Silence Day" from the Electoral Code. Also, the ban on not making electoral agitation within the 100-meter radius was also removed. Q #9 Next Question Next Question Question #10 W Question #10 A student was offered a scholarship and is exempted from paying any university fee, wants to withdraw his documents and terminate his studies, he is required to return an amount of money arbitrary evaluated by the administration. Sometimes, this means tens of thousands of lei. Is this corruption? Question #10 btns Yes No Correct answer! This is not corruption, but it is a situation that may lead to corruption. A 2001, Government decision regarding the placement of graduates of State universities and specialized secondary school education states that every institution decides the amount of money that a student has to return. Given the excessively high sums, many students prefer to pay bribes. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. This is not corruption, but it is a situation that may lead to corruption. A 2001, Government decision regarding the placement of graduates of State universities and specialized secondary school education states that every institution decides the amount of money that a student has to return. Given the excessively high sums, many students prefer to pay bribes. Q #10 Next Question Next Question Was useful? Thank you for completing our test. Was it useful for you? Finish Question btns Yes No Finish test results You got right x/10 answers. Let your friends test themselves as well! Share our test on Facebook. Share
