| a. Central Intelligence Agency | ||
| b. Department of Homeland Security | ||
| c. Department of Defense | ||
| d. US State Department |
| a. Groupthink | ||
| b. Politicization of intelligence analysis | ||
| c. Both A and B | ||
| d. Neither A nor B |
| a. Antoine Jomini | ||
| b. Edward Luttwak | ||
| c. Joseph Goebbels | ||
| d. Sun Tzu |
| a. Disruption of terrorists' cells and prevention of terrorist attacks. | ||
| b. Prevention of attacks by weapons of mass destruction on US soil or against US forces abroad. | ||
| c. Promotion of stability in the nations along America's borders. | ||
| d. Improvement of relations with Russia and China. |
| a. Diplomatic | ||
| b. Informational | ||
| c. Economic | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Ends, ways, and means | ||
| b. Strategy and tactics | ||
| c. Inputs and outputs | ||
| d. The government, the military, the people, and technology |
| a. Dictatorship | ||
| b. Hegemony | ||
| c. Autocracy | ||
| d. Aristocracy |
| a. Axis powers | ||
| b. Balance of powers | ||
| c. Lykke proposition | ||
| d. Strategic triad |
| a. Intelligence analysis has become politicized. | ||
| b. There is insufficient sharing of data between organizations. | ||
| c. Policies governing organizations and their operations are poorly written. | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Survival interests | ||
| b. National security interests | ||
| c. Vital interests | ||
| d. Necessary interests |
| a. The Bay of Pigs invasion | ||
| b. The bombing of Hiroshima | ||
| c. The Marshall Plan | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. The Senate | ||
| b. The US House of Representatives | ||
| c. Congressional Oversight Committees | ||
| d. The US Supreme Court |
| a. 5 | ||
| b. 7 | ||
| c. 8 | ||
| d. More than 10 |
| a. Suing members of Congress in federal court | ||
| b. Firing most of his staff | ||
| c. Claiming that executive privilege exempted him from complying with subpoenas | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Power to nominate ambassadors. | ||
| b. Title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. | ||
| c. Power to ratify treaties. | ||
| d. Power to nominate cabinet members. |
| a. The President | ||
| b. Congress | ||
| c. The Department of Defense | ||
| d. None of the above |
| a. To aid American settlers by providing them with armed security forces as they moved West during the 19th Century | ||
| b. To contain the threat of communism | ||
| c. To prevent the US military from engaging in domestic law enforcement activities | ||
| d. To rebuild Western Europe following World War II |
| a. The War Powers Act requires the president to give Congress advance notice of the deployment of military forces in whenever possible. | ||
| b. Unless Congress gives specific authorization in writing allowing for continued deployment or use of force, the War Power Act requires any deployment or use of force by the US military must cease after 90 days. | ||
| c. The War Powers Act requires the president to give a status report to Congress within 48 hours of initial troop deployments. | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Congress | ||
| b. The Executive Branch | ||
| c. The US Supreme Court | ||
| d. The Intelligence Oversight Committees |
| a. The National Security Agency | ||
| b. Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 56 | ||
| c. Article II of the US Constitution | ||
| d. The National Security Act of 1947 |
| a. Limit the activities of foreign intelligence operatives in the US | ||
| b. Increase the funding for predator drones and satellites used for intelligence operations | ||
| c. Require US intelligence agencies to apply to a special court for warrants when they are conducting intelligence operations within the US | ||
| d. Establish the National Security Agency |
| a. Partisanship | ||
| b. Poor communications and vague areas of responsibility | ||
| c. Limited expertise by committee members | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Signing statement | ||
| b. Executive order | ||
| c. National security directive | ||
| d. Private bill |
| a. Pass a constitutional amendment restricting the president's powers as Commander-in-Chief. | ||
| b. Pass a concurrent resolution under the War Powers Act ordering that troops be removed within 90 days. | ||
| c. Decline further funding for military operations in Afghanistan. | ||
| d. Sue the president in federal court, requesting that the court order troops be removed from Afghanistan. |
| a. The "take care" clause | ||
| b. The veto power | ||
| c. The president's position as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. World War II | ||
| b. The Vietnam War | ||
| c. Operation Iraqi Freedom | ||
| d. Operation Enduring Freedom |
| a. Granted injunctive relief if the actions of the president occurred without a declaration of war | ||
| b. Dismissed their claims on the basis of the "political questions doctrine" | ||
| c. Ordered trials by jury | ||
| d. Dismissed their claims due to a lack of standing |
| a. Cloture | ||
| b. Divestiture | ||
| c. Cloaking | ||
| d. Filibuster |
| a. They have limited knowledge or experience in the intelligence field. | ||
| b. The actions of the committees are most often secret, so there is little "political gain" to be had from the appointment. | ||
| c. Many are in states or districts that are only minimally impacted by intelligence operations. | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Making program funds subject to restrictions on operations. | ||
| b. Vetoing an Executive Order. | ||
| c. Issuing subpoenas to the president, vice president, and members of their staff. | ||
| d. Refusing to ratify treaties. |
| a. Hell | ||
| b. The result of economic scarcity | ||
| c. Best won by winning the hearts and minds of those invaded | ||
| d. The use of violence to achieve some purpose |
| a. Violence | ||
| b. Policy dictated by politicians | ||
| c. Public opinion | ||
| d. Money and weapons |
| a. The Central Intelligence Agency | ||
| b. The National Security Agency | ||
| c. The National Reconnaissance Office | ||
| d. The Defense Intelligence Agency |
| a. HUMINT | ||
| b. COMINT | ||
| c. ELINT | ||
| d. MASINT |
| a. Manning immigration and border checkpoints. | ||
| b. Collecting customs taxes on imported goods. | ||
| c. Searching passengers prior to boarding commercial aircraft. | ||
| d. Inspecting cruise ships for seaworthiness and passenger safety. |
| a. Just cause | ||
| b. Proportionality | ||
| c. Last resort | ||
| d. Public declaration |
| a. Richard Nixon | ||
| b. Ronald Reagan | ||
| c. Bill Clinton | ||
| d. George W. Bush |
| a. Central Intelligence Agency | ||
| b. Defense Intelligence Agency | ||
| c. National Reconnaissance Office | ||
| d. National Security Agency |
| a. Aristotle | ||
| b. Plato | ||
| c. Thucydides | ||
| d. Homer |
| a. Theater-itis | ||
| b. Tactical engagement | ||
| c. Localization | ||
| d. Entrenchment |
| a. Natural resources | ||
| b. Human capital | ||
| c. Industrialization | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Use of the War Powers Act. | ||
| b. Reductions or restrictions on funding and appropriation of national security programs. | ||
| c. Refusing to confirm presidential appointments of Cabinet members. | ||
| d. Vetoing NSC decisions. |
| a. Limiting the number of participants in the policymaking process | ||
| b. Achieving quick consensus on decisions | ||
| c. Seeking opposing and contradictory alternatives to proposals | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Attrition | ||
| b. Scorched earth | ||
| c. Realpolitik | ||
| d. Star Wars |
| a. Engagement | ||
| b. Tariffs | ||
| c. Detente | ||
| d. Realpolitik |
| a. Increase in per capita income among Afghans | ||
| b. Decrease in attacks on Afghan government buildings | ||
| c. Increase in attacks on military forces | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. The politicization of the budget process | ||
| b. The reliance on foreign oil | ||
| c. The instability of American banks and stock markets | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Policy Triad Model | ||
| b. Rational Actor Model | ||
| c. Governmental Politics Model | ||
| d. None of the above |
| a. President | ||
| b. Vice President | ||
| c. Secretary of State | ||
| d. Secretary of Defense |
| a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt | ||
| b. Dwight Eisenhower | ||
| c. John F. Kennedy | ||
| d. Bill Clinton |
| a. Israel. | ||
| b. Czech Republic. | ||
| c. Spain. | ||
| d. Latvia. |
| a. Hegemonic | ||
| b. Fragmented | ||
| c. Bipolar | ||
| d. Multi-polar |
| a. Seeking a Security Council Resolution from the United Nations | ||
| b. Taking action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution | ||
| c. Invoking Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty | ||
| d. Passing a Resolution under the War Powers Act |
| a. The Hague Conventions. | ||
| b. The Geneva Conventions. | ||
| c. The Rome Statute. | ||
| d. The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| a. Czechoslovakia | ||
| b. Yugoslavia | ||
| c. Hungary | ||
| d. Bulgaria |
| a. Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty | ||
| b. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution | ||
| c. The War Powers Act | ||
| d. Article 51 of the UN Charter |
| a. Hegemonic | ||
| b. Fragmented | ||
| c. Bipolar | ||
| d. Multi-polar |
| a. Yemen | ||
| b. Libya | ||
| c. The United States | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. International customs | ||
| b. Treaties | ||
| c. General principles of law recognized by civilized nations | ||
| d. Judicial decisions |
| a. Force majeure | ||
| b. Coalitions | ||
| c. Security Resolutions | ||
| d. Alliances |
| a. Spread blast damage and fire over a much larger area than an airburst of comparable yield | ||
| b. Result in more blast and fire damage to the affected city than a nuclear weapon detonated in the air | ||
| c. Produce a much higher level of radioactive fallout than the World War II bombs dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Replication. | ||
| b. Inhalation. | ||
| c. Digestion. | ||
| d. Direct contact. |
| a. Water | ||
| b. Explosion | ||
| c. Aerosol | ||
| d. Soil |
| a. Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) | ||
| b. Lithium | ||
| c. Radium | ||
| d. Hydrogen |
| a. Radiological | ||
| b. Biological | ||
| c. Chemical | ||
| d. Nuclear |
| a. Biological | ||
| b. Chemical | ||
| c. Radiological | ||
| d. Guerilla |
| a. Diseases | ||
| b. Bacteria | ||
| c. Viruses | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Nuclear | ||
| b. Radiological | ||
| c. Chemical | ||
| d. Biological |
| a. John F. Kennedy | ||
| b. Richard Nixon | ||
| c. Jimmy Carter | ||
| d. Ronald Reagan |
| a. Five | ||
| b. Seven | ||
| c. Nine | ||
| d. Fifteen |
| a. Shi'a | ||
| b. Sunni | ||
| c. Wahhabi | ||
| d. Sufi |
| a. Gulf of Tonkin | ||
| b. Persian/Arabian Gulf | ||
| c. Gulf of Aden | ||
| d. Indian Ocean |
| a. Artificial national boundary lines created by departing colonial powers | ||
| b. Longstanding tribal conflicts | ||
| c. Competition for natural resources, food, and water | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. The partition of Iraq into three states based on ethnicity | ||
| b. The recognition of Pashtunistan as an independent nation | ||
| c. A redrawing of the Durand Line | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Resolutions passed and enforced by the United Nations Security Council | ||
| b. Armistice agreements enforced by NATO | ||
| c. Negotiated settlements between the warring factions | ||
| d. Military victory by one warring party over others |
| a. Determining which law has actually been broken | ||
| b. Skirmishes between countries as to whether or not the death penalty should apply to pirates | ||
| c. Transporting and trying suspected pirates to a court of competent jurisdiction | ||
| d. Efforts by China and Russia to block UN Security Council Resolutions seeking protection for vessels |
| a. Indonesia | ||
| b. Pakistan | ||
| c. Iran | ||
| d. Afghanistan |
| a. Israel | ||
| b. Pakistan | ||
| c. India | ||
| d. North Korea |
| a. Because the stakes of US national security in the conflicts were deemed to be minimal | ||
| b. Because the US military would be at risk of overextension due to other existing military operations | ||
| c. Because the American public is suffering from "war fatigue" due to the engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Jus ad Bellum | ||
| b. Proportionality | ||
| c. Detente | ||
| d. Reprisal |
| a. Iraq | ||
| b. Afghanistan | ||
| c. Pakistan | ||
| d. Russia |
| a. Open borders, airspace, and coastlines. | ||
| b. Effective, pervasive psychological operations (PSYOP) campaigns. | ||
| c. An expanded and diversified police force. | ||
| d. Amnesty and rehabilitation for insurgents. |
| a. Insurgency | ||
| b. Insurrection | ||
| c. Sedition | ||
| d. Terrorism |
| a. Basic law enforcement and security of the people | ||
| b. Provision of fundamental human needs (food, shelter, and clothing) | ||
| c. Engagement of the people in democracy | ||
| d. Conditions that allow free enterprise to flourish |
| a. The failure to increase the bombing of support bases in Laos and Cambodia | ||
| b. The failure to "take the war North" into the cities of North Vietnam | ||
| c. The failure to engage the population of the cities and villages of South Vietnam | ||
| d. Micromanagement of US military strategy by politicians |
| a. Istishad | ||
| b. Fatwa | ||
| c. Jihad | ||
| d. Intihar |
| a. The 16th Century | ||
| b. The 18th Century | ||
| c. The 20th Century | ||
| d. Ancient Times |
| a. Al Qaeda | ||
| b. Aum Shrinrikyo | ||
| c. The Red Army Faction | ||
| d. Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna |
| a. Because in their operations the groups were morally opposed to killing people | ||
| b. Because in their operations the groups were morally opposed to murder except for assassinations | ||
| c. Because in their operations by killing a large number of people at once, the groups would have alienated the populations upon who they relied for material, logistical, and security support | ||
| d. Because in their operations weapons of this nature were much more rare in the world than they are today |
| a. Insurgent groups fight in organized military forces, whereas terrorist groups are small cell-based. | ||
| b. Insurgent groups do not attack unarmed non-combatants, whereas terrorist groups often do target such groups. | ||
| c. Insurgent groups seek to form a new government, whereas terrorist groups typically lack a vision for governance. | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Higher cost of living | ||
| b. Higher cost of production of goods and services | ||
| c. Greater government regulation of commerce | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Increasing funds given to militia | ||
| b. Increasing funds given to terrorist and insurgent groups | ||
| c. Increasing pollution of the soil, air, and water | ||
| d. Increasing the gap of economic inequity between rich and poor |
| a. Grants of food to impoverished people | ||
| b. Loans for home building | ||
| c. Economic assistance and training programs to entrepreneurs | ||
| d. Low interest savings and investment programs |
| a. Failing states | ||
| b. Terrorism | ||
| c. Countries seeking imperialist expansion | ||
| d. Conflict over the world's oil supply |
| a. Personal automobiles | ||
| b. Commercial trucks | ||
| c. Industrial manufacturing and production | ||
| d. Airline transportation |
| a. Decreasing rates of cancer in humans. | ||
| b. Improved prenatal care. | ||
| c. Increasing the per capita income of people in poverty. | ||
| d. Increase access to clean water for drinking and sanitation. |
| a. Parental education programs | ||
| b. Improved access to immunizations | ||
| c. Ensuring clean water for bathing, drinking, food preparation, and sewage needs | ||
| d. All of the above |
| a. Iraq | ||
| b. Canada | ||
| c. Saudi Arabia | ||
| d. The United Arab Emirates |
| a. Because of tribalism and ethnic fragmentation | ||
| b. Because they lack governance | ||
| c. Because economies dependent on primary products such as gold, diamonds, oil and coltan more easily fall into corruption and military rule | ||
| d. Because they are isolated from external influences |
| a. Because there is greater religious strife in the world now than previously | ||
| b. Because prior to 1990, colonial power structures and/or the systems of alliances and satellite states during the Cold War kept localized disputes in check | ||
| c. Because there is greater poverty in the world now than previously | ||
| d. Because there are a greater number of weapons in the world now than previously |