19 Sep QUESTION 1 · Hamas is a Shiite terrorist organization that evolved

QUESTION 1

· Hamas is a Shiite terrorist organization that evolved from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in late 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising.

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· True

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· False

5 points

QUESTION 2

· Intelligence collection consists of ________ different types of collection activities

a		1
b		3
c		5
d		7

5 points

QUESTION 3

· Al Qaeda, which means “_____ _____,” is a network of Sunni extremist groups that was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden.

a		The Base
b		Party of God
c		The Mahadi
d		All of the above

5 points

QUESTION 4

· Who issued Executive Order #13354, creating the the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTS)?

a		President George Bush
b		President Trump
c		President Obama
d		President Clinton

5 points

QUESTION 5

· The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) maintains a sizable intelligence function as part of its operations to provide national homeland security. Which office is responsible for coordinating the department’s intelligence efforts?

a		Office of Intelligence and Analysis
b		U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
c		U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
d		National Security Agency (NSA)

5 points

QUESTION 6

· Smuggling of technology and WMD materials refers to illegally transferring weapons technology from?

a		foreign countries to the United States
b		one country to another
c		the black market through American seaports
d		A and C only

5 points

QUESTION 7

· The motivation for crime and terrorism are vastly different, crime being committed to self-gratification while terrorism is committed for _____.

a		power
b		A and C only
c		politics
d		a higher cause

5 points

QUESTION 8

· The term terrorist or terrorism comes from the French Revolution or regime de la terreur (reign of terror).

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· True

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· False

5 points

QUESTION 9

· The Central Intelligence Agency was created in __________ was a result of the National Security Act.

a		1947
b		1957
c		1997
d		2001

5 points

QUESTION 10

· ________ has perhaps the deepest roots in terms of playing a role in terrorism.

a		poverty
b		Israel
c		culture
d		religion

5 points

QUESTION 11

· Hezbollah, “art of God,” is a radical Islamic organization that operates in the West Bank.

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· True

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· False

5 points

QUESTION 12

· Although terrorist groups exist throughout the world, a large number are located in?

a		Israel
b		Iraq
c		Chechnya
d		The Middle East

5 points

QUESTION 13

· The Department of Homeland Security has devised a conceptual model for affording some assets proper levels of protection and security. The National Infrastructure Protection Plan and Risk Management Framework provides a measurement and evaluation method that allows us to measure?

a		research
b		risk
c		success

5 points

QUESTION 14

· Is it true that Measures and Signatures Intelligence includes the interception of electronic communications and deriving intelligence from those communications?

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· True

·

· False

5 points

QUESTION 15

· In 2002, The office of Homeland Security in the White House issued the National Strategy for Homeland Security. Today, the National Strategy for Homeland Security provides primary guidance for homeland security strategies and _____?

a		tactics
b		funding
c		areas of responsibility
d		A and B only

5 points

QUESTION 16

· The Director of National Intelligence (DN)is the titular head of the intelligence community.

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· True

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· False

5 points

QUESTION 17

· Transnational Organized Crime (TOC), which loosely defined refers to organized criminal groups that operate?

a		independent of a legal structure
b		like a major legal corporation
c		multinationally
d		A and B only

5 points

QUESTION 18

· Terrorist activities occur when a significant number of people are discontent with the social or government structure?

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· True

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· False

5 points

QUESTION 19

· Institutional definitions demonstrate that there is no consistent definition however, the various do have some common threads, Pillar (2003) examined a number of terrorist definitions and Identified the following consistent themes.

a		premeditation, political agenda
b		premeditation, political agenda , generally the terrorist targets are non-combatant civillians
c		premeditation, political agenda, generally the terrorist targets are non-combatant civilians and generally the terrorist are subnational or clandestine groups
d		none of the above

5 points

QUESTION 20

· The creation of the DHS was, in the minds of many politicians and bureaucrats, not an effective solution to the problem of homeland security. Many believed that adequate governmental apparatuses were in place, but lacked _____?

a		proper coordination
b		the proper leadership
c		the legal authority
d		all of the above