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1
As noted in "Homeland Security," the least likely cause of death for an American today, among the following circumstances, is:
A)a terrorist attack.
B)falling off a ladder.
C)an automobile crash.
D)heart disease.
2
As presented in "Homeland Security," the claim that terrorists will attack soft targets as "A-list" targets become more secure is stated repeatedly in the 2002 National Strategy for Homeland Security:
A)because information about where U.S. vulnerabilities lie has gotten increasingly more reliable.
B)as are claims that the al-Qaeda leadership is virtually paralyzed.
C)without any supporting evidence.
D)based on evidence provided by the FBI and the CIA.
3
As stated in "Homeland Security," most of the large terrorist attacks carried out since September 11, 2001, have been linked to al-Qaeda.
A)True
B)False
4
As set forth in "How Much are We Willing to Take?" U.S. antiterrorism officials often fail to realize that regular people:
A)have no faith in Homeland Security.
B)want much stricter regulations at airports.
C)can be comfortable assessing risk.
D)do not believe in the threat of terrorism.
5
As suggested in "How Much are We Willing to Take?" while the United States tries to improve its fragmented intelligence capabilities, the second best defense might be:
A)vigilance.
B)prayer.
C)an armed citizenry.
D)a year-long ban on international commerce.
6
As stated in "How Much are We Willing to Take?" the explosives-detection machines in today's airports cannot sniff out liquid explosives in a sealed container.
A)True
B)False
7
As presented in "Lethal Fantasies," Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security James Loy in February 2005 stated for the record that a terrorist attack:
A)is a predictable event, thanks to a sophisticated network of intelligence.
B)could come in any form, at any place, on any timetable.
C)is what Americans fear most, and for a very good reason.
D)is one of the least likely catastrophes to occur in the United States.
8
As quoted in "Lethal Fantasies," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff identifies the target of the global war on terror as:
A)a dangerous and merciless evil.
B)an imaginary ghost.
C)Osama bin Laden.
D)Saddam Hussein.
9
As revealed in "Lethal Fantasies," the disbursement of Homeland Security funds resulted in an increase in the allocations for responses to predictable natural disasters.
A)True
B)False
10
As assessed in "Why We Don't Prepare," when considering the impact of crises and disasters, our greatest enemy is most often:
A)ourselves.
B)a hurricane.
C)an earthquake.
D)any natural event that causes flooding.
11
As related in "Why We Don't Prepare," federal legislation requires that local officials plan for the emergency evacuation of:
A)the elderly.
B)pets.
C)residents who are sick or disabled.
D)families with infants and toddlers.
12
As revealed in "Why We Don't Prepare," even though Hurricane Katrina destroyed nearly 69,000 homes in Mississippi, advocates for a statewide building code are still being opposed by many builders, homeowners, and real estate lobbyists.
A)True
B)False
13
As outlined in "Are We Ready for the Next 9/11?" the four chief reasons for the failures of DHS include all of the following, except a:
A)lack of oversight of funding allocations.
B)politicization of the word "security."
C)failure to prioritize spending initiatives.
D)Congress reluctant to finance security strategies.
14
As concluded in "Are We Ready for the Next 9/11?" by trying to protect people everywhere, Congress ensures that:
A)catastrophic events are less likely to occur than ever before.
B)Americans no longer have to feel threatened by terrorist activities.
C)each state is equally secure against terrorism.
D)Americans are adequately protected almost nowhere.
15
As explained in "Are We Ready for the Next 9/11?" the city of Washington, D.C., used $100,000 in homeland security money to fund a summer jobs program.
A)True
B)False
16
As brought out in "Revisiting Homeland Security," members of Congress assessing the Department of Homeland Security are wondering if it was a mistake to have:
A)merged 22 agencies, bureaus, and offices into one department to handle domestic security.
B)spent counterterrorism funds on hurricane victims.
C)allowed the Coast Guard to continue its former activities.
D)tortured suspected terrorists.
17
As discussed in "Revisiting Homeland Security," Sen. Trent Lott and Rep. Thomas Davis, two Republicans who pushed for the agency merger that became DHS, questioned their own wisdom about putting FEMA into Homeland Security when:
A)the Democrats applauded their decision.
B)the FEMA director refused to follow department directives.
C)they witnessed the department's ineffectual response to Hurricane Katrina.
D)it became clear that FEMA's share of allocated funds was too high.
18
As reported in "Revisiting Homeland Security," two House committees in May 2006 approved legislation to pull FEMA out of DHS and let it operate on its own.
A)True
B)False
19
As asserted in "Shifting Priorities," because of the terrorist crisis in the United States:
A)many states voluntarily shifted funds for natural-disaster relief into anti-terrorist efforts.
B)legislators bypassed normal procedures when creating DHS.
C)preparedness for all types of emergencies has improved greatly in all 50 states.
D)most politicians have put aside their partisan agendas.
20
As reported in "Shifting Priorities," five percent of surveyed emergency management agencies said they needed "spline reticulation," which, in layman's terms, is:
A)the collective term for parachutes and other flight-emergency paraphernalia.
B)a water-purification system designed to protect against germ warfare.
C)a device for detecting radiation in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
D)a nonexistent entity, invented to test which agencies would request money for anything.
21
As expressed in "Shifting Priorities," the author wishes to go on record as saying that, in terms of homeland security, Congress is hopelessly ineffective.
A)True
B)False
22
As pointed out in "Airport Security Screening: Privatize or Federalize?" when the TSA was created in 2001, Congress authorized it to:
A)supervise airport security screening in major cities around the world.
B)evaluate which U.S. airports would be better served by a privatized system.
C)concentrate its screening procedures on racial profiling.
D)become the single provider of passenger screening in U.S. airports.
23
As cited in "Airport Security Screening: Privatize or Federalize?" Congressman Peter DeFazio, in a 2005 statement, agreed with a DHS report that the performance of TSA was:
A)impossible to evaluate, given the newness of the agency.
B)the best example of efficiency in America's security structure.
C)compromised by a shortage of adequate equipment.
D)a disappointment to Homeland Security officials and to American passengers.
24
As noted in "Airport Security Screening: Privatize or Federalize?" even those who support the rationale for privatizing airport security screening would agree that the system of privatization must be different than the privatized system that existed prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
A)True
B)False
25
As expressed in "The Doom Boom," during the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the area of the United States that has enjoyed a far better economy than any other is:
A)Los Angeles.
B)New York City.
C)Washington, D.C.
D)New Orleans.
26
As defined in "The Doom Boom," economist Robert Mundell's theory that government should cut taxes and let the private sector allocate the cash rather than use higher taxes and spending to spur the economy is known as:
A)Keynesian economics.
B)microeconomics.
C)demand-side economics.
D)supply-side economics.
27
As pointed out in "The Doom Boom," the world's largest consumer of goods and services is the federal government of the United States.
A)True
B)False
28
As suggested in "Immigration and National Security," America should learn by example and heed the fact that Europe is paying the price for all of the following, except:
A)overly generous asylum policies.
B)open borders.
C)nonenforcement of immigration laws.
D)cultural diversity.
29
As cited in "Immigration and National Security," the Pew Hispanic Center reported that in the United States, illegal immigrants:
A)outnumber legal immigrants.
B)have no tangible impact on the American economy.
C)are more likely to enter the country from Canada than from Mexico.
D)enter the country in numbers much lower than estimated by the U.S. Border Patrol.
30
As noted in "Immigration and National Security," Mexico is supportive of its citizens who enter the United States illegally, because they subsequently earn U.S. dollars that they send back to Mexico.
A)True
B)False
31
According to one senator, as quoted in "Senators Say Scrap FEMA and Start Over," FEMA needs to be replaced because it:
A)is rife with corruption.
B)has proved unresponsive to presidential directives.
C)over-responds to emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina.
D)has become "so dysfunctional and disreputable."
32
As described in "Terrorism's Impact on State Law Enforcement," an invaluable link between local and federal authorities, in terms of such matters as terrorism prevention, and especially in rural areas with scarce resources, is provided by:
A)state militias.
B)state police.
C)the CSG.
D)the FBI.
33
As noted in "Terrorism's Impact on State Law Enforcement," Hawaii is the only state that does not:
A)receive Homeland Security grants.
B)require security screening at its airports.
C)have a general-purpose state law-enforcement agency.
D)follow federal guidelines for emergency preparedness.
34
As stated in "Terrorism's Impact on State Law Enforcement," law enforcement officials generally agree that there is an association among types of criminal activity and terrorism.
A)True
B)False
35
As noted in "State of Readiness," since 1995, the state of Oklahoma has endured a number of disasters, including all of the following, except:
A)wide-sweeping wildfires that ravaged more than half a million acres.
B)the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in the United States.
C)the biochemical contamination of more than two-thirds of the state's reservoirs.
D)a massive tornado with the highest wind speed ever recorded.
36
As related in "State of Readiness," some sort of hazmat situation is likely to result whenever:
A)real estate developers convert open land to residential properties.
B)a tornado touches down.
C)large-scale public events occur.
D)interstate highway traffic is especially heavy.
37
As observed in "State of Readiness," one of the weaknesses in Oklahoma's emergency-response system is the fact that much of the state consists of remote rural areas, which have been largely excluded from the state's network of response initiatives.
A)True
B)False
38
The author of "New York State of Mind" claims that critics of the Department of Homeland Security's reduced allocation to New York City of anti-terrorism grants in 2006:
A)ignore facts and unfairly malign the department.
B)are generally liberal Democrats opposed to President Bush.
C)should be happy that the danger of terrorist attacks on the city has nearly disappeared.
D)do not understand the aims of Islamic terrorists.
39
As pointed out in "Blame Amid the Tragedy," the author feels qualified to vilify those who mishandled the response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans because:
A)he worked for them during the time of the disaster.
B)he was not rescued from his flooded home in New Orleans for three weeks.
C)he lost his family in the hurricane.
D)as a Washington State legislator, he had represented the district worst hit by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
40
As asserted in "Blame Amid the Tragedy," most of the blame for the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans must go to Louisiana's governor, Kathleen Blanco, and:
A)President George W. Bush.
B)the Department of Homeland Security.
C)the New Orleans Police Department.
D)New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin.
41
According to "Blame Amid the Tragedy," the federal government of the United States does not have the authority to intervene in a state emergency without the request of the governor.
A)True
B)False
42
As analyzed in "Antiterrorist Policing in New York City After 9/11: Comparing Perspectives on a Complex Process," the policing activities in post-9/11 New York City have emerged from all of the following paradigms, except:
A)rational Enlightenment.
B)psycho-cultural dispositions.
C)civil libertarianism.
D)power motives.
43
As addressed in "Antiterrorist Policing in New York City After 9/11: Comparing Perspectives on a Complex Process," violence can be explained with reference to issues of emotion, identity, or recognition by both:
A)victims and assailants.
B)devout believers and atheists.
C)anthropologists and psychologists.
D)organizations and individuals.
44
As argued in "Antiterrorist Policing in New York City After 9/11: Comparing Perspectives on a Complex Process," the sway of Hollywood stereotypes promotes the idea that the Arab-Muslim terrorist is not just a violent political renegade, but also a sexual beast.
A)True
B)False
45
According to "Community Policing and Terrorism," the philosophy of community policing can be an effective tool in preparing for a possible terrorist attack as well as:
A)responding to community fear about such an attack.
B)tracking the movement of potential terrorists.
C)providing additional services in the aftermath of an attack.
D)coordinating with federal agencies to monitor suspicious groups.
46
Community policing, as explained in "Community Policing and Terrorism," places equal emphasis on all of the following components except:
A)service provision.
B)order maintenance.
C)community volunteering.
D)crime control.
47
Between 1997 and 1999, as cited in "Community Policing and Terrorism," departments working under the philosophy of community policing have increased to more than half of the agencies in the United States.
A)True
B)False
48
As related in "D.C. Deploys Wireless Net for First Responders," CapWIN is a data-sharing partnership that facilitates a communications network for first responders in all of the following areas, except:
A)Delaware.
B)the District of Columbia.
C)Virginia.
D)Maryland.
49
As detailed in "D.C. Deploys Wireless Net for First Responders," the CapWIN application is carrier agnostic, which means that individuals users can access it regardless of their:
A)agency affiliation.
B)wireless service provider.
C)bandwidth capabilities.
D)nationality.
50
As explained in "D.C. Deploys Wireless Net for First Responders," it is not yet possible to share images, such as photos and maps, with the currently available CapWIN software.
A)True
B)False
51
As quoted in "The Front Line in Training for Disasters," Bob Hammonds, director of homeland-security initiatives for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, says that, regarding "the future training for homeland security at community colleges," he is:
A)"forced to remain rather skeptical."
B)"unable to see adequate increases in funding within the next 10 years."
C)"very optimistic."
D)"somewhat encouraged by recent state support."
52
As identified in "The Front Line in Training for Disasters," the only three community colleges in the United States to have received Homeland Security competitive training grants by the end of 2005 were all of the following, except:
A)NorthWest Arkansas Community College.
B)Mohawk Valley Community College in central New York.
C)Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
D)Waukesha County Technical College in southeastern Wisconsin.
53
As stated in "The Front Line in Training for Disasters," Kenneth Morckel, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, has argued for more funding directed toward equipment and less spending on training and exercising.
A)True
B)False
54
As detailed in "Guarding Against Missiles," the missiles most feared by homeland security officials would:
A)be heat-seeking.
B)depend on global-positioning technology.
C)be directed by line-of-sight.
D)use magnetic attraction.
55
In order to prevent future terrorist attacks on the United States, the authors of "Modernizing Homeland Security" recommend all of the following except:
A)halting immigration into the country.
B)high-tech data links on criminal-justice information.
C)greater inter-agency coordination.
D)making the role of states and localities pivotal.
56
As concluded in "Modernizing Homeland Security," the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States uncovered:
A)serious holes in American military air defenses.
B)America's reluctance to stand up to terrorists.
C)the failure of the United Nations to control terrorism.
D)a deadly lack of integration among America's domestic defenses.
57
As stressed by the authors of "Modernizing Homeland Security," responsibility for homeland defense rests with the federal government.
A)True
B)False
58
As explained in "Hesitation at Homeland Security," U.S. airlines oppose installing missile defense systems on their fleets because:
A)the technology is not reliable.
B)the cost is too high.
C)passengers would avoid flying on planes with these defense systems.
D)it is unlikely that terrorists could obtain shoulder-fired missiles.
59
As pointed out in "Thanks, Dubai!" each year, 9 million containers are:
A)handled at U.S. seaports.
B)inspected by the Coast Guard at U.S. seaports.
C)classified "suspicious" by U.S. Customs officials.
D)unable to pass U.S. security requirements.
60
As quoted in "Thanks, Dubai!" Stephen E. Flynn, a retired Coast Guard commander and an expert on port security, has said that U.S. government policy regarding container security:
A)"is the toughest container-security policy in the world."
B)"is one of the finest examples of terrorism prevention in the United States."
C)"resembles a house of cards."
D)"works well but is extremely costly."
61
According to "Thanks, Dubai!" the number of containers entering U.S. ports will double by 2020.
A)True
B)False
62
As reported in "Thwarting Nuclear Terrorism," most of the 1,800 tons of HEU in the world today were created by:
A)the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
B)the People's Republic of China within the last five years.
C)the Muslim nations most associated with terrorism over the past two decades.
D)an international association of nuclear scientists since 1984.
63
As disclosed in "Thwarting Nuclear Terrorism," more than half of all the civilian HEU that exists in the world is associated with:
A)U.S. nuclear-power agencies
B)Russia's HEU-fueled reactor fleet.
C)North Korea's medical-research facilities.
D)the black market.
64
According to "Thwarting Nuclear Terrorism," spent fuel is so radioactive that, for several years after being extracted from a reactor, it would kill within hours anyone who handled it.
A)True
B)False
65
As identified in "Bioterrorism--Preparing to Fight the Next War," Americans' preoccupation with the threat of bioterrorism includes the fear of all of the following, except:
A)the dissemination of smallpox by self-inflicted terrorists.
B)the annihilation of antigen-research facilities.
C)the poisoning of milk with botulinum toxin.
D)a massive release of anthrax spores in a subway.
66
As noted in "Bioterrorism--Preparing to Fight the Next War," so far, the most effective bioterrorist has been:
A)the Unabomber.
B)Saddam Hussein.
C)Osama bin Laden.
D)nature.
67
As claimed in "Bioterrorism--Preparing to Fight the Next War," unprecedented attention is being paid to pathogens that currently cause rare diseases.
A)True
B)False
68
As presented in "These Chemicals Are So Deadly," ways in which the risks of rail transportation of hazardous materials could be reduced include all of the following except:
A)rerouting shipments around heavily populated areas.
B)monitoring closely the movement of these materials.
C)banning the rail transportation of hazardous materials.
D)finding alternatives for lethal chemicals.
69
According to "Port Security is Still a House of Cards," one of the most unheralded revolutions of the twentieth century was the widespread adoption of:
A)radioactivity detection.
B)cargo containers.
C)conveyor belts.
D)lead shielding.
70
As described in "Port Security is Still a House of Cards," ports in Hong Kong are using a 100-percent scanning regime in which every arriving container must pass through:
A)a gamma-ray machine.
B)an X-ray machine.
C)a laser detection portal.
D)a density-imaging tunnel.
71
As pointed out in "Port Security is Still a House of Cards," the vast majority of the world's traded goods pass through seaports.
A)True
B)False
72
As related in "Island Mentality," of the more than 160 Guantanamo detainees who had gone through the process of a hearing, as of August 2005, only 4 had been:
A)subjected to torture.
B)interrogated by authorized personnel.
C)detained for more than two months.
D)designated for release.
73
As noted in "Island Mentality," in the interrogation chamber in Guantanamo's Camp Five, on the wall behind where interrogators sit, is a red button marked:
A)DURESS.
B)MEDIC.
C)INTRUDER.
D)LOCKDOWN.
74
As explained in "Island Mentality," the author was granted by Guantanamo officials the clearance to interview commanding officers and interrogators.
A)True
B)False
75
As set forth in "The Truth About Torture It's Time to Be Honest about Doing Terrible Things" there are three kinds of war prisoners, including all of the following, except the:
A)ordinary soldier caught on the field of battle.
B)captured terrorist.
C)terrorist with information.
D)intelligence agent discovered in enemy territory.
76
As maintained in "The Truth About Torture It's Time to Be Honest about Doing Terrible Things," ordinary prisoners of war are entitled to more privileges than ordinary domestic prisoners:
A)according to International Red Cross regulations.
B)because they have committed no crime.
C)if they agree to divulge classified information.
D)if they request permanent sanctuary in the country of their captors.
77
As reported in "The Truth About Torture It's Time to Be Honest about Doing Terrible Things," the extreme torture used by the Israelis in 1994 to learn the whereabouts of a kidnapped corporal was censured by Israel's peace-making prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
A)True
B)False
78
According to "Civil Liberties and Homeland Security," a major problem with the Patriot Act that was signed into law on October 26, 2001, is that:
A)President Bush felt pressured to sign the act without studying it.
B)the act is merely symbolic and incorporates no real changes in the fight against terrorism.
C)the act was rushed through Congress before members could properly read and interpret it.
D)the majority of Democrats opposed the act, but the Republicans overrode their protests.
79
As reported in "Civil Liberties and Homeland Security," the Center for Constitutional Rights stated that racial profiling occurred shortly after September 11, 2001, when:
A)hundreds of African American men were detained in Washington, D.C.
B)key Islamic militants were arrested and tried as terrorists.
C)mosques across the country were closed and worshippers prevented from entering.
D)thousands of young men from suspect countries were rounded up for questioning.
80
As suggested in "Civil Liberties and Homeland Security," after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, most media encouraged and promoted political freedom of expression.
A)True
B)False
81
As claimed in "Homeland Security and the Lessons of Waco," Americans become willing to abrogate the rights of individuals and groups outside of the mainstream when the political climate moves toward:
A)a religious focus.
B)a "good" versus "evil" mentality.
C)conservative policy and law.
D)liberal policy and law.
82
According to "Homeland Security and the Lessons of Waco," prior to the incident at the Branch Davidian compound, religious-studies scholars tried to convince the FBI that David Koresh was a:
A)madman.
B)child abuser.
C)saint.
D)religious leader.
83
As noted in "Homeland Security and the Lessons of Waco," the FBI was primarily interested in the Branch Davidians because of a concern about illegal firearms.
A)True
B)False
84
According to "Heading in the Wrong Direction," the United States, in treating terrorist suspects, should strive for a balance between:
A)security and budget constraints.
B)security and liberty.
C)liberty and freedom of speech.
D)freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
85
As cited in "Mining Personal Data," the information industry giant ChoicePoint openly characterizes itself as providing:
A)"actionable intelligence."
B)"classified data."
C)"privacy protection."
D)"anti-terrorist propaganda."
86
As noted in "Mining Personal Data," among ChoicePoints' 58 acquisitions in recent years is iMapData Inc, whose customers include:
A)the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
B)U.S. intelligence and homeland security agencies.
C)John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
D)the National Geographic Society.
87
As disclosed in "Mining Personal Data," ChoicePoint claims that its software was used by the U.S. military to find Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
A)True
B)False
88
As asserted in "U.S. Intelligence: A Losing Proposition," U.S. intelligence in all its functions is:
A)hindering America's war on terror.
B)the source of all successes to date in the war on terror.
C)controlling the direction of the United States much more so than Congress or the White House.
D)the most trusted arm of government in the United States today.
89
As presented in "U.S. Intelligence: A Losing Proposition," during the cold war, scarcity of hard information was combined with political prejudice to produce a group of reality-distorting CIA analysts known as:
A)Skulk.
B)the Eagle.
C)Spylab.
D)Groupthink.
90
As pointed out in "U.S. Intelligence: A Losing Proposition," the CIA has a history of financing the path to power of such political revolutionaries as Iraq's Saddam Hussein.
A)True
B)False
91
As explained in "In Defense of the Intelligence Services," at the root of the intelligence breakdown on the fronts of Islamic terrorism and Iraq's WMDs was:
A)a shortage of information.
B)an unwillingness to heed warnings.
C)the greed of corrupt intelligence officers.
D)the irresponsibility of Western journalism.
92
As pointed out in "In Defense of the Intelligence Services," the international statute book's chapter on espionage is:
A)titled "Legal Rules and Regulations in the Field of Intelligence, Espionage, and Collection."
B)the longest section of the book.
C)written in code that is modified every six months.
D)nonexistent.
93
As stated in "In Defense of the Intelligence Services," in the field of intelligence, better organization and better flow of information should be the central focus of action.
A)True
B)False
94
As stated in "Can Spies be Made Better?" John Negroponte, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, in 2005 became America's first:
A)government official be taken hostage in Iraq.
B)secretary of homeland security.
C)director of national intelligence.
D)foreign-born director of the CIA.
95
As asserted in "Can Spies be Made Better?" one of the first consequences of the war on terror following September 11, 2001, was that many of the intelligence firewalls protecting Americans' civil liberties:
A)were adopted by other countries anxious to emulate American democracy.
B)became the exclusive concern of the Department of Homeland Security.
C)were strengthened to unprecedented degrees.
D)were broken down under the Patriot Act.
96
As presented in "Can Spies be Made Better?" despite suggestions of CIA inefficiency, the agency did correctly predict both the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the Soviet Union's breakup a decade later.
A)True
B)False
97
As stated in "We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform," in the 26-page summary of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 prepared by the Congressional Research Service, HUMINT is:
A)referred to as a civilian intelligence factor that does not concern the Defense Department.
B)treated as a poorly defined matter for continued congressional debate.
C)defined as "human intelligence-that is, the information lifeline we call espionage."
D)not mentioned even once.
98
As discussed in "We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform," in 2005, Senators Saxby Chambliss and Ben Nelson proposed legislation to create a unified combatant command for military intelligence, to be called:
A)DNI-Pentagon.
B)MiliTelligence.
C)UNICOM.
D)INTCOM.
99
As pointed out in "We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform," before 9/11, the most recent foreign attack on the U.S. mainland was during the War of 1812.
A)True
B)False
100
As noted in "Department of Homeland Security: Charting a Path Forward," Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff recalls his role as an assistant U.S. attorney and credits much of his sense of leadership to the person under whom he served at the time, Attorney General:
A)Janet Reno.
B)Bobby Kennedy.
C)Ed Meese.
D)John Ashcroft.
101
According to "Department of Homeland Security: Charting a Path Forward," the challenges confronting DHS can sometimes be complicated by existing regulations, such as the 20-year-old court order that prohibits the expedited removal of illegal immigrants who originate from:
A)Mexico.
B)El Salvador.
C)religious communities.
D)Communist countries.
102
As presented in "Department of Homeland Security: Charting a Path Forward," Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff makes numerous references to the looming date of June 1 because that is the onset of the hurricane season.
A)True
B)False
103
The greatest percentage of survey respondents, as reported in "The Terrorism Index," believes that the single greatest threat to U.S. national security is:
A)nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction.
B)Bush Administration policies.
C)Iran.
D)economic decline.
104
The country that has produced the greatest number of terrorists, according to the participants of the survey described in "The Terrorism Index," is:
A)Egypt.
B)Saudi Arabia.
C)Iran.
D)Lebanon.
105
In spite of today's highly politicized national-security environment, as noted in "The Terrorism Index," the terrorism index results show a notable consensus across political party lines.
A)True
B)False
106
As set forth in "Building an Agile Homeland Security Establishment," the United States needs a homeland-security approach that addresses an agile enemy, but instead, only two, overly rigid approaches have been taken-target-hardening and:
A)dynamic management.
B)capability semantics.
C)bureaucratic restructuring.
D)volunteerism.
107
As addressed in "Building an Agile Homeland Security Establishment," government agencies committed to an agile homeland-security policy should pursue three specific courses of action, including all of the following, except:
A)collaborative agreements.
B)improved intelligence sharing.
C)responsible political indoctrination.
D)better communications-systems interoperability.
108
As suggested in "Building an Agile Homeland Security Establishment," the agility demonstrated by citizen volunteers who work to improve collaboration is more effective than the inflexibility of training people to deal with specific disasters.
A)True
B)False
109
As cited in "Fighters, Not First Responders," in September 2005, President Bush asked Congress to consider a larger role for U.S. armed forces in responding to:
A)natural disasters.
B)terrorist attacks.
C)illegal immigration.
D)civil disobedience.
110
According to "Fighters, Not First Responders," President Bush has contemplated using the military to address public health crises, specifically:
A)the AIDS epidemic.
B)an outbreak of avian flu.
C)obesity in America's children.
D)post-hurricane water contamination.
111
As noted in "Fighters, Not First Responders," part of the Pentagon's consideration of its greater role during domestic disasters was a review of existing pertinent laws, including the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.
A)True
B)False





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