Final Exam Flashcards
In addition to general public safety, what are the most valuable things local and state authorities (LE, National Guard, EM) get from the U.S. government in local, state, and federal partnerships for Homeland Security?
A. Kick-Backs from federal contractors B. Raw Intelligence C. Finished Intelligence D. Training, Funding, and Equipment E. All of the above
D. Training, Funding, and Equipment
In addition to overall cooperation, what are the most important things the U.S. Government (DHS, FBI, ICE, ODNI) gets from local and state authorities for Homeland Security?
A. Kick-Backs from local contractors
B. Manpower and Information
C. Training, Funding, and Equipment
D. All of the Above
B. Manpower and Information
The police officer on patrol fulfills two general roles in counter-terrorism, as conceptualized as a subset of Homeland Security. These two roles are:
A. Clandestine Officer and Point Security Officer
B. Immigration enforcement and border security officer
C. Human collector and first responder
D. Paramedic and social services officer
C. Human collector and first responder
Community policing ideally places/assigns officers and deputies for a sizable period of time inside the neighborhood and communities they police, which should greatly enhance what other type of policing?
A. Counter-Terrorism-Led Policing
B. Swat-Led Policing
C. Heavy-Handed Policing
D. Intelligence-Led Policing
D. Intelligence-Led Policing
DHS and DOJ recommend at lest one fusion center for every what?
State
Who usually leads/runs state fusion centers? A. State Police B. National Guard C. State Emergency Management D. State Fire Marshal E. FBI Field Office
A. State Police
Who usually runs metropolitan fusion centers?
A. City Police Chief/Commissioner or County Sheriff
B. FBI Filed Office
C. Sate Police
D. National Guard
A. City Police Chief/Commissioner of County Sheriff
The mission of fusion centers generally is to:
A. Gather and analyze information useful to emergency management only
B. Gather and analyze information on all threats and hazards to their jurisdictions
C. Gather and analyze information on persons who may be mentally ill
D. Gather and analyze information on security for government buildings
B. Gather and analyze information on all threats and hazards to their jurisdictions
Prior to the creation of fusion centers, how did local, state, and federal law enforcement and the public safety agencies coordinate, cooperate, and partner?
A. They did not coordinate, cooperate, and partner..they all did their own thing.
B. They coordinated, cooperated, and partnered on an AD Hoc basis as needed
C. They coordinated, cooperated, and partnered through federal regional centers on drugs, gun-trafficking, and criminal information-sharing led by DEA, BATF, and FBI
D. Both b and c
D. Both b and c
Who vastly funds fusion centers? A. States B. Cities C. DHS and DOJ D. Local Taxes
C. DHS and DOJ
Roughly how many joint terrorism task forces are there? A. 50 B. 100 C. 200 D. 1000
C. 200
DOJ recommends one joint terrorism task force (JTTF0 for every what?
FBI Field Office
Who leads the joint terrorism task forces (JTTFs)?
FBI
What standard is to guide local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies collection of information on persons?
A. Intelligence Standard
B. Reasonable Suspicion
C. Criminal Intelligence Standard
D. Suspicious Activities Report (SAR)
B. Reasonable Suspicion
This officer of the U.S. government in nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate and provides executive management and leadership over the U.S. Intelligence Community.
A. Director of Central Intelligence (D/CIA)
B. Director of Domestic Intelligence
C. Superintendent of Intelligence
D. Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
D. Director of National Intelligence
This center under the direct supervision of the office of the director of national Intelligence is responsible for coordinating and centralizing intelligence related to terrorism.
A. Office of terrorism
B. Office of Central Terrorism
C. National CounterTerrorism Center
D. National Antiterrorism Directorate
C. National Counterterrorism Center
This database is often called informally “The Watchlist” or “Terrorist Watchlist”
A. The Threatening Identities List
B. The Terrorist Screening Database
C. The Terrorist Identities data mark environment
D. The suspicious activities list
B. The Terrorist Screening Database
While it depends on how one counts them, the U.S. press and the DNI claim there are how many major department or agencies that in some substantive way direct/plan, collect, process, analyze, and disseminate intelligence?
A. 99
B. 51
C. 17
D. 5
C. 17
This type of intelligence seeks to predict the future. A. Futurist Intelligence B. Estimative Intelligence C. All Threats and Hazards Intelligence D. Counterterrorism Intelligence
B. Estimative Intelligence
This type of intelligence, which mixes basic with estimative intelligence, is concerned with specifically monitoring and prediction in a timely manner future attacks or even major hazards.
A. Threat and Hazard Intelligence
B. Warning Intelligence
C. Deep State Intelligence
D. Futurist Intelligence
B. Warning Intelligence
List accurately and in order the 5 steps/phases of the intelligence cycle. Do not explain what they do or how they do it.
Direction and Planning, Collection, Process, Analyze, and Disseminate
What is the term for an intelligence product, written or briefed in person, that may or may not be finished, all-source intelligence but attempts to answer a question with the best intelligence to date?
A. Intelligence Estimate
B. Intelligence Briefing
C. Intelligence Windfall
D. Intelligence Assessment
D. Intelligence Assessment
This center under the FBI is responsible for building and maintaining the terrorist screening database.
A. FBI Strategic Information Operations Center
B. FBI Strategic Terrorist Intelligence Center
C. Terrorist Screening Center
D. Terrorist Information Center
C. Terrorist Screening Center
The term, personnel, security investigation, means what?
A. An investigation of an applicant for a security clearance
B. An investigation of an applicant for access to government monies
C. an investigation of an applicant for access to elementary school children
A. An investigation of an applicant for a security clearance
The three levels of government classification include?
Secret, Top Secret, Confidential
The term, “Raw Intelligence,” is a misnomer for what reason?
A. Intelligence is information that has been analyzed and evaluated and judged to add, expand, or confirm knowledge
B. Raw intelligence is not intelligence because it is unevaluated information
C. Raw Intelligence is simply raw information/Data out of the collection phase of the intelligence cycle that must be processed and then analyzed/evaluated
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
List the five classic “disciplines” of intelligence. That is the intelligence kinds that are based on the sources of the information form which intelligence is hopefully garnered.
Humans, Signal, Image, Measures, Signatures, and Open Source
Write one solid intelligence requirement for the following scenario. You are a sheriff’s deputy assigned to permanent duty in a large high school. You are titled the school’s security officer. Your mission, as tasked by the sheriff and school boards, is to keep the school safe from drugs, drug traffickers, active shooters, terrorists, disgruntled parents/guardians who may attempt to abduct students, and thieves
Most common doors used at the facility
The term, national security, evolved during WWII and meant what?
A. The coordination and integration of national defense and foreign language
B. The coordination and integration of antiterrorism policies
C. The coordination and integration of emergency management
A. The coordination and integration of national defense and foreign relations
There are a number of old English terms, especially from WWII and the Cold War era, that touched on the homeland security mission. This term, which today would be a subset of homeland security, means civilian efforts to warn of foreign military attack and responses to mitigate the effects of foreign attack.
A. Interior Defense
B. Internal Defense
C. External Defense
D. Civil Defense
D. Civil Defense
In most states around the world, this broad term is used for protecting a state's interior and population from terrorism, espionage, sabotage, sedition, and subversion. A. Interior Security B.External Security C. Internal Security D. Public Security
C. Internal Security
While the department of homeland security has the primary homeland security mission I the executive branch, what congressional committees have the homeland security oversight function.
A. House and Senate armed services committees
B. House and Senate Intelligence Committees
C. House and Senate Foreign Relations Committees
D. House Homeland Security Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
D. House Homeland Security Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Which of the following U.S. government agencies is NOT part of the department of Homeland Security?
A. National Nuclear Security Administration B. Secret Service C. Coast Guard D. Border Patrol E. All of the Above
A. National Nuclear Security Administration
The youngest, newest agency within DHS is :
A. The National Counterterrorism Center
B. Transportation Security Administration
C. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration
D. National Nuclear Security Administration
E. Border Patrol
C. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure security administration
This DHS agency has the national major event security mission.
A. The National Counterterrorism Center
B. Secret Service
C. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration
D. Federal Bureau of Investigation
B. Secret Service
This DHS agency is responsible for preparing for and responding to natural or man-made distorters. A. Federal Natural Disaster Agency B. Federal Emergency Management Agency C. Federal Hazard Response Agency D. Federal Disaster Response Agency
B. Federal Emergency Management Agency
This officer/staffer of the U.S. Government working overseas usually is responsible for issuing visas to foreign applicants based on law, regulations, and screening the names through the TSDB:
A. CIA Station Chief B. Consular Affairs Officer/Staffer C. Defense Attache D. Legal Attache E. Homeland Security Attache
B. Consular Affairs officer/staffer
Why is government propaganda whether formally called a psychological operation or not, a threat to civil liberties.
A. It is unethical for government officials to lie to the public
B. Citizens needs objective, truthful information form the government in order to make informed decisions including for voting, and propaganda denies objective, truthful information
C. It is dangerous for citizens to possess too much information
D. Foreign Governments will see through U.S. propaganda and embarrass the U.S,
B
What is a narrative?
A. A socio-political story line intended to tie a number of incidents, events, and persons together as part of the same phenomena in order to influence the way people feel and think on the phenomena
B. A specific psychological operation that targets a specific target audience
C. all of the above
A
A psychological operation has four elements and/or actors, these are:
A. Consumer, Collector, Processor, analyst
B. Psychological operation planner/propagandist, Message/Theme, Target Audience, Desired Action/Behavior
C. Policymaker, Aide, Speechwriter, Page
D. Planner, Collector, Procesor, Evaluation
B
Taken as a whole, what makes the homeland security enterprise potentially threatening to civil liberties?
D all of the above
