VRE Flashcards
Word gets back to the operations center that a coalition aircraft was seen plummeting to earth with a smoke trail. Someone in the center says “Guess the bad guys got those new SAMs.” Without any proof of this, what type of statement is this?
Hypothesis
Which bias is an unconscious belief which influences the act of knowning or making a judgment call?
Cognitive Bias
Which of the following is a form of patterning by perceiving a similarity between events or things because of superficial features?
Stereotyping
Observing and building an argument to arrive at a conclusion is using:
Reason
If Sheila is Jack’s mother and Sylvia is Jack’s grandmother, then Sheila is Sylvia’s daugter is what element of reasoning?
Inference
What type of question requires little to no reasoning?
Fact
Which intellectual standard is how broad or narrow of a perspective the analyst may have when solving a problem?
Breadth
What agency is responsible to the President through the DNI?
CIA
Who maintains operational control of all US military forces conducting SIGINT?
DIRNSA
The Air Force’s service cryptologic element is known as?
AFISRA
What extension of NSOC enables commanders to deal with the SIGINT system on a rapid reliable basis?
CSG
Who enables US global information superiority in peacetime as well as during hostilities?
NRO
A captured enemy ground forces weapons system would likely be exploited by whom?
National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC)
The lead producer of global maritime intelligence is:
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
The mission of the MCSB is to:
Provide trained and deployable SIGINT Marines
During an international incident, a smaller skirmish has flared up. Which of the following will be created to handle this situation?
Joint Task Force (JTF)
JTF’s may be established on a geographic or functional basis when the mission has a:
Specific limited objective not requirng centralized control
How many MAJCOMS are there in the USAF?
Ten
Which of the following are the most predominant forces within a coalition force?
US Forces
Which discipline exploits the adversary’s communications, revealing their intentions?
COMINT
SrA Snuffy is searching the internet for publicly availabe information that would fall under which of the following intelligence discipline?
OSINT
Which intelligence discipline provides a valuable source of information for automated planning systems and precision guided munitions?
GEOINT
What can be used to monitor potential adversary technical developments and deployments, as well as emerging weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats?
MASINT
Which intelligence discipline’s collections methods would include gathering documents and other information from closed arms proliferation talks?
HUMINT
The 1N3X1 specialty deals with what?
Foreign languages
Which security program seeks to prevent adversaries from taking advantage of unclassified information?
OPSEC
Information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes which is required to be handled exclusively within formal access control systems is called?
Sensitive Compartmented Information
The act of classifiying a specific item of information on the basis that an original classification decision has already been made by an authorized OCA is known as what?
Derivative Classification
Which of the following documents is the standard for classifying information in the IC?
EO 12958
There is a new safe in the work center. When should the combination be changed?
Immediately
A temporary working area will not be used to store SCI and will not be used in excess of:
40 hrs per month
In regards to recording the destruction of classified material, how many witnesses must sign the paperwork?
1 for Secret, 2 for Top Secret
Good physical health and what can prevent muscle strain and increase movement?
Stretching
For proper lifting technique where should you bend your body?
At your knees
At a properly configured work station, the top of the monitor should be:
Slightly below eye level
To avoid eye fatique, every ___ minutes you should take your eyes off the monitor and focus them on another object at least ___ feet away.
20; 25
Which term is one of the three integrated employment capabilities of IO?
Network Warfare Operations
This capability is designed to affect behaviors, protect operations, communicate commander’s intent and project accurate information to achieve desired effects accross the cognitive domain?
Influence Operations
Which domain is considered the area of human action which pertains to mental processes such as intellectual, learning, and problem solving?
Cognitive
This operation is information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons or international terrorist activities?
Counterintelligence
Which AF organization supports influence operations through CI that is designed to detect, destroy, neutralize, exploit or prevent espionage activities through indentification, manipulation, deception, or repression of the adversary?
Office of Special Investigations (OSI)
This is collecting of electromagnetic data for immediate tactical applications:
Electronic Warfare Support
Airmen on computer networks have determined and reported to their commander the spparent intrusion of the AF networks by a known hacker and appropriate countermeasures are taken. This is an example of:
Net D
Which NW Ops activity requires close coordination with signals intelligence collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination?
NS
This is a critical function that helps provide the commander the situational and battle space awareness necessary to successfully plan and conduct operations:
ISR
What encompasses information assurance, system and network management, and information dissemination management?
NetOps
What type of operation may be employed during the pre-conflict phase of information operations?
Broadcasting deceiving information int the enemy’s territory
There are ______ phases of the intelligence cycle.
Six
Embedded at the air component command level, an Airman working here would provide a supported commander critical interation with NSA.
AFNTI
An aircraft performing surveillance against a target while in international airspace is employing what technique to gather information?
Standoff Techniques
Where are the two continental core DCGS sites located?
Virginia and California
Which division within the AOC would concentrate on long-range and near -term planning to achieve theater objectives?
Strategy Division
Which division within the AOC is responsible for near-term air and space operations planning within 48 hours prior to ATO execution?
Combat Plans Division
You and Captain Jones are on the offensive ops team and checking the ATO to make sure there are packages assigned to each target. What division are you working for?
Combat Operations Division
An Army brigade commander has requested resupply and a C-17 has been tasked. Your job is to ensure the mission was executed. What AOC team are you in?
Air Mobility Control Team
Under which division within the AOC would you find the ATO production team?
Combat Plans Division
WHo is the AOC’s primary producer of actionable intelligence in support of air, space, and information operations?
ACF
What team has the overall responsibility of producing the RSTA annex and coordinating with JFC collection managers regarding national collection?
ISR Operations
What support element provides direct exploitation support to the AOC, and may be tasked to serve as a backup exploitaiton node?
ISE
Which situational awareness is needed to develop patterns of behavior, constraints, and opportunities of geography, topography, cultures, environment, and forces that allows us to misdirect, predict and pre-empt our adversaries?
Predictive Battlespace Awareness (PBA)
What type of targeting is the procdeure for attacking targets that have been detected, identified, and developed in sufficent time for them to become part of a scheduled ATO?
Deliberate
HUMINT sources have tipped off the AOC that a known insurgent group is building Improvised Explosive Devices and plan on placing them on established US patrol routes. What phase of the kill chanin would ISR assets be engaged in?
Find
During which targeting process phase are collateral damage and ROE restrictions reviewed?
Target
What is the most important step in the air targeting process?
Commander’s objectives, guidance, and intent
What targeting restriction includes legitimate military targets, but ones for which damage would impede friendly operations or violate existing ROE?
Restricted Targets
What targeting restriction includes schools, churches, hospitals, embassies, and other important cultural landmarks?
No-Strike Facilities
Information that symoblizes bodies of water and grainage features is represented by which color?
Blue
Aeronautical symbols for the specific purpose of air navigation and planning air operations are shown in:
Purple
Runways may be represented by a pattern and have the following information except:
Length of the longes runway (in meters of kilometers)
Vertical obstructions must be at least this tall:
200 feet
This is the height of the ghigest known feature in a section of the map:
Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF)
What shows the geographic area that a map covers?
Location Diagram
______ is the vertical angle from the equator while ______ is the angle measured from the prime meridian.
Latitude; Longitude
The prime meridian is a north-south line and the zero reference line for which observations?
Astronomical
An example of _______ is using an AWACS to assist an ingressing package of F-15E STRIKE EAGLEs because their radars don’t see as far.
Synergy
The objective of Joint Intelligence Operations is to:
Interate service and national intelligence capabilities
tactics, techniques, and procedures (TPPs) are determined at what level of war?
Tactical
An Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance function at the strategic level of war is to reserach foreign weapons systems in order to provide force protection as a part of what overall role?
Accurate, timely, and predictive intelligence
The overall goal of any operation, regardless of scale, is to pursue ______ and to counter potential threats to US National Security interests.
US National Policy Objectives
Which of the following can be a single, small-scale, limited-duration operation or a significant part of a major operation of extended duration involving combat?
Crisis response and limited contingency operation
Which type of planning occurs for real-world real-time emergencies?
Crisis Action
The Commander’s staff has produced a document that identifies forces and supplies required, and provides a schedule for moving resources. What is this document called?
OPLAN
How many AEFs does the AF have?
Ten
What is the normal life cycle of an AEF?
14-month normal training 2-month prep; 4-month deployment/on-call
When will the AETF be forced to tap into resources from the AEFs in the current rotation?
When in-theater resources are not available
Which Army element is always on call and ready to deploy and reach a location within _____
Quick Reaction Force (QRF); 18 hours
How long does the APS have to be in-place after the deployment order is issued?
45 Days
A CSG may be involved in a variety of roles, but its MAIN objective is:
Obtaining and maintaining sea control
Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) retain their basic organizational structure because:
The elements train, work, and deploy together
Which is not a Joint Special Operations Task Force responsibility?
Plan special operations autonomously
Which of the below is an example of a coalition operation?
US Military and Australian Operation
Which is NOT one of the goals of the DoD personnel recovery program?
Allowing enemies a potential source of intelligence
What task begins when the recovery force relinquishes physical control of previously isolated personnel?
Reintegrate
What aircraft is designed specifically to replace the A-10, F-16, and F/A-18A/B?
F-35 Lightning II
What is the most flexible airlift aircraft in the AF inventory?
C-17 Globemaster III
What US Army system is mainly used to provide survivable and highly mobile fire support for armor and infantry troops?
Self-propelled howitzers
What fleet is responsible for 52 million square miles of the Pacific and Indian Oceans?
7th Fleet
What is the basic building block of US Marine Corps operating forces?
MAGTF
What special operatiosn mission includes subersion?
Unconventional Warfare
What special operations mission includes network and infrastructure attacks?
Counterterrorism
