WAR AND PEACE

Question 1

ability of a state to
protect its interests, secrets, and citizens
from threats.

Answer 1

National Security

Question 2

important
component of national security.

Answer 2

Human Security

Question 3

3 Important Components

Answer 3

1. Focus on threat
2. Focus on protection
3. Focus on capability

Question 4

organized and deliberate political
act cause 1,000 or more deaths in a
12-month period.

Answer 4

WAR

Question 5

Cannot consider a war

Answer 5

one side has capacity to kill, other is
defenseless.

Question 6

3 Features of War

Answer 6

1. organized, deliberate violence
   by an identifiable political authority.
2. more lethal than other forms
   of organized violence.
3. both sides must have some real
   capacity

Question 7

war between states

Answer 7

Interstate War

Question 8

war that takes place within
a state

Answer 8

Intrastate War

Question 9

periods of fighting punctuated by periods of
relative calm.

Answer 9

Civil War

Question 10

wars were fought by
people who were chosen, trained, and
authorized to attack.

Answer 10

Conventional War

Question 11

old as conventional
war; refuse to
accept the traditional outcomes of battles.

Answer 11

Unconventional War

Question 12

2 Prominent features Unconventional War

Answer 12

1. Nationalism
2. Guerrilla warfare

Question 13

one party in a conflict is significantly more
powerful than the other.

Answer 13

Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare

Question 14

conflict between a
more powerful party and a significantly
weaker party.

Answer 14

Asymmetric Conflict

Question 15

serious international security
threat in the world today.

Answer 15

Terrorism

Question 16

3 Key Elements of Terrorism

Answer 16

1. political in nature or intent.
2. perpetrators of terrorism are
   nonstate actors.
3. targets are noncombatants

Question 17

state actions taken to
penetrate another state’s computers

Answer 17

Cyberwarfare

Question 18

7 types of war

Answer 18

Interstate War, Intrastate War, Civil War, Conventional War, Unconventional War, Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare, Asymmetric Conflict, Terrorism, Cyberwarfare

Question 19

war between states

Answer 19

Interstate War

Question 20

takes place within
a state

Answer 20

Intrastate War

Question 21

periods of fighting punctuated by periods of
relative calm.

Answer 21

Civil War

Question 22

wars were fought by
people who were chosen, trained, and
authorized to attack.

Answer 22

Conventional War

Question 23

refuse to
accept the traditional outcomes of battles.

Answer 23

Unconventional War

Question 24

one
party in a conflict is significantly more
powerful than the other.

Answer 24

Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare

Question 25

serious international security threat in the world today.

Answer 25

Terrorism

Question 26

state actions taken to penetrate another state’s computers causing damage or disruption.

Answer 26

Cyberwarfare

Question 27

7 Types of Cyber Warfare

Answer 27

Espionage, Sabotage, Denial-Of-Service Attacks, Electric Power Grid, Propaganda Attacks, Economic Disruption, Surprise Attacks

Question 28

monitoring other countries to steal secrets.

Answer 28

Espionage

Question 29

steal info, destroy it, or leverage threat to attack the country.

Answer 29

Sabotage

Question 30

steal info, destroy it, or leverage threat to attack the country.

Answer 30

Sabotage

Question 31

prevents legitimate users from accessing a website by flooding fake requests

Answer 31

Denial-Of-Service Attacks

Question 32

allows attackers to disable critical systems

Answer 32

Electric Power Grid

Question 33

control the minds and thoughts of people living in or fighting for a target country.

Answer 33

Propaganda Attacks

Question 34

modern economic systems operate using computers.

Answer 34

Economic Disruption

Question 35

carry out a massive attack that the enemy isn’t expecting, enabling the attacker to weaken their defenses.

Answer 35

Surprise Attacks c