5566822977 | Which president created the federal emergency management agency? | Jimmy Carter | 0 | |
5566828577 | the role of the military in domestic law enforcement activities is limited due to? | The Posse Comitatus Act | 1 | |
5566836517 | Natural disasters are a modern phenomenon and have only occurred since the 1970's | False | 2 | |
5566862837 | Terrorism is a modern phenomenon, and terrorist bombing has only occurred since the 1970's? | False | 3 | |
5566872628 | The expectation that the Federal gov't will take a large role in the emergency management is a modern phenomenon and has only been prominent since the 1970's? | True | 4 | |
5566877859 | Before 9/11, terrorism was viewed as a national security issue, not law enforcement isse? | False | 5 | |
5566885894 | What position did Dr. Condoleezza Rice hold at the time of the attacks of 9/11? | National security advisor | 6 | |
5566896155 | How many hijackers actually boarded flights in the attacks on 9/11? | 19 | 7 | |
5566899091 | The ringleader of the 9/11 terrorists was? | Mohammed Atta | 8 | |
5566905243 | Which targets were hit by the terrorists on 9/11? | Twin towers and the pentagon | 9 | |
5566909412 | Why did the terrorists choose those particular targets? | Symbolic and high profile | 10 | |
5566914148 | Military activities overseas are an example of? | Counter-terrorism | 11 | |
5566918744 | On 9/11, Al-Qaeda had a strong connection with both Afghanistan and Iraq? | False | 12 | |
5566924770 | The bush doctrine contains all of the following elements except? | National sovereignty | 13 | |
5566933165 | The Obama administration primarily utilized which department/agency as the primary tool in international counter terrorism? | CIA | 14 | |
5566937792 | The war on terror has been characteriized by all fo the following except? | The doctrine of deterrence | 15 | |
5566947686 | How many agencies are a part of the US intelligence community? | 17 | 16 | |
5566950438 | Which agency manages SIGINT? | NSA | 17 | |
5566958391 | What is the difference between covert operation and clandestine operations? | Covert is going in and actually taking care of the issue; clandestine is just being there and taking care of everything behind closed doors. | 18 | |
5566972330 | Whihc type of gov't action created the Office of Homeland Security? | Executive order | 19 | |
5566979258 | In the acrony, USA PATRIOT ACT, what does the USA stand for? | United and strengthening America | 20 | |
5566988790 | Some consider the USA PATRIOT ACT to be an invasion of our civil liberties. Name of the the specific converns that people mention | Looking into people lives without their permission; Confining someone becasue the gov't thinks they might be part of a terrorist group | 21 | |
5567000348 | Who was named the secretary fo homeland securtiy in 2003? | Tom ridge | 22 | |
5567009719 | In terms of numbers of employees, where does DHS rank compared to all federal cabinet-level departments? | 3rd largest | 23 | |
5567013417 | Which of the following is not an activity of DHS? | Investigation possible terrorists | 24 | |
5567016977 | All of the following are agencies in DHS EXCEPT? | National security agency | 25 | |
5567071120 | The department of homeland security is scheduled to be consolidated into one location about five miles from the capitol building, ina mid-nineteenth centry building once used as the gov't hospital for the insane? | True | 26 | |
5567076927 | In what year did hurricane Katrine make landfall? | 2005 | 27 | |
5567085493 | Evacuation from New Orlends was delayed for all of the following reasons except? | The national hurricane center was unable to predict the location and time of landfall | 28 | |
5567092001 | Which statement is true of the consequences of katrina and 9/11? | Katrina had fewer lives lost but more econmic damage than 9/11 | 29 | |
5567107607 | Hurricane Katrina was important for all of these reasons except? | It lowered expectations of what the federal gov't should be able to do in a disaster | 30 | |
5567136933 | Goals, strategies, and planm move from most abstract to most applied. The federal gov't first visualized a clear goal, then created a strategy to meet the goal, then developed plans to execute that strategy? | False | 31 | |
5567143842 | The national response framework was designed so that all of the nation would have a sense of how they would respond to a disaster of any type of size? | True | 32 | |
5567154039 | In regards to the National response framework, a local police department provifing security during an emergency would be an example of what? | Tiered response | 33 | |
5567160637 | When the National strategy for Homeland Security was updated in 2007, which concepts were added? | All-hazards; resilience | 34 | |
5567166591 | What is the order of the strages currently in FEMA's homeland security cycle? | Prevention, protections, mitigation, response, and recovery | 35 | |
5567186286 | Which of the following would be considered a short-term recovery need after a disaster? | Functioning transportation | 36 | |
5567190906 | Which is the third state of the preparedness cycle? | Training | 37 | |
5571011775 | Which commission recommended the creation of a homeland security agency? | Hart-Rudman commission | 38 | |
5571016016 | Which incident can be described as an act od domestic terrorism? | Oklahoma city bombing | 39 | |
5571028362 | What was the primary recommendation of the 1950 plan known as the Blue Book? | Creation of one agency to deal with coordinating America's civil defense | 40 | |
5571034755 | What was the significance of Shay's rebellion in regards to national security? | It showed the need for a federal mechanism to handle disturbances | 41 | |
5571041133 | Which phrase best describes what was happening to due to civil defense concerns during World War I? | National defense council | 42 | |
5571046104 | which president created the federal emergency management agency? | Jimmy carter | 43 | |
5571052438 | According to the naval postgraduate school instructor Christopher Bellavita, which of the following is not an area of homeland security focus? | Military build-up | 44 | |
5571055030 | FEMA report to what organization/agency? | Department of homeland security | 45 | |
5571061208 | At the time, was the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center viewed more as an act of terrorism or an act of crime? | Crime | 46 | |
5571079567 | Which of the following statements is true? | This was the first time Islamic extremists had killed this many people in a single operation | 47 | |
5571090458 | by Sept. 11, 2001, Al Qaeda possessed all the following except? | A sanctuary state in Iraq | 48 | |
5571109375 | How many terrorist attackers were on the flights used in the attacks of sept. 11,2001? | 19 | 49 | |
5571112601 | The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 involved? | An attack that took years to plan and execute | 50 | |
5571129066 | How many people died in the attacks on sept.. 11, 2001? | over 2500 | 51 | |
5571132214 | All of the following were cited as a problem in the 9/11 report except? | Pilots and flight crew were trained in hand-to-hand combat training to fight back but faiiled in their attempts | 52 | |
5571179397 | Which of the following was not a recommendation of the 9/11 report? | Prevent the growth of Islam | 53 | |
5571184840 | The goals of the national strategy for counter-terrorism include all these except? | Bring Osama bin Laden to justice | 54 | |
5571191216 | Which of the following would not be considered part of the "Bush Doctrine?" | Bilateral use of force | 55 | |
5571208758 | Top officials at every level of gov't ignored warnings from the national hurricane center | True | 56 | |
5571210647 | choose the correct answer from the following? | Hurricane Pam was an incomplete draft when Hurricane Katrina hit | 57 | |
5571219710 | Problems in response to Hurricane Katrina included? | All of the above | 58 | |
5571226204 | The fourth core recommendation as set out by the committee to strengthen the nation's emergency preparedness and response system is? | Build a govt-wide operations center | 59 | |
5571231502 | How many agencies make up the "intelligence community"? | 17 | 60 | |
5571237415 | All of these fall under the DOD, except? | ODNI | 61 | |
5571240900 | Which agency is known as the "investigative arm" of the DHS? | ICE | 62 | |
5571243693 | COMINT is a subset of which "INT"? | SIGINT | 63 | |
5571248114 | What are the FBI's top priorities according to its mission? | To of the above. | 64 | |
5571258289 | The branch of the US military charged specifically with protection of the homeland is the US DHS? | False | 65 | |
5571285062 | The three broad areas that the 9/11 commission organized its recommendation into are; homeland security, emergency response, and ________________________? | Foreign policy and nonproliferation | 66 | |
5571293704 | Which is not one of the 8 priniciples outlined in the National strategy? | Reduce restrictions on gov't spending | 67 | |
5571299053 | How many years after 9/11 was the national response plan published? | 3 | 68 | |
5571308523 | Who created the National response framework to replace the NRP? | Department of Homeland Security | 69 | |
5571314174 | What does CBRN stand for? | Chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear | 70 | |
5571319951 | The CDC encourages people to be prepared for a zombie apocalypse? | True | 71 | |
5571345390 | A fovernot can directly ask the president to make an emergency declaration without any other approvals? | False | 72 | |
5571353159 | The JFO is responsible for mainly ________________? | Recovery | 73 | |
5571355312 | SATURN is an acronym used by what volunteer group? | Salvation Army | 74 | |
5571359109 | The mitigation directorate was created as part of? | FEMA | 75 | |
5571366066 | The reign of terror happened during? | The French Revolution | 76 | |
5571370286 | Left wing terrorism focuses on? | Destruction of the state | 77 | |
5571376788 | According to your book, which of the following is one of the five generally agreed upon attributes to terrorist attacks? | All of the above . Political motivation . Violence .Additional gov't control | 78 | |
5571387398 | It is easy to find a comprehensive definition of terrorism? | False | 79 | |
5571395177 | Military force is often the primary reason for the end of terrorist groups? | False | 80 | |
5571400767 | It is _____% more likely for a terrorist group to end becasue it achieved its goals that to end due to military force? | 3 | 81 | |
5571407129 | What factors contribute tot he resilience of a terrorist group? | All of the above . Religious based . Size of group . Insutgency involvement | 82 | |
5571415428 | Based on the analysis of how terrorist group end? | Political solutions are not possible | 83 | |
5571420431 | The US military role in Muslim societies | Is likely to increase local terrorist recruitment | 84 | |
5571423126 | Al-Qaeda's objectives? | Are unrealistic and unachievabale | 85 | |
5571447566 | What was the title of the article in the "inspire" magazine that the Tsarhev brothers used for instructions to make their bombs? | Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom | 86 | |
5571452989 | Al Qaeda has disavowed ISIS? | True | 87 | |
5571458863 | What are the problems with treating ISIS as an exceptional terrorist group, accorind to the article by huang? | All of the above . It distorts its threat . It boosts its legitmacy . It accomplishes the goals of ISIS attacks | 88 | |
5571476470 | A religion-centric analysis is best for scholars to understand the Islamic state and other similar organizations? | False | 89 | |
5571480764 | Al Qaida's home base has been in all of the following cuntries, Except? | Iraq | 90 | |
5571501833 | Al Qaeda's, according to the narratives, is likely greater in number than ISIS today? | False | 91 | |
5571506855 | Who broke the alliance between Al-Qaida and the Islamic state? and why? | Al-Qaida because IS targeted Shiite Mulisms and uses brutal tactics | 92 | |
5571518911 | What major movement was influential to Osama bin landen during his time at university? | Muslim brotherhood | 93 | |
5571529456 | Bin Laden used "Operation Dessert Storm" to? | Claim it was an occupation of sacred Islamic group by America | 94 | |
5571537803 | In which Al-Qaeda attack did 17 US sailors die? | Bombing of the USS Cole ship in Yemen | 95 | |
5571568781 | Anthrax falls under what category of biological agents? | Category A | 96 | |
5571576627 | _________________ weapons are considered the lowest threat due to difficulty to develop, and ________ weapons are considered the greatest threat, respectively? | Radio-logical, nuclear | 97 | |
5571579798 | What are the most widely known nerve agents? | Sarin and VX | 98 | |
5571605812 | An unusal number of dead or dying animals, a high number of human casualties and a pattern of illness inconsistent with a natural disease progression suggest a ______________________ weapon was used? | Biological | 99 | |
5571611151 | What is the best method to treat Anthrax? | Antibacterial medication | 100 | |
5571617667 | Choose the best answer. What id the best estimate of economic damage per year on average due to anthrax release? | $7 billion | 101 | |
5571621393 | What are the qualifications to be considered a significant domestic extremist incident? | All of the above . Conducted by individuals inside the US . To further political or social agendas . Criminal and violent in nature | 102 | |
5571631327 | Which significant attacks were prevented? | 14 Feb 2015 in Elkins, West Virginia | 103 | |
5571639958 | Which is a sub category of white supremacist extremists? | Racist skinhead extremists | 104 | |
5571645283 | Which of the following categories would Al Qaeda fall under? | None of the above . Anarchist extremists . Sovereign citizen extremists . Racist skinhead extremists | 105 | |
5571666565 | What is not one of the four factors that determine the death toll in a flue pandemic? | Number of types of strains | 106 | |
5571670839 | Which of the following is specific to a pandemic flu versus a seasonal flu? | Healthy people may be at risk for serious complications | 107 | |
5571677550 | What would be the estimated death toll is the US based on the actual death rate from the 1918 Spanish Flue? | 2 million | 108 | |
5571679471 | Ebola is transmitted through the air like SARS? | False | 109 | |
5571683827 | What are the two types of attacks that cyber attacks come in? | Disrupting systems and faciltating espionage | 110 | |
5571694057 | Technological fixes to protect the IT infrastructure can be static; aka done once, to prevent hackers from futher attacks? | False | 111 | |
5571697413 | Who activated the GETS program in an emergency? | The white house | 112 | |
5571700125 | Which agency is not involved in cyber defense? | None of the above, all are involved . DOD . DHS . NSA | 113 | |
5571705912 | What were the operation Aurora attacks? | (Unconfirmed) attacks by China | 114 | |
5571712446 | All of the following are in HSARPA's area of focus, Excempt? | Finanical security division | 115 | |
5571723196 | Something that is a huge hazard is necessarily a significant risk? | False | 116 | |
5571727039 | A 6.0 magnitude earthquake releases ______ times as much energy as a 5.0? | 30 | 117 | |
5571730116 | Which typically has the greatest number of causalities in a single event? | Earthquake | 118 | |
5571736318 | In an average year, what environmental factor accompanying a hurricane accounts for approximately 10% of hurricane deaths at the time of landfall? | Wind | 119 | |
5571741811 | EF 4 and 5 tornadoes represents 2% of all tornadoes, but account for 93% of all tornado deaths? | False | 120 | |
5571747499 | Which natural disadter ocurs most within a year? | Earthquakes | 121 | |
5571752957 | What casued the largest number of fatalities related to a toxic industrial chemical spill in the US? | Ammpnium nitrate explosion in Texas | 122 | |
5571756589 | CIRCLA authorizes _____________________? | The EPA to investigate after a toxic spill | 123 | |
5571764659 | Which factor(s) influence the severity of oil spills? | All of the above . Weather . Geography . Quantity | 124 | |
5571770583 | Who is resoinsible for responding to an oil spill in the event that one occurs? | The owen of the leaking oil | 125 | |
5571780112 | The vast majority of the nations critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the federal gov't? | False | 126 | |
5571784261 | According to the ppd-21, which of the following is an example of a security measure? | Using antivirus software | 127 | |
5571788736 | What plan guides the DHS in its execution of PPD-21? | National infrastructure protection plan | 128 | |
5571795027 | Which program will assist critical infrastructure entities in reducing their cyber risk? | Enhanced cybersecurity services | 129 | |
5571800423 | According to Burce schneier, full body scanners do not detect plastic explosives? | True | 130 | |
5571808597 | What bomb attempt led to the limitation on the amount of liquid per bottle in airports? | Operation Bokinka | 131 | |
5571814372 | Which initiative expands the US "zone of security" to foreign ports? | All of the above . CSI . C-TPAT | 132 | |
5571819120 | Anti-terrorism is different than counter terrorism? | Ture | 133 | |
5571820515 | What is NMS? | A set of preparedness concepts and principles of all hazards | 134 | |
5571827896 | Which is the following is NOT one of the 4 sections of the general staff in an incident command strcture? | Information technology | 135 | |
5571840316 | What are the three primary foci of the DHS's border security mission? | Unauthorized migration, criminal networks, potential terrorists | 136 | |
5571851274 | How many days in the ORR responsible for lodging and feeding a child who are found entering the US by the border patrol? | 45 | 137 | |
5571854948 | Increased border security has led in increased _______ as an unintended consequence? | Organized crime involvement | 138 | |
5571860986 | Who said "there is no such crime as leaking", in the NYT discussion articles? | Jesselyn Radok | 139 | |
5571872261 | Who said, "he does not have the right to usurp the democratic process by leaking national security information" in the BYT article discussion? | Richard Mobery | 140 | |
5571876361 | NIMS came out of which Homeland security president directive? | HSPD-5 | 141 | |
5571878709 | What did executive order 13340 do? | Allow detention and interroriation of memebers of Al Qaeda | 142 | |
5571884411 | During which congress was the Aviation security Act passed? | 107th | 143 | |
5571892841 | If law enforcement believes national security is jeopardized federal agents can search peoples homes and keep it secret? | True | 144 | |
5571900806 | Why did president Bush argue that detainees in Guantanamo Bay are not entitiles to certain rights under the Geneva Convention? | They are enemy combatants not prisoners of war | 145 |
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