Exam 1: Understanding Homeland Security Foundations of Security Policy

Lowering probability + lowering consequence = __________

Which DHS agencies retain "independent agency status"?

The primary federal agencies tasked with enforcing the immigration laws of the United States are:

Security is a _____________. The more _____________ a security system, the less _____________ it is.

"Security theater" refers to an overt TSA policy to show off TSA screening and security procedures in order to deter potential terrorists

More deaths, injuries and property damage are caused due to natural disasters than terrorist events on an average year-by-year basis.

Public citizens bear the primary financial cost of terrorism

______________ is/are the primary government entity/ies responsible for initially responding to armed terrorists attacks employing conventional weapons.

On the evening news, a report notes that a maritime law enforcement agency arrested a Mexican drug kingpin on his vessel off the coast of San Diego while also seizing a large amount of cocaine. The news is most likely referring to which DHS agency?

The Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security is primarily responsible for:

FEMA provides individual assistance programs to aid in recovery after a disaster in which of the following ways:

One of the tradeoffs between homeland security and constitutional rights hinges on the right of free speech, including the freedom to practice hate speech for instance. Which United States Constitutional Amendment protects freedom of speech?

(EC 2) The National Counterterrorism Center was established as a direct result of:

The largest portion of DHS/FEMA's preparedness budget is allocated to:

_________ administers the majority of DHS hazard mitigation programs and DHS/USFA grant programs

The National Security Act established the United States' first professional intelligence agency known as

This government body "protects transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people, goods, and services"

The United States' first domestic counterintelligence agency and has seen it's functions absorbed by _______________ over time.

A border boundary dispute between two Central American nations is preventing their domestic national security agencies from monitoring elements hostile to the U.S. These hostile elements are intent on harming American interests. The President decides that resolving this border boundary dispute is in the U.S. national security interest. Which executive agency does he task with gathering intelligence on the border boundary dispute:

(EC 10) State and local governments: