Exam 15: Understanding and Preventing Terrorism

List and describe the methods used by terrorists to further their cause and how the United States can and should respond.

According to the text, all of the following are considered terrorist acts except:

The events of September 11, 2001, led to the development of the ________________, the country's first standardized management approach unifying federal, state and local -governments for incident response.

It has been estimated that approximately ________________ percent of the country's critical infrastructure is protected by private security.

An example of religiously motivated terrorists is:

A subtitle of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, called the Homeland Security Information Sharing Act, required the president to develop new procedures for ________________, as well as unclassified but otherwise sensitive information, with state and local police.

Who was the Unabomber?

The fight against terrorism begins in our own backyards-our own communities, our own neighborhoods-and police chiefs need to prepare themselves, their officers and their -communities-the people they've sworn to protect-against terrorism.

As a result of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security was established, reorganizing the departments of the federal government.

________________ involves such biological weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) as anthrax, botulism, and smallpox.

According to the text, the coverage of terrorism inspiring more terrorism is called the:

Terrorism can survive without publicity, and the media generates much of this publicity.

The first line of defense against terrorism is the patrol officer in the field.

________________ is defined by the FBI as "terrorism that initiates, or threatens to initiate, the exploitation of or attack on information systems."

The contagion effect is that:

According to the text, the most common threats include ________________ agents, ________________ agents, and ________________ exposure.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established by Executive Order on -October 8, 2001, and integrated ________________ different federal departments and -agencies.

Which weapons of mass destruction do most experts predict terrorists will use?

Cyberterrorism is defined as the intimidation of civilian enterprise through the use of high technology to bring about political, religious, or ideological aims, actions that result in -disabling or deleting critical infrastructure data or information.

The IACP has identified five key principles that should form the basis for a national -homeland security strategy.Which of the following is one of those key principles?