Deck 15: Terrorism

Question 1

Radiological terrorism involves the dispersion of radioactive agents by conventional means and is commonly known as a "dirty bomb."

Answer 1

True

Question 2

This agency is responsible for collecting intelligence inside the borders of the United States.

A) Central Intelligence Agency
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) National Security Agency
D) Defense Intelligence Agency

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A social network analysis is useful in the investigation of terrorism. This is a linking of known members of a group with suspected members believed to have joined the group.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The terrorist group we now know as Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden in the early 1980s to support the effort in Afghanistan against the invasion by the former Soviet Union.

Question 5

Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, had a copy of J. Edgar Hoover's biography in his possession at the time of his arrest.

Question 6

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is engaged in international intelligence collection efforts and have agents deployed to embassies around the world.

Question 7

Hijackings of airliners, cruise ships, and other means of mass transportation by terrorists has been committed primarily for money.

Question 8

The Central Security Agency is responsible for collecting intelligence outside the borders of the United States.

Question 9

When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Iran responded by sending their Revolutionary Guards into that country which led to the creation of this new terrorist network.

A) Hamas
B) Mujahadeen
C) Al Qaeda
D) Hizbollah

Question 10

This group was founded after the Civil War and used intimidating night raids to discourage newly freed blacks from voting.

A) Ku Klux Klan
B) Pierce movement
C) The Order
D) ALF/ELF

Question 11

This group was founded by Robert Mathews who was inspired by the novel the Turner Diaries.

A) Ku Klux Klan
B) Pierce movement
C) The Order
D) ALF/ELF

Question 12

Due to the cellular organization of terrorist groups, technology alone cannot provide sufficient counterterrorism response, so human intelligence is a critical component.

Question 13

This group was formed in Palestine to resist the moderate view of the acceptance of a separate Palestinian state. This is one of the most volatile militant organizations in the Middle East.

A) Hamas
B) Mujahadeen
C) Al Qaeda
D) Hizbollah

Question 14

These holy warriors were supported by the United States for the purpose of repelling the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in the early 1980s.

A) Hamas
B) Mujahadeen
C) Al Qaeda
D) Hizbollah

Question 15

This group is concerned with a single issue and has committed numerous acts of arson and vandalism estimated in excess of $100 million since 1996.

A) Ku Klux Klan
B) Pierce movement
C) The Order
D) ALF/ELF

Question 16

This group was founded in the early 1980s to support the Muslim effort in Afghanistan against the invasion by the former Soviet Union.

A) Hamas
B) Mujahadeen
C) Al Qaeda
D) Hizbollah

Question 17

This agency is responsible for collecting intelligence outside of the borders of the United States.

A) Central Intelligence Agency
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) National Security Agency
D) Defense Intelligence Agency

Question 18

This is the technological unit of the intelligence community. This agency's primary mission is to collect communications and signal intelligence as well as code breaking activities.

A) Central Intelligence Agency
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) National Security Agency
D) Defense Intelligence Agency

Question 19

As a maintenance function, the kidnapping of a wealthy subject may be a means of collecting ransom monies that terrorists then use to support their daily expenses and to finance future terrorist activity.

Question 20

Trials of terrorists in the United States have survived or perished on the issue of the legality or illegality of the means used by investigators to gather evidence.

Question 21

Physical assaults such as _____ was a technique developed by the Irish Republican Army to cripple rather than kill. A person in such a condition sends a strong visual message and thus becomes an example to others of the terrorist group's power and the cost of informing on them.

Question 22

The beginnings of the _____ can be traced back to 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, when a small group of Confederate veterans gathered together to form a social club.

Question 23

_____ agents include choking gases, blister agents, and nerve agents.

Question 24

_____ intelligence is used to intercept financial data and to monitor communications as well as satellite imagery.

Question 25

Vandalism is a crime of choice for _____ who are dedicated to destroying industries perceived to have a negative effect on the environment.

Question 26

When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Iran responded by sending its Revolutionary Guard to Lebanon, which led to the creation of a new terrorist network called _____.

Question 27

One of the most volatile militant organizations in the Middle East, known as _____, grew from the Palestinian liberation movement.

Question 28

The holy warriors known as the _____ were formed to fight against the invasion of Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union.

Question 29

Many Arabs believe that the entire Middle East should be united under one great Arabic banner, from North Africa to the Iranian border, known as _____.

Question 30

In 1985, William Pierce, a white supremacist, wrote a novel under the pseudonym of Andrew MacDonald, titled _____ which is a fictionalized account of an international white revolution and a how-to manual for terrorism.