Deck 6: Prediction and Prevention: the Role of Intelligence

Question 1

Which phase of the intelligence cycle organizes and refines data?

A)collection
B)processing
C)dissemination
D)evaluation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which type of evidence collection involves using information derived from visual photography,infrared sensors,lasers,electro-optics,and radar sensors?

A)open source intelligence
B)imagery intelligence
C)measurements and signatures intelligence
D)signature intelligence

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The modern intelligence community functions under the authority of the ______.

A)House of Representatives
B)Executive Branch
C)Supreme Court
D)Senate

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which type of evidence collection involves using information from publicly available sources?

A)open source intelligence
B)imagery intelligence
C)measurements and signatures intelligence
D)signature intelligence

Question 5

What is the fundamental objective of intelligence collection?

A)convince terrorists to promote democracy
B)predict terrorist behavior and prevent attacks
C)eliminate oversight of security agencies
D)combine all security agencies into one entity

Question 6

Starting in the early 1990s,the Intelligence Community (IC)focused its attention on ______ operations.

A)cybercrime
B)fundraising
C)counterterrorist
D)purely domestic

Question 7

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States is more commonly known as the ______.

A)Department of Homeland Security
B)9/11 Commission
C)NCISP
D)HSIN

Question 8

What does the National Intelligence Priorities Framework do?

A)protects confidential data regarding government employees
B)prioritizes the duties of FEMA and its state counterparts
C)finances the efforts of the CIA and FBI
D)establishes policies and responsibilities for national intelligence goals

Question 9

The ______represents a seamless and efficient process for providing accurate information to policy makers.

A)legislative process
B)veto procedure
C)judicial process
D)intelligence cycle

Question 10

Which agency is responsible for designing,building,launching,and maintaining America's intelligence satellites?

A)Military Intelligence Service
B)DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis
C)National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
D)National Reconnaissance Office

Question 11

George W.Bush infamously relied on faulty intelligence when he determined that Iraq was hiding ______.

A)American POWs
B)CIA operatives
C)weapons of mass destruction
D)classified U.S.documents

Question 12

The 9/11 Commission discovered structural barriers to performing joint intelligence work,as well as a lack of ______ and practices across the foreign-domestic divide.

A)agencies
B)personnel
C)technology
D)standards

Question 13

Which federal agency performs domestic intelligence collection?

A)FBI
B)CIA
C)NASA
D)Congress

Question 14

What is the main goal of the NSA?

A)recruit operatives who will gather human intelligence
B)collect communications and other signal intelligence
C)provide transparency about how it gathers information
D)send agents out in the field who will go undercover

Question 15

After the Cold War funding for intelligence gathering decreased,the number of people working in Intelligence Community (IC)agencies was ______.

A)slightly increased
B)stabilized
C)doubled
D)greatly reduced

Question 16

Why was the National Counterterrorism Center established?

A)to replace the Department of Homeland Security
B)to integrate the counterterrorism efforts of the Intelligence Community
C)to transfer power from federal agencies to local agencies
D)to reduce the need for technology by the intelligence community

Question 17

What is the mission of the ODNI?

A)lead and support the continued integration of the intelligence community
B)divide the IC into separate and autonomous agencies
C)repeal the USA PATRIOT Act and similar legislation
D)transfer its power to state and local agencies

Question 18

Which phase of the intelligence cycle involves delivering intelligence to policy makers,military leaders,and other senior government leaders?

A)collection
B)processing
C)dissemination
D)evaluation

Question 19

In December 2004,the IC was reorganized with the passage of the______.

A)Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
B)USA PATRIOT Act
C)Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
D)Homeland Security Act

Question 20

What two new elements were created after the IRTA was passed?

A)DHS and 9/11 Commission
B)FBI and CIA
C)ODNI and NCTC
D)USCIS and ICE

Question 21

Since the end of the Cold War,the U.S.has relied less on the CIA for providing the military with intelligence and more on agencies within the Department of Defense.

Question 22

Funding for intelligence resources increased during the Cold War.

Question 23

The Defense Intelligence Agency's main role is to gather intelligence for the military.

Question 24

The Diplomatic Security Service is part of the U.S.Department of State and manages an international bounty program.

Question 25

The main duty of the CIA is to gather domestic intelligence.

Question 26

There is no overlap of jurisdiction among the 16 intelligence agencies in the United States.

Question 27

Intelligence oversight is a shared duty of all three branches of government.

Question 28

The 9/11 Commission determined that the DCI was trying to perform too many duties.

Question 29

State and local law enforcement agencies have no way to share information with federal agencies.

Question 30

Most reports of U.S.intelligence agencies conclude that they can accurately predict most terrorist attacks.