Question 1

In contrast to state violence, terrorists are

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A)  private actors who use violence for private goals. 
B)  private actors who use violence for public goals. 
C)  public actors who use violence for private goals. 
D)  public actors who use violence for public goals.

Question 2

Using information discussed in the text, evaluate critically the following statement: "Securing Americans from the threat of terrorism-both at home and abroad-must surely take precedence over any rights and privileges of the ordinary citizen."

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Question 3

Chemical and biological weapons are

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A)  much easier to deploy with massive effect. 
B)  do not have to be delivered in mass quantities to have mass effects. 
C)  are easily distributed. 
D)  are much cheaper and easier to produce than nuclear weapons.

Question 4

What are some contemporary conditions among certain actors that facilitate the use of insurgency and guerilla warfare? Why do these conditions exist today?

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Question 5

In which of the following countries in 1994 were approximately 800,000 people killed with low-tech weapons like rifles, machetes, and other improvised weapons?

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A)  Rwanda 
B)  Sudan 
C)  Ethiopia 
D)  Afghanistan

Question 6

The U.S. military

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A)  spends a small fraction of money on the military compared to any other country. 
B)  struggles to have advanced weaponry. 
C)  cannot sustain a military deployment for an extended time. 
D)  is the only country that can deploy its military around the world for sustained periods.

Question 7

All of the following are considered low-tech weapons except

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A)  improvised explosive devices. 
B)  assault rifles. 
C)  precision-guided munitions. 
D)  grenade launchers.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a problem with regard to chemical or biological weapons?

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A)  Shifts in wind currents sometimes expose your own troops to the agents. 
B)  Such weapons are expensive to build. 
C)  They have to be delivered in mass quantities to have mass effects. 
D)  They can be difficult to produce in a form that will have the desired effect.

Question 9

Insurgents especially need the support of the civilian population because they

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A)  receive tax support from the noncombatants. 
B)  draft civilians into their insurgency. 
C)  are able to freely move behind enemy lines and live among civilians. 
D)  provide leadership, build schools, and create economic opportunities for civilians.

Question 10

Which prominent realist theorist argues that the proliferation of nuclear weapons will likely make the world more, rather than less, safe?

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A)  Henry Kissinger 
B)  Carl von Clausewitz 
C)  Kenneth Waltz 
D)  Joseph Nye

Question 11

All of the following are examples of traditional means of providing defense and repelling attack except

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A)  the Great Wall of China. 
B)  the Kremlin in Moscow. 
C)  the London Tower. 
D)  castles in medieval Europe.

Question 12

Research on the profiling of individual terrorists has demonstrated that

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A)  terrorists generally fit a common set of characteristics. 
B)  terrorists are known to always be young men with strong religious convictions. 
C)  there is no particular psychological attribute that can be used to describe the terrorist personally. 
D)  individual profiling is more useful than group profiling.

Question 13

Chemical and biological weapons may become an acceptable choice by some countries for all of the following reasons except

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A)  ease of development. 
B)  ability to produce in normal industrial facilities. 
C)  less expensive to produce compared to nuclear weapons. 
D)  capability of creating more fear than nuclear weapons.

Question 14

Which concept fits this statement: "Safety from the threat of physical destruction"?

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A)  Balance of power 
B)  Deterrence 
C)  Traditional security 
D)  Hegemonic stability

Question 15

List out and briefly describe the different causes of terrorism described in the book. Examine the various approaches to explaining the causes of modern-day terrorism? Which approach do you feel is more effective in examining the causes of terrorism?

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Question 16

The comparison between North Vietnam, which lost a million people during the war, versus the United States, which lost 58,000 people, represents the

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A)  relative sensitivity to casualties. 
B)  value placed on human life in Vietnam. 
C)  changing nature of collateral damage. 
D)  different views of deterrence.

Question 17

When an explicit or implicit threat is used to persuade another actor to make a concession, it is referred to as

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A)  diplomacy. 
B)  coercion. 
C)  negotiation. 
D)  force.

Question 18

Low tech weapons and acts of terrorism have shifted the security focus back to

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A)  deterrence. 
B)  defense. 
C)  a mixture of deterrence and defense. 
D)  coercive diplomacy.

Question 19

By targeting innocent civilians instead of soldiers or politicians, terrorists hope to instill

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A)  confusion. 
B)  hatred. 
C)  fear. 
D)  acceptance.

Question 20

What was the name of the computer worm that disrupted the control software in Iranian centrifuges in 2010?

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A)  Flame 
B)  PyroWorm 
C)  Stuxnet 
D)  Kinderglow

Exam 9: The Use of Force