Question 1

When more ambitious studies to learn about suicide attackers are attempted

Accepted Answer

A)   they quickly run out of funding for suspicious reasons.
B)   we will know a lot more about terrorists very quickly. None have been attempted yet.
C)   we will see that they are a waste of time; as much information as we need can be learned from failed terrorist attacks.
D)   they have generated a great deal of controversy about their science, research and methodology D

Question 2

It is the conclusion of Küntzel that suicide bombing is actually against the teachings of Islam.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The second wave of terrorists sought to eliminate

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A)   secularity from governments.
B)   any and all political opponents immediately, since if no one could speak against them, no one would be able to tell if they were distorting the truth or not.
C)   what they saw as "tainted religion."
D)   the police force first, theorizing that the military would replace them and make government perception worse, increasing support for the terrorist cause. D

Question 4

Research about suicide bombers is limited and we do not know a great deal because

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A)   their attacks are too infrequent and are quantitatively unimportant.
B)   we are too focused on other forms of terrorism to have time to research suicide bombers.
C)   suicide bombers that are successful are simply no longer with us and available to study.
D)   the things they say lack credibility, are crazy and nearly incomprehensible.

Question 5

In 1995 Hamas founder, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, declared ''martyr operations'' indispensable because

Accepted Answer

A)   it is an easy way to get attention for the cause of Hamas.
B)   they confuse the Jews and fill them with fear and dread.
C)   they rally the Lebanese people together and help the military to wipe out Israel.
D)   it helps Muslims to see what it means to support Allah.

Question 6

A shortcoming of the databases we have on terrorism is a lack of a graphical feature - the databases only output lists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The extensive direct and indirect linkages between groups that have adopted suicide terrorism suggest that the probability of suicide terrorism is not an entirely independent choice, but one influenced by

Accepted Answer

A)   the knowledge and skills that groups gain from direct and vicarious learning.
B)   the teachings of their religion.
C)   those that they recruit that are already extremist, causing the others to radicalize.
D)   the opportunity and availability of resources.

Question 8

Challenges in today's society in dealing with IEDs and bombs include urbanization, advances in technology and explosives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A perception of _________________ likely plays a powerful role in influencing the propensity for groups to engage in violent resistance, whether or not other entities agree that the _________________ is actually happening.

Accepted Answer

A)   national failure
B)   unemployment
C)   widespread immorality
D)   occupation

Question 10

Horowitz states that, in regards to FST,

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A)   women are mostly motivated by the gender inequality in the world to become suicide bombers, so that they can draw attention to feminist causes.
B)   a host of factors related specifically to their gender are not motivators for women suicide bombers, but that they are motivated by the same things that motivate men
C)   Women suicide bombers are motivated by how easy it is for them to get away with it.
D)   the biggest motivator for women suicide bombers is that they are actually forced into it.

Question 11

According to O'Rourke, terrorist groups adapt their discourse, catering to the

Accepted Answer

A)   needs of the people that they claim to defend.
B)   media to gain the most amount of attention to their cause possible.
C)   specific individual motives of potential female suicide attackers in order to recruit them
D)   big businesses to acquire more funds for terrorism.

Question 12

Underscoring Sheikh Qaradawi's judgment are the testamentary videos of the suicide bombers, which do not provide any evidence of ______________; on the contrary, they reveal an enormous amount of ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   religious extremism; popular Islamic beliefs
B)   desperation or hopelessness; pride and joy
C)   soul-searching; self-satisfaction
D)   violent behaviors; peacefulness

Question 13

Thomas Friedman referred to the death cult as a(n)

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A)   indispensable way to fight overpopulation in some places.
B)   revealing insight into the true face of humanity.
C)   cancerous tumor that threatened to spread to even innocent Muslims.
D)   fulfillment of history repeating itself from previous mass suicides to mass suicide bombings.

Question 14

Suicide bombing is an ineffective tactic that is easy to detect and stop. Researchers know a lot about their tactics and how to stop them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Much of the research that has been done on intercepted or failed suicide bombers

Accepted Answer

A)   is difficult to carry out because they are immediately executed by the governments that capture them, if they manage to escape the death squads of their own group.
B)   is useful because failed suicide bombers and successful ones are the same.
C)   uses very small samples.
D)   uses only the terrorists that weren't killing for religious reasons.

Question 16

In order to prevent female suicide bombers, O'Rourke suggests

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A)   that we should seek to end the misogynistic laws in the Middle East.
B)   to improve screening of women at key security checkpoints.
C)   to educate women worldwide to improve literacy and access to opportunity.
D)   that we decrease the freedom of women so as to limit their ability to commit acts of terror.

Question 17

Discuss why you think terrorists resort to suicide bombing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss why you think terrorists resort to...

Question 18

Between 1968 to 2010 attacks on Jews by terrorists and others who targeted them mostly used

Accepted Answer

A)   firearms.
B)   Bombs and IEDs.
C)   kidnappings.
D)   daggers.

Question 19

Women's motivation to carry out a suicide attack increases exponentially if the male has been killed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Part of the blame for creating a death culture is placed on the Ayatollah Khomeini who articulated a worldview that

Accepted Answer

A)   Muslims should be willing to become "human mine sweepers."
B)   the media should focus on death in order to get attention and make money.
C)   life is not worth living and death performed as a martyr is preferable.
D)   any and all infidels should die, and believers should sacrifice themselves if necessary to kill them.

Exam 4: Methods, Patterns, and Trends of Terrorists

When more ambitious studies to learn about suicide attackers are attempted

It is the conclusion of Küntzel that suicide bombing is actually against the teachings of Islam.

The second wave of terrorists sought to eliminate

Research about suicide bombers is limited and we do not know a great deal because

In 1995 Hamas founder, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, declared ''martyr operations'' indispensable because

A shortcoming of the databases we have on terrorism is a lack of a graphical feature - the databases only output lists.

The extensive direct and indirect linkages between groups that have adopted suicide terrorism suggest that the probability of suicide terrorism is not an entirely independent choice, but one influenced by

Challenges in today's society in dealing with IEDs and bombs include urbanization, advances in technology and explosives.

A perception of _ likely plays a powerful role in influencing the propensity for groups to engage in violent resistance, whether or not other entities agree that the _ is actually happening.

Horowitz states that, in regards to FST,

According to O'Rourke, terrorist groups adapt their discourse, catering to the

Underscoring Sheikh Qaradawi's judgment are the testamentary videos of the suicide bombers, which do not provide any evidence of ; on the contrary, they reveal an enormous amount of __.

Thomas Friedman referred to the death cult as a(n)

Suicide bombing is an ineffective tactic that is easy to detect and stop. Researchers know a lot about their tactics and how to stop them.

Much of the research that has been done on intercepted or failed suicide bombers

In order to prevent female suicide bombers, O'Rourke suggests

Discuss why you think terrorists resort to suicide bombing.

Between 1968 to 2010 attacks on Jews by terrorists and others who targeted them mostly used

Women's motivation to carry out a suicide attack increases exponentially if the male has been killed.

Part of the blame for creating a death culture is placed on the Ayatollah Khomeini who articulated a worldview that