Deck 8: Intelligence and Strategy, Roger Z George

Question 1

Intelligence is focused upon the ________ of foreign governments, and increasingly on the plans and activities of non-state actors.

A) policies
B) intentions
C) capabilities
D) All of the options given are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

US intelligence is distributed to which of the following?

A) Senior civilian policy-makers
B) Senior military officers
C) Allied and friendly governments
D) All of the options given are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the major sources and methods of intelligence gathering is devoted to the collection, translation, and analysis of foreign broadcasts, news media, and the internet?

A) Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
B) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
C) Imagery Intelligence (IMINT)
D) Open Source (OPINT)

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Covert action involves carrying out 'special activities' intended to conceal the US role in using _________ measures against an adversary.

A) military
B) political
C) economic
D) All of the options given are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following is not true about intelligence.

A) Intelligence is often secret information.
B) Intelligence can only be collected by military organizations.
C) Intelligence is often collected through clandestine means or technical systems.
D) Part of the intelligence mission is to protect collected information (counterintelligence) and to penetrate the intelligence services of adversaries (counterespionage).

Question 6

What proposals were made about the CIA after the end of the cold war?

A) To amalgamate it with other intelligence agencies
B) To expand its activities in the Global South
C) To dismantle it
D) To leave it as it is

Question 7

It is possible to eliminate strategic surprise and intelligence failures.

Question 8

Information gathered for a counterinsurgency differs fundamentally from the way intelligence is collected for conventional war: instead of information flowing from national systems down through higher headquarters to the tactical level, counterinsurgency information must flow from the solider and analyst in the field up to higher headquarters.

Question 9

Which of the new missions, procedures, and capabilities for US intelligence services have proved among the most controversial?

A) UAVs/drones
B) Detaining and interrogating terrorists
C) New data collection methods
D) All of the above options are correct.

Question 10

What challenges does the increasing amount of information pose to intelligence agencies?

A) The increasing speed of information flow decreases time available for analysis and subsequent action.
B) The development of new tools to store, structure, and analyse massive amounts of information has proven challenging.
C) Other actors' abilities to develop dangerous information tools for cyber espionage and political action have also increased.
D) All of the above