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POLSC313 Final Exam - US Intelligence and National Security
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POLSC313 Final Exam - US Intelligence and National Security
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1. President Nixon sought to avoid investigation of himself and his aides in connection with the Pentagon Papers and the Watergate break-in by doing which of the following?
2. Fill in the blank. Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience is called _________________.
3. Which of the following could be used in manufacturing a biological weapon?
4. Fill in the blank. Defeating an opponent by use of tactical maneuvers and psychological games is characteristic of the strategies developed by _________________.
5. Fill in the blank. Racial integration within the military is one example of an action that US presidents have taken without the consent of Congress, through the use of a(n) ___________________.
6. If the army needed satellite imagery of a particular location in order to initiate a military attack, which intelligence agency would be tasked with providing the data?
7. What is the biggest legal challenge to defeating piracy in the 21st century?
8. Which of the following warfare agents is the easiest to proliferate?
9. Military experts cite the key reason for the failure of US counterinsurgency strategy in Vietnam as which of the following?
10. Why has the US been hesitant to engage militarily in many sectarian and civil wars in the developing world during the past decade?
11. The 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States recognized which of the following as the greatest threat to national security?
12. What was the most recent declaration of war by Congress?
13. Exposure to chemical warfare agents may occur due to all of the following, EXCEPT:
14. Mailing packages and letters containing anthrax spores is considered to be what type of warfare?
15. How many times in its history has the US declared war on other countries?
16. The under-five mortality rate for children in developing countries can be improved by which of the following?
17. If the United States were invaded by Mexico, the US could most readily seek international assistance to repel the attack by doing which of the following?
18. The UN Millennium Development Goals include all of the following, EXCEPT:
19. USSID 18, as it was originally enacted, prohibited the National Security Agency from collecting intelligence on 'American persons.'Which president first amended USSID 18 to allow NSA to collect intelligence on 'American persons,' under certain conditions?
20. Which intelligence agency is charged with collecting, analyzing, and reporting on foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) information?
21. What is the theoretical model that presents 'strategy' as resting on a three-legged stool in which 'ends/objectives,' 'ways/concepts,' and 'means/resources' must all be balanced called?
22. The Biden-Gelb Plan calls for which of the following?
23. The history of resolution of post-colonial conflicts in the late 20th Century has shown which type of settlement to be the most effective?
24. Why are many impoverished countries more prone to civil wars?
25. Congress can 'check' the power of the president in national security by doing all of the following, EXCEPT:

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