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POLSC313 Final Exam - US Intelligence and National Security
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MCQs on how the various branches of government work together and, as a check upon each other, how they work to protect and promote American interests at home and abroad. 
 

POLSC313 Final Exam - US Intelligence and National Security
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1. Decision makers can avoid the risks of groupthink by doing which of the following?
2. Congress can 'check' the power of the president in national security by doing all of the following, EXCEPT:
3. Which intelligence agency is charged with collecting, analyzing, and reporting on foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) information?
4. Currently, what is the largest organization in the National Security framework of the US government?
5. Fill in the blank. The most effective way to deliver and disperse a chemical or biological agent is through ________________.
6. Fill in the blank. Defeating an opponent by use of tactical maneuvers and psychological games is characteristic of the strategies developed by _________________.
7. Fill in the blank. The primary explosive component of a nuclear weapon will be composed of either Plutonium or _________________.
8. What provision of international law can the US use as legal justification to launch a pre-emptive military strike deemed necessary for the defense of the country?
9. Fill in the blank. The argument that the USSR was defeated in the Cold War due to the arms race with the US is an application of the _______________ theory of strategic policymaking.
10. 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?
11. What is the Arabic term for giving one's life in the name of Allah, i.e., martyrdom, called?
12. Fill in the blank. The tendency of military commanders to only look at their own operations, rather than the entire battlefield, when engaging in strategic planning is called _________________.
13. What are binding, durable security agreements between two or more nations that take on the force of law called?
14. All of the following are successful counterinsurgency practices, EXCEPT:
15. Who was the first US president to renounce the use of biological weapons?
16. All of the following countries are members of NATO, EXCEPT:
17. The US Constitution vests who with the power to declare war?
18. A nation's economic power is generally the result of which of the following?
19. 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 _________________.
20. In 2000, vital interests of the US included all of the following, EXCEPT:
21. A nuclear device detonated at ground level, rather than in air, would do which of the following?
22. Currently, how many countries are known to possess operational nuclear weapons?
23. Military experts cite the key reason for the failure of US counterinsurgency strategy in Vietnam as which of the following?
24. Which of the following best characterizes international affairs during the Cold War era?
25. 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) ___________________.

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