SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS FOR INTELLIGENCE STUDIES
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1. What is the military strength of the United States?
    A. 1.1 million
    B. 1.2 million
    C. 2.1 million *
    D. 9.2 million

2. In what foreign country are the largest group of U.S. military personnel located?
    A. Germany *
    B. Japan
    C. South Korea
    D. England

3. What category of volunteers are not allowed in the U.S. military?
    A. category 2
    B. category 3
    C. category 4
    D. category 5 *

4. Which model of training military officers involves a liberal arts education?
    A. European
    B. American *
    C. German
    D. French

5. How many U.S. military bases are located in U.S. territories, commonwealths, and possessions?
    A. 850
    B. 350
    C. 20 *
    D. 10

6. What is the most common name and acronym for U.S. peacekeeping operations?
    A. Low Intensity Conflicts (LIC)
    B. Operations Other Than War (OOTW) *
    C. Counter Insurgency Operation (CIO)
    D. Joint Strike Force Operations (JSFO)

7. In what part of the world is the U.S. FIFTH Fleet stationed?
    A. Atlantic
    B. Pacific
    C. Indian Ocean
    D. Persian Gulf *

8. How many planes make up a U.S. Navy squadron?
    A. 6-8
    B. 8-10
    C. 10-12 *
    D. 12-14

9. When the U.S. launches an amphibious ready group, how many Marine Harriers are typically on board ships that carry such equipment?
    A. 4
    B. 6 *
    C. 8
    D. 10

10. What is the name for the U.S. bomber that normally only carries satellite-guided bombs?
    A. Stratofortress
    B. Lancer
    C. Nighthawk
    D. Spirit *

11. How many aircraft carriers does the United States have?
    A. 12
    B. 15 *
    C. 18
    D. 20

12. A U.S. minesweeper/minehunter ship usually carries how many personnel?
    A. 81 *
    B. 122
    C. 235
    D. 300

13. In military jargon, what does C4I stand for?
    A. Countermeasures for Intelligence
    B. Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence *
    C. Cryptoanalysis, Counterintelligence, Computing, Control, Intelligence
    D. Computing Infowarfare

14. How many armies are there in the world, and how many are real armies?
    A. 101 and 50
    B. 150 and 70
    C. 165 and 60 *
    D. 180 and 90

15.  What is the basic theoretical principle justifying the existence of ground forces?
    A. the side that has the largest number of ground forces usually wins
    B. the side whose infantry occupies the territory of another usually wins *
    C. the side with the least number of unacceptable losses will usually win
    D. the side with the fastest rate of advance usually wins the war

16. Historically, who has had the fastest ground Army in the world?
    A. Patton's Army in World War II
    B. Hitler's Blitzkrieg during World War II
    C. French Foreign Legion on several mercenary operations
    D. Communist Red Army during Korea and Vietnam *

17. What is the standard unit of comparison for analyzing ground force capability?
    A. Army
    B. Division *
    C. Regiment
    D. Battalion

18. The United States has the _______ largest Army in the world.
    A. 2nd
    B. 3rd
    C. 4th
    D. 5th *

19. What country continues to manufacture and use the AK-47 assault gun?
    A. Russia
    B. North Korea
    C. China *
    D. Cuba

20. How does reactive armor protect a tank or other vehicle?
    A. It deflects incoming rounds with electronic countermeasures
    B. It absorbs incoming rounds by an implosion reaction
    C. It nullifies incoming rounds with super-hot gas explosions *
    D. It creates a particle force field about the tank or vehicle

21. What is the upper range (distance) of modern artillery fire?
    A. 18 miles
    B. 20 miles
    C. 24 miles *
    D. 30 miles

22. What is the name for the system that most countries of the world, other than the U.S., use to man their military bases at less than complete strength?
    A. partial complement system
    B. cadre system *
    C. reserve system
    D. cordon system

23. Of the following, which is NOT the name of a U.S. spy satellite system?
    A. Lacrosse
    B. Keyhole
    C. Vigilant *
    D. Magnum

24. What makes MiG fighters so completely different from most U.S. fighter planes?
    A. they have the latest detection and laser weapons guidance
    B. they are faster than any other planes in the world
    C. they use a helmet-mounted display for control *
    D. they can be modified to carry more weapons

25. With what type of aircraft has the U.S. always enjoyed superiority?
    A. fixed-wing fighters
    B. tilt-wing fighters
    C. strategic nuclear bombers *
    D. support transport planes

26. Other than the B-2, what U.S. plane uses the most stealth technology?
    A. F-117A Nighthawk
    B. SR-72 Spyplane *
    C. A-6 All-Weather Intruder
    D. Tu-160 Blackjack

27. What type of Russian nuclear missile is moved around by train?
    A. SS-21
    B. SS-22
    C. SS-23
    D. SS-24 *

28. What is the name (abbreviation) for missiles that have a 2,00 mile range?
    A. ICBM
    B. IRBM *
    C. GLCM
    D. SLCM

29. Which helicopter was designed to be the first true night-vision helicopter?
    A. Huey
    B. Blackhawk *
    C. Apache
    D. Spectre

30. Which country in the world has the most sophisticated avionics systems?
    A. United States
    B. England
    C. France *
    D. Belgium

31. Which country besides Russia has a sensitive antiaircraft system that goes off whenever commercial aircraft fly near it?
    A. Cuba
    B. Argentina
    C. Libya *
    D. Thailand

32. What kind of aircraft are used in what is called "raven" warfare?
    A. ferrets *
    B. spyplanes
    C. stealth
    D. strategic

33. Which class of Navy ships can track 200 radar contacts simultaneously?
    A. Tomahawk-class
    B. Aegis-class *
    C. Sturgeon-class
    D. Enterprise-class

34. Which country in the world has the largest Navy?
    A. United States
    B. Russia
    C. China *
    D. India

35. Of the following, which country does NOT possess nuclear submarines?
    A. England
    B. France
    C. China
    D. South Africa *

36. What antiship missile system do most countries of the world use?
    A. Exocet *
    B. Harpoon
    C. Sea Wolf
    D. Phalanx

37. All countries in what region of the world claim to have a "marine" force?
    A. Europe
    B. Africa
    C. Asia *
    D. South America

38. What four months of the year do wars usually start?
    A. January, February, March, April
    B. March, April, May, June
    C. April, May, June, July *
    D. June, July, August, September

39. What "flashpoint" country is the most expansionist?
    A. Korea
    B. China *
    C. Iran
    D. CIS

40. Which "flashpoint" country has the most favorable geostrategic location?
    A. Korea
    B. China
    C. Iran *
    D. CIS

41. What country serves as a transshipment center in black market arms trading?
    A. Libya
    B. Indonesia
    C. Bolivia *
    D. Nigeria

42. Which country is the world's SECOND most warring nation?
    A. India *
    B. Israel
    C. Pakistan
    D. Zaire

43. Which country has internal security problems in its provinces of Mizo, Nagas, & Bodos?
    A. India *
    B. Russia
    C. Czechoslovakia
    D. Yugoslavia

44. Which country has been at war with Hamas & Hizbollah since 1975?
    A. Iraq
    B. Israel *
    C. Turkey
    D. Yemen

45. Which African nation has had territorial conflicts with Eritrean rebels?
    A. Cameroon
    B. Chad
    C. Ethiopia *
    D. Liberia

46. Which of the following was NOT a U.S. peacekeeping operation in 1995?
    A. Operation Safe Haven  *
    B. Operation Uphold Democracy
    C. Operation Vigilant Warrier
    D. Operation Deliberate Force

47. How often can the U.S. Secretary of State add organizations to the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organization?
    A. every year
    B. every two years
    C. every three years
    D. at any time *

48. Which of the following are an exiled dissident group found on U.S. soil?
    A. Posse Comitatus
    B. May 19th Movement
    C. Armed Resistance Movement
    D. Cuban Political Factions *

49. Although the U.S. has never admitted the existence of a code name "Aurora" spyplane that can go Mach 8, NASA has admitted to a joint project plan that can go Mach ____.
    A. 2
    B. 4
    C. 6 *
    D. 8

50. What country has shot down the most number of Russian "Bear" spyplanes?
    A. Canada
    B. Israel *
    C. China
    D. United States

51. If a spy satellite missile launch has a trajectory of east or west, it's most likely a:
    A. photo reconnaissance satellite
    B. electronic eavesdropping satellite *
    C. military communications satellite
    D. weather satellite

52. Who first recommended the feasibility of a satellite surveillance program?
    A. RAND Corp. *
    B. Mitretek Corp.
    C. Vision Institute
    D. Vera Institute

53. America's first successful fixed camera satellite was called:
    A. Sputnik
    B. Corona
    C. Keyhole *
    D. Lacrosse

54. Why was the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) created?
    A. to settle disputes between the CIA and Air Force over who controlled spy satellites *
    B. to create the American equivalent of the Russian MIR space station program
    C. to satisfy Congressmen who thought the satellite program needed oversight
    D. to prevent NASA from becoming an intelligence agency

55. The most valuable piece of espionage information with Electronic CounterMeasures (ECM) would involve which of the following?
    A. SPOT photography
    B. telemetry data
    C. frequency hopping *
    D. radar jamming

56. How many nations are suspected of possessing Chemical-Biological capability?
    A. 10
    B. 15
    C. 20
    D. 25 *

57. Which weapons of mass destruction are the most common?
    A. chemical *
    B. biological-toxin
    C. biological-viruses
    D. nuclear

58. America's main chemical weapons lab is located in:
    A. Norfolk, Virginia
    B. Ft. Meade, Maryland
    C. Ft. Detrick, Maryland *
    D. Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

59. Which of the following would NOT occur with a high-altitude nuclear blast?
    A. temporary or permanent shutdown of computer systems
    B. a sideways and downward pattern of shock waves
    C. a thermal pulse that ignites anything combustible
    D. nuclear fallout of radioactive material *

60. After the United States and Russia, which country has the most nuclear weapons?
    A. Great Britain *
    B. France
    C. China
    D. Israel

61. Sarin gas, such as that used in Tokyo's subway incident, is what type of chemical agent?
    A. blister
    B. nerve *
    C. blood
    D. hallucinogenic

62. The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism is located in what department?
    A. State*
    B. Commerce
    C. Justice
    D. Treasury

63. NSA headquarters is located in:
    A. Langley, Virginia
    B. Bolling Air Force base
    C. Ft. Meade, Maryland *
    D. Arlington, Virginia

64. The complete intelligence process involves all BUT WHICH of the following?
    A. collection
    B. analysis
    C. counterargument *
    D. synthesis

65. Which of the following is NOT part of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)?
    A. ELINT
    B. COMINT
    C. TELINT
    D. HUMINT *

66. Which of the following best expresses Kahn's Law?
    A. emphasizing the offensive tends toward a neglect of counterintelligence
    B. emphasizing the offensive tends toward a neglect of intelligence *
    C. emphasizing the defensive tends toward a neglect of counterintelligence
    D. emphasizing the defensive tends toward a neglect of intelligence

67. What kind of analytic technique would involve looking at the strength of relationships in a group hierarchy?
    A. Fact Pattern
    B. Association Chart *
    C. Descriptive Analysis
    D. Inference Development

68. Which type of analytic technique would involve a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) format or section?
    A. Briefing *
    B. Bulletin
    C. Premonitory
    D. Threat Assessment

69. CIA profiling is more _______ and _______ than FBI profiling.
    A. deductive, predictive
    B. intuitive, psychological
    C. clinical, psychodynamic *
    D. informed, demographic

70. Which of the following would be a "linchpin" in an intelligence report?
    A. The rebel stronghold is fairly well protected
    B. Mass support for the current regime is dwindling
    C. Maintenance of the two-party system is critical for the democracy
    D. The people will probably continue to support the President *

71. A "how-it-could-happen" section of an intelligence report would be a:
    A. deliberate driver
    B. key linchpin
    C. scenario *
    D. construct

72. Information relating to an intelligence issue that provides context for evaluating the likelihood of factualness is called:
    A. direct information
    B. indirect information
    C. sourcing
    D. data *

73. Which of the following provides the intelligence analyst with the best protection against the possibility of deception on the part of foreign powers?
    A. open source information
    B. closed source information
    C. all-source information *
    D. factual information

74. Deception can be divided into two types: denial and ____________.
    A. disingenuity
    B. disinformation *
    C. rationalization
    D. counterintelligence

75. Which of the following is also called the "area studies" approach?
    A. specialist-based
    B. perspective-based
    C. situational logic *
    D. applying theory

76. What is the first step in the eight-step ACH (Analysis of Competing Hypotheses) process?
    A. Prepare a matrix for hypotheses and evidence
    B. Analyze how sensitive your information is to deception
    C. Brainstorm a number of hypotheses with others *
    D. List all the available information and evidence

77. Using the "Kent" or "Yale" method of expressing probabilities, what is the subjective equivalent of 30% give or take 10%?
    A. probably
    B. chances about even
    C. probably not *
    D. almost certainly not

78. At any given time, how many U.S. government employees have security clearances?
    A. 1 million
    B. 2 million
    C. 3 million *
    D. 4 million

79. For people with security clearances, one out of every ________ can be expected to compromise the secrets they are entrusted with.
    A. 100
    B. 1000 *
    C. 10000
    D. 250000

80. Which type of security clearance involves the highest level of secrecy?
    A. top secret
    B. sensitive compartmentalized information *
    C. extremely sensitive
    D. clearance at all levels

81. Identify what might be the cover name for the following operation: TOP SECRET COBRA GAMMA GYRO HELLFIRE GROUNDHOG.
    A. COBRA
    B. GYRO
    C. HELLFIRE
    D. GROUNDHOG *

82. Which tradecraft term refers to the use of great care to construct a totally false identity?
    A. cover
    B. legend *
    C. blind date
    D. illegal

83. What is the name for a high-level agent who normally only provides extremely valuable information?
    A. double agent
    B. mole *
    C. sleeper
    D. ratfucker

84. What term best describes the use of sex to blackmail or pressure someone?
    A. dead drop
    B. sucking dry
    C. wet work
    D. honey trap *

85. What is the most common method of turning an agent into a double agent?
    A. blackmail
    B. sex
    C. threat of execution *
    D. patriotism

86. Which of the following is NOT an example of covert action?
    A. propaganda
    B. anti-sabotage
    C. subversion
    D. counterintelligence *

87. What was the name of the regime that the CIA propped up in Chile for many years?
    A. Allende government
    B. Pinochet government *
    C. Gossens government
    D. Evita government

88. What is the name for the KGB equivalent of America's Delta Force?
    A. Retrograd 7
    B. Alpha Squad *
    C. Directorate 8
    D. Apparatik Section

89. The anti-Cuban Operation Mongoose occurred right after what other operation?
    A. Bay of Pigs *
    B. Cuban Missile Crisis
    C. Kennedy Assassination
    D. Cuban Revolution

90. Which nation has the most number of police agencies with intelligence functions?
    A. Argentina
    B. Australia *
    C. Canada
    D. France

91. Which nation has the most extensive market (economic) intelligence unit?
    A. Australia
    B. New Zealand *
    C. Indonesia
    D. Spain

92. Other than Russia and the United States, which nation has the most number of intelligence agencies posing as academic institutions?
    A. Nigeria
    B. Germany
    C. Israel *
    D. New Zealand

93. Which nation has a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) like the U.S. does?
    A. Canada
    B. Iraq
    C. Indonesia
    D. Nigeria *

94. For whom does the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) primarily serve as the intelligence agency for?
    A. National Security Council
    B. National Security Advisor
    C. Joint Chiefs of Staff *
    D. President

95. Applicants for jobs with the CIA are expected to have a minimum GPA of:
    A. 2.75
    B. 3.00 *
    C. 3.25
    D. 3.50

96. Some 95% of CIA employees are "nerds" and "buffs". What's a "buff"?
    A. a electronics or computer expert
    B. an athletic person in good shape
    C. an academic expert at something *
    D. a person good at lying and deception

97. Who makes recommendations to the President that the CIA engage in covert action?
    A. the Director of Central Intelligence
    B. the National Security Council *
    C. the Joint Chiefs of Staff
    D. the Oversight Congressional Committees

98. What law prohibits the CIA from engaging, even indirectly, in assassinations?
    A. Executive Order 12333 *
    B. U.S.C. 18, Section 1353
    C. Omnibus Intelligence Act
    D. Information and Privacy Act

99. What division of the CIA would an employee most likely go through mounds of paperwork from different sources of information?
    A. Directorate of Operations
    B. Directorate of Science and Technology
    C. Directorate of Intelligence *
    D. Directorate of Administration

100. How many people does the National Security Agency (NSA) employ?
    A. 40,000
    B. 70,000 *
    C. 100,000
    D. 250,000

101. Why is the NSA so relatively free from legal restrictions?
    A. It's not mentioned in any Presidential Memorandum
    B. There are no Executive Orders governing it's operations
    C. It wasn't mentioned in the National Security Act of 1947 *
    D. It's considered the legal-free sister agency of the CIA

102. What division of the NSA is responsible for Internet traffic analysis?
    A. Office of Signals Intelligence *
    B. Office of Communications Security
    C. Office of Telecommunications and Computer Services
    D. Office of Installations and Logistics

103. The FBI is primarily involved in what intelligence-related function?
    A. espionage
    B. counterespionage *
    C. counterintelligence
    D. covert action

104. Under what circumstances might an FBI agent be allowed to operate outside the United States?
    A. as an embassy attache and to extradite criminals *
    B. as a CIA operative and to extradite criminals
    C. as a counterespionage and counterintelligence officer
    D. as a liaison officer and undercover operative

105. What was the first thing that the FBI did to pioneer new techniques in the Intelligence Community?
    A. teach the military a thing or two about effective use of informants *
    B. teach other agencies about the value of wiretapping
    C. develop the tradecraft technique known as the "black bag job"
    D. learn how to blackmail important individuals through blacklisting

106. J. Edgar Hoover first started "getting the goods" on Presidents under which one?
    A. Eisenhower
    B. Roosevelt *
    C. Kennedy
    D. Johnson

107. What stage of brainwashing is associated with stiffling free will and individualism?
    A. Stage 1
    B. Stage 2 *
    C. Stage 3
    D. Stage 4

108. What domestic terrorist group did LSD "guru" Timothy Leary snitch on to the FBI?
    A. Students for a Democratic Society
    B. Red Army Revolutionary Party
    C. Weather Underground *
    D. El Rukns 

109. What are the three basic needs of any espionage operation?
    A. money, time, deception
    B. money, information flow, emergency contact *
    C. skill, willingness, enemies
    D. agent, operative, go-between

110. What type of spy did Sun Tzu say was needed to do things openly?
    A. local spies
    B. moles
    C. double agents
    D. doomed spies *

111. Who was President at the time America first tried to topple a foreign government?
    A. Benjamin Franklin
    B. Thomas Jefferson *
    C. James Madison
    D. Abraham Lincoln

112. What is the significance of the "Polk doctrine" in espionage history?
    A. every President ought to have a secret fund *
    B. every country ought to have a centralized intelligence service
    C. for every enemy spy, you ought to have a counterspy
    D. no expense should be spared for the creation of double agents

113. Which of the following was a spy for the South during the Civil War?
    A. Allen Pinkerton
    B. Lafayette Baker
    C. Belle Boyd *
    D. Russell Binghamton

114. What does a "Black Chamber" refer to:
    A. any government agency or unit that has it's existence classified
    B. any government agency or unit that opens and reads mail *
    C. any government agency or unit that uses encryption and decryption
    D. any government agency or unit that conducts covert operations

115. The OSS officially became the CIA in what year?
    A. 1941
    B. 1943
    C. 1947 *
    D. 1953

116. What is the main lesson from the intelligence failure that led to Pearl Harbor?
    A. the sharing of counterintelligence can be risky
    B. civilian and military intelligence services need to be centralized
    C. never rely on technology at the expense of human intelligence *
    D. intelligence analysis is only as good as the information it's based on

117. What helped make the Russian Invasion of Czechoslovakia an intelligence success?
    A. a counterintelligence campaign to think Russia was moving on Albania
    B. good satellite photo reconnaissance
    C. break-ins and thefts of offices in the Czechoslovakian Congress
    D. bugging devices and wiretaps in the Czechoslovakian Congress *

118. Which organization in Hitler's Nazi regime operated spy schools?
    A. SA (storm detachment)
    B. SS (security service)
    C. RSHA (Reich Security Organization) *
    D. Gestapo (secret police)

119. Which agency in England has responsibility for spying on the IRA?
    A. GC&CS
    B. MI5 *
    C. MI6
    D. Scotland Yard

120. Where is the main CIA spy school located?
    A. Quantico, Virginia
    B. Camp Peary, Virginia *
    C. Monterey, California
    D. Camp Ticonderoga

121. What is the name for the closed session where the executive branch of the U.S. government submits its request for a domestic intercept?
    A. National Security Clearinghouse
    B. Secret Select Committee on Intelligence
    C. Joint Council of the Intelligence Community
    D. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court *

122. What country has China long wanted to annex?
    A. Vietnam
    B. Myanmar
    C. Bhutan
    D. Tibet *

123. Which of the following might be a typical cover name for a Chinese espionage agency?
    A. Wang Dongxing University
    B. American University at Hong Kong
    C. Chinese-American Students Friendship Association *
    D. Diplomatic Relations School

124. Which country regularly boasts that it will lauch a nuclear strike against the U.S. if threatened or attacked?
    A. Cuba
    B. North Korea *
    C. India
    D. Japan

125. What is the primary intelligence service in Japan?
    A. the National Democratic Services Agency
    B. the Public Security Investigation Agency *
    C. the Federal Protective Investigative Service
    D. Ishi-Kawajima-Harima

126. What organizations did Boris Yeltsin replace the KGB with?
    A. NKVD and DIA
    B. CHEKA and SMERSH
    C. GSO and CCCP
    D. SVR and FSK *

127. What is the only Southeast Asian country with an aircraft carrier?
    A. Thailand *
    B. Vietnam
    C. Philippines
    D. Malaysia

128. Which of the following member of the Cambridge Spy Ring did the Russians consider the leader?
    A. Anthony Blunt
    B. Guy Burgess *
    C. John Cairncross
    D. Kim Philby

129. Why does France have such a serious problem with terrorism?
    A. its legacy of assassination in espionage
    B. its liberal policy of granting asylum *
    C. its collaboration with socialist regimes
    D. its technical war machine capabilities

130. Mata Hari was a spy for what country?
    A. Holland
    B. Indonesia
    C. France
    D. Germany *

131. Which Latin American country has been fighting a rebellion of its Indian population for centuries?
    A. Honduras
    B. Nicaragua
    C. Guatemala *
    D. Salvador

132. What intelligence agency is Israel's largest?
    A. Aman *
    B. Shai
    C. Mossad
    D. Shin Bet

133. What is the code name for the alleged high-ranking Israeli mole working in the U.S. White House?
    A. Piledriver
    B. Mega *
    C. Moshpit
    D. Hidden Sentry

134. What type of terrorism would skyjacking and hostage taking be?
    A. Limited political
    B. Quasi-terrorism *
    C. Revolutionary
    D. State-sponsored

135. Which of the following countries is a regular sponsor of worldwide terrorism?
    A. Philippines
    B. Nicaragua
    C. Syria *
    D. Ireland

136. What kind of court does the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996 set up?
    A. a World Court at The Hague
    B. a U.N. Court in New York City
    C. a special "removal court" in Washington DC *
    D. a special "deportation court" at INS offices

137. From an intelligence standpoint, why is it important to know the source and application of funding for terrorist groups?
    A. it helps to identify hidden members of the terrorist group
    B. it helps to trace the criminal activities of the terrorist group
    C. it helps to predict preparations for a terrorist attack *
    D. it helps to make the intelligence report well-rounded

138. What is the most common counterterrorist technique used worldwide?
    A. follow the money to dry up the source of funding
    B. cracking the terrorists' communication codes
    C. infiltration of the terrorist group by planting agents inside
    D. raids on stash houses where weapons are kept *

139. The wife of Carlos the Jackal belonged to what terrorist group?
    A. the Japanese Red Army
    B. the Italian Red Brigade
    C. the German Bader-Meinhoff Gang *
    D. the Puerto Rican FALN

140. Other than interdiction, what other technique does the U.S. use against "source-zone" narcoterrorist countries?
    A. international censure
    B. cutoff of diplomatic relations
    C. decertification *
    D. adjustment of immigration quotas

141. The most violent right-wing terrorist group in America has been based on a book called ___________.
    A. The Anarchist Cookbook
    B. The Armageddon
    C. The Philosopher's Stone
    D. The Turner Diaries *

142. Which U.S. terrorist groups tend to change their names quite often?
    A. White Leftists *
    B. White Right Wingers
    C. Black Extremists
    D. Jewish Extremists

143. What does it mean when a terrorist group has set up a "shadow government"?
    A. They are more of a threat at taking over the existing government
    B. They have declared a war and also the fact they won it
    C. They have carved out their own territory in a homeland *
    D. They are salvaging what's good about the existing government

144. Besides building a wall around the borders of the U.S., what other suggestion did Brian Jenkins of the RAND Corp. make to stop terrorism?
    A. pre-emptive air strikes on terrorist strongholds
    B. satellite reconnaissance and photographic interpretation
    C. required identity papers for each and every American
    D. voluntary or involuntary control of the media *

145. What specific types of terrorists are most susceptible to the Gurr wave?
    A. narcoterrorists
    B. revolutionary terrorists
    C. just-cause terrorists
    D. lunatic fringe terrorists *

146. What's the best way to compare terrorist groups in a threat assessment?
    A. by counting the number of victims killed or injured
    B. by counting the number of attempted and completed attacks *
    C. by counting the number of members
    D. by counting the amount of financial backing

147. What type of terrorist group would be the most difficult to infiltrate?
    A. groups with a strong ideological cause
    B. groups with a well-organized cell structure *
    C. groups with extensive computer skills
    D. groups with charismatic leaders

148. ABSCAM was an example of what type of white collar crime?
    A. embezzlement
    B. exploitation
    C. chiseling
    D. influence peddling *

149. What type of securities fraud involves making excessive and unnecessary trades with a customer's brokerage account?
    A. churning *
    B. bucketing
    C. front running
    D. arbitrage

150. What determines if a case of tax evasion is passive or affirmative?
    A. the amount of money involved
    B. the number of years involved
    C. whether the client came forward voluntarily
    D. determinations are made on a case-by-case basis *

151. What type of antitrust violation occurs if a company requires the buyers of its product to purchase or use another product or service?
    A. division of markets
    B. tying arrangement *
    C. group boycott
    D. price fixing

152. Which federal agency has most recently been given police powers?
    A. FTC
    B. SEC
    C. Commerce
    D. OSHA *

153. What famous criminologist said that all white collar crime stems from some "unshareable financial problem"?
    A. Edwin Sutherland
    B. Donald Cressey *
    C. Edwin Schur
    D. Robert Agnew

154. What inchoate offense can the government charge a person with alongside a charge for the instant offense?
    A. conspiracy *
    B. solicitation
    C. aiding and abetting
    D. facilitation

155. What type of legally-admissible conspiracy chart would be used where something OTHER than a commodity is involved?
    A. Chain conspiracy
    B. Wheel conspiracy *
    C. Radial conspiracy
    D. Circular conspiracy

156. In a typical scam, swindle, or con game, who is the person who the mark sees making money?
    A. the inside man
    B. the roper
    C. the sender
    D. the convincer *

157. What type of con game is it called when the "relative" of a prostitute breaks into the room and demands payment?
    A. Block hustle
    B. Badger scam *
    C. Murphy scam
    D. Jamaican switch

158. Other than protection, how does organized crime typically infiltrate legitimate business?
    A. through use of force
    B. through promises of immunity *
    C. through threats of extortion
    D. through the ideology of economics

159. In the LCN chain of command, who heads a regiment of soldiers?
    A. dons
    B. underbosses
    C. caporegimas *
    D. consigliere

160. What organized crime group has most embraced the "franchise" model?
    A. Latin American gangs
    B. African American gangs *
    C. the Russian Mafia
    D. Biker gangs

161. What type of immunity offers blanket protection from prosecution?
    A. use immunity
    B. transactional *
    C. unconditional
    D. precedential

162. What has been the oldest law enforcement tactic against organized crime?
    A. decriminalization
    B. interdiction
    C. harassment *
    D. asset forfeiture

163. An informant for which there is some doubt, but has provided reliable information in the past would be classified as:
    A. usually reliable
    B. fairly reliable *
    C. not usually reliable
    D. unreliable

164. What organized crime group is most involved in alien trafficking?
    A. aboriginal groups
    B. Chinese groups *
    C. Columbian groups
    D. Jamaican groups

165. About how many Russian Mafia groups are operating in the U.S.?
    A. 12
    B. 25 *
    C. 50
    D. 75

166. The "Brooklyn method" in organized crime refers to:
    A. a technique for the use of coercion and intimidation
    B. the "take" from business profits as a percentage of protection
    C. a way of determining the winner in a numbers racket *
    D. the pattern of ethnic succession that characterizes organized crime

167. What area of law enforcement has been called the natural home for intelligence analysis?
    A. terrorism
    B. white collar crime
    C. organized crime *
    D. street crime

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