Homeland Security MCQs
Homeland Security MCQs
The following Homeland Security MCQs have been compiled by our experts through research, in order to test your knowledge of the subject of Homeland Security. We encourage you to answer these multiple-choice questions to assess your proficiency.
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1: The purpose of the Anti-Terrorism Act was to _____
A. Regulate activity that can be used to mount a terrorist attack
B. Provide resources for counterterrorist programs
C. Punish terrorism
D. All of these
2: Birmingham six refers to Six men who were wrongfully convicted of a _____ bombing of two pubs in Birmingham, England.
A. 1972
B. 1973
C. 1974
D. 1975
3: Bureaucracy means the Operational arrangements of the government. Max Weber used the term to describe and explain _____ in managing governments.
A. Rationality
B. Efficiency
C. Both
D. None
4: Criminal Profiles are descriptive profiles of criminal suspects developed by law enforcement agencies to assist in the apprehension of the suspects.
A. True
B. False
5: The central agency for military intelligence of the U.S. armed forces is known as _____
A. FBI
B. NSA
C. CIA
D. DIA
6: Department of Homeland Security is a department of the U.S. government created to coordinate homeland security in the aftermath of the September 11,_____, homeland attacks.
A. 2001
B. 2011
C. 2009
D. 2005
7: Statutory authorization for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in the United States refers to Department of Homeland Security Act of _____
A. 2001
B. 2002
C. 2003
D. 2004
8: Diplock Courts are special courts created in _____ in response to repeated intimidation of jurors by paramilitaries. Named after Lord Diplock, who reported to Parliament on the problem, they held trials before a single judge without recourse to jury trial.
A. England
B. US
C. Northern Ireland
D. All of these
9: A security bureau within the U.S. Department of State that protects diplomats and other officials is known as _____ Security Service.
A. State
B. Military
C. Diplomatic
D. Both a and c
10: Executive Order _____ is an order issued on October 8, 2001, by President George W. Bush, titled Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council.
A. 13228
B. 12338
C. 13882
D. 12883
11: Extraordinary Rendition is a practice initially sanctioned during the Reagan administration in about 1987 as a measure to capture_____
A. Drug traffickers
B. Terrorists
C. Wanted persons
D. All of these
12: Four people who were wrongfully convicted of an October 1974 bombing in Guildford, England. They served _____ years in prison before being released in 1989 when their convictions were overturned on appeal.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
13: Homeland Security was a dynamic concept first articulated to address threats to the American homeland after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was later expanded to include domestic preparedness to respond to _____
A. Natural disasters
B. Human disasters
C. Terrorist attacks
D. All of these
14: Ker Frisbie Rule is a legal doctrine in the United States named for two cases: Frisbie v. Collins, 342 U.S. 519, 522 (1954) and Ker v. Illinois, 119 U.S. 436, 444 (1886). The doctrine permits authorities to identify suspects anywhere in the world and _____
A. Seize the suspects
B. Transport suspects to the United States
C. Force their appearance before a U.S. court
D. All of these
15: Mccarthysim is the term used to describe procedures and the underlying policy applied by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the United States during the purge of suspected communists in the early_____
A. 1950s
B. 1960s
C. 1970s
D. 1980s
16: An agency established in the United States to integrate the counterterrorism efforts of the intelligence community is known as _____
A. NCTC
B. NSA
C. CIA
D. DIA
17: NSA is an American intelligence agency charged with _____
A. Signal intelligence collection
B. Code making
C. Code breaking
D. All of these
18: Northern Ireland Act was a law passed in Northern Ireland in 1993 that created conditions of quasi-martial law. The act suspended several civil liberties and empowered the British military to _____
A. Engage in warrantless searches of civilian homes
B. Temporarily detain people without charge
C. Question suspects
D. All of these
19: Operation Death Trains is the term given by terrorists to the attack against the Madrid transportation system in March_____ .
A. 2001
B. 2002
C. 2003
D. 2004
20: Operation Iraqi Freedom is the designation given to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March_____.
A. 2001
B. 2002
C. 2003
D. 2004
21: Organizational Theory is the term used in the field of public administration to describe the study of bureaucracy.
A. True
B. False
22: Race is a principal element for criminal profiling, but it cannot be the legitimate element in Racial Profiling.
A. True
B. False
23: Rewards For _____ Program is an international bounty program managed by the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service. The program offered cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of wanted terrorists.
A. Terrorist
B. Peace
C. Justice
D. All of these
24: Supergrass was a policy in Northern Ireland during the _____ of convincing members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Irish National Liberation Army to defect from their movements and inform on their former comrades.
A. 1960s
B. 1970s
C. 1980s
D. 1990s
25: USA Freedom Act refers to Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending_____ Act of 2015.
A. Eavesdropping
B. Dragnet-collection
C. Online Monitoring
D. All of these
26: USA PATRIOT Act is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act 0f 2001,passed on_____.
A. Sep 11,2001
B. Oct 26,2001
C. Aug 19,2001
D. Nov 9,2001
27: Legislation mandating the periodic review and reauthorization of the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act is known as USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of _____
A. 2001
B. 2002
C. 2004
D. 2005
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