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Question A: Discuss how the right to assemble can be abused by terrorists. Does this create a dilemma for policy makers?

Question B: As a member of a Congressional committee on terrorism, you are concerned about rights and liberties. What questions could you ask those who are proposing more stringent security measures?

This the midterm-

QUESTION 1: Scholars regard homeland security as:

A policy framework

The agency in charge of preventing terrorist attacks

An emerging area of study

A function to be performed by government officials

A new priority in the post-cold war world

QUESTION 2: What problems did DHS create for emergency management?

DHS took much of FEMA's budget

DHS granted to much autonomy to FEMA

Terrorism became less important than other hazards

Collaboration improved dramatically

Moral improved among FEMA officials

QUESTION 3: Which discipline is most likely to generate understanding about nuclear, biological and chemical weapons?

Sociology

Psychology

Engineering

The physical and biological sciences

Public administration

QUESTION 4: One person's terrorist...

Is another person's terrorist

Is labeled that way by the media also

Is another person's freedom fighter

Is another person's crazed maniac

Is another person's friend

QUESTION 5: Which of the following is a characteristic of terrorism?

It is exactly like a protest or picket line

It is only performed by individuals not groups

It is only performed by groups and not individuals

It is directed toward governments and not citizens

It is accompanied with fear and coercion

QUESTION 6: In most disasters:

Terrorist attacks will occur

There will be pro-social behavior

Political change never occurs

There will be no long or short term consequences

It is never easy to determine what might happen next

QUESTION 7: Which of the following is not a complaint of bin Laden against the United States?

The U.S. supports puppet governments

The U.S. sends troops to the Middle East

The U.S. helped to establish Israel

The U.S. fully understands Muslim preferences

The U.S. is involved in exploitative policies

QUESTION 8: Politics:

Is the authoritative allocation of values

Cannot be linked to terrorism

Has no relationship to the Department of Homeland Security

Is a force that prohibits terrorism

Cannot be tied to ideology

QUESTION 9: An ideology:

Does not discuss how truth can be pursued

Includes no discussion of individual rights

May determine what makes a political system legitimate

Has no relation to environmental protection

Is not a set a beliefs and attitudes

QUESTION 10: Abu Sayef is a terrorist organization in:

The United States

The Philippines

Peru

Puerto Rico

Jamaica

QUESTION 11: Most terrorists:

Are young adults in their twenties

Are in their forties

Are not male

Are taught in Madrasahs

Are wealthy

QUESTION 12: Which organization helped to raise money for terrorists in Ireland?

USAID

NORAID

NBC

CBRNE

ICS

QUESTION 13: The contamination of a salad bar with salmonella occurred in which state?

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

Kentucky

Missouri

QUESTION 14: Which of the following movements is an example of Anarchism?

The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Michael Bakunin's attacks on the czarist state

Communist takeovers in Latin America

Communist takeovers in France

Communist takeovers in Spain

QUESTION 15: Which description fits "social learning theory?"

Media reports can peak people's interest in terrorism

More deadly attacks are required to get the same amount of attention in the future

Observing attacks may generate similar behavior in the future

Violence weakens people's distaste of terrorism

None of these

QUESTION 16: Senator Richard Lugar believes that the threat of terrorism is overblown.

True

False

QUESTION 17: Anthropology may assist in understanding the culture of terrorism.

True

False

QUESTION 18: Risk is a measure of probability and consequences.

True

False

QUESTION 19: Most definitions of terrorism do not focus on the use or threat of force.

True

False

QUESTION 20: Security concerns made the response to 9/11 more challenging.

True

False

QUESTION 21: Conflict between Arabs and the Jews is a recent phenomenon.

True

False

QUESTION 22: The Taliban restricted the rights of liberties of women in Afghanistan.

True

False

QUESTION 23: Rule making, rule application and rule adjudication are examples of output functions in political systems.

True

False

QUESTION 24: Coherence refers to the strength of conviction of those holding an ideology.

True

False

QUESTION 25: Lybia was involved in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight flight 103.

True

False.