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Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a management problem faced by terrorist organizations?
Secrecy
Training
External discipline
Financing
Question 2
According to Schmid, what is characteristic of most definitions of terrorism?
Someone is terrorized
The meaning is derived from the targets and victims
Both [Someone is terrorized] and [The meaning is derived from the targets and victims]
None of these choices
Question 3
According to Jeff Victoroff, which of the following is true of terrorist organizations?
Terrorism is caused by a variety of social and psychological factors, including biological predispositions toward violence.
Terrorists operate and justify violence because they emotionally attach themselves to an ideology, they will not tolerate moral ambiguity, and they have the capacity to suppress instinctive and learned moral limitations on behavior.
There is a need to study the impact of leadership on group behavior.
All of these choices.
Question 4
Which of the following is NOT one of the levels of a terrorist organization?
Command
Active cadre
Financial advisers
Active supporters
Question 5
Which of the following is NOT a type of suicide attack?
Suicide in warfare
Suicide by design
Suicide for principle without killing others
Suicide terrorism
Question 6
Debates about censorship are only present in times of national crisis.
True
False
Question 7
____ are created through computer and information networks.
Virtual organizations
Hub organizations
Chain organizations
Wheel organizations
Question 8
For terrorists, the Internet is used for:
Recruiting
Propaganda
Target selection
All of these choices
Question 9
____, as used by Black, is the social space occupied by a structure and the direction in which it moves.
Social geography
Social geology
Social geometry
Social ecology
Question 10
There is a close relationship between terrorism and television.
True
False
Question 11
According to the text, debates about ____ are always present in times of national crisis.
Freedom
War
Censorship
Democracy
Question 12
Which of the following is a psychological factor involved in the development of terrorism?
Facilitating traits
Learning opportunities
Associated drives
All of these choices
Question 13
Which is NOT true of most terrorist organizations?
They number more than one hundred people
They are divided into groups with specific tasks
They are incapable of a large terrorist campaign
They are controlled by a few people
Question 14
When terrorists move goods, people, weapons, money, or contraband, they must do so ____.
In underground networks
Legitimately
Through the Internet
Through friends
Question 15
Terrorists use crime to make a symbolic statement about a ____.
Religious cause
Geographic cause
Political cause
Social cause
Question 16
Technology can enhance striking power when it is employed as a weapon or it becomes the target of an attack.
True
False
Question 17
The Internet is a powerful tool for opposition forces in ____ régimes.
Democratic
Socialist
Authoritarian
Communist
Question 18
Most street criminals plan their acts and are motivated by a cause.
True
False
Question 19
____ refers to an area outside of a government's control.
Globalization
Shell state
Weak state
Failed state
Question 20
According to Barber, what is the one thing on which media flourishes?
Entertainment
Drama
Money
Information
Question 21
____ has become a force multiplier and is illustrated by the rebirth of altruistic suicide.
Technology
Religious fanaticism
The media
The weapon of mass destruction
Question 22
Which famous theorist once concluded that the media were similar to a loaded weapon lying in the middle of a street?
Clutterbuck
Marx
Laqueur
Davis
Question 23
According to Post, terrorists ____ each other through the social reward of group membership.
Reinforce
Compete with
Justify
Kill
Question 24
Which of the following is not a governmental choice when faced with censorship?
Criminalization
Hands-off
Complete censorship
Self-regulation
Question 25
Religion helps to produce the ____, a person striking out with an ideology but no group.
Crazed avenger
Solitary avenger
Independent avenger
Lone wolf avenger
Question 26
____involve small groups linked by some type of communication where members periodically cooperate.
Virtual organizations
Hub organizations
Chain organizations
Networks
Question 27
Both governments and terrorists see the media as force multipliers.
True
False
Question 28
According to Kransa, if people are willing to expand the definition of national security beyond the framework of military defense, ____ pose(s) a security problem.
Drugs
Prostitution
Pornography
Gambling
Question 29
Modern terrorism originated from the ____.
French Revolution
Civil War
American Revolution
World War II
Question 30
Two schools of thought dominate the scholarly literature on terrorism. One group tends to focus on the meaning of activity, and the other school looks at the structure of action.
True
False
Question 31
Terrorism and war are exactly the same.
True
False
Question 32
Which of the following is a program that typically copies itself and moves through a computer system in order to disrupt a computer or computer network?
Cyber worm
Computer virus
Cyber bomb
Logic bomb
Question 33
Which of the following is not a position on the steganographic threat to the United States?
Terrorists can use denial of service attacks.
Terrorists can launch cyberattacks.
Terrorists can launch propaganda.
Terrorists can deface Web sites.
Question 34
According to the text, the FBI's social construction of reality deems that terrorism is a matter of ____ behavior.
Political
Military
Religious
Criminal
Question 35
According to Kaplan, what are responsible for the bulk of terrorist financing?
Charities
Drugs
Weapons
Diamond trades
Question 36
According to Alex Schmid, terrorism is defined by different people within vacillating social and political realities.
True
False
Question 37
Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the Tri-Border Region?
Brazil
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Question 38
According to Durham, ____ destroys the ability to create a sustainable news frame.
Reality
Ambiguity
Facts
Opinion
Question 39
What biological agent infected citizens through the mail in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks?
Anthrax
Smallpox
Plague
Botulism
Question 40
Many international terrorist groups move money through an ancient trading network called the hawala system.
True
False