International Security Studies Practice Exam
Course Introduction
International Security Studies examines the key issues, theories, and practices related to the maintenance of global peace and the management of conflict in the contemporary world. The course explores traditional and emerging security threats, including interstate wars, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, cyber warfare, and environmental challenges, as well as the role played by international organizations, states, and non-state actors. By critically analyzing historical and modern case studies, students will gain an understanding of strategic thought, security policy, and the evolving nature of security in international relations.
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Understanding Terrorism Challenges Perspectives and Issues 6th Edition by Gus Martin
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Chapter 1: Terrorism: First Impressions
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Q1) Which of the following best describes Ramzi Yousef?
A) He was responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
B) He was a well-trained terrorist operative.
C) He was very active within Al-Qa'ida.
D) All of these.
Answer: D
Q2) In medieval Europe, behavior that the modern world considers to be terrorism was common in warfare.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski was a member of the neo-Nazi movement in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Al-Qa'ida has a defined ideology.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding extremism is most accurate?
A) Extremists always live on the margins of society.
B) Some extremists have justifiable grievances against their adversaries.
C) "One person's extremist is another person's neighbor."
D) Extremists clearly understand oppression.
Answer: B
Q2) Conventional warfare and terrorism are distinguishable by which of the following attributes?
A) Conventional warfare is very successful in comparison to terrorism.
B) Terrorism is a "dirtier" and more unfair method of violence.
C) Conventional warfare is waged primarily to defeat an adversary's armed forces, whereas terrorism is used primarily to affect a broader audience or population.
D) Terrorism is a "poor man's warfare," whereas conventional warfare is a "rich man's warfare."
Answer: C
Q3) So-called hate crimes are never acts of terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Beginnings: the Causes of Terrorism
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Q1) The concept of "codes of self-sacrifice" is useful for understanding ______.
A) why extremists behave as they do
B) justifications for terrorist violence
C) the effects of ideology and indoctrination on motivating people to engage in political violence
D) all of these
Answer: D
Q2) Morality is simplified by terrorists.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) Carlos and Abu Nidal championed the Palestinian cause.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Leila Khaled was killed after a short and violent career as a terrorist.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
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Q1) Why was a new international counterterrorist legal framework established during the second half of the 20th century?
A) Communism threatened democracy.
B) Terrorism had never been illegal prior to this time.
C) No one had thought of it before.
D) A legal framework was needed to respond to rogue-state sponsors of terrorism.
Q2) Which of the following statements regarding death squads in Latin America is most accurate?
A) Death squads have been used in the international war on terrorism.
B) Death squads assisted in the recovery and burial of victims of political violence.
C) Death squads were a product of cult-like opposition to government authority.
D) Death squads were often supported by elites and governments to carry out extra-legal acts of violence.
Q3) In what ways does state terrorism pose a more significant threat to the international community than do non-state terrorist groups?
Q4) In your opinion, what sort of government was that of Muammar el-Qaddafi?
Q5) In your opinion, why do democracies sometimes use authoritarian methods?
Q6) In your opinion, what sort of government was that of Saddam Hussein?
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Chapter 5: Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
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Q1) The Tupamaros are an example of extremists leading the people to a successful revolution after provoking the government to react violently.
A)True
B)False
Q2) As defined in the discussion presented in the textbook, which of the following statements best summarizes the vision of nihilist dissident terrorists?
A) Nihilists have a clear vision about the type of society they wish to establish after victory.
B) Nihilists seek to reform society slowly after victory.
C) Nihilists have no clear vision about the type of society they wish to build, they only seek to destroy the existing order.
D) None of these.
Q3) The New Terrorism represents an era in which the morality of terrorist violence allows for few limitations on extremist behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly discuss the terrorist environment created by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.
Q5) Briefly discuss the terrorist environment created by Uruguay's Tupamaros.
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Chapter 6: Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
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Q1) Why does Holocaust denial persist?
Q2) Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding pogroms?
A) religious programs that are established for the benefit of the community
B) targeted massacres against religious groups
C) violent suppression of European Jews by European Christians
D) both "targeted massacres against religious groups" and "violent suppression of European Jews by European Christians"
Q3) Religious terrorism began in the modern era.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The 2011 Arab Spring led to which of the following outcomes?
A) Democracy spread throughout the Middle East.
B) Peace slowly but steadily occurred among warring factions.
C) Thousands of Islamist fighters volunteered to wage jihad against perceived opponents.
D) Both "democracy spread throughout the Middle East" and "peace slowly but steadily occurred among warring factions."
Q5) Explain the nature of state-sponsored religious terrorism. Discuss why it arises and whether it is likely to continue in the near future.
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Chapter 7: Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
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Q1) Describe the ideology of the extreme left wing. What are the sources of their ideology? What is their terrorist activity like? How would you describe their international presence?
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes the political environment created by the Red Brigade?
A) widespread urban terrorism led to a 10-year period known as the "Years of Lead"
B) rural insurgency inspired by Ernesto "Che" Guevara's theory of foquismo
C) widespread unrest caused by mass-casualty insurgency and terrorism that eventually ended after a government amnesty, declared when their leader was captured and renounced violence
D) rural terrorism carried out by their death squads
Q3) Compare and contrast the fringe left and the fringe right.
Q4) Briefly discuss the threat from the racist skinhead movement.
Q5) Prior to the end of the Cold War, left-wing terrorism ______.
A) was rare and random
B) occurred frequently in Western democracies
C) occurred frequently in the Soviet Union
D) was primarily religious in nature
Q6) Discuss the significance of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth.
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Chapter 8: Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
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Q1) In the modern era, the international terrorist threat to the global community originated from which of the following?
A) terrorist groups operating domestically, led by domestic radicals
B) support for terrorist movements from rival nations during the 1960s and 1970s
C) nuclear-armed adversaries
D) an international conspiracy among terrorist movements
Q2) Discuss how concepts such as imperialism, neocolonialism, and Zionism are used by extremist to justify international political violence.
Q3) The March 2004 bombings in Madrid are an example of effective terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following propositions best summarizes the attributes of cell-based terrorist environments?
A) Revolutionary movements are independent of government constraints.
B) Several governments support their favored groups.
C) Several governments support their favored groups, but many of these groups are relatively independent.
D) A single state sponsor supports international terrorism.
Q5) In your opinion, what is the future of international terrorism?
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Chapter 9: Emerging Terrorist Environments:
Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident
Terrorism
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Q1) Explain why male members of an enemy group are singled out for violence during periods of conflict.
Q2) The Tri-Border Area of central South America poses a plausible security challenge to the region and possibly the United States because of which of the following?
A) There is weak government control.
B) There is an organized, vibrant criminal economy.
C) Political extremism emanating from the Middle East exists.
D) All of these.
Q3) Describe the political environment caused by the conflict among Mexican drug traffickers.
Q4) Assuming traditional criminal enterprises are willing to traffic in virtually any commodity if the price is right, what is the potential threat to the international community when they interact with revolutionaries and terrorists?
Q5) Briefly explain why the Afghanistan drug trade continued during the NATO and American war against the Taliban.
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Q6) Is it fair to discuss gender-related cultural practices within the contexts of repression and political violence against women?
Chapter 10: Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
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Q1) Threats to cybersecurity include which of the following?
A) cyberterrorism
B) cyberattack
C) cyber sabotage
D) both "cyberterrorism" and "cyberattack"
Q2) The Internet has yet to become an effective mode of communication between terrorists.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Terrorists have been known to "declare victory" using which of the following criteria?
A) acquiring global media and political attention
B) provoking the state to overreact
C) disrupting normal routines of a society
D) all of these
Q4) In your opinion, what is the most likely threat scenario for the use of biological weapons?
Q5) Composite-4 was a terrorist organization in the United Kingdom.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence
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Q1) Common examples of the New Media include which of the following?
A) television news magazines
B) electronic "town hall" meetings
C) political talk radio
D) all of these
Q2) Describe how organizations such as Lebanon's Hezbollah are effective manipulators of media information.
Q3) How focused are extremists on achieving media and political attention from their behavior? Describe potential benefits achieved from such attention.
Q4) Which of the following statements regarding descriptive media language in reporting terrorism is most accurate?
A) Descriptive language often changes over time.
B) Descriptive language has remained largely unchanged for many years.
C) Descriptive language has no relevance for reporting terrorism.
D) Both "descriptive language has remained largely unchanged for many years" and "descriptive language has no relevance for reporting terrorism."
Q5) What factors influence the news triage?
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Q6) Discuss what is meant by "the media as a weapon."
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Chapter 12: The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
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Q1) Assata Shakur and William Morales were leaders of which organizations?
A) Black Liberation Army and FALN
B) Weathermen and Weather Underground Organization
C) Symbionese Liberation Army and New World Liberation Front
D) May 19 Communist Organization and United Freedom Front
Q2) American neo-Nazis have the same political foundation as European fascists.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The modern homeland security environment unfolded very quickly with the implementation of which of the following initiatives?
A) a bombing campaign against Syria
B) formal declaration of war against Al-Qa'ida
C) deportations of Muslim immigrants
D) passage of the USA PATRIOT Act
Q4) The extreme American left grew out of a uniquely American political environment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Environmental terrorism involves destroying forests, crops, and so on.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Counterterrorism: the Options
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Q1) Compare and critique basic problems of relying exclusively on the "hard line" approach toward dealing with terrorism. Also compare and critique problems of relying exclusively on "soft line" approaches.
Q2) Why is the "hard line" counterterrorist approach popular in Russia and the United States? Explain your answer.
Q3) The use of biometric technologies allows federal agencies to store data such as which of the following?
A) iris scans
B) speech verification
C) vascular recognition
D) all of these
Q4) Prior to the domestic attacks of September 11, 2001, federal agencies with law enforcement authority investigated security threats
A) using covert operations.
B) in collaboration with the military and intelligence agencies.
C) efficiently and aggressively.
D) in the same manner as they investigated crimes, by working cases and making arrests.
Q5) Is assassination an acceptable counterterrorist option? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 14: A New Era: Homeland Security
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Q1) The United States passed its first comprehensive counterterrorism legislation during the administration of President
A) Abraham Lincoln.
B) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
C) John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
D) William Jefferson Clinton.
Q2) How are the missions of sector-specific agencies similar? How effective do you think these agencies are in combating terrorism in the United States?
Q3) The Rewards for Justice Program offers money for information on terrorist suspects.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The primary mission of the Department of Agriculture is to A) grow food.
B) ensure a safe, sufficient, and nutritious food supply.
C) feed the nation in the event of a terrorist incident.
D) all of these.
Q5) How effective do you think the private "watchdog" agencies are in monitoring governments?
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Chapter 15: What Next the Future of Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding the modern war on terrorism is most accurate?
A) It is a war against the enemies of peace, freedom, and justice.
B) It is a war against behavior as much as against terrorist groups.
C) Counterterrorist models must be flexible to respond to new terrorist environments.
D) Both "it is a war against behavior as much as against terrorist groups" and "counterterrorist models must be flexible to respond to new terrorist environments."
Q2) The use of covert operations is likely to increase in the near future.
A)True
B)False
Q3) This semester we discussed the similarities in outcomes between the American-led occupation of Iraq and the Soviet war in Afghanistan. In what ways could the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq result in similar terrorist environments and threats as did the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan?
Q4) How will the New Terrorism evolve in the near future?
Q5) In your opinion, which societal responses will prove to be most effective for countering terrorism? Explain your answer.
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