Terrorism and Homeland Security Exam
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Course Introduction
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the complex relationship between terrorism and homeland security, examining the origins, motivations, and tactics of terrorist groups both domestically and internationally. Students will analyze governmental responses, counterterrorism strategies, legal frameworks, and the roles of intelligence and law enforcement agencies in safeguarding national security. Emphasis is placed on understanding the dynamic nature of terrorist threats, the challenges in balancing civil liberties with security measures, and the evolution of policies addressing threats to critical infrastructure and public safety.
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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) Political violence is conceptually ______.
A) always mala prohibita behavior
B) always mala in se behavior
C) arguably either mala prohibita or mala in se, depending on the circumstances
D) impossible to categorize
Answer: C
Q2) Which terrorist movement was formed in the 19th century by young Russian students?
A) People's Will
B) the Luddites
C) the sicarii
D) none of these
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following statements about the ancient world is most accurate?
A) Terrorism, as we know it, did not exist.
B) Extremism, as we know it, did not exist.
C) Stories of state repression and political violence were common.
D) Both "terrorism, as we know it, did not exist" and "extremism, as we know it, did not exist."
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
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Q1) The statement "it became necessary to destroy the town to save it" ______.
A) represents an explanation for how violent extremists justify their violent actions
B) was a rallying slogan used to explain the U.S. war in Vietnam
C) neither "represents an explanation for how violent extremists justify their violent actions" nor "was a rallying slogan used to explain the U.S. war in Vietnam"
D) both "represents an explanation for how violent extremists justify their violent actions" and "was a rallying slogan used to explain the U.S. war in Vietnam"
Answer: A
Q2) All terrorists are extremists.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Scholars and political leaders have established a single and clear definition of terrorism.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Beginnings: the Causes of Terrorism
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Q1) During Bloody Sunday, several airliners were hijacked.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) 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
Q3) Bloody Sunday and Black September represent case studies for which of the following concepts?
A) traumatic events in the history of a people that led to long-term terrorist environments
B) victories for people rising up against oppressors
C) victories for governments in their suppression of terrorist extremists
D) none of these
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
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Q1) Genocidal repression by governments is universally condemned. Nevertheless, international responses are often slow at best. Why? What factors enter into the calculation to intervene or condemn such behavior?
Q2) Among the degrees of state violence, which of the following involves the elimination of a scapegoat group?
A) assassinations
B) torture
C) genocide
D) none of these
Q3) Discuss why some governments engage in social and ethnic cleansing. What is the purpose of such campaigns?
Q4) Are authoritarian measures sometimes justifiable and necessary?
Q5) Compare and contrast the Anfal Campaign in Iraq and the behavior of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Discuss the selection of their victims and reasons, including why these victims were targeted. Discuss lessons from these cases on how and why state-sponsored genocide occurs.
Q6) Briefly describe the purpose of "blacklisting" and other authoritarian measures during Red Scares in the United States.
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Chapter 5: Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
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Q1) Which of the following statements is most accurate?
A) Cell-based organizational arrangements among violent extremists proliferated in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
B) Paramilitary organizational arrangements among violent extremists proliferated with the breakdown of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and elsewhere.
C) Most violent extremists engage in lone-wolf attacks.
D) Both "cell-based organizational arrangements among violent extremists proliferated in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks" and "paramilitary organizational arrangements among violent extremists proliferated with the breakdown of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and elsewhere."
Q2) Terrorists and other violent dissidents have a faith in victory that is often unrealistic. A)True
B)False
Q3) The PLO was ultimately defeated by Israel.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly discuss the motivations behind "lone-wolf" acts of political violence.
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Chapter 6: Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following statements most accurately explains why "Holocaust denial" persists?
A) Many other nations and people have suffered, so it is not more important than other incidents.
B) This sort of denial is common practice, and so should be expected.
C) It is motivated by anti-Semitism and revisionist history by racial and religious extremists.
D) Both "many other nations and people have suffered, so it is not more important than other incidents" and "this sort of denial is common practice, and so should be expected."
Q2) Why were the <i>Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion</i> written? Who wrote it? Who believes in it in the modern era?
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding jihad is most accurate?
A) Jihad is an ideology of world domination.
B) The greater jihad refers to the struggle each person has within themselves to do what is right.
C) Jihad and the Christian Crusades represent identical concepts.
D) None of these.
Q4) Briefly discuss the threat from apocalyptic cults such as Aum Shinriky .
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Chapter 7: Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
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Q1) The New Terrorism is clearly explained by the classical ideological continuum. A)True
B)False
Q2) 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?
Q3) Briefly discuss the threat from the racist skinhead movement.
Q4) One of the central premises of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth was that oppressed people should ______.
A) cast away their sense of inferiority by engaging in revolutionary violence
B) adapt to their circumstances and work within the system for justice and reform
C) forge alliances with other oppressed people to discuss ways to bring their plight to the attention of the world
D) accept their circumstances and look forward to a better future
Q5) What was the general profile of European left-wing terrorism in the latter quarter of the 20th century?
Q6) Briefly discuss the terrorist environment created by Peru's Shining Path.
Q7) Briefly discuss the terrorist environment created by Italy's Red Brigade.
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Chapter 8: Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
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Q1) How do "sleeper cells" manage to remain viable?
Q2) Terrorists engage in international terrorism because it is likely to receive wide publicity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) In your opinion, are the "stateless revolutionaries" a viable phenomenon in the long term? Explain your answer.
Q5) What policy lessons are found in jihadist attacks in Europe? What do these cases portend for the concepts of revolutionary solidarity, the spillover effect, and sleeper cells?
Q6) How has the concept of an international profile greatly expanded the number of potential targets in the modern era?
Q7) Briefly explain the tactical reasons for international terrorism.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Terrorist Environments:
Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident
Terrorism
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Q1) Narco-terrorism occurs when governments leave criminal enterprises alone. A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the perception of criminal dissident political violence?
A) There is a long history of designing policies to combat criminal dissident political violence.
B) Analysts have historically studied and evaluated the characteristics of criminal dissident political violence.
C) The designation of criminal dissident political violence as a distinct variety of terrorism is a controversial proposition.
D) Both "there is a long history of designing policies to combat criminal dissident political violence" and "analysts have historically studied and evaluated the characteristics of criminal dissident political violence."
Q3) Briefly discuss why traditional criminal enterprises engage in narco-terrorism or other forms of violence against the state or other public interests.
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Chapter 10: Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
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Q1) The King David Hotel bombing arguably led to events that
A) ended British occupation of Palestine.
B) ended Spain's involvement in the Iraq war.
C) ended the U.S. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
D) none of these.
Q2) In your opinion, what is the most likely threat scenario for the use of chemical weapons?
Q3) Explain the symbolic selection of targets by terrorists. Describe symbols which are most favored by terrorists.
Q4) The netwar theory is an important concept in the new terrorist environment because it refers to which of the following?
A) new and evolving modes of cyber warfare
B) addressing the threat of unprecedented levels of cyberterrorism
C) a new mode of conflict using network forms of organization and related strategies and technologies attuned to the information age
D) both "new and evolving modes of cyber warfare" and "addressing the threat of unprecedented levels of cyberterrorism"
Q5) What is the threat from cyberterrorism? How can nations defend themselves?
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Chapter 11: The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence
and the Role of the Media
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Q1) The "news triage" refers to ______.
A) the triangle effect in reporting the news
B) the three-pronged attempt to promote truth, information, and substance
C) the decision by media outlets on which events to report, and how to report selected events
D) both "the triangle effect in reporting the news" and "the three-pronged attempt to promote truth, information, and substance"
Q2) Discuss the implications of the rise of independent non-Western news outlets such as Al Jazeera.
Q3) Why are the use of euphemistic language and labeling important facets in the reporting of terrorist incidents?
Q4) Descriptive language in reporting terrorism has remained largely unchanged.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How successful was the United States in winning the war for the "information high ground" in the years following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks? Explain your answer.
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Q6) Discuss what is meant by "the media as a weapon."
Q7) What factors influence the news triage?
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Chapter 12: The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
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Q1) Discuss the effect of conspiracy theories on perpetuating far- and fringe-right-wing movements. Why do conspiracy theories persist?
Q2) In your opinion, why were extremist elements of the New Left able to construct a fairly viable underground movement? Why did this underground not involve itself in the same scale of terrorist violence that emerged at the same time among leftists in Germany and Italy? Explain your answer.
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 Ku Klux Klan has passed through five eras of development.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How pronounced has the "spillover effect" been in the United States?
Q6) Discuss how lynching represented communal terrorism in the United States.
Q7) Discuss the implications of the militia phenomenon in the United States.
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Chapter 13: Counterterrorism: the Options
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Q1) Is assassination an acceptable counterterrorist option? Explain your answer.
Q2) Compare and contrast military and paramilitary counterterrorist options. In your opinion, is one more preferable than the other?
Q3) "Enhanced security" includes which of the following?
A) security barriers
B) target hardening
C) computer firewalls
D) all of these
Q4) Conciliatory domestic policy options include which of the following?
A) surrender
B) negotiation
C) military options
D) all of these
Q5) Extradition treaties
A) are binding on the entire international community.
B) require signatory parties to bind over terrorist suspects at the request of fellow signatories.
C) serve as international crimes codes.
D) all of these.
Q6) What lessons are to be learned from the example of Force 777?
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Chapter 14: A New Era: Homeland Security
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Q1) How are the missions of sector-specific agencies similar? How effective do you think these agencies are in combating terrorism in the United States?
Q2) Terrorist profiling poses which of the following challenges to the protection of civil liberties?
A) legal protections should be enforced for suspects
B) illicit kidnappings and detentions violate local and international laws
C) high potential for racial profiling
D) torture, however defined, is fundamentally immoral
Q3) Which of the following statements is most accurate concerning civil liberties and homeland security policy?
A) To achieve security, government responses must be proportional to the perceived threat and measured in how they are implemented.
B) Civil liberties must "take a back seat" to homeland security policy.
C) The U.S. Constitution requires the federal government to publicize the impact of homeland security policy on civil liberties.
D) None of these.
Q4) Why has the United States experienced interagency rivalries and tensions? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 15: What Next the Future of Terrorism
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Q1) Violence from international sources against the United States will continue to come from which of the following?
A) the Provisional Irish Republican Army
B) the Jewish Defense League
C) Omega 7
D) religious extremists from Middle Eastern spillovers
Q2) In your opinion, how can the international community collectively respond to new and emerging terrorist threats?
Q3) Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding projecting the future of terrorism?
A) It is often an imprecise and speculative exercise.
B) Accurate threat prediction can be accomplished with the proper application of technological innovations.
C) Experts are very adept at projecting accurate threat scenarios.
D) Both "accurate threat prediction can be accomplished with the proper application of technological innovations" and "experts are very adept at projecting accurate threat scenarios."
Q4) How prevalent should surveillance technology be? Why?
Q5) How likely is it that the "old terrorism" will be revived?
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