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