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Counterterrorism MCQ

_____ is defined as a policy that prohibited communication between the FBI and CIA in regard to national security and terrorism.

All of these

Wall (the)

Gerstein hearing

Modified reasonable suspicion

Answer

Correct Answer: Wall (the)

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_____ is congressional act passed in October 2001 that provides procedures to combat terrorism.

Showups

None of these

Anonymous tip

USA PATRIOT Act

Answer

Correct Answer: USA PATRIOT Act

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Is trap-and-trace device a device that records the numbers of calls coming in to a telephone?

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as system administered by the FBI that is used by federal agencies and by the airlines to detect and to monitor individuals suspected of varying degrees of involvement with terrorism.

Terrorist Screening Database

Illinois v. Gates

All of these

Draper v. United States

Answer

Correct Answer: Terrorist Screening Database

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_____ is defined as permits the U.S. government to intervene in any civil case and to ask the judge to prevent the presentation of evidence that would damage the security of the United States.

State secrets doctrine

Restoration

None of these

Restitution

Answer

Correct Answer: State secrets doctrine

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_____ is a search that is not disclosed to the subject of the search.

Sneak-and-peek search

The bailiff

A probation officer

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Sneak-and-peek search

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Is roving wiretap electronic surveillance authorized for any device used by the target of the investigation?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as device that records the numbers of outgoing calls from an individual telephone.

Two

Pen register

One

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Pen register

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_____ is defined as letter issued by the attorney general of the United States requesting information relevant to an investigation of terrorism or secret foreign intelligence activities.

A spouse

National security letter (NSL)

All of these

A son/daughter

Answer

Correct Answer: National security letter (NSL)

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_____ is congressional act establishing military commissions that are provided with jurisdiction over any alien unlawful combatant who has engaged in hostilities or has intentionally and materially supported hostilities against the United States.

The bailiff

Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA)

Peremptory challenge

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA)

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Is military commissions tribunals composed of military officers that are convened to prosecute noncitizen, unlawful combatants accused of terrorism?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as warrant allowing the government to arrest a witness whose testimony is material to a case and who may flee in order to avoid testifying.

Material witness warrant

None of these

Huffman v. County of Los Angeles

Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents

Answer

Correct Answer: Material witness warrant

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_____ is defined as special court that issues warrants for electronic surveillance and physical searches to investigate issues involving national security and terrorism.

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)

Cars

Papers

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)

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_____ is Congressional act that establishes procedures for national security electronic surveillance and searches.

Anonymous tip

Showups

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

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Is extraordinary rendition the extra-legal transfer of a detainee from one country to another, typically for the purposes of enhanced interrogation?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as an individual who, if captured in battle by U.S. military forces, does not qualify as a prisoner of war.

Police interrogation

All of these

Self-incrimination

Enemy combatant

Answer

Correct Answer: Enemy combatant

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_____ is defined as congressional act that provides that no person in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense shall be subjected to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.

Efficient

None of these

Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA)

The best

Answer

Correct Answer: Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA)

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_____ is a group of three neutral commissioned officers of the U.S. armed forces who are appointed by the secretary of defense of the United States to determine whether a detainee is an unlawful combatant.

Lineups

Combatant status review tribunal (CSRT)

All of these

Silver platter doctrine

Answer

Correct Answer: Combatant status review tribunal (CSRT)

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Is authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) congressional authorization for the use of force?

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as military officers who review decisions of combat status review tribunals.

None of these

Administrative review board

Observation doctrine

Statements

Answer

Correct Answer: Administrative review board

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Which U.S. president signed an executive order to close the prison in Guantánamo Bay?

Carter

Clinton

Bush (43)

Obama

Answer

Correct Answer: Obama

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Which of the following permits electronic surveillance of all electronic devices used by a suspect without the need to obtain separate warrants for each?

Pen registers

Trap-and-trace devices

NSLs

Roving wiretaps

Answer

Correct Answer: Roving wiretaps

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Which of the following is used to record the numbers dialed from a phone?

Pen registers

Trap-and-trace devices

NSLs

Roving wiretaps

Answer

Correct Answer: Pen registers

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What level of proof is required to obtain an FISA warrant?

Probable cause

“less demanding” probable cause

“more demanding” probable cause

Modified probable cause

Answer

Correct Answer: “less demanding” probable cause

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Which act established the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court?

The PATRIOT Act

The Halsted Act

FISA

FISC

Answer

Correct Answer: FISA

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Internet Service Provides may voluntarily disclose stored electronic communications in an emergency situation involving the risk of danger or death or the immediate risk of serious physical harm.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Detainees at Guantanamo have been granted the right of habeas corpus.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, President Bush ordered that all unlawful enemy combatants were to be held indefinitely and without trial.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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If an individual is suspected of terrorism or supporting terrorism, the attorney–client privilege no longer applies.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The practice of using material witness warrants was established by the PATRIOT Act in 2001.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The FBI is authorized to detain the subject of a national security letter to prevent the subject from discussing the investigation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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One justification of sneak-and-peek searches is that officials minimize intrusiveness out of a desire to keep their presence undetected.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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FISA authorized the surveillance of individuals engaged in acts of terrorism who are not affiliated with an international terrorist organization, or so-called lone wolves.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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FISA warrants are necessary for electronic surveillance directed against foreign threats to national security and international terrorism.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The USA PATRIOT Act was passed to replace the FISA Act.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Counterterrorism MCQ

_____ is defined as a policy that prohibited communication between the FBI and CIA in regard to national security and terrorism.

_____ is congressional act passed in October 2001 that provides procedures to combat terrorism.

Is trap-and-trace device a device that records the numbers of calls coming in to a telephone?

_____ is known as system administered by the FBI that is used by federal agencies and by the airlines to detect and to monitor individuals suspected of varying degrees of involvement with terrorism.

_____ is defined as permits the U.S. government to intervene in any civil case and to ask the judge to prevent the presentation of evidence that would damage the security of the United States.

_____ is a search that is not disclosed to the subject of the search.

Is roving wiretap electronic surveillance authorized for any device used by the target of the investigation?

_____ is known as device that records the numbers of outgoing calls from an individual telephone.

_____ is defined as letter issued by the attorney gen­eral of the United States requesting information relevant to an inves­tigation of terrorism or secret foreign intelligence activities.

_____ is congressional act establishing military commissions that are provided with jurisdiction over any alien unlawful combatant who has engaged in hostilities or has intentionally and materially supported hostilities against the United States.

Is military commissions tribunals composed of military officers that are convened to prosecute noncitizen, unlawful combatants accused of terrorism?

_____ is known as warrant allowing the government to arrest a witness whose testimony is material to a case and who may flee in order to avoid testifying.

_____ is defined as special court that issues warrants for electronic surveillance and physical searches to investigate issues involving national security and terrorism.

_____ is Congressio­nal act that establishes procedures for national security electronic surveillance and searches.

Is extraordinary rendition the extra-legal transfer of a detainee from one country to another, typically for the purposes of enhanced interrogation?

_____ is known as an individual who, if captured in battle by U.S. military forces, does not qualify as a prisoner of war.

_____ is defined as congressional act that provides that no person in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense shall be subjected to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.

_____ is a group of three neutral commissioned officers of the U.S. armed forces who are appointed by the secretary of defense of the United States to deter­mine whether a detainee is an unlawful combatant.

Is authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) congressional authorization for the use of force?

_____ is known as military officers who review decisions of combat status review tribunals.

Which U.S. president signed an executive order to close the prison in Guantánamo Bay?

Which of the following permits electronic surveillance of all electronic devices used by a suspect without the need to obtain separate warrants for each?

Which of the following is used to record the numbers dialed from a phone?

What level of proof is required to obtain an FISA warrant?

Which act established the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court?

Internet Service Provides may voluntarily disclose stored electronic communications in an emergency situation involving the risk of danger or death or the immediate risk of serious physical harm.

Detainees at Guantanamo have been granted the right of habeas corpus.

Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, President Bush ordered that all unlawful enemy combatants were to be held indefinitely and without trial.

If an individual is suspected of terrorism or supporting terrorism, the attorney–client privilege no longer applies.

The practice of using material witness warrants was established by the PATRIOT Act in 2001.

The FBI is authorized to detain the subject of a national security letter to prevent the subject from discussing the investigation.

One justification of sneak-and-peek searches is that officials minimize intrusiveness out of a desire to keep their presence undetected.

FISA authorized the surveillance of individuals engaged in acts of terrorism who are not affiliated with an international terrorist organization, or so-called lone wolves.

FISA warrants are necessary for electronic surveillance directed against foreign threats to national security and international terrorism.

The USA PATRIOT Act was passed to replace the FISA Act.

_____ is defined as letter issued by the attorney general of the United States requesting information relevant to an investigation of terrorism or secret foreign intelligence activities.

_____ is Congressional act that establishes procedures for national security electronic surveillance and searches.

_____ is a group of three neutral commissioned officers of the U.S. armed forces who are appointed by the secretary of defense of the United States to determine whether a detainee is an unlawful combatant.