Understanding Terrorism Quiz # 14

Peace Processes are Ongoing processes of negotiations between warring parties with the goal of addressing their underlying grievances and ending armed conflict.

True

False

Police Border Guards is An elite Israeli paramilitary force that is frequently deployed as a counterterrorist force. Known as the Green Police

True

False

Preemptive Strikes are Counterterrorist measures that proactively seek out and attack terrorist centers prior to a terrorist incident.

True

False

Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents is A multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations in 1973.

True

False

Punitive Strikes are Counterterrorist measures that seek out and attack terrorist centers to damage the terrorist organization. Frequently conducted as retribution for a terrorist incident.

True

False

RAPAS are trained to operate in desert, urban, and tropical environments.

True

False

Repentance Laws are An offer of qualified amnesty by the Italian government to Red Brigade members, requiring them to demonstrate repentance for their crimes.

True

False

Repressive Responses are Counterterrorist measures that seek to resolve terrorist crises by disrupting or destroying terrorist groups and movements. These responses include military and nonmilitary options.

True

False

Royal Marine Commandos are British rapid-reaction troops that deploy in larger numbers than the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service.

True

False

Sayaret have been attached to General Headquarters (Sayaret Matkal) and the Golani Brigade.

True

False

Sayaret Matkal is An elite reconnaissance unit within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), attached to the IDF General Headquarters.

True

False

Similar to the British Special Boat Service and French Navy Special Assault Units, the U.S. Navy SEALs’ primary mission is to conduct seaborne, riverine, and harbor operations

True

False

Signal Intelligence is Intelligence that has been collected by technological resources. Also referred to as SIGINT.

True

False

Sky Marshals are Armed law enforcement officers stationed aboard aircraft.

True

False

Social Reform are Conciliatory counterterrorist measures that seek to resolve terrorist crises by resolving political and social problems that are the focus of the terrorists’ grievances.

True

False

Special Air Service (SAS) is A secretive organization in the British army that has been used repeatedly in counterterrorist operations.

True

False

The SBS specializes in operations against seaborne targets and along coastlines and harbors

True

False

Special Operations Command is The general headquarters for U.S. Special Operations Forces.

True

False

Special Operations Forces are Elite military and paramilitary units deployed by many armed forces. They are highly trained and are capable of operating in large or small formations, both overtly and covertly.

True

False

Suppression Campaigns are Counterterrorist measures that seek to resolve terrorist crises by waging an ongoing campaign to destroy the terrorists’ capacity to strike.

True

False

Terrorist Profiles are Descriptive profiles of terrorist suspects developed by law enforcement agencies to assist in the apprehension of terrorist suspects. Similar to criminal profiling.

True

False

Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft is A treaty enacted in 1963 as the first airline crimes treaty.

True

False

YAMAM is One of two operational subgroups deployed by Israel’s Police Border Guards (the other subgroup is YAMAS). It engages in counterterrorist and hostage rescue operations.

True

False

YAMAS is One of two operational subgroups deployed by Israel’s Police Border Guards (the other subgroup is YAMAM). It is a covert unit that has been used to neutralize terrorist cells in conjunction with covert Israel Defense Forces operatives.

True

False

Anarchism is a political ideology developed during the _____ century that championed the working class and opposed central control by governments.

17th

18th

19th

20th

Ausländer literally means “_____ ” in German.

Old

New

Foreigner

Resident

Bourgeoisie is a term frequently used by Marxists to describe the _____ class.

Upper

Middle

Lower

All of these

Cadre Group refers to _____ indoctrinated and motivated activists. Frequently the core of a revolutionary movement.

Politically

Religiously

Socially

All of these

Classical ideological Continuum is a symbolic political designation derived from the _____ Revolution. The concepts of left, center, and right have become part of modern political culture.

French

Roman

Russian

Spanish

Conservatism is a political ideology that seeks to preserve _____ values.

Political

Religious

Traditional

All of these