Baylis Exam Questions Humanitarian Interv. Peace Ops Ch.15

Chapter 15

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 01

01) The demand for peacekeeping missions skyrocketed after the end of the cold war.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 02

02) Which major operation(s) or event(s) had the greatest impact on peacekeeping discourse and thought?

a. Somalia

b. Bosnia

c. Rwanda

d. All the options given are correct.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 03

03) According to Sheena Chestnut Greitens in chapter 15 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, the war in Bosnia dragged on during the early 1990s, despite the presence of the large UN peacekeeping force, because the UN refused to use force against Serb spoilers.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 04

04) As of January 2021, approximately how many peacekeepers were deployed on missions?

a. 25,000

b. 85,000

c. 150,000

d. 300,000

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 05

05) Although peacekeeping missions must be approved by the Security Council, they rarely fall victim to great power politics.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 06

06) The _______ refers to the belief that television coverage of human suffering produces a public demand for intervention.

a. tragedy effect

b. CNN effect

c. bodybag effect

d. None of the options given is correct.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 07

07) Peace operations often breach the four main principles of war (clear identification of the objective, unity of effort, massing of forces, and surprise).

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 08

08) Which of the following does Sheena Chestnut Greitens not list as a 'pathology' that may be produced by political concern over public opinion in peace operations in chapter 15 of Strategy in the Contemporary World?

a. Strategic compression of the battlefield

b. Operational focus on force protection

c. Failure to recognize sunk costs

d. Over-reliance on air power

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 09

09) Which of the following cases marked the first time the UN authorized the use of force to protect civilians against the wishes of a functional ‘host’ state?

a. Libya, 2011

b. Sierra Leone, 1999

c. Rwanda, 1994

d. Bosnia, 1995

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 - Question 10

10) Which of the following problems may hinder the ability of the UN Security Council to respond to a humanitarian crisis in a timely and effective manner?

a. The 'logrolling problem’

b. The 'posturing problem’

c. The ‘veto problem’

d. All the given answers are correct.