Ch14 | Test Questions & Answers – Conventional Power And

Chapter 14

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 01

01) In chapter 14 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, John Ferris divides conventional military powers into the following five groups:

a. Advanced states, developing states, failed states, great powers, and China.

b. The United States, advanced states, China, developing powers, and weak states.

c. Democracies, authoritarian states, wealthy states, poor states, and the United States.

d. Industrialized states, semi-industrialized states, less developed countries, failed states, and China.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 02

02) While some 'developing powers' have strong conventional forces at home, none are capable of large-scale power projection far from their borders.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 03

03) Since 1945, major states have rarely used conventional force against each other or against weaker states.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 04

04) In chapter 14 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, John Ferris argues that the 'new American way of war' has eliminated most of the US military's weaknesses and that it provides a new model for all powers. Thus, weak states and European countries will inevitably, and ultimately successfully, follow the US model.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 05

05) After 1990, inspired by ideas of a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), advanced forces fused together which of the following?

a. Precision guided munitions (PGMs), information technology, and coordination with the diplomatic corps

b. Information technology; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR); and coordination with the diplomatic corps

c. Precision guided munitions (PGMs); information technology; and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR)

d. Precision guided munitions (PGMs); coordination with the diplomatic corps; and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR)

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 06

06) Which of the following states possesses the ability to deploy overseas and support over 100,000 expeditionary troops?

a. The United States

b. France

c. Britain

d. All of the options given are correct.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 07

07) In chapter 14 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, John Ferris contends that China has developed a blue water navy and, as of 2021, has the capacity to overcome US efforts to use sea and air power to pin China on its coast.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 08

08) India and Pakistan are matched about evenly in conventional military terms, possessing roughly similar numbers of infantry, tanks, and aircraft.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 09

09) It is getting more and more difficult to sustain significant conventional power due to its increasing cost.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 - Question 10

10) Which word best describes the Middle East?

a. Stalemate

b. Stable

c. Irrelevant

d. Vacuum