Chapter 3: The Legal Foundations of Homeland Security

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. One of the biggest challenges for domestic lawmakers in the United States is balancing the need to pass strong antiterrorism laws with protecting ______.

A. the environment

B. constitutional rights

C. cyberspace

D. Congress

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Domestic Law and Policy Challenges

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The main goal of most groups who commit international acts of terrorism is to bring the attention of the world to ______.

A. an otherwise domestic conflict

B. the issue of climate change

C. the risks of cyberattacks

D. the benefits of diplomacy

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Reasons for International Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Why would a government sponsor the acts of a terrorist group?

A. Authorizing such acts could win the favor of the United Nations.

B. Condoning such acts enhances diplomacy with direct adversaries.

C. Imposing penalties on such acts would not result in international support.

D. Condemning such acts is often logistically, politically, or militarily infeasible.

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Reasons for State Sponsorship of International Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Which document identifies state sponsors of terrorism and foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)?

A. Annual FOIA Report

B. Special 301 Report

C. Country Reports on Terrorism

D. Annual FSTR Fact Sheet

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Legitimizing Antiterrorist Legal Authority: Classifying State Sponsors and Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. If a nation is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, established sanctions include a ban on arms-related trade, restrictions on the purchase of items that could be used for military purposes, as well as ______.

A. economic sanctions

B. retaliatory actions

C. preemptive military strikes

D. diplomatic immunity

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Legal Sanctions Against State Sponsors of Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. In order to be designated as an FTO, a group must be a foreign organization, engage in specifically defined terrorist activity, and participate in conduct that threatens the ______.

A. diplomatic traditions of the United Nations or World Health Organization

B. national defense, foreign relations, or economic interests of the United States

C. economies or infrastructure of European Union members

D. national security or military stability of their home country

Learning Objective: 3-3: Evaluate legal issues related to homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. What are multinational agreements between partner countries known as?

A. continental contracts

B. regional treaties

C. diplomatic memoranda

D. international conventions

Learning Objective: 3-1: Evaluate legal issues related to homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Global Response: International Law and Counterterrorist Cooperation by the World Community

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The Tokyo Convention of 1963, the Hague Convention of 1970, and the Montreal Convention of 1971 are all examples of treaties with provisions to specifically address ______.

A. IEDs

B. hijackings

C. assault weapons

D. gasoline bombs

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: International Conventions on Hijacking Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. What do extradition treaties do?

A. require parties to bind over terrorist suspects at the request of fellow signatories

B. allow terrorist suspects to petition courts for their release

C. allow the leader of a nation to pardon a terrorist suspect

D. require suspects to be put on trial in the country where they were captured

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Extradition Treaties

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. What is the name of the judicial arm of the United Nations?

A. The Supreme International Court

B. The United Court of Law

C. The International Court of Justice

D. The World Tribunal

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: International Courts and Tribunals

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. President Clinton signed the ______ into law, which contained multiple provisions to prevent, detect, and punish acts of terrorism.

A. USA PATRIOT Act

B. Department of Homeland Security Act

C. USA FREEDOM Act

D. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Which post-9/11 law greatly enhanced government surveillance, required banks to identify sources of certain monies, and allowed for greater detention and deportation of immigrants?

A. USA PATRIOT Act

B. Department of Homeland Security Act

C. USA FREEDOM Act

D. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Which piece of legislation created a large, cabinet-level department dedicated to protect the United States from terrorist attacks?

A. USA PATRIOT Act

B. Department of Homeland Security Act

C. USA FREEDOM Act

D. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Department of Homeland Security Act of 2002

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. In 2015, the USA PATRIOT Act was superseded with modifications by ______.

A. USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act

B. Department of Homeland Security Act

C. USA FREEDOM Act

D. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Legislation that was designed to combat terrorism has resulted in greater power for executive and administrative agencies; in response, powers have been given to the legislature by ______.

A. including sunset provisions and reauthorization procedures in federal laws

B. banning the power of the veto for any homeland security legislation

C. creating cohorts that will establish a two-third override of any vetoes

D. packing Congress with even numbers of Democrat and Republicans

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. U.S. citizens who are not in the military must be tried in the ______ court system.

A. military

B. criminal

C. civil

D. international

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. What was the name of the treaty that “sought to define attacks against internationally protected persons as common crimes, regardless of motives?”

A. The Multinational Convention Act to Prevent Terrorism Against Diplomats

B. The European Convention to Penalize International Aggression and Terrorism

C. Convention to Prevent and Punish Acts of Terrorism Taking the Form of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion

D. The Transnational Peacekeeping and Anti-terrorism Enhancement Treaty

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Protecting Diplomats

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. The modern era of international terrorism first emerged as a considerable security challenge during the ______ and ______.

A. 1900s; 1910s

B. 1990s; 2000s

C. 1940s; 1950s

D. 1960s; 1970s

Learning Objective: 3-3: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Historical Context: The Global Threat From International Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Two terrorist groups who have strategically used social networking and the Internet to promote their message and recruit members are al-Qaeda and ______.

A. ISIS

B. Abdallah Azzam Brigades

C. Ansar al-Islam

D. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Historical Context: The Global Threat From International Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. International conventions and treaties do not have the force of law in the United States until ______.

A. Congress passes enabling legislation

B. the Supreme Court approves of the treaty

C. citizens vote to approve the treaty in a nationwide referendum

D. approval of the treaty by all members of the United Nations

Learning Objective: 3-1: Evaluate legal issues related to homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Global Response: International Law and Counterterrorist Cooperation by the World Community

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Several international mechanisms exist to enforce international laws.

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: International Law and Policy Challenges

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. International terrorists condemn act such as hijackings, bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and extortion.

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Reasons for International Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The term “state sponsors of terrorism” refers to governments that support terrorist activity.

Learning Objective: 3-3: Explain the impact of international counterterrorist legal precedent.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Legitimizing Antiterrorist Legal Authority: Classifying State Sponsors and Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. There are several provisions in international treaties that protect diplomats.

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Protecting Diplomats

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 was identical to the original USA PATRIOT Act.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Passage of federal anti-terrorism laws over the past 25 years have led to an increase in executive power.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The Supreme Court has not made any rulings that serve to “check” the increased power of the executive branch since 9/11.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. The Supreme Court ruled that a military tribunal system created in Guantánamo, Cuba, was unconstitutional because it was established without approval by Congress.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Federal courts in the United States have no authority to determine whether foreign terrorism suspects detained in Guantánamo, Cuba, are wrongfully imprisoned.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The main concern of those who criticize strong homeland security legislation is that these laws violate civil liberties.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Is the USA PATRIOT Act a necessary law? Explain your answer.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Briefly explain why the USA PATRIOT Act is subject to periodic reauthorization.

Learning Objective: 3-4: Discuss the statutory foundations of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Is international law enforceable? Why or why not?

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: International Law and Policy Challenges

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Discuss the historical context and reasons for the development of anti-terrorist laws and conventions.

Learning Objective: 3-1: Evaluate legal issues related to homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Background: Legal Precedent and Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Are extra-legal counterterrorist options sometimes justifiable? Why or why not?

Learning Objective: 3-2: Analyze the impact of terrorist environments on the types of legal responses enacted.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Domestic and International Law: Policy Challenges

Difficulty Level: Hard