Chapter 5: Agencies and Missions: Homeland Security at the Federal Level

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The U.S. government completely revamped domestic homeland security after which event?

A. Jade Helm 15

B. September 11, 2001

C. USS Cole Bombing

D. Alabama Army of God Bombing

Learning Objective: 5-1: Compare and contrast the difference between federal bureaucracy prior to and after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Scope of the Homeland Security Bureaucracy

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Max Weber invented ______ term to describe operational arrangements for government functions.

A. bureaucracy

B. subsidy

C. faction

D. monopoly

Learning Objective: 5-1: Compare and contrast the difference between federal bureaucracy prior to and after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conceptual Background: The Bureaucratic Context

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following federal law enforcement agencies enforce federal criminal laws?

A. the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Energy

B. the Department of Defense and the Department of the Treasury

C. the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Agency

D. the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service

Learning Objective: 5-2: Evaluate the roles of law enforcement and service agencies and underlying interagency challenges.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Prior to September 11, 2001, homeland security was the responsibility of federal agencies that could best be described as ______.

A. purely independent agencies with no parent organization

B. subsidiaries of the Department of Justice with no domestic enforcement authority

C. emergency management agencies with no other function

D. lacking central coordination and having overlapping functions

Learning Objective: 5-1: Compare and contrast the difference between federal bureaucracy prior to and after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Services Agencies

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The National Strategy for Homeland Security was a 2002 publication that ______.

A. abolished Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) and all other immigration agencies

B. outlined the plan for cooperation between the federal government and other entities in anticipating future terrorist attacks

C. established a new rule that all terrorism strategies should come from the President of the United States

D. created the Coast Guard in order to establish a system of protection along our borders

Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe the post-9/11 bureaucratic transformation and the dawn of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A New Culture: The Dawn of Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. The Bush administration combined the homeland security duties of several federal agencies in order to ______.

A. coordinate operations and end overlapping duties

B. transfer all power to the president of the United States

C. combine the FBI and CIA so they would be more effective

D. give Congress more authority in the face of terrorist threats

Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe the post-9/11 bureaucratic transformation and the dawn of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A New Culture: The Dawn of Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. After the September 11th attacks, federal agencies were reorganized so that the Coast Guard and Customs agencies had new directorates and duties. Which one of the Department of Homeland Security’s five core missions best reflects the new focus of these two agencies?

A. prevent terrorism and enhance security

B. secure and manage our borders

C. safeguard and secure cyberspace

D. ensure resilience to disasters

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Department of Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. The Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established in response to ______.

A. concerns by Americans that the DHS might violate citizens’ constitutional rights

B. complaints by Congress that it needed to pass quicker emergency responses to threats

C. attempts by the executive branch to improve the quality of citizenship services

D. discussions by the cabinet-level officials regarding quicker disaster recovery measures

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Office of the Secretary

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Which one of the Department of Homeland Security Administrative Center agencies carries out one of its main duties at our nation’s airports?

A. United States Coast Guard

B. Science and Technology Directorate

C. Office of Intelligence and Analysis

D. Transportation Security Administration

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Department of Homeland Security Administrative Centers

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Which Department of Homeland Security Administrative Center agency is responsible for protecting the U.S. President and the U.S. financial infrastructure?

A. National Protection and Programs Directorate

B. Management Directorate

C. Secret Service

D. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Department of Homeland Security Administrative Centers

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Customs and Border Protection, Citizenship and Immigration Services, and ______ are responsible for addressing immigration concerns within the Department of Homeland Security.

A. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

B. Department of Transportation

C. Department of Defense

D. Department of the Interior

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Department of Homeland Security Administrative Centers

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Which organization would be tasked with responding to a Category 5 hurricane in the United States?

A. United States Customs and Border Protection

B. Federal Emergency Management Agency

C. Office of Operations Coordination

D. Environmental Protection Agency

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Department of Homeland Security Administrative Centers

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. ______ agencies are assigned to homeland security missions that protect critical infrastructure in the United States from terrorist attacks.

A. Primary

B. Emergency

C. Sector-specific

D. External

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Homeland Security Missions of Other Federal Agencies

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Which sector-specific agency would assist the Coast Guard during a mission that includes handling oil and other hazardous materials?

A. the Environmental Protection Agency

B. Department of Health and Human Services

C. Department of Energy

D. Federal Emergency Management Agency

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Homeland Security Missions of Other Federal Agencies

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Which federal agency outside of the Department of Homeland Security would be responsible for protecting the Statue of Liberty?

A. Environmental Protection Agency

B. Department of the Interior

C. Coast Guard

D. Department of Defense

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Homeland Security Missions of Other Federal Agencies

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which of the following is a homeland security role of the Department of Defense (DOD)?

A. prevent acts of terrorism inside the borders of the United States

B. prepare military forces to be deployed to foreign lands

C. conduct surveillance in countries considered terrorist hot spots

D. analyze threats to our infrastructure from external aggression

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of the Military

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. Although the Posse Comitatus Act limits the federal government’s authority to use the military to enforce domestic policies, which two branches of the armed services can be deployed to domestically restore law and order?

A. Marines and Navy

B. Coast Guard and National Guard

C. Air Force and Army

D. Marines and Air Force

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case in Point: The Posse Comitatus Act

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Which two groups comprised the insurgency in Iraq that developed after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein?

A. foreign soldiers and government institutions

B. police officers and election workers

C. interpreters and clergy

D. Hussein loyalists and non-Iraqi Islamist fighter

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Defending the United States against threats of terrorism requires the coordination of the military, law enforcement, intelligence assets, and ______.

A. fiscal organizations

B. natural resources

C. emergency management

D. environmental agencies

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Waging War in the Era of the New Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Although President George W. Bush declared the end to the military phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 1, 2003, the war on terror ______.

A. continued until Osama bin Laden was killed

B. ended when the Iraqi Civil War concluded

C. is ongoing and continues to the present day

D. was finalized during the Bahraini Uprising of 2011

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Overt Conflict: The Deployment of Military Assets

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. There have been only minor changes to homeland security in the United States since September 11, 2001.

Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe the post-9/11 bureaucratic transformation and the dawn of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A New Culture: The Dawn of Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The Department of Homeland Security was created after the enactment of the Homeland Security Act.

Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe the post-9/11 bureaucratic transformation and the dawn of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A New Culture: The Dawn of Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Department of Homeland Security Administrative Centers

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is a sector-specific agency, tasked to protect our infrastructure from terrorist attacks.

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Homeland Security Missions of Other Federal Agencies

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The Department of Agriculture has no homeland security role.

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Department of Agriculture

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The person in charge of the entire Department of Homeland Security bureaucracy is the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Office of the Secretary

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The Department of Homeland Security has a division that addresses public concerns about civil rights and civil liberties.

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Office of the Secretary

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The U.S. Department of Defense makes no distinction between homeland security and homeland defense.

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Defining Homeland Defense

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. NORTHCOM’s scope of responsibility includes threats from the Middle East.

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Defining Homeland Defense

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The outcome of Operation Iraqi Freedom demonstrates that victory is not an easily definable condition.

Learning Objective: 5-6: Apply the homeland security nexus with the military.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Overt Conflict: The Deployment of Military Assets | Operation Iraqi Freedom

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. How has the New Terrorism affected and redefined how nations pursue warlike options?

Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe the post-9/11 bureaucratic transformation and the dawn of modern homeland security.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Waging War in the Era of the New Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Describe and critique the many missions of the Department of Homeland Security.

Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate the role of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Department of Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Should the law enforcement mission of the federal agencies be expanded?

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Federal Bureaucracy and the Dawn of the Homeland Security Enterprise

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Is the extensive homeland security bureaucracy effective? In what ways is it ineffective?

Learning Objective: 5-5: Analyze the homeland security roles of other federal agencies

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Federal Bureaucracy and the Dawn of the Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Are law enforcement agencies adequately equipped to monitor extremists and predict terrorist incidents? Explain why or why not.

Learning Objective: 5-2: Evaluate the role of law enforcement and service agencies and underlying interagency challenges.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Homeland Security Policing in a Federal System

Difficulty Level: Hard