Deck 15: Defense Policy

Question 1

The United States thwarted Saddam Hussein's desire to take over Kuwait in
Operation

A) Enduring Freedom.
B) Rolling Thunder.
C) Shock and Awe.
D) Desert Storm.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the major ethnic or religious groups that make up
Modern Iraq?

A) Kurds
B) Shiites
C) Sunnis
D) Taliban

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Public support for the war in Iraq has

A) doubled
B) halved
C) increased slightly
D) remained unchanged

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The "Powell Doctrine" centers on the notion of limiting action to defense of

A) democratic principles.
B) emerging democracies.
C) vital interests.
D) oil supplies.

Question 5

The principal armed forces that the United States used against Al Qaeda have been

A) Special Forces.
B) CIA agents.
C) traditional ground forces.
D) the military forces of the Kurds.

Question 6

, in 1972, marked the first effort by the United States and Soviet Union to limit strategic nuclear weapons.

A) START
B) START I
C) SALT I
D) SALT II

Question 7

Guerrilla warfare and terrorism are both examples of

A) conventional warfare.
B) deterrence.
C) nation-building.
D) asymmetrical warfare.

Question 8

Under the New START Treaty, the Soviets and the U.S.both will reduce nuclear
Arms to
Percent of Cold War levels?

A) 25
B) 45
C) 65
D) 85

Question 9

The most important provision of the START II Treaty

A) called for a 50 percent reduction in SLBMs.
B) provided for the elimination of all land-based MIRV missiles.
C) called for a prohibition of all nuclear weapons in space.
D) called for an elimination of MAD capability.

Question 10

To maintain nuclear peace, the U.S.has relied on all of the following except

A) the strategy of deterrence.
B) the TRIAD.
C) a second-strike capability.
D) NAFTA.

Question 11

Attempts to defeat the Taliban have involved the use of American troops in
Afghanistan and

A) Kuwait.
B) Armenia.
C) Russia.
D) Pakistan.

Question 12

The TRIAD of weapons systems includes all of the following except

A) submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
B) ICBMs.
C) the MX.
D) manned bombers (e.g., the B-2).

Question 13

The prohibition of all nuclear weapons testing was the goal of the

A) Nonproliferation Treaty.
B) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
C) Treaty of Moscow.
D) Limited Test Ban Treaty.

Question 14

Deterrence relies on

A) nuclear weapons.
B) superior weaponry.
C) large armies than the attacker.
D) second-strike ability.

Question 15

In Iraq, the first national election in fifty years was held in

A) 1997
B) 2003
C) 2006
D) 2009

Question 16

The United States pursued Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in Operation

A) Enduring Freedom.
B) Rolling Thunder.
C) Shock and Awe.
D) Desert Storm.

Question 17

Policy making in the area of defense begins with designing strategies.

Question 18

In reaction to aggressive Soviet action, the U.S.and Europe formed

A) NATO.
B) the Warsaw Pact.
C) the "Coalition of the Willing."
D) NAFTA.

Question 19

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, which of the following countries has not joined
NATO?

A) Estonia
B) Latvia
C) Albania
D) Ukraine

Question 20

The strongest military power in Europe today is

A) the United Kingdom.
B) Spain.
C) Germany.
D) France.

Question 21

Operation Iraqi Freedom focused on countering Iraqi aggression in Kuwait.

Question 22

Deterrence relies on a nation's second-strike capability.

Question 23

The Powell Doctrine centers on the notion of peacekeeping and nation-building.

Question 24

The U.S.was a major signatory of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Question 25

The SALT and START treaties were concluded between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

Question 26

Conventional warfare has usually involved asymmetrical warfare.

Question 27

The Taliban has been the target of U.S.military action in Afghanistan.

Question 28

NATO emerged near the end of the Cold War.

Question 29

The end of the Cold War has meant massive cuts in American nuclear armaments.