Question 1

Terrorists who pursue their own vision of the divine will are called ________.

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Question 2

The comparison of statistics between countries for a crime like auto theft can only be properly done with attention to the demographic and ________ context.

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Question 3

Terrorists who aim to destroy free enterprise economies and replace them with socialist or communist systems are called ________.

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Question 4

International terrorism and foreign terrorism are two terms for the same phenomenon.

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International terrorism refers to terrorist acts that transcend national boundaries in terms of their perpetrators, means, or ends, while foreign terrorism involves terrorist activities against a country by individuals or groups from another country.

Question 5

Inclusion on the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL)has implications for immigration.

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Inclusion on the TEL means that a person is ineligible for a visa and cannot enter the United States, therefore it has implications for immigration.

Question 6

Opium growth in Afghanistan is largely controlled by the ________.

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Question 7

The shift of America's essential processes in manufacturing,utilities,banking,and communications to networked computers was undertaken only after a great deal of study and thought.

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The shift to networked computers in essential processes like manufacturing, utilities, banking, and communications in America was largely driven by the pursuit of efficiency, cost reduction, and competitive advantage, often with less emphasis on the potential risks or without a comprehensive study of the long-term implications, especially in terms of cybersecurity and resilience.

Question 8

Terrorists who are motivated by fascist ideals and work to dissolve democratic governments are called ________.

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Question 9

Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda Islamic terrorist organization used commandeered jetliners to launch a terrorist attack on American soil on the date ________.

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Question 10

Any group external to the United States may be designated an FTO by Congress.

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The designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) is a responsibility of the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, not Congress.

Question 11

The USA PATRIOT Act was strictly addressed at provisions that applied to fighting terrorism.

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The USA PATRIOT Act, while primarily focused on anti-terrorism measures, also included provisions that affected areas such as immigration law, money laundering, and privacy concerns, extending its impact beyond strictly fighting terrorism.

Question 12

Terrorist who seek to form a separate state are called ________.

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Question 13

Terrorist acts are terrible,but not inherently criminal.

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Terrorist acts are illegal and therefore inherently criminal. They involve intentional harm to individuals or property for political, ideological, or religious reasons, and are a violation of laws and societal norms.

Question 14

The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP)identified a total of three critical infrastructure components: telecommunications,banking and finance,and transportation.

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The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) identified eight critical infrastructure sectors: telecommunications, electrical power systems, gas and oil storage and transportation, banking and finance, transportation, water supply systems, emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue), and government services.

Question 15

The increase in understanding that results from the sharing of information between cultures is called ________.

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Question 16

The 9/11 Commission concluded that the September 11 attacks should not have come as a surprise because the U.S.government had received clear warnings that Islamic terrorists planned to strike targets within the United States.

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This is a correct statement. The 9/11 Commission Report stated that "the 9/11 attacks were a shock, but they should not have come as a surprise. Islamist extremists had given plenty of warnings that they meant to kill Americans indiscriminately and in large numbers."

Question 17

The term cyberterrorism was coined by a senior researcher at RAND after a study completed in the 1990s on illegal use of the World Wide Web.

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The term "cyberterrorism" was coined by Barry C. Collin, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Security and Intelligence in California, in the late 1980s, not by a RAND researcher in the 1990s.

Question 18

Terrorists who seek to overthrow any and all established forms of government are called ________.

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Question 19

Most of the Muslims who were victims of extremist attacks in 2009 were victims of Sunni extremist attacks in Iraq,Pakistan,and Afghanistan.

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According to global terrorism database (GTD), majority of the Muslim victims in 2009 were killed in Sunni extremist attacks in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

Question 20

Terrorists who are used as a foreign policy tool by radical states are called ________.

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Quiz 14: Globalization and Terrorism