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Which of the following is NOT a management problem faced by terrorist organizations?

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Secrecy

Training

External discipline

Financing

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According to Schmid, what is characteristic of most definitions of terrorism?

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Someone is terrorized

The meaning is derived from the targets and victims

Both [Someone is terrorized] and [The meaning is derived from the targets and victims]

None of these choices

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According to Jeff Victoroff, which of the following is true of terrorist organizations?

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Terrorism is caused by a variety of social and psychological factors, including biological predispositions toward violence.

Terrorists operate and justify violence because they emotionally attach themselves to an ideology, they will not tolerate moral ambiguity, and they have the capacity to suppress instinctive and learned moral limitations on behavior.

There is a need to study the impact of leadership on group behavior.

All of these choices.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the levels of a terrorist organization?

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Command

Active cadre

Financial advisers

Active supporters

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Which of the following is NOT a type of suicide attack?

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Suicide in warfare

Suicide by design

Suicide for principle without killing others

Suicide terrorism

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Debates about censorship are only present in times of national crisis.

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False

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____ are created through computer and information networks.

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Virtual organizations

Hub organizations

Chain organizations

Wheel organizations

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For terrorists, the Internet is used for:

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Recruiting

Propaganda

Target selection

All of these choices

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____, as used by Black, is the social space occupied by a structure and the direction in which it moves.

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Social geography

Social geology

Social geometry

Social ecology

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There is a close relationship between terrorism and television.

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According to the text, debates about ____ are always present in times of national crisis.

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Freedom

War

Censorship

Democracy

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Which of the following is a psychological factor involved in the development of terrorism?

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Facilitating traits

Learning opportunities

Associated drives

All of these choices

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Which is NOT true of most terrorist organizations?

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They number more than one hundred people

They are divided into groups with specific tasks

They are incapable of a large terrorist campaign

They are controlled by a few people

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When terrorists move goods, people, weapons, money, or contraband, they must do so ____.

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In underground networks

Legitimately

Through the Internet

Through friends

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Terrorists use crime to make a symbolic statement about a ____.

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Religious cause

Geographic cause

Political cause

Social cause

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Technology can enhance striking power when it is employed as a weapon or it becomes the target of an attack.

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False

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The Internet is a powerful tool for opposition forces in ____ régimes.

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Democratic

Socialist

Authoritarian

Communist

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Most street criminals plan their acts and are motivated by a cause.

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____ refers to an area outside of a government's control.

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Globalization

Shell state

Weak state

Failed state

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According to Barber, what is the one thing on which media flourishes?

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Entertainment

Drama

Money

Information

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____ has become a force multiplier and is illustrated by the rebirth of altruistic suicide.

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Technology

Religious fanaticism

The media

The weapon of mass destruction

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Which famous theorist once concluded that the media were similar to a loaded weapon lying in the middle of a street?

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Clutterbuck

Marx

Laqueur

Davis

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According to Post, terrorists ____ each other through the social reward of group membership.

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Reinforce

Compete with

Justify

Kill

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Which of the following is not a governmental choice when faced with censorship?

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Criminalization

Hands-off

Complete censorship

Self-regulation

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Religion helps to produce the ____, a person striking out with an ideology but no group.

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Crazed avenger

Solitary avenger

Independent avenger

Lone wolf avenger

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____involve small groups linked by some type of communication where members periodically cooperate.

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Virtual organizations

Hub organizations

Chain organizations

Networks

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Both governments and terrorists see the media as force multipliers.

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False

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According to Kransa, if people are willing to expand the definition of national security beyond the framework of military defense, ____ pose(s) a security problem.

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Drugs

Prostitution

Pornography

Gambling

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Modern terrorism originated from the ____.

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French Revolution

Civil War

American Revolution

World War II

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Two schools of thought dominate the scholarly literature on terrorism. One group tends to focus on the meaning of activity, and the other school looks at the structure of action.

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False

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Terrorism and war are exactly the same.

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Which of the following is a program that typically copies itself and moves through a computer system in order to disrupt a computer or computer network?

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Cyber worm

Computer virus

Cyber bomb

Logic bomb

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Which of the following is not a position on the steganographic threat to the United States?

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Terrorists can use denial of service attacks.

Terrorists can launch cyberattacks.

Terrorists can launch propaganda.

Terrorists can deface Web sites.

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According to the text, the FBI's social construction of reality deems that terrorism is a matter of ____ behavior.

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Political

Military

Religious

Criminal

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According to Kaplan, what are responsible for the bulk of terrorist financing?

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Charities

Drugs

Weapons

Diamond trades

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According to Alex Schmid, terrorism is defined by different people within vacillating social and political realities.

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True

False

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Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the Tri-Border Region?

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Brazil

Paraguay

Chile

Argentina

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According to Durham, ____ destroys the ability to create a sustainable news frame.

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Reality

Ambiguity

Facts

Opinion

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What biological agent infected citizens through the mail in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks?

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Anthrax

Smallpox

Plague

Botulism

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Many international terrorist groups move money through an ancient trading network called the hawala system.

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False