CDASA TOPIC 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Knowledge review. Answer: 1. Available knowledge
2. Collection posture
3. Critical gaps
⩥ Resource picture. Answer: 1. Technology and tools
2. People
3. Time
⩥ Methodology building. Answer: 1. Project timeline and milestones
2. Knowledge development plans
⩥ Knowledge development. Answer: 1. Collection
2. Outreach
3. Research
⩥ Performing analysis. Answer: 1. Discipline-specific technique
2. Targeted technique
,3. Sensemaking
⩥ Evaluating analysis. Answer: 1. Assess/evaluate analytic finding
2. Impact of remaining gaps and assumptions
3. Analysis of alternatives
4. Confidence selection
⩥ Intelligence Community (IC). Answer: Group of Executive Branch
agencies and organizations that work separately and together to engage
in intelligence activities that are necessary for the conduct of foreign
relations and the protection of the national security of the United States.
⩥ Program Manager. Answer: Advises and assists the ODNI in
identifying collection requirements, developing budgets, managing
finances, and evaluating the IC's performance.
⩥ Department. Answer: IC components that focus on serving their
parent department's intelligence needs.
⩥ Service IC Component. Answer: Primarily support their own Service's
information needs.
⩥ Unifying Intelligence Strategies (UIS). Answer: Central critical plans
for achieving intelligence integration.
, ⩥ ODNI. Answer: - Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Lead by the DNI
- Core mission is to lead the IC in intelligence integration
- Principal advisor to the President and the National Security Council
(NSC)
- Oversees the National Intelligence Program (NIP)
⩥ National Intelligence Manager (NIM). Answer: Create UISs in line
with the IC prioritized requirements by geography and topic
⩥ Six steps of the intelligence cycle. Answer: 1. Planning and direction
2. Collection
3. Processing and exploitation
4. Analysis and production
5. Dissemination
6. Evaluation
⩥ Planning and Direction (intelligence cycle). Answer: Establish the
consumer's intelligence requirements and plan intelligence activities
accordingly.
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Knowledge review. Answer: 1. Available knowledge
2. Collection posture
3. Critical gaps
⩥ Resource picture. Answer: 1. Technology and tools
2. People
3. Time
⩥ Methodology building. Answer: 1. Project timeline and milestones
2. Knowledge development plans
⩥ Knowledge development. Answer: 1. Collection
2. Outreach
3. Research
⩥ Performing analysis. Answer: 1. Discipline-specific technique
2. Targeted technique
,3. Sensemaking
⩥ Evaluating analysis. Answer: 1. Assess/evaluate analytic finding
2. Impact of remaining gaps and assumptions
3. Analysis of alternatives
4. Confidence selection
⩥ Intelligence Community (IC). Answer: Group of Executive Branch
agencies and organizations that work separately and together to engage
in intelligence activities that are necessary for the conduct of foreign
relations and the protection of the national security of the United States.
⩥ Program Manager. Answer: Advises and assists the ODNI in
identifying collection requirements, developing budgets, managing
finances, and evaluating the IC's performance.
⩥ Department. Answer: IC components that focus on serving their
parent department's intelligence needs.
⩥ Service IC Component. Answer: Primarily support their own Service's
information needs.
⩥ Unifying Intelligence Strategies (UIS). Answer: Central critical plans
for achieving intelligence integration.
, ⩥ ODNI. Answer: - Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Lead by the DNI
- Core mission is to lead the IC in intelligence integration
- Principal advisor to the President and the National Security Council
(NSC)
- Oversees the National Intelligence Program (NIP)
⩥ National Intelligence Manager (NIM). Answer: Create UISs in line
with the IC prioritized requirements by geography and topic
⩥ Six steps of the intelligence cycle. Answer: 1. Planning and direction
2. Collection
3. Processing and exploitation
4. Analysis and production
5. Dissemination
6. Evaluation
⩥ Planning and Direction (intelligence cycle). Answer: Establish the
consumer's intelligence requirements and plan intelligence activities
accordingly.
