CDASA TOPIC 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC). Answer: Bridge from
the IC to the policy community for activities within the US Government
associated with countering the proliferation of WMDs.
⩥ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Answer: - Largest producer of all-
source national security intelligence
- Led by the D/CIA
- National Human Intelligence Manager
-National authority for coordination, de-confliction, and evaluation of
clandestine operations
⩥ National Clandestine Service (NCS). Answer: Responsible for the
clandestine collection HUMINT of foreign intelligence that is not
obtainable through other means.
⩥ Directorate of Intelligence (DI). Answer: Analyzes all-source
intelligence and produces reports, briefings, and papers on key foreign
intelligence issues.
, ⩥ Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T). Answer: Accesses,
collects, and exploits information to facilitate the execution of the CIA's
mission by applying innovative scientific, engineering, and technical
solutions to the most critical intelligence problems.
⩥ Directorate of Support (DS). Answer: Delivers a full range of support,
including acquisitions, communications, facilities services, financial
management, information technology, medical services, logistics, and
the security of Agency personnel, information, facilities, and technology.
⩥ In-Q-Tel. Answer: Strategic venture capital firm that connects the
technology demands of the IC with the emerging technology of the
entrepreneurial community.
⩥ Open Source Center (OSC). Answer: - Led by the DCIA
- Center for open source intelligence
- Collecting, translating, producing, and disseminating open source
information
- Collects "gray literature"
⩥ "Gray literature". Answer: Material with very limited distribution,
such as academic papers, brochures, leaflets, and other publicly
distributed materials.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC). Answer: Bridge from
the IC to the policy community for activities within the US Government
associated with countering the proliferation of WMDs.
⩥ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Answer: - Largest producer of all-
source national security intelligence
- Led by the D/CIA
- National Human Intelligence Manager
-National authority for coordination, de-confliction, and evaluation of
clandestine operations
⩥ National Clandestine Service (NCS). Answer: Responsible for the
clandestine collection HUMINT of foreign intelligence that is not
obtainable through other means.
⩥ Directorate of Intelligence (DI). Answer: Analyzes all-source
intelligence and produces reports, briefings, and papers on key foreign
intelligence issues.
, ⩥ Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T). Answer: Accesses,
collects, and exploits information to facilitate the execution of the CIA's
mission by applying innovative scientific, engineering, and technical
solutions to the most critical intelligence problems.
⩥ Directorate of Support (DS). Answer: Delivers a full range of support,
including acquisitions, communications, facilities services, financial
management, information technology, medical services, logistics, and
the security of Agency personnel, information, facilities, and technology.
⩥ In-Q-Tel. Answer: Strategic venture capital firm that connects the
technology demands of the IC with the emerging technology of the
entrepreneurial community.
⩥ Open Source Center (OSC). Answer: - Led by the DCIA
- Center for open source intelligence
- Collecting, translating, producing, and disseminating open source
information
- Collects "gray literature"
⩥ "Gray literature". Answer: Material with very limited distribution,
such as academic papers, brochures, leaflets, and other publicly
distributed materials.
