NCSU STS 402 Exam Questions and Correct Solutions (Graded A+) Already Passed
Power Plants - Answers What facility is a tempting target for hackers due to low security and importance
to public order?
Worm - Answers What destructive computer virus duplicates itself and hides in plain sight?
National Security Agency (NSA) - Answers Which intelligence agency is responsible for protecting U.S.
government communications, and is accused of overstepping their surveillance on US citizens?
Cyberterrorism - Answers What sort of terrorism allows near-anonymous attackers to have global
reach?
Lack of policy, and a reluctance to pay for cleanup operations. - Answers What factors reduce the
preparedness of governments to deal with radioactive material incidents?
US Equipment given to Iranian forces - Answers What multi-billion dollar prize did ISIS acquire in spring
2014 during their blitzkrieg into Iraq?
Execution videos - Answers By what method did ISIS demonstrate their brutality online?
Mosul - Answers What major Iraqi city fell to ISIS in June, 2014?
Jihadi Salafism - Answers What xenophobic medieval interpretation of Islam arose during the Crusades?
Salafists are the only "true" Muslims. - Answers What core religious tenet does ISIS hold?
Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya - Answers Which Muslim scholar called for Jihad during the Crusades and
Mongol invasion of the Middle East?
Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab - Answers Which 18th century Muslim scholar called for a puritanical
reformation of Islam?
Sayyid Qutb - Answers Which 20th century Egyptian teacher, lacking any theological background,
militarized the ideas of Taymiyya and Wahhab?
Abu Musab al-Suri - Answers Which 20th century figurehead popularized leaderless jihadi resistance?
Abu Bakr Naji - Answers Which 21st century author champions rule by terror?
Al Qaeda - Answers Which terrorist organization, connected to the Islamic Jihad movement, can trace its
roots back to the Cold War?
Osama Bin Laden - Answers Which notable Al Qaeda leader was responsible for the attacks on 9/11?
Mullah Omar - Answers Who was the leader of the Taliban?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Answers Which Jihadi Salafist was the founder of ISIS?
, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Answers Which radical Sunni was the leader of ISIS for the majority of its
operations, and claimed to be directly descended from the Prophet Mohammed?
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - Answers Which Pakistani terror group attacked Indian targets in Jammu and
Kashmir?
Taliban - Answers Which terror group's core emerged in Pakistan after the Soviet-Afghan War?
Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) - Answers Which Muslim militant group supported the
revolution in southern Thailand?
Barisan Revolusi Nasional, Coordinate (BRN-C) - Answers Which group is active in southern Thailand's
mosques, spreading militant teachings?
"A Call to Global Islamic Resistance," by Al Suri - Answers Which piece of literature inspired Jihadi
Salafism worldwide?
Muslim Brotherhood - Answers Which Islamist party opposed the Egyptian government?
Desert Storm/Gulf War - Answers Which major military operation, waged from 1990 to 1991, was in
response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?
Desert Shield - Answers What multinational military operation preceded Desert Storm, and was
intended to protect Saudi Arabia from Iraqi invasion?
Red Mosque - Answers Which organization, active in producing militant students of Islam, was the target
of a 2007 attack that left 100 students dead?
Boko Haram - Answers Which militant Islamist terror group was responsible for the 2012 church
bombing in Nigeria?
Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA) - Answers Which Greek nationalist group sought
independence from British rule?
David Galula - Answers Which French captain analyzed the Algerian campaign extensively following his
role in its fighting?
National Liberation Front (FLN) - Answers Which Algerian nationalist movement launched an
independence campaign against the French in the 1950's and 60's?
Mau Mau - Answers Which Kenyan decolonization movement succeeded in removing colonial powers
from their territory in the 1950's?
Habib Akdas - Answers Which Turkish man was the leader of El Kaide Turka, a Turkish Al-Qaeda splinter
group?
Power Plants - Answers What facility is a tempting target for hackers due to low security and importance
to public order?
Worm - Answers What destructive computer virus duplicates itself and hides in plain sight?
National Security Agency (NSA) - Answers Which intelligence agency is responsible for protecting U.S.
government communications, and is accused of overstepping their surveillance on US citizens?
Cyberterrorism - Answers What sort of terrorism allows near-anonymous attackers to have global
reach?
Lack of policy, and a reluctance to pay for cleanup operations. - Answers What factors reduce the
preparedness of governments to deal with radioactive material incidents?
US Equipment given to Iranian forces - Answers What multi-billion dollar prize did ISIS acquire in spring
2014 during their blitzkrieg into Iraq?
Execution videos - Answers By what method did ISIS demonstrate their brutality online?
Mosul - Answers What major Iraqi city fell to ISIS in June, 2014?
Jihadi Salafism - Answers What xenophobic medieval interpretation of Islam arose during the Crusades?
Salafists are the only "true" Muslims. - Answers What core religious tenet does ISIS hold?
Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya - Answers Which Muslim scholar called for Jihad during the Crusades and
Mongol invasion of the Middle East?
Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab - Answers Which 18th century Muslim scholar called for a puritanical
reformation of Islam?
Sayyid Qutb - Answers Which 20th century Egyptian teacher, lacking any theological background,
militarized the ideas of Taymiyya and Wahhab?
Abu Musab al-Suri - Answers Which 20th century figurehead popularized leaderless jihadi resistance?
Abu Bakr Naji - Answers Which 21st century author champions rule by terror?
Al Qaeda - Answers Which terrorist organization, connected to the Islamic Jihad movement, can trace its
roots back to the Cold War?
Osama Bin Laden - Answers Which notable Al Qaeda leader was responsible for the attacks on 9/11?
Mullah Omar - Answers Who was the leader of the Taliban?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Answers Which Jihadi Salafist was the founder of ISIS?
, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Answers Which radical Sunni was the leader of ISIS for the majority of its
operations, and claimed to be directly descended from the Prophet Mohammed?
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - Answers Which Pakistani terror group attacked Indian targets in Jammu and
Kashmir?
Taliban - Answers Which terror group's core emerged in Pakistan after the Soviet-Afghan War?
Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) - Answers Which Muslim militant group supported the
revolution in southern Thailand?
Barisan Revolusi Nasional, Coordinate (BRN-C) - Answers Which group is active in southern Thailand's
mosques, spreading militant teachings?
"A Call to Global Islamic Resistance," by Al Suri - Answers Which piece of literature inspired Jihadi
Salafism worldwide?
Muslim Brotherhood - Answers Which Islamist party opposed the Egyptian government?
Desert Storm/Gulf War - Answers Which major military operation, waged from 1990 to 1991, was in
response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?
Desert Shield - Answers What multinational military operation preceded Desert Storm, and was
intended to protect Saudi Arabia from Iraqi invasion?
Red Mosque - Answers Which organization, active in producing militant students of Islam, was the target
of a 2007 attack that left 100 students dead?
Boko Haram - Answers Which militant Islamist terror group was responsible for the 2012 church
bombing in Nigeria?
Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA) - Answers Which Greek nationalist group sought
independence from British rule?
David Galula - Answers Which French captain analyzed the Algerian campaign extensively following his
role in its fighting?
National Liberation Front (FLN) - Answers Which Algerian nationalist movement launched an
independence campaign against the French in the 1950's and 60's?
Mau Mau - Answers Which Kenyan decolonization movement succeeded in removing colonial powers
from their territory in the 1950's?
Habib Akdas - Answers Which Turkish man was the leader of El Kaide Turka, a Turkish Al-Qaeda splinter
group?
