CDASA Exam/176 Questions and Answers

CDASA Exam/176 Questions and
Answers
2 Critical Features of Intelligence - -1. Anticipates 2. Informs decisions

- 3 Types of Intel Support - -1. Military and National Security
2. Civilian Leadershp
3. Analysts

- 8 Attributes of Intel Excellence - -1. Anticipatory
2. Timely
3. Usable
4. Relevant
5. Accurate
6. Complete
7. Objective
8. Available

- Phases of the Intel Process - -1. Planning and Direction
2. Collection
3. Processing and Exploitation
4. Analysis and Production
5. Dissemination
6. Evaluation and Feedback

- Indications and Warning - -Type of production: Involves threat to US allies,
interests, or citizens abroad; time-sensitive and includes forewarning

- Current Intelligence - -Type of production: updated support for ongoing
operations; concise reporting on current situation in particular location

- GMI - -Type of production: milcap; usually associated with long term
planning

- Target Intelligence - -Type of production: enemy personnel, units,
disposition, facilities, systems, & nodes; selecting and prioritizing targets to
satisfy objectives with appropriate response; continues as contingency
planning for future ops

- S&TI - -Type of production: foreign developments in S&T with warfare
potential, R&D, overall weapons systems and equipment effectiveness;
includes electronics and cyber capabilities

, - Estimative Intelligence - -Type of production: forecast unknown; use
techniques like pattern analysis, inference & statistical probability; provide
forecasts on how a situation may develop and implications of planning &
execution of military ops

- DCGS - all-services ISR system - -Distributed Common Groups System

- Collection Requirements Manager ensures: - -1. Define intel needs
sufficiently
2. Info doesn't already exist
3. Disciplie is appropriate
4. Appropriate for stated level

- Collection Plan
a) can be
b) must include - -a) hard or soft copy and formal or automated
b) statement of req'd info; assets to be tasked; add'l resources requested;
timeliness of info; customer/use of final product

- Key Elements of Targets (definition) - -Parameters of target that serve as
discriminators in discipline/sensor selection

- Key Elements of Targets - -1. Observables & Collectables
(emanations/SIGINT/MASINT)
2. Range
3. Access to Target
4. Timeliness

- Collection Capability Factors - -1. Performance characteristics (ability,
quality, accuracy)
2. Range
3. Dwell Time
4. Timeliness

- Battlespace Factors (collection) - -1. Threat
2. Weather and Light
3. Terrain
4. WMD

- 2 Types of Collection Requirements - -1. Community-wide
2. Discipline-specific

- 2 parts of CCIR - -1. Friendly Force Info (FFIRs)
2. PIR

- TPED - -Tasking

, Processing
Exploitation
Dissemination

- Types of Collection Reqs (7) - -1. Standing
2. Contingency
3. Ad Hoc
4. Time Sensitive
5. Change
6. Amplification
7. HUMINT

- Standing CR - -181-730 days
Not event driven

- Ad Hoc CR - -1-180 days
Event driven

- Contingency CR - -Long-term needs that don't require TPED until
triggering event

- Change Requirement - -Update/modify/revalidate Standing or Contingency
CRs

- Time Sensitive CR - -Immediate action due to event in progress/about to
begin; can last duration of event

- Amplification Requirement - -6 months
Precise info allowing asset to focus on specific event/target

- HUMINT CRs - -120 days (Ad Hoc)
2 years (CI)

- Parts of a CR - -1. EEI
2. Background Statement
3. Justification Statement

- Espionage Act of 1917 - -FBI

- National Security Act of 1947 - -CIA, SECDEF, NSC, USAF

- Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 - -DIA CSA/support
CCMDs; increased powers of CJCS

- Patriot Act (Intel Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004) - -DNI, NIP