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Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Collection, processing and analysis of information -
Both process and product
Intelligence Sources - CORRECT ANSWER - HUMINT
GEOINT
MASINT
SIGINT
OSINT
Counterintelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Identification, assesment, neutralization and
exploitation of intell activities of adversary
Kent´s analytical doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Focus on policmaker concern
2) Avoidance of a personal policy Agenda
3) Intellectual rigor
4) Conscious effort to avoid analytical biases
5) Willingness to consider other Judgements
6) Systematic use of outside expertise
7) Collective responsibility for judgement
8) Effective communication of policy-support information and judgements
9) Candid admission of mistakes
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - A detailed examination of the elements or structure of
something.
, Data driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Drawing inferences based on examination
of the intrinsic structure of data.
Requires good datasets and straightforward problems.
Is logically driven and easily replicated.
Conceptually driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Numerous unknowns and
undefined variables and relationsships.
Often immidiate interpretation of complex concepts.
Accuracy driven by mental models and feedback over time.
Working memory - CORRECT ANSWER - System that processes inputs and determines
whether or not they are important, encoding them for long-term or short-term memory storage
Pattern recognition - CORRECT ANSWER - Cognitive process that matches information
from external sources to information that is stored in long-term memory.
Template matching - CORRECT ANSWER - Every object and experience is processed by
brain and stored as a template in long-term memory. When presented with situation, long-term
memory is searched for matching template from the past.
Prototype matching - CORRECT ANSWER - When presented with situation, long-term
memory is searched for AVERAGE or similiar templates reffered as a "prototype". More flexible
then template matching and better for working with incomplete information.
Top Down - CORRECT ANSWER - Using previous knowledge (could be contextual) to
fill in gaps when we do not have complete information.
System I thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Intiutive thinking, fast, effective, often
accurate but prone to errors. Draws on available knowledge and experience and existing mental
modes.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Collection, processing and analysis of information -
Both process and product
Intelligence Sources - CORRECT ANSWER - HUMINT
GEOINT
MASINT
SIGINT
OSINT
Counterintelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Identification, assesment, neutralization and
exploitation of intell activities of adversary
Kent´s analytical doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Focus on policmaker concern
2) Avoidance of a personal policy Agenda
3) Intellectual rigor
4) Conscious effort to avoid analytical biases
5) Willingness to consider other Judgements
6) Systematic use of outside expertise
7) Collective responsibility for judgement
8) Effective communication of policy-support information and judgements
9) Candid admission of mistakes
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - A detailed examination of the elements or structure of
something.
, Data driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Drawing inferences based on examination
of the intrinsic structure of data.
Requires good datasets and straightforward problems.
Is logically driven and easily replicated.
Conceptually driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Numerous unknowns and
undefined variables and relationsships.
Often immidiate interpretation of complex concepts.
Accuracy driven by mental models and feedback over time.
Working memory - CORRECT ANSWER - System that processes inputs and determines
whether or not they are important, encoding them for long-term or short-term memory storage
Pattern recognition - CORRECT ANSWER - Cognitive process that matches information
from external sources to information that is stored in long-term memory.
Template matching - CORRECT ANSWER - Every object and experience is processed by
brain and stored as a template in long-term memory. When presented with situation, long-term
memory is searched for matching template from the past.
Prototype matching - CORRECT ANSWER - When presented with situation, long-term
memory is searched for AVERAGE or similiar templates reffered as a "prototype". More flexible
then template matching and better for working with incomplete information.
Top Down - CORRECT ANSWER - Using previous knowledge (could be contextual) to
fill in gaps when we do not have complete information.
System I thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Intiutive thinking, fast, effective, often
accurate but prone to errors. Draws on available knowledge and experience and existing mental
modes.
