CICT MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. insurgency
Answer:
a struggle between ruling authorities and an organized, political, and often violent opposition with
fundamentally political objectives
Question:
2. 3 types of violence
Answer:
terrorism, guerrilla warfare, conventional warfare
Question:
3. terrorism
Answer:
the threat or use of force against civilians by non-uniformed individuals
Question:
4. guerrilla warfare
Answer:
greater force than terrorism, lightly armed (ie. security forces, government adjacent apparatus), whose goal
is to damage counterinsurgents and/or provoke reprisals
Question:
5. conventional warfare
Answer:
high-intensity conflict that requires more resources than either terrorism or guerrilla warfare
Question:
6. challenges to CICT
Answer:
financial resources, Human Resources
Question:
7. mobilization groups
Answer:
gaining popular support (active/passive)
Question:
8. Mao's 3 phases
Answer:
terrorism/political agitation, guerrilla warfare, conventional warfare
, Question:
9. selective model
Answer:
not mobilizing the masses, just a small group (ie. urban/rural divide - turn the people against each other)
Question:
10. universal theory
Answer:
applies to many, if not all, situations
Question:
11. limited theory
Answer:
doesn't;t apply in every case, but in certain conditions
Question:
12. Charles Edward Callwell
Answer:
(British officer) don't live in the defensive, waiting to be attacked by the insurgents, go after and eliminate
them
Question:
13. Hubert Lyautey
Answer:
(French officer) increase the standard of living, give benefits, create a security bubble. Oil Spot Idea -
security spreads gradually
Question:
14. enemy-centric
Answer:
hearts-and-minds view, win by non-military means (slow legitimacy), solve grievances, use little force,
prefer defensive force
Question:
15. population-centric
Answer:
extension of government administration - control population and its environment
Question:
16. leader-centric
Answer:
leaders are crucial to success and their ability to implement impromptu methods
Question:
17. sectors of CI
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. insurgency
Answer:
a struggle between ruling authorities and an organized, political, and often violent opposition with
fundamentally political objectives
Question:
2. 3 types of violence
Answer:
terrorism, guerrilla warfare, conventional warfare
Question:
3. terrorism
Answer:
the threat or use of force against civilians by non-uniformed individuals
Question:
4. guerrilla warfare
Answer:
greater force than terrorism, lightly armed (ie. security forces, government adjacent apparatus), whose goal
is to damage counterinsurgents and/or provoke reprisals
Question:
5. conventional warfare
Answer:
high-intensity conflict that requires more resources than either terrorism or guerrilla warfare
Question:
6. challenges to CICT
Answer:
financial resources, Human Resources
Question:
7. mobilization groups
Answer:
gaining popular support (active/passive)
Question:
8. Mao's 3 phases
Answer:
terrorism/political agitation, guerrilla warfare, conventional warfare
, Question:
9. selective model
Answer:
not mobilizing the masses, just a small group (ie. urban/rural divide - turn the people against each other)
Question:
10. universal theory
Answer:
applies to many, if not all, situations
Question:
11. limited theory
Answer:
doesn't;t apply in every case, but in certain conditions
Question:
12. Charles Edward Callwell
Answer:
(British officer) don't live in the defensive, waiting to be attacked by the insurgents, go after and eliminate
them
Question:
13. Hubert Lyautey
Answer:
(French officer) increase the standard of living, give benefits, create a security bubble. Oil Spot Idea -
security spreads gradually
Question:
14. enemy-centric
Answer:
hearts-and-minds view, win by non-military means (slow legitimacy), solve grievances, use little force,
prefer defensive force
Question:
15. population-centric
Answer:
extension of government administration - control population and its environment
Question:
16. leader-centric
Answer:
leaders are crucial to success and their ability to implement impromptu methods
Question:
17. sectors of CI
