PHLT 415 - Exam 2
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) - ANSWER-Uses people to gain information. It is the oldest form of
information collection.
Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) - ANSWER-Comes from photography, sensors, electro-optics, and radar. This
type of intelligence can come from land, sea, air, or space platforms.
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) - ANSWER-Includes foreign communication intercepts (COMINT), technical
or geolocation intelligence (ELINT), and electromagnetic radiation and electrically transmitted data
intercepts (FISINT)
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) - ANSWER-The quantitive and qualitative analysis of
data coming from technical sensors
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) - ANSWER-The exploitation of news media and public sources for uses
by the intelligence community
Technical Intelligence (TECHINT). - ANSWER-The exploitation of foreign material
Executive Order - ANSWER-Directs and governs action by executive officials and agencies.
Established the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council.
It directs the assistant of the president for Homeland Security should be primarily responsible for
coordinating response efforts of all departments and agencies in the event of an imminent terrorist
threat/attack.
National Security Presidential Directive - ANSWER-Released a series of directives to record and
communicate presidential decisions and policies related to homeland security in the U.S.
, Created the Homeland Security Council.
Created the position of the national director and deputy national security advisor for combating
terrorism, tasked with operation coordination of combating transnational terrorist activities.
Stafford Act (1988) - ANSWER-Is the principle document for federal authority and dispersal funds for
assisting state and local governments in responding to any type of disaster.
Mandates that the governor of the state make a formal request to the president to declare either a
major disaster or emergency. FEMA is then responsible for coordinating relief efforts, emergency
assistance, and consequence management.
9/11 Commission Report - ANSWER-Found the 9/11 attacks revealed four kinds of failures: in
imagination, policy, capabilities, and management.
It found that the U.S. federal government did not have a fully integrated, communicative, functional
homeland security infrastructure, including emergency preparedness.
Intelligence Community - ANSWER-An executive functions of the federal government composed of
multiple agencies that unifies intelligence and knowledge. It supports policy makers- does not make
policy or advocate for one policy choice over another.
Describe the events that led to the redesign of the national preparedness infrastructure. - ANSWER-9/11,
the 9/11 Commission Report that revealed failures.
Posse Comitatus Act - ANSWER-The federal law dictates how military branches may participate in
response.
Coast guard is not subject to this act.
Chemical Agents - ANSWER-Chemical warfare in the use of a chemical substance to directly harm or kill
humans, plants, or animals. Chemical agents are nonliving, manufactured chemicals.
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) - ANSWER-Uses people to gain information. It is the oldest form of
information collection.
Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) - ANSWER-Comes from photography, sensors, electro-optics, and radar. This
type of intelligence can come from land, sea, air, or space platforms.
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) - ANSWER-Includes foreign communication intercepts (COMINT), technical
or geolocation intelligence (ELINT), and electromagnetic radiation and electrically transmitted data
intercepts (FISINT)
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) - ANSWER-The quantitive and qualitative analysis of
data coming from technical sensors
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) - ANSWER-The exploitation of news media and public sources for uses
by the intelligence community
Technical Intelligence (TECHINT). - ANSWER-The exploitation of foreign material
Executive Order - ANSWER-Directs and governs action by executive officials and agencies.
Established the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council.
It directs the assistant of the president for Homeland Security should be primarily responsible for
coordinating response efforts of all departments and agencies in the event of an imminent terrorist
threat/attack.
National Security Presidential Directive - ANSWER-Released a series of directives to record and
communicate presidential decisions and policies related to homeland security in the U.S.
, Created the Homeland Security Council.
Created the position of the national director and deputy national security advisor for combating
terrorism, tasked with operation coordination of combating transnational terrorist activities.
Stafford Act (1988) - ANSWER-Is the principle document for federal authority and dispersal funds for
assisting state and local governments in responding to any type of disaster.
Mandates that the governor of the state make a formal request to the president to declare either a
major disaster or emergency. FEMA is then responsible for coordinating relief efforts, emergency
assistance, and consequence management.
9/11 Commission Report - ANSWER-Found the 9/11 attacks revealed four kinds of failures: in
imagination, policy, capabilities, and management.
It found that the U.S. federal government did not have a fully integrated, communicative, functional
homeland security infrastructure, including emergency preparedness.
Intelligence Community - ANSWER-An executive functions of the federal government composed of
multiple agencies that unifies intelligence and knowledge. It supports policy makers- does not make
policy or advocate for one policy choice over another.
Describe the events that led to the redesign of the national preparedness infrastructure. - ANSWER-9/11,
the 9/11 Commission Report that revealed failures.
Posse Comitatus Act - ANSWER-The federal law dictates how military branches may participate in
response.
Coast guard is not subject to this act.
Chemical Agents - ANSWER-Chemical warfare in the use of a chemical substance to directly harm or kill
humans, plants, or animals. Chemical agents are nonliving, manufactured chemicals.
