HSI EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What were some early threats to the U.S. homeland in its first hundred years? - Answer-
What entities were created out of the National Security Act of 1947? - Answer-• A
unified military command: National Military Establishment - renamed Department of
Defense, 1949
• U.S. Air Force•Central Intelligence Agency
• National Security Council
• Joint Chiefs of Staff
What are the three elements of the Nuclear Triad? - Answer-1) Long Range Bombers
2) Intercontinental ballistic missile
3) Submarine-launched ballistic missile
When/Where was the attack on the USS Cole? - Answer-When: 12 October 2000
Where: Yemen's Aden harbor
Homeland Security - Answer-The broad national effort by all levels of government -
federal, state, local, and tribal - to protect the people, and territories of the U.S. from all
threats and hazards, both foreign and domestic, in order to ensure liberty, and the free
flow of people and commerce.
Homeland Defense - Answer-is the protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic
population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression,
or other threats as directed by the President, and is primarily a military activity.
What year was Public Law 107-296 enacted? - Answer-2002
What were some of the provisions of Homeland Security Act? - Answer-
What are the three branches of government in the United States? - Answer-1) Executive
2) Judicial
3) Legislative
Which Article of the U.S. Constitution outlines the powers in the Executive Branch?,
Legislative Branch?, and the Judiciary? - Answer-Executive: Article 2
Judicial: Article 3
Legislative: Article 1
The first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are also known as what? - Answer-
The Bill of Rights
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What were some early threats to the U.S. homeland in its first hundred years? - Answer-
What entities were created out of the National Security Act of 1947? - Answer-• A
unified military command: National Military Establishment - renamed Department of
Defense, 1949
• U.S. Air Force•Central Intelligence Agency
• National Security Council
• Joint Chiefs of Staff
What are the three elements of the Nuclear Triad? - Answer-1) Long Range Bombers
2) Intercontinental ballistic missile
3) Submarine-launched ballistic missile
When/Where was the attack on the USS Cole? - Answer-When: 12 October 2000
Where: Yemen's Aden harbor
Homeland Security - Answer-The broad national effort by all levels of government -
federal, state, local, and tribal - to protect the people, and territories of the U.S. from all
threats and hazards, both foreign and domestic, in order to ensure liberty, and the free
flow of people and commerce.
Homeland Defense - Answer-is the protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic
population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression,
or other threats as directed by the President, and is primarily a military activity.
What year was Public Law 107-296 enacted? - Answer-2002
What were some of the provisions of Homeland Security Act? - Answer-
What are the three branches of government in the United States? - Answer-1) Executive
2) Judicial
3) Legislative
Which Article of the U.S. Constitution outlines the powers in the Executive Branch?,
Legislative Branch?, and the Judiciary? - Answer-Executive: Article 2
Judicial: Article 3
Legislative: Article 1
The first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are also known as what? - Answer-
The Bill of Rights
