HSI EXAM 1
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
Which of the 10 Amendments protects Americans from unfair searches and seizures? - Answer-4th
Which U.S. President issued an E. O. to nationalize the steel industry during the Korean War? - Answer-
President Harry Truman
What elements of that definition refer to human security? - Answer-•Liberty
•People
•Free flow of commerce
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
Which of the 10 Amendments protects Americans from unfair searches and seizures? - Answer-4th
Which U.S. President issued an E. O. to nationalize the steel industry during the Korean War? - Answer-
President Harry Truman
What elements of that definition refer to human security? - Answer-•Liberty
•People
•Free flow of commerce
