CFPT PRACTICE QUESTIONS (2025) EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
(MULTIPLE CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
1.Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the Goldwater - Nichols reorganization act?
a. A greatly increased the authority of service secretaries
b. It made the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a more powerful figure
d. It curtailed the authority of the Secretary of Defense - ANSWER b. It made the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff a more powerful figure
2. Which is required in both houses of Congress to override a presidential veto?
a. Three fourths majority
b. Three fifths majority
c. Simple majority
d. Two thirds majority - ANSWER d. Two thirds majority
3. Which of the following activities is an aliment of status-of-forces agreements?
a. Provide for the basing of US forces in foreign countries
b. Mandate the arrest of US soldiers accused of war crimes
c. Define the legal status of US personnel stationed abroad - ANSWER c. Define the legal status of US
personnel stationed abroad
4. US Consulate's offer which of the following services for citizens abroad?
aa. Notary services for US citizens abroad
b. Employment assistance for US citizen seeking jobs
c. Financial assistance for destitute US citizens
d. Assistance in making travel arrangements - ANSWER Notary services for US citizens abroad
5. The annual report required by the freedom of information act of every government agency must also
include the:
a. Average fee charge for record copies
,b. Average number of days taken to respond to request
c. Names and dates of all requests
d. Identities of all those making requests - ANSWER b. Average number of days taken to respond to
request
6. If you're not satisfied with the initial response to your freedom of information act request, you:
a.May petition at the Atty. Gen. directly
b.. May file an administrative appeal
c, Have no choice but to accept the result
d. File an appeal But you may be charged - ANSWER May file an administrative appeal
7. Fee waivers for freedom of information act request can be made if the requester can:
a. Demonstrate that the fee is unaffordable
b. Prove that the disclosure is in the public interest
c. Prove that the government made an error in the case being discussed
d. Demonstrate that he or she is unemployed - ANSWER b. Prove that the disclosure is in the public
interest
8. Under the freedom of information act, US government agencies have how many business days to
respond to requests?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20 - ANSWER d. 20
9. Which of the following promised US assistance to "free people resisting orange minorities or outside
pressures"?
a. Marshall plan
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Truman doctrine
,d. Paris declaration - ANSWER c. Truman doctrine
10. Which agency is exempt from the freedom of information act?
a. The CIA
b. The national security agency
c. the national Security Council
d. The Defense intelligence agency - ANSWER b. The national security agency
11. With a few legal exceptions, Visa application records are:
a. Considered public documents
b. Available upon request
c. Kept confidential
d. Destroyed once the visa granting decision is made - ANSWER c. Kept confidential
12.The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular problem
definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is known in the media
as:
a) agenda setting
b) cultivation
c) framing
d) priming - ANSWER c) framing
13. Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK?
a) The Independent
b) Time Out
c) The Daily Herald
d) The Observer - ANSWER a) The Independent
, 14. Which of these mandated that media broadcasters present a diversity of perspectives on contentious
or controversial issues in order to prevent domination by a single viewpoint, was repealed by Congress in
1987?
a) Communications Decency Act
b) Equal Time Rule
c) Media Bias Rule
d) Fairness Doctrine - ANSWER Fairness Doctrine
15. Weber Shandwick, Fleishmen-Hillard, Hill anad Knowlton and Ketchum Inc. are among the largest US-
based:
a) Newspaper Chains
b) media conglomerates
c) public relations agencies
d) media research firms - ANSWER c) public relations agencies
16. Operates independently of the State dept and reports directly to congress:
a) educational and cultural affairs bureau
b) public affair bureau
c) international information programs bureau
d) the broadcasting board of governors - ANSWER d) the broadcasting board of gov
17. The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (or the Smith-Mundt Act) prohibits the
US gov from: - ANSWER disseminating information intended for foreign audiences within the US borders
18. US citizens are unlikely to be able to listen to or rea\d US public diplomacy outreach materials
because of which act of Congress? - ANSWER Smith-Mundt
19. Which of the following is an official organ of the US govt public diplomacy efforts?
a) national endowment for democracy
b) international visitors program
(MULTIPLE CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
1.Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the Goldwater - Nichols reorganization act?
a. A greatly increased the authority of service secretaries
b. It made the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a more powerful figure
d. It curtailed the authority of the Secretary of Defense - ANSWER b. It made the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff a more powerful figure
2. Which is required in both houses of Congress to override a presidential veto?
a. Three fourths majority
b. Three fifths majority
c. Simple majority
d. Two thirds majority - ANSWER d. Two thirds majority
3. Which of the following activities is an aliment of status-of-forces agreements?
a. Provide for the basing of US forces in foreign countries
b. Mandate the arrest of US soldiers accused of war crimes
c. Define the legal status of US personnel stationed abroad - ANSWER c. Define the legal status of US
personnel stationed abroad
4. US Consulate's offer which of the following services for citizens abroad?
aa. Notary services for US citizens abroad
b. Employment assistance for US citizen seeking jobs
c. Financial assistance for destitute US citizens
d. Assistance in making travel arrangements - ANSWER Notary services for US citizens abroad
5. The annual report required by the freedom of information act of every government agency must also
include the:
a. Average fee charge for record copies
,b. Average number of days taken to respond to request
c. Names and dates of all requests
d. Identities of all those making requests - ANSWER b. Average number of days taken to respond to
request
6. If you're not satisfied with the initial response to your freedom of information act request, you:
a.May petition at the Atty. Gen. directly
b.. May file an administrative appeal
c, Have no choice but to accept the result
d. File an appeal But you may be charged - ANSWER May file an administrative appeal
7. Fee waivers for freedom of information act request can be made if the requester can:
a. Demonstrate that the fee is unaffordable
b. Prove that the disclosure is in the public interest
c. Prove that the government made an error in the case being discussed
d. Demonstrate that he or she is unemployed - ANSWER b. Prove that the disclosure is in the public
interest
8. Under the freedom of information act, US government agencies have how many business days to
respond to requests?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20 - ANSWER d. 20
9. Which of the following promised US assistance to "free people resisting orange minorities or outside
pressures"?
a. Marshall plan
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Truman doctrine
,d. Paris declaration - ANSWER c. Truman doctrine
10. Which agency is exempt from the freedom of information act?
a. The CIA
b. The national security agency
c. the national Security Council
d. The Defense intelligence agency - ANSWER b. The national security agency
11. With a few legal exceptions, Visa application records are:
a. Considered public documents
b. Available upon request
c. Kept confidential
d. Destroyed once the visa granting decision is made - ANSWER c. Kept confidential
12.The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular problem
definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is known in the media
as:
a) agenda setting
b) cultivation
c) framing
d) priming - ANSWER c) framing
13. Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK?
a) The Independent
b) Time Out
c) The Daily Herald
d) The Observer - ANSWER a) The Independent
, 14. Which of these mandated that media broadcasters present a diversity of perspectives on contentious
or controversial issues in order to prevent domination by a single viewpoint, was repealed by Congress in
1987?
a) Communications Decency Act
b) Equal Time Rule
c) Media Bias Rule
d) Fairness Doctrine - ANSWER Fairness Doctrine
15. Weber Shandwick, Fleishmen-Hillard, Hill anad Knowlton and Ketchum Inc. are among the largest US-
based:
a) Newspaper Chains
b) media conglomerates
c) public relations agencies
d) media research firms - ANSWER c) public relations agencies
16. Operates independently of the State dept and reports directly to congress:
a) educational and cultural affairs bureau
b) public affair bureau
c) international information programs bureau
d) the broadcasting board of governors - ANSWER d) the broadcasting board of gov
17. The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (or the Smith-Mundt Act) prohibits the
US gov from: - ANSWER disseminating information intended for foreign audiences within the US borders
18. US citizens are unlikely to be able to listen to or rea\d US public diplomacy outreach materials
because of which act of Congress? - ANSWER Smith-Mundt
19. Which of the following is an official organ of the US govt public diplomacy efforts?
a) national endowment for democracy
b) international visitors program
