IFPC CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
Espionage Act of 1917 - Answer -Made it a crime for a person to convey information
with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United
States or to promote the success of its enemies.
Sedition Act of 1918 - Answer -added to Espionage Act to cover "disloyal, profane,
scurrilous, or abusive language" about the American form of government, the
Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces.
Executive Order 12333 - Answer -Timely and accurate information about the activities,
capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign powers, organizations, and persons and
their agents, is essential to the national security of the United States
Goldwater-Nichols Act (1986) - Answer -Defense reorganization plan which increased
the power of the officers who coordinate the activities of different services.
Identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the
Armed Forces. As such, the Chairman of the JCS is the principal military adviser to the
President, the National Security Council (NSC), and the Secretary of Defense.
However, chairman does not have command authority over combat forces. Civilians are
in charge at top to protect against excessive concentration of power.
JP 2-0 - Answer -This publication is the keystone document for joint intelligence. It
provides fundamental principles and guidance for intelligence support to joint
operations.
JP 2-01 - Answer -This publication provides doctrine for joint and national intelligence
products, services, assessments, and support to joint military operations.
JP 2-01.3 - Answer -This publication provides doctrine for conducting joint intelligence
preparation of the operational environment. It describes the process in which the
adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment are analyzed to
identify possible adversary courses of action and to support joint operation planning,
execution, and assessment.
JP 2-03 - Answer -This publication provides doctrine for conducting geospatial
intelligence (GEOINT) across the range of military operations.
2014 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) - Answer -Provides the IC with the mission
direction of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for the next four to five years.
National Security Act (1947) - Answer -Created the Department of Defense (DoD), the
National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
, Counterintelligence (CI) - Answer -Counterintelligence is information gathered and
activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage,
or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements of
foreign organizations, persons, or international terrorist activities.
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) - Answer -intelligence that is produced from publicly
available information
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) - Answer -imagery, imagery intelligence (IMINT), and
geospatial information
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) - Answer -any information that can be gathered from
human sources.
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) - Answer -Information gathered from data transmissions,
including communications intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), and
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence (FISINT).
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) - Answer -Information produced by
quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical attributes of targets and events in order
to characterize and identify them.
Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) - Answer -derived from the collection and analysis of
threat and foreign military equipment and associated materiel.
Challenge to multidiscipline collection - Answer -the need to avoid an ad hoc approach
and to establish procedures beforehand that support tipping, hand-off, cross-cueing, or
retasking of one asset in support of another.
cross-cueing - Answer -the passing of detection, geolocation and targeting information
to another sensor without human intervention.
Tipping - Answer -refers to the use of one intelligence discipline, asset, or sensor type
to cross-cue or initiate collection by a more precise sensor
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security - Answer -Advisor to SecDef
on all intelligence, CI, and security, and other intelligence-related matters. The USD(I)
exercises SecDef's authority, direction, and control over the DOD agencies and DOD
field activities.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Answer -Largest producers of all-source national
security intelligence for senior U.S. policymakers. Primarily HUMINT collection.
Defense Intelligence Agency - Answer -Collects, produces, and manages foreign
military intelligence for policymakers and the military commanders.
Espionage Act of 1917 - Answer -Made it a crime for a person to convey information
with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United
States or to promote the success of its enemies.
Sedition Act of 1918 - Answer -added to Espionage Act to cover "disloyal, profane,
scurrilous, or abusive language" about the American form of government, the
Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces.
Executive Order 12333 - Answer -Timely and accurate information about the activities,
capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign powers, organizations, and persons and
their agents, is essential to the national security of the United States
Goldwater-Nichols Act (1986) - Answer -Defense reorganization plan which increased
the power of the officers who coordinate the activities of different services.
Identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the
Armed Forces. As such, the Chairman of the JCS is the principal military adviser to the
President, the National Security Council (NSC), and the Secretary of Defense.
However, chairman does not have command authority over combat forces. Civilians are
in charge at top to protect against excessive concentration of power.
JP 2-0 - Answer -This publication is the keystone document for joint intelligence. It
provides fundamental principles and guidance for intelligence support to joint
operations.
JP 2-01 - Answer -This publication provides doctrine for joint and national intelligence
products, services, assessments, and support to joint military operations.
JP 2-01.3 - Answer -This publication provides doctrine for conducting joint intelligence
preparation of the operational environment. It describes the process in which the
adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment are analyzed to
identify possible adversary courses of action and to support joint operation planning,
execution, and assessment.
JP 2-03 - Answer -This publication provides doctrine for conducting geospatial
intelligence (GEOINT) across the range of military operations.
2014 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) - Answer -Provides the IC with the mission
direction of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for the next four to five years.
National Security Act (1947) - Answer -Created the Department of Defense (DoD), the
National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
, Counterintelligence (CI) - Answer -Counterintelligence is information gathered and
activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage,
or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements of
foreign organizations, persons, or international terrorist activities.
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) - Answer -intelligence that is produced from publicly
available information
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) - Answer -imagery, imagery intelligence (IMINT), and
geospatial information
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) - Answer -any information that can be gathered from
human sources.
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) - Answer -Information gathered from data transmissions,
including communications intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), and
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence (FISINT).
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) - Answer -Information produced by
quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical attributes of targets and events in order
to characterize and identify them.
Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) - Answer -derived from the collection and analysis of
threat and foreign military equipment and associated materiel.
Challenge to multidiscipline collection - Answer -the need to avoid an ad hoc approach
and to establish procedures beforehand that support tipping, hand-off, cross-cueing, or
retasking of one asset in support of another.
cross-cueing - Answer -the passing of detection, geolocation and targeting information
to another sensor without human intervention.
Tipping - Answer -refers to the use of one intelligence discipline, asset, or sensor type
to cross-cue or initiate collection by a more precise sensor
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security - Answer -Advisor to SecDef
on all intelligence, CI, and security, and other intelligence-related matters. The USD(I)
exercises SecDef's authority, direction, and control over the DOD agencies and DOD
field activities.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Answer -Largest producers of all-source national
security intelligence for senior U.S. policymakers. Primarily HUMINT collection.
Defense Intelligence Agency - Answer -Collects, produces, and manages foreign
military intelligence for policymakers and the military commanders.
