Dsc1006 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Assassinationis the premeditated act of killing someone , especially a prominent person , suddenly or secretively . Tyrannicideis the killing or assassination of a tyrant or unjust ruler , purportedly for the common good , and usually by one of the tyrant's subjects Extremismis an ideology that is far outside mainstream attitudes of society . ThugA ________________was a member of a group of robbers and assassins in India who waylaid and strangled their victims , usually travelers , and...

Chapter 1 Which president proposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security? George Bush The greatest fear about natural disasters is that they do not come with a warning. T or F maybe wrong True The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Unabomber's actions are what type of threats? a domestic terrorist attack The mission of the Department of Homeland Security is defined in the National Strategy for Homeland Security as: A concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks wi...

Osama Bin Laden directly credited the defeat of the Soviets in 1979 toThe will of God The_____was an attack by the Black September during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West GermanyMunich Massacre The______prompted the U.S to become more concerned about International TerrorismBlack September attack of the Olympics The_____exploded in Havana Harbor on the evening of 15 February 1898Battleship USS Maine There is no universal accepted definition ofTerrorism

TRUE or FALSE: The sector and cross-sector partnership approach is designed to be scalable a owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other stakeholders across the country to partic A. TRUE B. FALSE 2. All of the following statements are Core Tenets of the NIPP EXCEPT: A. Comparative advantage in risk mitigation B. Domestic and international partnership collaboration C. Coordinated and comprehensive risk identification and management D. Security and resilience by design 3. Wh...