Patriot Act - Quiz
  • 1. What is the title of Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act?
A) Enhanced Surveillance Procedures
B) Foreign Intelligence Gathering
C) Terrorism Prevention Procedures
D) Stored Communications Access
  • 2. Which two acts were primarily amended by Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act?
A) The Constitution and the Federal Surveillance Act
B) The Wiretap Act and the First Amendment
C) FISA and the ECPA
D) The Stored Communications Act and the Fourth Amendment
  • 3. What change did the Act make regarding foreign intelligence information under FISA?
A) It made gaining foreign intelligence information the significant purpose of FISA-based surveillance.
B) It removed the requirement to gather any foreign intelligence.
C) It made foreign intelligence the exclusive purpose of criminal investigations.
D) It restricted foreign intelligence gathering solely to non-U.S. citizens.
  • 4. According to the Federal Surveillance Court of Review, what was the legal 'wall' between criminal investigations and foreign intelligence surveillance actually found to be?
A) A statute mandated directly by Congress
B) A protection explicitly demanded by the First Amendment
C) A long-held misinterpretation by government agencies
D) A deliberate and necessary constitutional safeguard
  • 5. What statutory requirement was removed regarding FISA surveillance targets?
A) The requirement that the target must be notified before a search
B) The requirement that the target must be located within the United States
C) The requirement that the target must be suspected of computer fraud
D) The requirement that the government prove the target is a non-U.S. citizen and agent of a foreign power
  • 6. What restriction was placed on investigations of U.S. citizens under the Act?
A) Investigations are completely prohibited against all U.S. citizens.
B) Investigations can only occur if the citizen consents.
C) Investigations must not be undertaken on citizens who are carrying out activities protected by the First Amendment.
D) Investigations must be approved by the Supreme Court.
  • 7. What ability were authorities given regarding information gathered before a federal grand jury?
A) The ability to withhold it from the Department of Justice
B) The ability to share it with other agencies
C) The ability to destroy it after thirty days
D) The ability to publish it publicly
  • 8. Which organization objected to the expansion of wiretaps to include addressing and routing information for packet switched networks?
A) Department of Justice
B) American Library Association (ALA)
C) Federal Surveillance Court of Review
D) Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
  • 9. Which judges were given the authority to issue surveillance orders and search warrants for terrorism investigations?
A) Any district court judge in the United States
B) Only Supreme Court justices
C) Only FISC judges
D) Only judges residing within 20 miles of the District of Columbia
  • 10. How did the Act amend the Stored Communications Access Act regarding stored voicemails?
A) It allowed cable companies to disclose voicemails to the public.
B) It allowed the FBI to gain access through a search warrant rather than through more stringent wiretap laws.
C) It required a full wiretap order for any stored voicemail access.
D) It prohibited the FBI from accessing stored voicemails entirely.
  • 11. Who can give permission for authorities to intercept communications on a 'protected computer', bypassing Wiretap statute requirements?
A) Those who operate or own the computer
B) The American Library Association
C) Any district court judge
D) Internet service providers
  • 12. What did the law alter regarding cable companies?
A) The law governing obligatory and voluntary disclosure of customer communications
B) The mandate to provide free internet service to law enforcement
C) The prohibition against operating protected computers
D) The requirement to monitor cable subscriber viewing habits
  • 13. What specific customer information was explicitly excluded from cable company disclosures?
A) Payment methods
B) Length of service
C) Cable subscriber viewing habits
D) Names and addresses
  • 14. Which of the following was added to the subpoena powers issued to Internet service providers (ISPs)?
A) Session times and durations
B) Private chat logs
C) Cable subscriber viewing habits
D) The exact content of emails
  • 15. When are communication providers allowed to disclose customer records or communications?
A) When a user visits a website outside the United States
B) If they suspect there is a danger to 'life and limb'
C) Whenever requested by a cable company
D) Only after receiving a Supreme Court order
  • 16. What are the three very controversial provisions established by Title II?
A) 'Sneak and peek' warrants, roving wiretaps, and FBI access to documents revealing U.S. citizens' patterns
B) Wiretaps on cable companies, North Korean sanctions, and FISC judge expansion
C) Voicemail search warrants, FISA purpose changes, and sunset clauses
D) First Amendment waivers, grand jury sharing, and packet switching surveillance
  • 17. What does a 'sneak and peek' law allow for?
A) Wiretapping without any court approval
B) Immediate public posting of search results
C) Access to protected computers without owner permission
D) Delayed notification of the execution of search warrants
  • 18. According to the FBI field manual, what standard describes the period before the FBI must notify recipients of a sneak and peek order?
A) A mandatory annual standard
B) A strict thirty-day standard
C) A fixed seventy-two hour standard
D) A flexible standard
  • 19. Which judge struck down the sneak and peek provisions on September 26, 2007?
A) The Federal Surveillance Court of Review judge
B) Brandon Mayfield
C) Ann Aiken
D) Richard Armey
  • 20. Why did judge Ann Aiken strike down the sneak and peek provisions?
A) She ruled that FISA judges had not approved them properly.
B) She found the searches to violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches.
C) She determined they violated the First Amendment.
D) She found them to violate cable subscriber viewing protections.
  • 21. Who was the Portland attorney wrongly jailed because of the searches that led to the striking down of sneak and peek warrants?
A) Ann Aiken
B) Brandon Mayfield
C) Richard Armey
D) A representative from the ALA
  • 22. What are roving wiretaps?
A) Wiretap orders that do not need to specify all common carriers and third parties in a surveillance court order
B) Wiretaps that automatically expire after twenty-four hours
C) Wiretaps that require permission from every cable company
D) Wiretaps that only apply to computers located outside the United States
  • 23. Why does the Department of Justice consider roving wiretaps important?
A) Because terrorists can rapidly change locations and communication devices like cell phones
B) Because they allow access to cable subscriber viewing habits
C) Because they eliminate the need for district court judges
D) Because they bypass protected computer definitions
  • 24. What clause of the Fourth Amendment do opponents argue is violated by roving wiretaps?
A) The grand jury clause
B) The particularity clause
C) The due process clause
D) The unreasonable searches clause
  • 25. What does Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act allow the FBI to do?
A) Require the production of any tangible things for an investigation to protect against international terrorism
B) Intercept voicemails without any search warrant
C) Inspect cable subscriber viewing habits
D) Expand the number of FISC judges to twenty
  • 26. Which organization strongly opposed Section 215 through a resolution passed on June 29, 2005?
A) Federal Surveillance Court of Review
B) American Library Association (ALA)
C) Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
D) Department of Justice
  • 27. What did the American Library Association state that Section 215 allows the government to do?
A) Conduct physical searches without district court approval
B) Secretly request and obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity
C) Install packet switched wiretaps on all library computers
D) Publicly disclose the reading habits of cable subscribers
  • 28. How many judges make up the expanded Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)?
A) Eleven
B) Seven
C) Three
D) Twenty
  • 29. How many FISC judges must reside within 20 miles (32 km) of the District of Columbia?
A) Three
B) All of them
C) Seven
D) Eleven
  • 30. What trade sanctions are mentioned in Title II alongside the surveillance provisions?
A) Sanctions against foreign internet service providers
B) Sanctions against North Korea and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
C) Sanctions against cable companies refusing to disclose records
D) Sanctions against packet switched network operators
  • 31. Which miscellaneous provision is included in Title II regarding FBI personnel?
A) The election of FISC judges by popular vote
B) The employment of translators by the FBI
C) The mandatory retirement of district court judges
D) The creation of a specialized library investigations unit
  • 32. At whose insistence were sunset provisions built into the Act?
A) Brandon Mayfield
B) Republican representative Richard Armey
C) The American Library Association
D) Judge Ann Aiken
  • 33. When were the sunset provisions originally set to expire?
A) December 31, 2005
B) June 29, 2005
C) January 1, 2010
D) September 26, 2007
  • 34. What happened to ongoing foreign intelligence investigations when the sunset sections expired?
A) They required a new First Amendment waiver.
B) They were allowed to continue.
C) They were immediately terminated by district court judges.
D) They were transferred to cable companies.
  • 35. What types of computer crimes are covered under Title II's surveillance provisions besides suspected terrorists?
A) Computer fraud or abuse
B) Voicemail interception violations
C) Library record tampering
D) Cable subscription fraud
  • 36. What kind of activities are agents of a foreign power engaged in that are covered by Title II?
A) Clandestine activities
B) Protected First Amendment activities
C) Packet switched networking
D) Grand jury testimonies
  • 37. Before the Act changed the definition, what was gaining foreign intelligence information under FISA considered?
A) The primary purpose
B) The significant purpose
C) A prohibited purpose
D) An illegal purpose
  • 38. What law governs the definition of a 'protected computer'?
A) U.S.C. Title 18 chapter 119
B) The Fourth Amendment
C) 18 U.S.C. ยง 1030(e)(2)
D) Title III of the Stored Communications Access Act
  • 39. Which chapter of U.S.C. Title 18 relates to pen registers and trap and trace devices?
A) Chapter 121
B) Section 1030
C) Chapter 206
D) Chapter 119
  • 40. Who signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law?
A) President Bill Clinton
B) President Barack Obama
C) Jim Sensenbrenner
D) President George W. Bush
  • 41. Which attacks were enacted in response to the Patriot Act alongside the September 11 attacks?
A) 2002 sniper attacks
B) Oklahoma City bombing
C) 2001 embassy bombings
D) 2001 anthrax attacks
  • 42. Who signed the PATRIOT Sunset Extensions Act of 2011?
A) President Donald Trump
B) President Barack Obama
C) President George W. Bush
D) Jim Sensenbrenner
  • 43. Which act modified and extended three provisions of the Patriot Act until 2019?
A) Homeland Security Act
B) USA Freedom Act
C) PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act
D) National Security Reform Act
  • 44. Who introduced House bill H.R. 3162 on October 23, 2001?
A) Ron Paul
B) Jim Sensenbrenner
C) Russ Feingold
D) George W. Bush
  • 45. How many votes against the Act were cast in the House of Representatives?
A) 98
B) 1
C) 357
D) 66
  • 46. Who was the single senator who voted 'no' in the Senate vote of 98-1?
A) Ron Paul
B) Jim Sensenbrenner
C) Robert Ney
D) Russ Feingold
  • 47. What did Section 215 of the USA Freedom Act disallow the NSA from doing?
A) Intercepting any international communications
B) Continuing its mass phone data collection program
C) Tracking terrorist-related lone wolves
D) Accessing library records with a warrant
  • 48. Who retains phone data under the USA Freedom Act instead of the NSA collecting it en masse?
A) Phone companies
B) Local police departments
C) The FBI
D) The Department of Justice
  • 49. Who must request military assistance in situations involving weapons of mass destruction according to Title I?
A) Secretary of Defense
B) President of the United States
C) Director of the FBI
D) Attorney general
  • 50. Whose authority and abilities were expanded in cases of terrorism under Title I?
A) The president's
B) The Speaker of the House's
C) The Secretary of State's
D) The attorney general's
  • 51. Which senator originally proposed the condemnation of discrimination in an amendment to the Combatting Terrorism Act of 2001?
A) Tom Harkin
B) John McCain
C) Ted Kennedy
D) Joe Biden
  • 52. What was the political party and state representation of Senator Tom Harkin as mentioned in the text?
A) R-TX
B) D-NY
C) D-IA
D) R-FL
  • 53. Whose prayer was originally included in the condemnation of discrimination provision?
A) Cardinal John O'Connor
B) Archbishop Fulton Sheen
C) Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
D) Bishop Desmond Tutu
  • 54. According to the cardinal's prayer, whom must Americans seek rather than striking out against the innocent?
A) The guilty
B) The planners
C) The terrorists
D) The conspirators
  • 55. Which title of the Patriot Act spells out further condemnation of racial vilification and violence against Sikh Americans?
A) Title VIII
B) Title V
C) Title I
D) Title X
  • 56. What type of foreign banks are strictly prohibited under the Act if they lack a physical presence and are not supervised abroad?
A) Depository banks
B) Shell banks
C) Concentration banks
D) Correspondent banks
  • 57. What is the maximum prison sentence for a government official convicted of corrupt officialdom under the Act?
A) 10 years
B) 15 years
C) 5 years
D) 20 years
  • 58. Which agency was made a bureau of the United States Department of Treasury under the Act?
A) FinCEN
B) The Secret Service
C) The Federal Reserve
D) The FBI
  • 59. What is the threshold for coin and foreign currency receipts that requires businesses to file a report?
A) Over US$25,000
B) Over US$10,000
C) Any amount exceeding US$50,000
D) Over US$5,000
  • 60. What is the maximum prison penalty for owning a counterfeiting reproduction device under the updated Act?
A) 5 years
B) 10 years
C) 15 years
D) 20 years
  • 61. Who was prosecuted in 2005 using the provision against running unlicensed money transmitting businesses in connection with British arms dealer Hemant Lakhani?
A) A Somali militant leader
B) Yehuda Abraham
C) An undercover FBI agent
D) The Secretary of the Treasury
  • 62. When was the NIST report regarding fingerprint standards released?
A) January 1, 2000
B) November 13, 2002
C) September 30, 2007
D) September 11, 2001
  • 63. According to NIST, the fingerprint system used was approximately equivalent to commercial systems available in what year?
A) 2002
B) 1998
C) 1985
D) 1991
  • 64. How often must detentions of these aliens be reviewed by the Attorney General?
A) Every six months
B) Every week
C) Every thirty days
D) Once a year
  • 65. Under what type of proceedings can judicial review of a certification or detention be held?
A) Class action lawsuits
B) Tax court appeals
C) Bankruptcy proceedings
D) Habeas corpus proceedings
  • 66. Until what date was the Secretary of State ordered to audit and report back to Congress on the Visa waiver program?
A) December 31, 2010
B) September 30, 2007
C) September 11, 2001
D) November 13, 2002
  • 67. What does NSL stand for in the context of the USA PATRIOT Act?
A) Naval Security Ledger
B) Network Surveillance License
C) National Secret Liaison
D) National Security Letter
  • 68. Which organization challenged the initial NSL provisions on behalf of an unknown party?
A) Electronic Frontier Foundation
B) Red Cross
C) ACLU
D) Amnesty International
  • 69. How long was the FBI given to pursue alternative courses of action before the unredacted ruling was released?
A) 1 year
B) 180 days
C) 90 days
D) 30 days
  • 70. What specific timeframe of online purchases did the FBI seek records for through NSLs according to the unredacted documents?
A) Last 30 days
B) Last 90 days
C) Last 365 days
D) Last 180 days
  • 71. Which section of the USA PATRIOT Act gave the Assistant Attorney General expanded authority to make grants to organizations that administer Office of Justice Programs?
A) Section 614
B) Section 701
C) Section 805
D) Section 601
  • 72. Under Title VI, the amount available for grants made through the Crime Victim Fund to eligible crime victim compensation programs was increased to what percentage of the total in the Fund?
A) 50 percent
B) 80 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 40 percent
  • 73. What requirement was waived for those who apply for compensation through the Crime Victim Fund under Title VI?
A) Tax documentation
B) Residency proof
C) Means testing
D) Age verification
  • 74. Under Title VIII, terrorism was also included in the definition of what illegal activity?
A) Counterfeiting
B) Tax evasion
C) Racketeering
D) Insider trading
  • 75. Which section of the Act prohibited 'material support' for terrorists, specifically including 'expert advice or assistance'?
A) Section 701
B) Section 614
C) Section 805
D) Section 801
  • 76. In what year did the Supreme Court uphold the ban on material support after it was previously struck down by a Federal District Court?
A) 2015
B) 2010
C) 2004
D) 2001
  • 77. What is the name of Title X in the provided text?
A) Miscellaneous
B) Immigration
C) Civil Rights
D) Finance
  • 78. What database would the proposed biometric identifier system connect to?
A) Interpol's database
B) The FBI's database
C) The CIA's database
D) The Department of Defense database
  • 79. In what month and year was Sami Al-Arian indicted?
A) February 2015
B) April 2007
C) September 2001
D) February 2003
  • 80. How many counts was Sami Al-Arian indicted on under the Patriot Act?
A) 8
B) 9
C) 17
D) 19
  • 81. What organization was Al-Arian accused of using a think tank to fundraise for?
A) University of South Florida
B) Palestinian Islamic Jihad
C) Shidler Center for Law
D) American Civil Liberties Union
  • 82. Who described Al-Arian's indictment as an early success of the Patriot Act?
A) Anita Ramasastry
B) Russ Feingold
C) Patrick Leahy
D) John Ashcroft
  • 83. How many counts did a jury acquit Al-Arian on?
A) 8
B) 19
C) 17
D) 9
  • 84. On how many counts was the jury deadlocked in Al-Arian's trial?
A) 17
B) 1
C) 8
D) 9
  • 85. How many additional months past time served did a Federal Judge sentence Al-Arian to?
A) 8
B) 9
C) 17
D) 19
  • 86. Where was Sami Al-Arian deported to?
A) Washington
B) Florida
C) Turkey
D) Palestine
  • 87. On what date was Al-Arian deported?
A) April 2007
B) February 2003
C) 2014
D) February 4, 2015
  • 88. Who accused the Patriot Act of depriving basic rights for immigrants before it was passed?
A) Sami Al-Arian
B) John Ashcroft
C) George W. Bush
D) Anita Ramasastry
  • 89. What did Anita Ramasastry compare indefinite detention upon secret evidence to?
A) U.S. guarantees of fairness
B) International coalition standards
C) Constitutional due process
D) Taliban justice
  • 90. According to Russell Feingold, the indefinite detention provision allows the Attorney General to detain persons based on what?
A) Proven criminal activity
B) Deportation orders
C) Unanimous jury verdicts
D) Mere suspicion
  • 91. Whose controversial film noted the sheer magnitude of the Patriot Act?
A) Dahlia Lithwick
B) Jim McDermott
C) John Conyers, Jr.
D) Michael Moore
  • 92. According to the article, what did the ACLU want people to believe the Act threatens?
A) The outcome of federal elections
B) Our most basic civil liberties
C) The national banking system
D) International trade agreements
  • 93. According to the Slate article, why was it 'hard to tell' how bad the Patriot Act was?
A) Because the DOJ hid public records
B) Due to conflicting judicial rulings
C) Since almost nobody has read the legislation
D) Because the text was entirely classified
  • 94. What is the name of the former Congressional staffer and antiwar activist charged under the Patriot Act?
A) Brandon Mayfield
B) Susan Lindauer
C) Ann Aiken
D) Victor Marrero
  • 95. In what year were the charges against Susan Lindauer dropped?
A) 2005
B) 2007
C) 2004
D) 2009
  • 96. For what suspected involvement was Brandon Mayfield wrongfully jailed?
A) Madrid train bombings
B) Unregistered foreign agency
C) Las Vegas casino financial fraud
D) Iraq war intelligence leaks
  • 97. Which publication reported in November 2005 that the FBI had issued tens of thousands of NSLs?
A) ACLU v. DoJ
B) BusinessWeek
C) Extreme Prejudice
D) The Washington Post
  • 98. Which of the following was NOT a selected business type targeted by NSLs in Las Vegas?
A) Public libraries
B) Storage warehouses
C) Car rental agencies
D) Casinos
  • 99. What did an anonymous Justice official insist they were not inclined to ask courts to endorse?
A) Foreign agent trials
B) Unreasonable searches
C) Public apologies
D) Fishing expeditions
  • 100. What kind of groups or entities have expressed a great deal of consternation regarding a specific Patriot Act provision?
A) Bankers
B) Librarians
C) Engineers
D) Doctors
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