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United States National Security Council - Quiz
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  • 1. Which act established the National Security Council?
A) Reorganization Plan of 1947
B) Executive Order 1947
C) National Security Act of 1947
D) National Security Act of 1949
  • 2. In which year was the National Security Council placed in the Executive Office of the President?
A) 1949
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1947
  • 3. Which entity reports to the NSC according to the text?
A) Department of Homeland Security
B) High Value Detainee Interrogation Group
C) Central Intelligence Agency
D) Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • 4. Which official helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the Disposition Matrix database?
A) The Director of National Intelligence
B) President Obama
C) John O. Brennan
D) The Secretary of Defense
  • 5. Who chairs the National Security Council as of 2021?
A) The secretary of defense
B) The vice president
C) The president
D) The secretary of state
  • 6. Which of these members of the NSC is considered statutory?
A) Secretary of the treasury
B) Assistant to the president for National Security Affairs
C) Secretary of homeland security
D) Attorney general
  • 7. Who serves as the military advisor to the National Security Council?
A) Director of National Intelligence
B) Secretary of Defense
C) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
D) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 8. Who serves as the intelligence advisor to the National Security Council?
A) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) Secretary of Defense
C) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
D) Director of National Intelligence
  • 9. Which legal justification is cited for the NSC's 'kill list' actions?
A) The National Security Act of 1947
B) Reorganization Plan of 1949
C) Authorization of military forces against militants after September 11, 2001
D) The Patriot Act
  • 10. According to the text, what is one of the tasks of the National Security Council?
A) Drafting the annual federal budget
B) Appointing federal judges
C) Passing laws regarding international trade
D) Identifying people deemed threats to national security
  • 11. Which of these individuals was reported to be on a kill list?
A) The Secretary of Defense
B) Anwar al-Awlaki
C) The Director of National Intelligence
D) John O. Brennan
  • 12. Which official is a non-statutory member of the NSC?
A) Secretary of defense
B) Vice president
C) Secretary of state
D) Attorney general
  • 13. Who is invited to attend NSC meetings pertaining to their responsibilities?
A) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) Assistant to the president for National Security Affairs
C) Secretary of State
D) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • 14. The National Security Council authority is found in which statute?
A) U.S.C. 301
B) U.S.C. 402
C) U.S.C. 501
D) U.S.C. 102
  • 15. Which of these is explicitly listed as a drug control policy advisor to the council?
A) White House counsel
B) Director of national drug control policy
C) Secretary of homeland security
D) Attorney general
  • 16. Where is the United States National Security Council based?
A) The Department of State
B) The Pentagon
C) The Capitol Building
D) The White House
  • 17. In what year was the Directorate of Global Health Security and Biodefense reinstated?
A) 2020
B) 2016
C) 2021
D) 2018
  • 18. Which president merged the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council staff into one?
A) Barack Obama
B) Donald Trump
C) Joe Biden
D) George W. Bush
  • 19. When was the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) created?
A) 2009
B) 1947
C) 2017
D) 2004
  • 20. Which entity was the NSC designed to help contain following the tensions after 1947?
A) North Korea
B) The People's Republic of China
C) The Soviet Union
D) Germany
  • 21. Under which administration was the Directorate of Global Health Security and Biodefense first disbanded?
A) First Trump administration
B) Biden administration
C) Obama administration
D) George W. Bush administration
  • 22. What role did the NSC order the military to stop in spring 2021?
A) Coordinating trade policies
B) Providing intelligence to foreign nations
C) Spreading anti-vaccine messages
D) Conducting maritime raids
  • 23. According to an August 2025 Financial Times report, what has happened to the NSC under Trump's second term?
A) It has been drastically pared back
B) It has been expanded significantly
C) It has remained unchanged
D) It has gained more authority
  • 24. Which official was removed from the Deputies Committee in the April 2017 reorganization?
A) Director of National Intelligence
B) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) White House chief strategist
D) Administrator of USAID
  • 25. Who clarified in 2017 that the DNI and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were still invited to NSC meetings?
A) Reince Priebus
B) Donald Trump
C) Barack Obama
D) Joe Biden
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