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Military Intelligence and Espionage
Contributed by: Howes
  • 1. What is the main goal of military intelligence?
A) Starting wars
B) Spying on allies
C) Gathering information to support decision-making
D) Creating chaos in enemy ranks
  • 2. What does the acronym CIA stand for?
A) Covert Intelligence Alliance
B) Confidential Information Agency
C) Counterintelligence Association
D) Central Intelligence Agency
  • 3. Which country's intelligence agency is known as Mossad?
A) Russia
B) United States
C) France
D) Israel
  • 4. The Enigma machine was used by which country during World War II?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
  • 5. What does the term 'SIGINT' refer to in intelligence jargon?
A) Standard Intelligence Gathering Technique
B) Strategic Interception Gathering Network
C) Signals Intelligence
D) Special Investigation Group International
  • 6. Which US intelligence agency is responsible for conducting espionage activities abroad?
A) NSA
B) FBI
C) DIA
D) CIA
  • 7. Who famously leaked classified U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks?
A) Julian Assange
B) Edward Snowden
C) Tom Clancy
D) Chelsea Manning
  • 8. What is the term for the practice of seeking to access confidential information through deceptive means?
A) Network intrusion
B) Social engineering
C) Physical surveillance
D) Keylogging
  • 9. In which conflict did the Navajo Code Talkers play a crucial role by transmitting coded messages in their native language?
A) Cold War
B) Korean War
C) World War II
D) Vietnam War
  • 10. Which intelligence agency is known for its expertise in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)?
A) NSA
B) NGA
C) DIA
D) CIA
  • 11. What does the term 'COMSEC' refer to in military communications?
A) Communications Security
B) Computer Security
C) Command Security
D) Commercial Security
  • 12. Which famous whistleblower leaked classified information from the NSA in 2013?
A) Julian Assange
B) Chelsea Manning
C) Edward Snowden
D) Bradley Birkenfeld
  • 13. Which country's intelligence agency goes by the name 'KGB'?
A) China
B) Russia
C) United Kingdom
D) Germany
  • 14. Who wrote the famous book 'The Art of War' which is still studied by military strategists today?
A) Sun Tzu
B) Sun Wu
C) Niccolò Machiavelli
D) Carl von Clausewitz
  • 15. During World War II, the British intelligence agency responsible for counter-espionage was known as?
A) SOE
B) MI5
C) GCHQ
D) MI6
  • 16. The Cold War period saw a significant rise in espionage activities between which two superpowers?
A) Soviet Union and Nazi Germany
B) United States and China
C) United States and Soviet Union
D) United Kingdom and Germany
  • 17. What do the initials 'KGB' stand for in the former Soviet Union?
A) Knightly Guild of Bolsheviks
B) Committee for State Security
C) Kremlin Guard Brigade
D) Keystone Group of Belarus
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