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