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