This is the Spring 1998 Midterm exam. It is posted only as an example.
1. The predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency was
a. The Secret Intelligence Service
b. The Office of Strategic Services
c. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
2. An historic spy for the American revolutionaries during the Revolutionary War was
a. Patrick Henry
b. Benedict Arnold
c. Nathan Hale
3. The breaking of the KGB codes in the 1940s was called
a.VERONA
b.BLINDER
c.VENONA
4. The bulk of HUMINT in the United States is collected from
a. spies, agents and other assets
b. walk-ins and defectors
c. foreign service reporting and military attaches
d. imaging satellites
5. Intelligence analysis deals with various sources. Which of the following is not used.
a. secrets
b. mysteries
c. gossip
d. known facts
6. The tendency to ascribe one country's values in assessing intelligence from another is
called
a. over empathizing
b. mirroring
c. going native
7.Oleg Penkovsky's value to the United States was
a. in providing accurate estimates of Soviet missile strength
b. in allowing Kennedy to call Krushchev's bluff in Cuba
c. in providing blueprints of all Soviet ICBMs
d. all of the above
8. If you are working on a SNIE or NIE, you
a. are developing new medications
b. are overseas on a covert operation
c. an analyst in the US government
9. Intelligence in the US is "centralized" in the CIA because
a. it lowers personnel costs
b. Pearl Harbor demonstrated the failure of intelligence prediction
c. It prevents military domination of the intelligence community
10. British counter-intelligence is frequently called
a. CIC
b. MI 6
c. MI 5
d. G-2
11. Which of the following is not a member of the intelligence community
a. The State Department
b. The Treasury
c. Department of Agriculture
d. The Air Force
12. An attempt to place an agent within a foreign intelligence agency is called
a. a false flag
b. a honey trap
c. a dangle
13. The Glomar Explorer was designed to
a. break into Soviet communications in Berlin
b. raise a Soviet submarine from the Pacific Ocean
c. track Russian submarines underwater
14. T.S. Eliot's phrase "wilderness of mirrors" was often quoted by James
Angleton and refers to
a. Deep cover operations
b. the inherent difficulty of counter-intelligence
c. KGB penetration of the CIA
15. The main task of the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence is
a. the oversight of all covert operations
b. intelligence analysis
c. the coordination of all-source information
16. The predecessor of the SVR is
a. the KGB
b. MI-6
c. Mossad
17. The danger in utilizing walk-ins is
a. Most of them are mentally ill
b. Many of them are mercenaries whose sole interest is selling information
c. They could be a provocation to penetrate your intelligence service
18. Which of the following would not be used as official cover for intelligence
operations?
a. An Embassy
b. An official government trade office
c. A government owned airline
19. Which of the following makes official cover difficult
a. communications with agents are easily compromised
b. intelligence officers are easy to spot
c. intelligence officers can be arrested and tried by the host nation
20. Non-official cover has several advantages, one of which is
a. the ease of meeting high level officials who are potential sources
b. they can remain behind if diplomatic relations are broken
c. cover is easy to arrange
21. The Krogers were an example of
a. false flag operations
b. Soviet "illegals" operating overseas
c. KGB ineptitude
22. Markus Wolf was
a. a high-level KGB defector
b. the head of East German foreign intelligence
c. the NSA employee who provided the KGB information on the Berlin tunnel
23. CORONA was the cover name for
a. the operation to parachute agents into the USSR
b. the KH-7 and KH-9
c. the FBI interception of KGB cable traffic in the United States
24. The KGB is widely believed to have had the best
a. analytical resources
b. technical intelligence
c. counter-intelligence operations
25. The Walker spy ring was motivated by
a. ideology
b. sexual entrapment
c. money
26. Philby, Burgess and Maclean were motivated by
a. ideology
b. sexual entrapment
c. money
27. Wolfgang Lotz was the
a. head of the STASI
b. cover name used by MOSSAD agent in Egypt
c. German general who cooperated with CIA to set up West German Intelligence
28. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia is a good example of
a. an intelligence failure for the United States
b. the difficulty of reading an enemy's intentions
c. a KGB "special action" operation
29. Yuri Nosenko claimed that he
a. was the son of Czar Nicholas
b. had run Lee Harvey Oswald as a KGB asset
c. could identify a senior "mole" within CIA
d. the KGB had nothing to do with the assassination of President Kennedy
30. Larry Wu-tai Chin is believed to be
a. responsible for giving China secret information from the Los Alamos Laboratory
b. the first Chinese penetration of the CIA
c. the head of Taiwan's intelligence service
31. Oleg Gordievsky was a successful "double operation." After he fell under
suspicion he
a. was arrested and executed in 1988
b. debriefed the KGB and provided the names of all British and American officers with whom
he worked
c. was exfiltrated by British intelligence
32. The KGB used assassination primarily against
a. CIA agents operating abroad
b. Members of Russian ŽmigrŽ organizations
c. KGB officials who defected to the United States
33. An operation to entrap a potential agent through a sexual encounter is called
a. baiting the mousetrap
b. a honey trap
c. pulling a Monica
34. Our failure to discover the extent of Iraqi nuclear weapons programs was a result of
a. Israel's bombing of the Iraqi facility in 1981
b. Having no HUMINT assets in Iraq
c. Soviet deception techniques
35. The US intelligence budget in 1998 was approximately
a. $22 billion
b. $41 billion
c. $28 billion
36. In intelligence the difference between a puzzle and a mystery is
a. a puzzle is knowable, a mystery is not
b. a puzzle refers to SIGINT, a mystery to HUMINT
c. a puzzle is based on fact, a mystery on deception
37. Open source intelligence is
a. less trustworthy than covert intelligence
b. becoming more important after the end of the Cold War
c. usually based on rumor, not fact
38. KIQs and NITS are
a. the cover name for the attempt to track down Osama bin Laden
b. collection requirements and assignments
c. Russian ŽmigrŽ organizations controlled by the CIA in the 1940s and 1950s
39. CIA morale has been diminished in recent years by
a. The Aldrich Ames affair
b. Rapid turnover of top management
c. Changes in intelligence sources and methods
d. All the above
40. An Ambassador has complete control over all CIA operations in the country of his
assignment
a. True
b. False
41.Which of the following events was not considered an intelligence failure
a. the overthrow of the Shah of Iran
b. the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
c. the Chinese intervention in the Korean War
d. all the above
41. The difference between codes and ciphers is
a. a code is more secure than a cipher
b. one uses words to substitute for the message, the other letters and numerals
c. a cipher is developed by computers, a code by human experts
42. In general, the more closed the target country, the greater the need for covert
collection techniques
a. True
b. False
c. Irrelevant
43. Given a choice, which of the following reports would you believe
a. from a source marked as 1/1
b. from a source marked as 5/5
c. from a telephone tap
44. Failure of Israel to anticipate the Egyptian attack in 1973 can be attributed to
a. lack of human sources within Egypt
b. a double-cross by Jordan's King Hussein who failed to warn Israel of the attack
c. mirroring
d. All the above
45. The "A" team and "B" team were designed to challenge conventional
wisdom about
a. East German security operations
b. West German security operations
c. Chinese intentions about Taiwan
d. The size of Soviet nuclear forces
46. Operation GOLD was betrayed by
a. a British intelligence officer doubled by the KGB
b. an American intelligence officer doubled by the KGB
c. the French Ambassador to Moscow
d. NSA intercepts of Kremlin telephones
47. Aldrich Ames was not caught because
a. his wife protected his operation
b. he was considered by his colleagues as "incapable" of such activities
c. no one ever checked his bank and financial records
48. US intelligence rejects assassination as a legitimate tool because
a. it invites a counter strike
b. it rarely succeeds
c. it has been illegal since 1976
d. it is against international law
49. Which of the following was not a Director of Central Intelligence
a. Richard Helms
b. Allen Dulles
c. George Bush
d. William Colby
e. None of the above
50. Two countries where all US agents were "doubled" are:
a. East Germany and Poland
b. Poland and the USSR
c. Cuba and Poland
d. Cuba and East Germany
e. China and East Germany
51. Which of the following would be considered a NOC
a. a code name provided for an operation
b. the American Ambassador
c. a Roman Catholic priest
d. an agent not on contract
52. The United States is the only major power whose intelligence agencies have a basis in
law
a. True
b. False
53. Directions: Here is a fictional counterintelligence case that involves the defection of a Soviet KGB Officer and the subsequent debriefing. It is designed to test your practical judgment when presented with only a few simple facts with which to deal Read the text very carefully and answer the following questions.
Practical Judgment: A Counterintelligence Case
A Soviet defector has been secured away in a safehouse in Northern Virginia, not far from CIA headquarters. Pyotr's position ostensibly was that of a representative with a Soviet trade delegation that has been touring American cities discussing commercial opportunities in the Soviet Union.In reality, he is a senior KGB operative who has become deeply disillusioned with the Soviet system and now requests asylum in the United States.
During the course of the debriefing, Pyotr mentions that in each of the cities that he has visited another of his colleagues, Viktor (also a KGB man), has quietly slipped away, on important business for several hours at a time. Curious, Pyotr mentions that on one occasion he followed him where he observed a meeting with an unidentified American. Pyotr suspects this to be one of Viktor's agents.
Serious questions have been raised as to who this American is and what he was doing with a known KGB officer. Since FBI counterintelligence has not yet been brought into this case, you have been assigned to process this case and handle the initial stages of the debriefing.
1. As a member of the debriefing team, your first task should be:
A. Consult your superiors as to the manner in which they would like the debriefing to proceed.
B. Type your report and send it to the FBI, as they are responsible for counterintelligence matters in this country.
C. Immediately set up your own surveillance team and put a 24 hour watch on Viktor.
D. Ignore it, Pyotr is just bargaining for a better deal.
2. It has been determined that Pyotr is indeed a valuable source and your instructions are to debrief him thoroughly, A debriefing is:
A. a system for blackmailing the asset into cooperating as an agent in place.
B. designed to show the defector how great a country America is.
C. an intensive interrogation to ascertain everything the defector knows about this country.
D. an intensive interrogation under nonviolent circumstances designed to fully exploit the assets of the defector: his knowledge of his own country, its intentions, its intelligence and military capabilities and its likelihod to attempt a hostile penetration of your government.
3. A defector is,
A. someone who sells secrets to his country's enemies.
B. an agent who works solely on contract.
C. a person who, for political or other reasons, repudiates and flees his country, usually to an adversary nation interested in what intelligence he could provide on the nation of origin.
D. a person used to conceal or deflect attention away from members of a clandestine operation or organization.
4. What purpose does a safehouse serve?
A. It gives the defector a chance to behave and live like a normal American
B. It allows the defector to quietly and safely rethink what he has done
C. Safehouses allow an operation to be conducted in relative security
D. All of the above
5. All counterintelligence cases must be vigorously investigated, regardless of the number of crazy reports and worthless leads because:
A. it's in the regulations; therefore it must be done.
B. any lead in any Cl case could possibly expose other penetrations of our government's security.
C. only CI cases that stand out are investigated; therefore, the above statement is false.
6. You have notified your superior of Pyotr's statement and have been designated as liaison to the FBI CI team assigned to handle the case. The first thing you should do is:
A. turn over the entire file to the FBI, except that of a sensitive intelligence nature.
B. turn over the file to the FBI in toto.
C. tell them nothing (one of them may be Viktors' agent).
D. make a determination with your superior of what is germane to their investigation and hand over to them a sanitized file that protects CIA sources and methods.
7. A decision has been made to try and turn Viktor. To do so you will try and use a dangle. What is a dangle?
A. Someone who intentionally draws the attention of a hostile intelligence service to gain information on that service or its personnel.
B. A system of leading the suspect to a desired place by offering financial or sexual inducements.
C. The process by which you use the defector as bait to try and compromise his superiors and embarrass his government.
8. Pyotr fails his polygraph test and you now suspect he is a plant sent in by Moscow Centre to disrupt ongoing counterintelligence operations. You should:
A. present your evidence and evaluation to your superiors at CIA for determination.
B. explain your theory to the FBI.
C. go out solo and try to collect some hard evidence.
D. do nothing; hunches can be wrong.
9. The Soviet newspaper Izvestia has just printed a story saying that Pyotr is a chronic alcoholic and wanted in the Soviet Union for theft charges. Your reaction should
be:
A. strike back, release the transcripts of Pyotr's debriefing to embarrass Moscow.
B. nothing. This is a standard KGB method of discrediting defecton.
C. let Pyotr hold a live press conference.
10. Pyotr now complains that this was all a great mistake and that he wants to return to Russia. As his Case Officer you should:
A. refuse his request outright.
B. Ask for an immediate psychiatric exam and have him hospitalized
C. Remind him of the danger involved to him but if he persists, let him leave
D. Call the Russian Embassy and ask them to send a car to pick him up.