DSSAT - Diplomatic Security Special Agent Basic DSSA 1

Question 1

The DS Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program primarily serves which purpose?

Accepted Answer

Training foreign law enforcement and security services in counterterrorism techniques

Answer

Providing military weapons systems to allied governments

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Funding construction and hardening of U.S. embassy facilities abroad

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Conducting joint covert operations with CIA field stations

Question 2

Within the United States, DS Special Agents hold primary investigative jurisdiction over which category of crime?

Accepted Answer

Passport and visa fraud

Answer

Bank robbery and wire fraud

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Drug importation and trafficking

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Domestic terrorism

Question 3

Which organization does the Bureau of Diplomatic Security administer to provide security awareness resources to U.S. private sector entities operating abroad?

Accepted Answer

The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)

Answer

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

Answer

The Foreign Commercial Service (FCS)

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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Question 4

DS Special Agents assigned to protect the U.S. Secretary of State serve in which dedicated unit?

Accepted Answer

Secretary of State's Protective Detail (PPD)

Answer

Emergency Response Team (ERT)

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Mobile Security Deployments (MSD)

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Diplomatic Courier Service (DCS)

Question 5

DS Special Agent trainees complete their core law enforcement training at which federal facility?

Accepted Answer

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia

Answer

FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia

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U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

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Department of Homeland Security Academy in Cheltenham, Maryland

Question 6

What is the principal function of a DS Special Agent performing threat analysis duties?

Accepted Answer

Assessing security threats and communicating risk levels to U.S. diplomatic missions and personnel

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Recruiting and managing human intelligence assets overseas

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Reviewing visa applications flagged by consular officers

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Coordinating joint patrols with host-nation military forces