DSSAT - Diplomatic Security Special Agent Job Knowledge Government 1

Question 1

Which federal legislation, passed in response to a series of terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in the 1980s, significantly expanded the legal authority and funding for overseas security programs?

Accepted Answer

The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986

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The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

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The Homeland Security Act of 2002

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The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Question 2

Which body, established by the National Security Act of 1947, is the principal interagency forum for the President to consider national security and foreign policy matters?

Accepted Answer

The National Security Council

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff

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The Homeland Security Council

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The Director of National Intelligence

Question 3

What is the primary legal authority under which Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service are empowered to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Title 22, U.S. Code, Section 4802

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Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 3056

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The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004

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The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878

Question 4

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was created primarily as a result of which commission's recommendations?

Accepted Answer

The 9/11 Commission

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The Warren Commission

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The Church Committee

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The Kean Commission on Cybersecurity

Question 5

Under U.S. law, which document governs how national security information is classified, safeguarded, and declassified across the federal government?

Accepted Answer

Executive Order 13526

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Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD-28)

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The Privacy Act of 1974

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National Security Decision Directive 298

Question 6

Which federal agency has lead responsibility for counterintelligence investigations targeting foreign intelligence threats operating inside the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

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The National Security Agency (NSA)