FSOT FSOT U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security 3

Question 1

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of which international body?

Accepted Answer

The United Nations

Answer

The World Bank Group

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The International Monetary Fund

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The G20

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the FSOT job knowledge section's subject matter coverage?

Accepted Answer

U.S. and world history, culture, economics, government, and geography

Answer

Only U.S. history and government institutions

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Only foreign language proficiency and translation skills

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Only international law and diplomatic protocol

Question 3

The Marshall Plan (1948) was a U.S. program designed to accomplish which objective?

Accepted Answer

Provide economic assistance to rebuild war-devastated European economies

Answer

Fund military rearmament of Western European allies against the Soviet Union

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Establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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Create the United Nations and its specialized agencies

Question 4

Which U.S. law requires foreign agents working on behalf of foreign governments to register with the Department of Justice?

Accepted Answer

Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)

Answer

Logan Act

Answer

Espionage Act

Answer

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

Question 5

The concept of 'containment' as U.S. Cold War strategy was most influentially articulated by which figure?

Accepted Answer

Diplomat and strategist George Kennan

Answer

Secretary of State Dean Acheson

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer

National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger

Question 6

Which agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union placed limits on strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems?

Accepted Answer

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreements

Answer

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Answer

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty

Answer

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)