VRE Flashcards by Nick Bobka

Word gets back to the operations center that a coalition aircraft was seen plummeting to earth with a smoke trail. Someone in the center says “Guess the bad guys got those new SAMs.” Without any proof of this, what type of statement is this?

Hypothesis

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Which bias is an unconscious belief which influences the act of knowning or making a judgment call?

Cognitive Bias

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Which of the following is a form of patterning by perceiving a similarity between events or things because of superficial features?

Stereotyping

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Observing and building an argument to arrive at a conclusion is using:

Reason

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If Sheila is Jack’s mother and Sylvia is Jack’s grandmother, then Sheila is Sylvia’s daugter is what element of reasoning?

Inference

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What type of question requires little to no reasoning?

Fact

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Which intellectual standard is how broad or narrow of a perspective the analyst may have when solving a problem?

Breadth

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What agency is responsible to the President through the DNI?

CIA

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Who maintains operational control of all US military forces conducting SIGINT?

DIRNSA

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The Air Force’s service cryptologic element is known as?

AFISRA

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What extension of NSOC enables commanders to deal with the SIGINT system on a rapid reliable basis?

CSG

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Who enables US global information superiority in peacetime as well as during hostilities?

NRO

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A captured enemy ground forces weapons system would likely be exploited by whom?

National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC)

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The lead producer of global maritime intelligence is:

Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)

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The mission of the MCSB is to:

Provide trained and deployable SIGINT Marines

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During an international incident, a smaller skirmish has flared up. Which of the following will be created to handle this situation?

Joint Task Force (JTF)

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JTF’s may be established on a geographic or functional basis when the mission has a:

Specific limited objective not requirng centralized control

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How many MAJCOMS are there in the USAF?

Ten

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Which of the following are the most predominant forces within a coalition force?

US Forces

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Which discipline exploits the adversary’s communications, revealing their intentions?

COMINT

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SrA Snuffy is searching the internet for publicly availabe information that would fall under which of the following intelligence discipline?

OSINT

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Which intelligence discipline provides a valuable source of information for automated planning systems and precision guided munitions?

GEOINT

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What can be used to monitor potential adversary technical developments and deployments, as well as emerging weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats?

MASINT

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Which intelligence discipline’s collections methods would include gathering documents and other information from closed arms proliferation talks?

HUMINT

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The 1N3X1 specialty deals with what?

Foreign languages

Which security program seeks to prevent adversaries from taking advantage of unclassified information?

OPSEC

Information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes which is required to be handled exclusively within formal access control systems is called?

Sensitive Compartmented Information

The act of classifiying a specific item of information on the basis that an original classification decision has already been made by an authorized OCA is known as what?

Derivative Classification

Which of the following documents is the standard for classifying information in the IC?

EO 12958

There is a new safe in the work center. When should the combination be changed?

Immediately

A temporary working area will not be used to store SCI and will not be used in excess of:

40 hrs per month

In regards to recording the destruction of classified material, how many witnesses must sign the paperwork?

1 for Secret, 2 for Top Secret

Good physical health and what can prevent muscle strain and increase movement?

Stretching

For proper lifting technique where should you bend your body?

At your knees

At a properly configured work station, the top of the monitor should be:

Slightly below eye level

To avoid eye fatique, every ___ minutes you should take your eyes off the monitor and focus them on another object at least ___ feet away.

20; 25

Which term is one of the three integrated employment capabilities of IO?

Network Warfare Operations

This capability is designed to affect behaviors, protect operations, communicate commander's intent and project accurate information to achieve desired effects accross the cognitive domain?

Influence Operations

Which domain is considered the area of human action which pertains to mental processes such as intellectual, learning, and problem solving?

Cognitive

This operation is information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons or international terrorist activities?

Counterintelligence

Which AF organization supports influence operations through CI that is designed to detect, destroy, neutralize, exploit or prevent espionage activities through indentification, manipulation, deception, or repression of the adversary?

Office of Special Investigations (OSI)

This is collecting of electromagnetic data for immediate tactical applications:

Electronic Warfare Support

Airmen on computer networks have determined and reported to their commander the spparent intrusion of the AF networks by a known hacker and appropriate countermeasures are taken. This is an example of:

Net D

Which NW Ops activity requires close coordination with signals intelligence collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination?

This is a critical function that helps provide the commander the situational and battle space awareness necessary to successfully plan and conduct operations:

ISR

What encompasses information assurance, system and network management, and information dissemination management?

NetOps

What type of operation may be employed during the pre-conflict phase of information operations?

Broadcasting deceiving information int the enemy's territory

There are ______ phases of the intelligence cycle.

Six

Embedded at the air component command level, an Airman working here would provide a supported commander critical interation with NSA.

AFNTI

An aircraft performing surveillance against a target while in international airspace is employing what technique to gather information?

Standoff Techniques

Where are the two continental core DCGS sites located?

Virginia and California

Which division within the AOC would concentrate on long-range and near -term planning to achieve theater objectives?

Strategy Division

Which division within the AOC is responsible for near-term air and space operations planning within 48 hours prior to ATO execution?

Combat Plans Division

You and Captain Jones are on the offensive ops team and checking the ATO to make sure there are packages assigned to each target. What division are you working for?

Combat Operations Division

An Army brigade commander has requested resupply and a C-17 has been tasked. Your job is to ensure the mission was executed. What AOC team are you in?

Air Mobility Control Team

Under which division within the AOC would you find the ATO production team?

Combat Plans Division

WHo is the AOC's primary producer of actionable intelligence in support of air, space, and information operations?

ACF

What team has the overall responsibility of producing the RSTA annex and coordinating with JFC collection managers regarding national collection?

ISR Operations

What support element provides direct exploitation support to the AOC, and may be tasked to serve as a backup exploitaiton node?

ISE

Which situational awareness is needed to develop patterns of behavior, constraints, and opportunities of geography, topography, cultures, environment, and forces that allows us to misdirect, predict and pre-empt our adversaries?

Predictive Battlespace Awareness (PBA)

What type of targeting is the procdeure for attacking targets that have been detected, identified, and developed in sufficent time for them to become part of a scheduled ATO?

Deliberate

HUMINT sources have tipped off the AOC that a known insurgent group is building Improvised Explosive Devices and plan on placing them on established US patrol routes. What phase of the kill chanin would ISR assets be engaged in?

Find

During which targeting process phase are collateral damage and ROE restrictions reviewed?

Target

What is the most important step in the air targeting process?

Commander's objectives, guidance, and intent

What targeting restriction includes legitimate military targets, but ones for which damage would impede friendly operations or violate existing ROE?

Restricted Targets

What targeting restriction includes schools, churches, hospitals, embassies, and other important cultural landmarks?

No-Strike Facilities

Information that symoblizes bodies of water and grainage features is represented by which color?

Blue

Aeronautical symbols for the specific purpose of air navigation and planning air operations are shown in:

Purple

Runways may be represented by a pattern and have the following information except:

Length of the longes runway (in meters of kilometers)

Vertical obstructions must be at least this tall:

200 feet

This is the height of the ghigest known feature in a section of the map:

Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF)

What shows the geographic area that a map covers?

Location Diagram

______ is the vertical angle from the equator while ______ is the angle measured from the prime meridian.

Latitude; Longitude

The prime meridian is a north-south line and the zero reference line for which observations?

Astronomical

An example of _______ is using an AWACS to assist an ingressing package of F-15E STRIKE EAGLEs because their radars don't see as far.

Synergy

The objective of Joint Intelligence Operations is to:

Interate service and national intelligence capabilities

tactics, techniques, and procedures (TPPs) are determined at what level of war?

Tactical

An Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance function at the strategic level of war is to reserach foreign weapons systems in order to provide force protection as a part of what overall role?

Accurate, timely, and predictive intelligence

The overall goal of any operation, regardless of scale, is to pursue ______ and to counter potential threats to US National Security interests.

US National Policy Objectives

Which of the following can be a single, small-scale, limited-duration operation or a significant part of a major operation of extended duration involving combat?

Crisis response and limited contingency operation

Which type of planning occurs for real-world real-time emergencies?

Crisis Action

The Commander's staff has produced a document that identifies forces and supplies required, and provides a schedule for moving resources. What is this document called?

OPLAN

How many AEFs does the AF have?

Ten

What is the normal life cycle of an AEF?

14-month normal training 2-month prep; 4-month deployment/on-call

When will the AETF be forced to tap into resources from the AEFs in the current rotation?

When in-theater resources are not available

Which Army element is always on call and ready to deploy and reach a location within _____

Quick Reaction Force (QRF); 18 hours

How long does the APS have to be in-place after the deployment order is issued?

45 Days

A CSG may be involved in a variety of roles, but its MAIN objective is:

Obtaining and maintaining sea control

Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) retain their basic organizational structure because:

The elements train, work, and deploy together

Which is not a Joint Special Operations Task Force responsibility?

Plan special operations autonomously

Which of the below is an example of a coalition operation?

US Military and Australian Operation

Which is NOT one of the goals of the DoD personnel recovery program?

Allowing enemies a potential source of intelligence

What task begins when the recovery force relinquishes physical control of previously isolated personnel?

Reintegrate

What aircraft is designed specifically to replace the A-10, F-16, and F/A-18A/B?

F-35 Lightning II

What is the most flexible airlift aircraft in the AF inventory?

C-17 Globemaster III

What US Army system is mainly used to provide survivable and highly mobile fire support for armor and infantry troops?

Self-propelled howitzers

What fleet is responsible for 52 million square miles of the Pacific and Indian Oceans?

7th Fleet

What is the basic building block of US Marine Corps operating forces?

MAGTF

What special operatiosn mission includes subersion?

Unconventional Warfare

What special operations mission includes network and infrastructure attacks?

Counterterrorism