Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer

1		For the most balanced assessment of foreign and military policy issues, the president in most instances would be advised to follow the recommendations of the:
			A)	Department of State.
			B)	Department of Defense.
			C)	National Security Council.
			D)	Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2		The policy of deterrence, which the United States followed during the cold war, is based on the idea that:
			A)	the best protection against attack by an enemy is the capacity to retaliate with a devastating attack of one's own.
			B)	when threatened, a nation should strike first so that its enemy is deprived of the option of a surprise attack.
			C)	economic links with another country will deter it from aggression.
			D)	modern warfare requires a nation to follow a "flexible response" policy.
3		As an instrument of U.S. economic policy, military force:
			A)	has become more important because of the threat of international terrorism to the free flow of U.S. goods.
			B)	has become more important because rising ethnic tensions are disrupting the creation of new markets for U.S. goods.
			C)	has become less important because the world economy is now so interconnected that the use of military force would probably be more disruptive than helpful.
			D)	has become less important because it places too heavy a drain on an already straining economy.
4		The lesson of Vietnam for the United States was that:
			A)	America's military arsenal was obsolete and needed updating.
			B)	appeasement only encourages further aggression.
			C)	there were limits to America's ability to assert its will in the world alone.
			D)	an isolationist foreign policy is the only safe direction for U.S. policy.
5		The chief instruments of national security policy include all except which one of the following:
			A)	reconstruction.
			B)	diplomacy.
			C)	military force.
			D)	economic exchange.
			E)	intelligence gathering.
6		Which type of military action is most likely to be used today?
			A)	limited nuclear warfare.
			B)	police-type action.
			C)	unlimited conventional warfare.
			D)	counterinsurgency.
7		Which is the most important of America's military alliances?
			A)	NORAD
			B)	DOT
			C)	NATO
			D)	IMF