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Intro to Homeland Security Exam 1 with correct Answers
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homeland security - Answer- set of collective actions of organizations and all levels of government to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the nation. ramsay mantra 1 - Answer- homeland security is primarily concerned with defending liberty and the free flow of people and commerce ramsay mantra 2 - Answer- we can't afford to protect everything all the time from all threats... so HLS is focused on risk management and leverages an "all hazards approach" to protecting people, property, and the environment department of homeland security mission - Answer- with honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values department of homeland security core values - Answer- integrity, vigilance, respect department of homeland security guiding principles - Answer- 1- champion "relentless resilience" for all threats and hazards 2- reduce the nation's risk to homeland security dangers 3- promote citizen engagement and strengthen and expand trusted partnerships 4- uphold privacy, transparency, civil rights, and civil liberties 5- ensure mission-driven management and integration wicked problems - Answer- complex (multiple meanings), value-laden (means different things to different groups), and dynamic (hard to predict, can change meaning) examples of wicked problems in homeland security - Answer- environmental security, immigration, social justice, poverty emergency management (EM) - Answer- the art and science of risk assessment/management, mitigation and avoidance mitigation - Answer- to reduce the frequency and/or severity of a hazard or threat
threat - Answer- a natural or man-made occurrence, individual, entity, or action that has or indicates the potential to harm life, information, operations, the environment, and/or property risk - Answer- the potential for an unwanted outcome resulting from an incident, event, or occurrence, as determined by its likelihood and the associated consequences avoidance - Answer- elimination of any exposure to the risk the posse comitatus law - Answer- prohibited the use of military forces being pressed into services as civilian LE (law enforcement) national security act of 1947 created: - Answer- 1- unified military command: national military establishment (renamed DoD in 1949) 2- US air force 3- CIA 4- NSA 5- joint chiefs of staff department of defense reorganization act of 1958 - Answer- created the advanced research projects agency (ARPA) -> ARPA net -> today's internet reconstruction finance corp (1932) and the bureau of public roads (1934) - Answer- under Hoover, were granted authority to make disaster recovery loans to businesses tennessee valley authority (TVA, 1933) - Answer- developed to create hydroelectric power and to restrain flooding flood control act (1936) - Answer- granted federal $ for flood control and restoration efforts following wwII, the cold war gave rise to... - Answer- heightened notion of civil defense because of fear. schools built bomb shelters, had air raid drills federal civil defense administration (FCDA) - Answer- federal support of civil defense activities was housed within office of defense mobilization (ODM) - Answer- created in DoD. intended to support quick mobilization of materials in case of war. included function of emergency preparedness natural disasters that motivated new legislative responses to the FCDA - Answer- 1959 lake hebgen earthquake in montana, 1960 hurricane donna in FL, 1961 hurricane carla in TX
defense against weapons of mass destruction act of 1996 - Answer- put emphasis on domestic federal preparedness agencies and activities. act intended FEMA, DoD, DOJ, DHS, and national guard to cooperate in WMD preparedness planning FEMA's project impact (1997) 4 step approach - Answer- tried to build safe communities using the following steps: 1- identify and recruit project impact partners in the community 2- determine community's risk for falling victim to natural disasters 3- set priorities and target resources to recuse impact of future disasters 4- keep community informed on project impact's ability to reduce damage and cost of future disasters office of homeland security - Answer- created by president bush right after 9/11 by executive order 13228. bush appointed PA governor tom ridge as its lead with the rank of "assistant to the president" homeland security act (HSA), 2002 - Answer- aka public law 107-296. created department of homeland security.
article II (executive branch) - Answer- POTUS is commander in chief of army and navy, can grant pardons for offenses against the US except in cases of impeachment article III (judicial branch) - Answer- - "judicial power of US shall be vested in one supreme court"
foreign intelligence surveillance act - Answer- - prohibited intelligence gathered in national security investigations to be shared with agencies conducting criminal investigations