Patriot Act - Quiz
  • 1. What is the title of Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act?
A) Stored Communications Access
B) Foreign Intelligence Gathering
C) Enhanced Surveillance Procedures
D) Terrorism Prevention Procedures
  • 2. Which two acts were primarily amended by Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act?
A) The Constitution and the Federal Surveillance Act
B) The Stored Communications Act and the Fourth Amendment
C) FISA and the ECPA
D) The Wiretap Act and the First Amendment
  • 3. What change did the Act make regarding foreign intelligence information under FISA?
A) It restricted foreign intelligence gathering solely to non-U.S. citizens.
B) It made foreign intelligence the exclusive purpose of criminal investigations.
C) It removed the requirement to gather any foreign intelligence.
D) It made gaining foreign intelligence information the significant purpose of FISA-based surveillance.
  • 4. According to the Federal Surveillance Court of Review, what was the legal 'wall' between criminal investigations and foreign intelligence surveillance actually found to be?
A) A deliberate and necessary constitutional safeguard
B) A protection explicitly demanded by the First Amendment
C) A long-held misinterpretation by government agencies
D) A statute mandated directly by Congress
  • 5. What statutory requirement was removed regarding FISA surveillance targets?
A) The requirement that the target must be suspected of computer fraud
B) The requirement that the target must be notified before a search
C) The requirement that the government prove the target is a non-U.S. citizen and agent of a foreign power
D) The requirement that the target must be located within the United States
  • 6. What restriction was placed on investigations of U.S. citizens under the Act?
A) Investigations are completely prohibited against all U.S. citizens.
B) Investigations must not be undertaken on citizens who are carrying out activities protected by the First Amendment.
C) Investigations must be approved by the Supreme Court.
D) Investigations can only occur if the citizen consents.
  • 7. What ability were authorities given regarding information gathered before a federal grand jury?
A) The ability to share it with other agencies
B) The ability to destroy it after thirty days
C) The ability to withhold it from the Department of Justice
D) The ability to publish it publicly
  • 8. Which organization objected to the expansion of wiretaps to include addressing and routing information for packet switched networks?
A) Federal Surveillance Court of Review
B) Department of Justice
C) Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
D) American Library Association (ALA)
  • 9. Which judges were given the authority to issue surveillance orders and search warrants for terrorism investigations?
A) Only FISC judges
B) Only Supreme Court justices
C) Any district court judge in the United States
D) Only judges residing within 20 miles of the District of Columbia
  • 10. How did the Act amend the Stored Communications Access Act regarding stored voicemails?
A) It allowed cable companies to disclose voicemails to the public.
B) It required a full wiretap order for any stored voicemail access.
C) It allowed the FBI to gain access through a search warrant rather than through more stringent wiretap laws.
D) It prohibited the FBI from accessing stored voicemails entirely.
  • 11. Who can give permission for authorities to intercept communications on a 'protected computer', bypassing Wiretap statute requirements?
A) Internet service providers
B) The American Library Association
C) Any district court judge
D) Those who operate or own the computer
  • 12. What did the law alter regarding cable companies?
A) The prohibition against operating protected computers
B) The law governing obligatory and voluntary disclosure of customer communications
C) The requirement to monitor cable subscriber viewing habits
D) The mandate to provide free internet service to law enforcement
  • 13. What specific customer information was explicitly excluded from cable company disclosures?
A) Payment methods
B) Cable subscriber viewing habits
C) Names and addresses
D) Length of service
  • 14. Which of the following was added to the subpoena powers issued to Internet service providers (ISPs)?
A) Private chat logs
B) Cable subscriber viewing habits
C) Session times and durations
D) The exact content of emails
  • 15. When are communication providers allowed to disclose customer records or communications?
A) Only after receiving a Supreme Court order
B) If they suspect there is a danger to 'life and limb'
C) Whenever requested by a cable company
D) When a user visits a website outside the United States
  • 16. What are the three very controversial provisions established by Title II?
A) First Amendment waivers, grand jury sharing, and packet switching surveillance
B) Voicemail search warrants, FISA purpose changes, and sunset clauses
C) Wiretaps on cable companies, North Korean sanctions, and FISC judge expansion
D) 'Sneak and peek' warrants, roving wiretaps, and FBI access to documents revealing U.S. citizens' patterns
  • 17. What does a 'sneak and peek' law allow for?
A) Wiretapping without any court approval
B) Access to protected computers without owner permission
C) Immediate public posting of search results
D) Delayed notification of the execution of search warrants
  • 18. According to the FBI field manual, what standard describes the period before the FBI must notify recipients of a sneak and peek order?
A) A fixed seventy-two hour standard
B) A flexible standard
C) A strict thirty-day standard
D) A mandatory annual standard
  • 19. Which judge struck down the sneak and peek provisions on September 26, 2007?
A) Brandon Mayfield
B) Richard Armey
C) Ann Aiken
D) The Federal Surveillance Court of Review judge
  • 20. Why did judge Ann Aiken strike down the sneak and peek provisions?
A) She ruled that FISA judges had not approved them properly.
B) She determined they violated the First Amendment.
C) She found them to violate cable subscriber viewing protections.
D) She found the searches to violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches.
  • 21. Who was the Portland attorney wrongly jailed because of the searches that led to the striking down of sneak and peek warrants?
A) A representative from the ALA
B) Brandon Mayfield
C) Richard Armey
D) Ann Aiken
  • 22. What are roving wiretaps?
A) Wiretaps that only apply to computers located outside the United States
B) Wiretaps that require permission from every cable company
C) Wiretaps that automatically expire after twenty-four hours
D) Wiretap orders that do not need to specify all common carriers and third parties in a surveillance court order
  • 23. Why does the Department of Justice consider roving wiretaps important?
A) Because they bypass protected computer definitions
B) Because they eliminate the need for district court judges
C) Because terrorists can rapidly change locations and communication devices like cell phones
D) Because they allow access to cable subscriber viewing habits
  • 24. What clause of the Fourth Amendment do opponents argue is violated by roving wiretaps?
A) The grand jury clause
B) The due process clause
C) The particularity clause
D) The unreasonable searches clause
  • 25. What does Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act allow the FBI to do?
A) Intercept voicemails without any search warrant
B) Require the production of any tangible things for an investigation to protect against international terrorism
C) Expand the number of FISC judges to twenty
D) Inspect cable subscriber viewing habits
  • 26. Which organization strongly opposed Section 215 through a resolution passed on June 29, 2005?
A) Department of Justice
B) Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
C) Federal Surveillance Court of Review
D) American Library Association (ALA)
  • 27. What did the American Library Association state that Section 215 allows the government to do?
A) Publicly disclose the reading habits of cable subscribers
B) Secretly request and obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity
C) Conduct physical searches without district court approval
D) Install packet switched wiretaps on all library computers
  • 28. How many judges make up the expanded Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)?
A) Three
B) Twenty
C) Eleven
D) Seven
  • 29. How many FISC judges must reside within 20 miles (32 km) of the District of Columbia?
A) Eleven
B) Seven
C) All of them
D) Three
  • 30. What trade sanctions are mentioned in Title II alongside the surveillance provisions?
A) Sanctions against cable companies refusing to disclose records
B) Sanctions against foreign internet service providers
C) Sanctions against North Korea and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
D) Sanctions against packet switched network operators
  • 31. Which miscellaneous provision is included in Title II regarding FBI personnel?
A) The employment of translators by the FBI
B) The election of FISC judges by popular vote
C) The mandatory retirement of district court judges
D) The creation of a specialized library investigations unit
  • 32. At whose insistence were sunset provisions built into the Act?
A) Brandon Mayfield
B) Judge Ann Aiken
C) The American Library Association
D) Republican representative Richard Armey
  • 33. When were the sunset provisions originally set to expire?
A) June 29, 2005
B) December 31, 2005
C) January 1, 2010
D) September 26, 2007
  • 34. What happened to ongoing foreign intelligence investigations when the sunset sections expired?
A) They were immediately terminated by district court judges.
B) They required a new First Amendment waiver.
C) They were allowed to continue.
D) They were transferred to cable companies.
  • 35. What types of computer crimes are covered under Title II's surveillance provisions besides suspected terrorists?
A) Computer fraud or abuse
B) Voicemail interception violations
C) Library record tampering
D) Cable subscription fraud
  • 36. What kind of activities are agents of a foreign power engaged in that are covered by Title II?
A) Clandestine activities
B) Protected First Amendment activities
C) Packet switched networking
D) Grand jury testimonies
  • 37. Before the Act changed the definition, what was gaining foreign intelligence information under FISA considered?
A) The significant purpose
B) The primary purpose
C) An illegal purpose
D) A prohibited purpose
  • 38. What law governs the definition of a 'protected computer'?
A) U.S.C. Title 18 chapter 119
B) 18 U.S.C. ยง 1030(e)(2)
C) Title III of the Stored Communications Access Act
D) The Fourth Amendment
  • 39. Which chapter of U.S.C. Title 18 relates to pen registers and trap and trace devices?
A) Chapter 121
B) Chapter 206
C) Section 1030
D) Chapter 119
  • 40. Who signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law?
A) Jim Sensenbrenner
B) President Bill Clinton
C) President Barack Obama
D) President George W. Bush
  • 41. Which attacks were enacted in response to the Patriot Act alongside the September 11 attacks?
A) 2001 anthrax attacks
B) Oklahoma City bombing
C) 2001 embassy bombings
D) 2002 sniper attacks
  • 42. Who signed the PATRIOT Sunset Extensions Act of 2011?
A) President Barack Obama
B) President George W. Bush
C) President Donald Trump
D) Jim Sensenbrenner
  • 43. Which act modified and extended three provisions of the Patriot Act until 2019?
A) Homeland Security Act
B) USA Freedom Act
C) National Security Reform Act
D) PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act
  • 44. Who introduced House bill H.R. 3162 on October 23, 2001?
A) Jim Sensenbrenner
B) Ron Paul
C) Russ Feingold
D) George W. Bush
  • 45. How many votes against the Act were cast in the House of Representatives?
A) 357
B) 98
C) 1
D) 66
  • 46. Who was the single senator who voted 'no' in the Senate vote of 98-1?
A) Russ Feingold
B) Jim Sensenbrenner
C) Ron Paul
D) Robert Ney
  • 47. What did Section 215 of the USA Freedom Act disallow the NSA from doing?
A) Accessing library records with a warrant
B) Intercepting any international communications
C) Continuing its mass phone data collection program
D) Tracking terrorist-related lone wolves
  • 48. Who retains phone data under the USA Freedom Act instead of the NSA collecting it en masse?
A) Phone companies
B) Local police departments
C) The FBI
D) The Department of Justice
  • 49. Who must request military assistance in situations involving weapons of mass destruction according to Title I?
A) Secretary of Defense
B) President of the United States
C) Director of the FBI
D) Attorney general
  • 50. Whose authority and abilities were expanded in cases of terrorism under Title I?
A) The Secretary of State's
B) The attorney general's
C) The Speaker of the House's
D) The president's
  • 51. Which senator originally proposed the condemnation of discrimination in an amendment to the Combatting Terrorism Act of 2001?
A) John McCain
B) Joe Biden
C) Ted Kennedy
D) Tom Harkin
  • 52. What was the political party and state representation of Senator Tom Harkin as mentioned in the text?
A) D-IA
B) R-FL
C) R-TX
D) D-NY
  • 53. Whose prayer was originally included in the condemnation of discrimination provision?
A) Cardinal John O'Connor
B) Bishop Desmond Tutu
C) Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
D) Archbishop Fulton Sheen
  • 54. According to the cardinal's prayer, whom must Americans seek rather than striking out against the innocent?
A) The planners
B) The conspirators
C) The guilty
D) The terrorists
  • 55. Which title of the Patriot Act spells out further condemnation of racial vilification and violence against Sikh Americans?
A) Title X
B) Title V
C) Title VIII
D) Title I
  • 56. What type of foreign banks are strictly prohibited under the Act if they lack a physical presence and are not supervised abroad?
A) Correspondent banks
B) Concentration banks
C) Depository banks
D) Shell banks
  • 57. What is the maximum prison sentence for a government official convicted of corrupt officialdom under the Act?
A) 20 years
B) 15 years
C) 10 years
D) 5 years
  • 58. Which agency was made a bureau of the United States Department of Treasury under the Act?
A) FinCEN
B) The Federal Reserve
C) The Secret Service
D) The FBI
  • 59. What is the threshold for coin and foreign currency receipts that requires businesses to file a report?
A) Over US$25,000
B) Over US$10,000
C) Over US$5,000
D) Any amount exceeding US$50,000
  • 60. What is the maximum prison penalty for owning a counterfeiting reproduction device under the updated Act?
A) 10 years
B) 5 years
C) 15 years
D) 20 years
  • 61. Who was prosecuted in 2005 using the provision against running unlicensed money transmitting businesses in connection with British arms dealer Hemant Lakhani?
A) The Secretary of the Treasury
B) An undercover FBI agent
C) Yehuda Abraham
D) A Somali militant leader
  • 62. When was the NIST report regarding fingerprint standards released?
A) January 1, 2000
B) September 11, 2001
C) November 13, 2002
D) September 30, 2007
  • 63. According to NIST, the fingerprint system used was approximately equivalent to commercial systems available in what year?
A) 1998
B) 1991
C) 1985
D) 2002
  • 64. How often must detentions of these aliens be reviewed by the Attorney General?
A) Every thirty days
B) Once a year
C) Every week
D) Every six months
  • 65. Under what type of proceedings can judicial review of a certification or detention be held?
A) Bankruptcy proceedings
B) Class action lawsuits
C) Habeas corpus proceedings
D) Tax court appeals
  • 66. Until what date was the Secretary of State ordered to audit and report back to Congress on the Visa waiver program?
A) September 11, 2001
B) November 13, 2002
C) September 30, 2007
D) December 31, 2010
  • 67. What does NSL stand for in the context of the USA PATRIOT Act?
A) Naval Security Ledger
B) National Secret Liaison
C) Network Surveillance License
D) National Security Letter
  • 68. Which organization challenged the initial NSL provisions on behalf of an unknown party?
A) Amnesty International
B) Electronic Frontier Foundation
C) Red Cross
D) ACLU
  • 69. How long was the FBI given to pursue alternative courses of action before the unredacted ruling was released?
A) 30 days
B) 90 days
C) 1 year
D) 180 days
  • 70. What specific timeframe of online purchases did the FBI seek records for through NSLs according to the unredacted documents?
A) Last 30 days
B) Last 180 days
C) Last 365 days
D) Last 90 days
  • 71. Which section of the USA PATRIOT Act gave the Assistant Attorney General expanded authority to make grants to organizations that administer Office of Justice Programs?
A) Section 701
B) Section 805
C) Section 601
D) Section 614
  • 72. Under Title VI, the amount available for grants made through the Crime Victim Fund to eligible crime victim compensation programs was increased to what percentage of the total in the Fund?
A) 80 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 50 percent
  • 73. What requirement was waived for those who apply for compensation through the Crime Victim Fund under Title VI?
A) Tax documentation
B) Age verification
C) Residency proof
D) Means testing
  • 74. Under Title VIII, terrorism was also included in the definition of what illegal activity?
A) Racketeering
B) Counterfeiting
C) Tax evasion
D) Insider trading
  • 75. Which section of the Act prohibited 'material support' for terrorists, specifically including 'expert advice or assistance'?
A) Section 614
B) Section 701
C) Section 805
D) Section 801
  • 76. In what year did the Supreme Court uphold the ban on material support after it was previously struck down by a Federal District Court?
A) 2001
B) 2015
C) 2010
D) 2004
  • 77. What is the name of Title X in the provided text?
A) Civil Rights
B) Immigration
C) Miscellaneous
D) Finance
  • 78. What database would the proposed biometric identifier system connect to?
A) The FBI's database
B) Interpol's database
C) The Department of Defense database
D) The CIA's database
  • 79. In what month and year was Sami Al-Arian indicted?
A) February 2003
B) September 2001
C) February 2015
D) April 2007
  • 80. How many counts was Sami Al-Arian indicted on under the Patriot Act?
A) 19
B) 17
C) 9
D) 8
  • 81. What organization was Al-Arian accused of using a think tank to fundraise for?
A) Shidler Center for Law
B) Palestinian Islamic Jihad
C) American Civil Liberties Union
D) University of South Florida
  • 82. Who described Al-Arian's indictment as an early success of the Patriot Act?
A) John Ashcroft
B) Anita Ramasastry
C) Patrick Leahy
D) Russ Feingold
  • 83. How many counts did a jury acquit Al-Arian on?
A) 19
B) 17
C) 9
D) 8
  • 84. On how many counts was the jury deadlocked in Al-Arian's trial?
A) 8
B) 9
C) 1
D) 17
  • 85. How many additional months past time served did a Federal Judge sentence Al-Arian to?
A) 17
B) 19
C) 9
D) 8
  • 86. Where was Sami Al-Arian deported to?
A) Florida
B) Turkey
C) Palestine
D) Washington
  • 87. On what date was Al-Arian deported?
A) February 2003
B) February 4, 2015
C) 2014
D) April 2007
  • 88. Who accused the Patriot Act of depriving basic rights for immigrants before it was passed?
A) George W. Bush
B) Anita Ramasastry
C) Sami Al-Arian
D) John Ashcroft
  • 89. What did Anita Ramasastry compare indefinite detention upon secret evidence to?
A) Constitutional due process
B) Taliban justice
C) International coalition standards
D) U.S. guarantees of fairness
  • 90. According to Russell Feingold, the indefinite detention provision allows the Attorney General to detain persons based on what?
A) Proven criminal activity
B) Deportation orders
C) Unanimous jury verdicts
D) Mere suspicion
  • 91. Whose controversial film noted the sheer magnitude of the Patriot Act?
A) Michael Moore
B) John Conyers, Jr.
C) Dahlia Lithwick
D) Jim McDermott
  • 92. According to the article, what did the ACLU want people to believe the Act threatens?
A) International trade agreements
B) Our most basic civil liberties
C) The national banking system
D) The outcome of federal elections
  • 93. According to the Slate article, why was it 'hard to tell' how bad the Patriot Act was?
A) Since almost nobody has read the legislation
B) Due to conflicting judicial rulings
C) Because the text was entirely classified
D) Because the DOJ hid public records
  • 94. What is the name of the former Congressional staffer and antiwar activist charged under the Patriot Act?
A) Ann Aiken
B) Victor Marrero
C) Susan Lindauer
D) Brandon Mayfield
  • 95. In what year were the charges against Susan Lindauer dropped?
A) 2004
B) 2009
C) 2005
D) 2007
  • 96. For what suspected involvement was Brandon Mayfield wrongfully jailed?
A) Madrid train bombings
B) Iraq war intelligence leaks
C) Las Vegas casino financial fraud
D) Unregistered foreign agency
  • 97. Which publication reported in November 2005 that the FBI had issued tens of thousands of NSLs?
A) ACLU v. DoJ
B) The Washington Post
C) BusinessWeek
D) Extreme Prejudice
  • 98. Which of the following was NOT a selected business type targeted by NSLs in Las Vegas?
A) Casinos
B) Storage warehouses
C) Car rental agencies
D) Public libraries
  • 99. What did an anonymous Justice official insist they were not inclined to ask courts to endorse?
A) Unreasonable searches
B) Foreign agent trials
C) Fishing expeditions
D) Public apologies
  • 100. What kind of groups or entities have expressed a great deal of consternation regarding a specific Patriot Act provision?
A) Doctors
B) Bankers
C) Librarians
D) Engineers
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