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United States National Security Council
  • 1. Which act established the National Security Council?
A) National Security Act of 1949
B) National Security Act of 1947
C) Executive Order 1947
D) Reorganization Plan of 1947
  • 2. In which year was the National Security Council placed in the Executive Office of the President?
A) 1947
B) 1948
C) 1949
D) 1950
  • 3. Which entity reports to the NSC according to the text?
A) High Value Detainee Interrogation Group
B) Central Intelligence Agency
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Department of Homeland Security
  • 4. Which official helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the Disposition Matrix database?
A) The Director of National Intelligence
B) The Secretary of Defense
C) President Obama
D) John O. Brennan
  • 5. Who chairs the National Security Council as of 2021?
A) The secretary of defense
B) The president
C) The secretary of state
D) The vice president
  • 6. Which of these members of the NSC is considered statutory?
A) Assistant to the president for National Security Affairs
B) Attorney general
C) Secretary of the treasury
D) Secretary of homeland security
  • 7. Who serves as the military advisor to the National Security Council?
A) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) Secretary of Defense
C) Director of National Intelligence
D) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • 8. Who serves as the intelligence advisor to the National Security Council?
A) Secretary of Defense
B) Director of National Intelligence
C) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
D) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 9. Which legal justification is cited for the NSC's 'kill list' actions?
A) Authorization of military forces against militants after September 11, 2001
B) Reorganization Plan of 1949
C) The Patriot Act
D) The National Security Act of 1947
  • 10. According to the text, what is one of the tasks of the National Security Council?
A) Identifying people deemed threats to national security
B) Drafting the annual federal budget
C) Appointing federal judges
D) Passing laws regarding international trade
  • 11. Which of these individuals was reported to be on a kill list?
A) The Director of National Intelligence
B) John O. Brennan
C) The Secretary of Defense
D) Anwar al-Awlaki
  • 12. Which official is a non-statutory member of the NSC?
A) Attorney general
B) Secretary of state
C) Vice president
D) Secretary of defense
  • 13. Who is invited to attend NSC meetings pertaining to their responsibilities?
A) Assistant to the president for National Security Affairs
B) Secretary of State
C) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
D) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • 14. The National Security Council authority is found in which statute?
A) U.S.C. 301
B) U.S.C. 402
C) U.S.C. 501
D) U.S.C. 102
  • 15. Which of these is explicitly listed as a drug control policy advisor to the council?
A) Secretary of homeland security
B) White House counsel
C) Director of national drug control policy
D) Attorney general
  • 16. Where is the United States National Security Council based?
A) The Capitol Building
B) The White House
C) The Department of State
D) The Pentagon
  • 17. In what year was the Directorate of Global Health Security and Biodefense reinstated?
A) 2020
B) 2021
C) 2018
D) 2016
  • 18. Which president merged the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council staff into one?
A) Barack Obama
B) George W. Bush
C) Donald Trump
D) Joe Biden
  • 19. When was the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) created?
A) 1947
B) 2009
C) 2017
D) 2004
  • 20. Which entity was the NSC designed to help contain following the tensions after 1947?
A) North Korea
B) Germany
C) The People's Republic of China
D) The Soviet Union
  • 21. Under which administration was the Directorate of Global Health Security and Biodefense first disbanded?
A) Obama administration
B) George W. Bush administration
C) Biden administration
D) First Trump administration
  • 22. What role did the NSC order the military to stop in spring 2021?
A) Providing intelligence to foreign nations
B) Spreading anti-vaccine messages
C) Conducting maritime raids
D) Coordinating trade policies
  • 23. According to an August 2025 Financial Times report, what has happened to the NSC under Trump's second term?
A) It has remained unchanged
B) It has been expanded significantly
C) It has been drastically pared back
D) It has gained more authority
  • 24. Which official was removed from the Deputies Committee in the April 2017 reorganization?
A) Administrator of USAID
B) White House chief strategist
C) Director of National Intelligence
D) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 25. Who clarified in 2017 that the DNI and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were still invited to NSC meetings?
A) Reince Priebus
B) Donald Trump
C) Joe Biden
D) Barack Obama
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