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