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