BSS105 International Security Policy In-Term Test
BSS105 International Security Policy In-Term Test
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Instructions: All questions are multiple choice with at least one answer correct. To indicate your answer, circle the appropriate letter/s for each question. If you make a mistake, cross out the letter with a cross (X).
1 Every security policy should contain the following elements
A Independent and dependent variables
B Goals, means and capacities
C Goals, objectives, and instruments including mechanisms and calibrations
D All of the above
E None of the above
2 Security
A Is freedom from harm, threat and/or fear of it
B In traditional sense it denotes the ability to use and control the military force
C A concept that can be normative or instrumentally applied
D All of the above
E None of the above
3 Security of the state
A Is essentially identical with the security of the people
B Is incompatible with the human security
C Inevitably leads to the prisoner's dilemma
D All of the above
E None of the above
4 Horizontal approach to security
A Looks at security in five different sectors
B Works best within the human security paradigm
C Widens the security agenda but makes the analysis more complex
D All of the above
E None of the above
5 International security can be pursued through A Norms, laws, and means of violence
B Resources and behaviours of both hard and soft power
C Options, choices and behaviours indicated in the security policy of given state
D All of the above
E None of the above
6 Security policy can be analysed at
A The individual level because leaders make the decisions
B The state level because it is determined by internal factors, including
bureaucracies and lobbies
C The international level because security is a two-level game aimed to
satisfy both domestic constituencies and international imperatives
D All of the above
E None of the above
7 International cooperation in the context of security problems
A        Was made possible thanks to the emergence of international
organizations and regimes B        Requires trust, transparency, and alignment of interests C        According to critical theory requires a change of ideas and discourse D        All of the above E        None of the above
8 Human security paradigm
A        Implies that states cannot be secure if their citizens are not
B        Calls for an abolishment of a state in favour of a world government
C        Offers a new perspective but it is impossible to implement fully
D        All of the above
E        None of the above
9 'Pork barrel' politics in military and defence security strategy explains
A        That actors increase their military potential in response to the increase on
the part of their adversaries B        Is one of the techniques used in coercive diplomacy, specifically
deterrence
C        Does not concern military and defence security but economic security
policy D        All of the above E        None of the above
10 Securitisation
A       Relies on the understanding that the more security, the better
B        Was developed by the English School
C        Has been one of the main reasons of the Cold War
D        All of the above
E        None of the above
11 Societal security
A        Is concerned with threats to identity and culture B        Places migration high on the security agenda
C        Is one of the sectors through which state can be endangered or threatened D        All of the above E        None of the above
12 Weapons of Mass Destruction
A        Include nuclear, chemical, and psychological weapons including propaganda apparatus
B        Are countered via various initiatives of vertical and horizontal non-proliferation
C        Are difficult to obtain but easy to use
D        All of the above
E        None of the above