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Name: Score:159 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 159
What is ICD 710?
a common IC foundation for developing education and training in analytic skills
Classification Management and Control Marking Systems
-Visuals
-incorporates effective visual information where appropriate
Icd 710
Term 2 of 159
Who does the Joint Staff Director for Intell (J-2) receive direction from?
Director of national intelligence, director of the cia, director of the fbi, nsa director
Un secretary-general, nato secretary general, interpol secretary general, eu high
representative
Secretary of defense, secretary of state, secretary of homeland security, attorney general
CJCS aka Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Term 3 of 159
What is Standard 5 of the 9 analytic tradecraft standards?
-argumentation
-uses clear and logical argumentation
-relevance
-demonstrates customer relevance and addresses implications
-used to identify change agents- aka- those things that could alter the situation
-establishes the requirements for sourcing information in disseminated analytic products
,Term 4 of 159
What is Idea Generation?
National & Theater intel organizations
A family of SATs intended to broaden thinking and generate new concepts and ideas
-helps infuse creativity into analysis
NGA
Department of Treasury
Term 5 of 159
What is Starbursting?
the journalism questions of Who, What, When, Where, Why and How, each considered
separately
-better for generating questions rather than ideas
applying WMU principles is integral to the success of the IC in meeting its responsibility to
provide customers with usable intelligence
-a wide-ranging group discussion that analysts most frequently use to id issues they need
to consider at the beginning of a project
-issues may include: ID consumers for the product, what questions should be addressed,
what reporting haps need to be filled
The Chief, Analytic Integrity and Standards (AIS) within the office of DDNI/II
Term 6 of 159
National Manager for National Security Systems
Write For Maximum Utility (wmu)
Dia
NSA/CSS
Omb
,Term 7 of 159
What are the analytic tradecraft standards?
(should u decide alternatives are relevant to your argument, trace a line accurately to the visual)
Citing, certainty, similarities, options, irrelevance, persuasion, visual line, precision, and
graphics
Resourcing, clarity, differentiations, possibilities, importance, reasoning, diagrammatic line,
correctness, and pictures
Sourcing, uncertainty, distinctions, alternatives, relevance, argumentation, analytic line,
accuracy, and visuals
Referencing, doubt, categories, choices, significance, explanation, illustrative line,
precision, and images
Term 8 of 159
Overtly collects info on foreign energy matters?
POEM
COAL
DOE
GOES
Term 9 of 159
What is Standard 7 of the 9 analytic tradecraft standards?
-alternatives
-incorporates analysis of alternatives
-establishes the requirements for sourcing information in disseminated analytic products
-analytic line
-explains changes to or consistency of analytic judgements
I Am Fort Knox
Idea generation, argument mapping, four ways of seeing, key assumptions check
, Term 10 of 159
What are assumptions?
icd 710
starbursting
statements that are held to be true even thought they are not supported by evidence
-used to identify change agents- aka- those things that could alter the situation
Term 11 of 159
What is key assumptions check?
-helps analysts find opportunities to affect the likelihood or impact of an event by IDing its
causes and potential consequences
-particularly useful for identifying opportunities for US policymakers to avoid undesirable
developments and promote positive outcomes
-useful in situations where reporting is limited and, as a result, assessments are based
heavily on assumptions
-key assumptions are the ones that must be true in order for analytic judgements to be
valid
-articulating assumptions helps analysts to understand, an explain the basis of their
assessments
-helps to project potential outcomes of a situation
-prompts analysts to imagine a variety of ways in which a situation could develop and to id
the events that would precede each of the possible outcomes
Evaluates critical assumptions to understand relevance and the strength of the case
-looks at the certainty (how likely is the assumption to be true?) and the impact (if the
assumption changes, does the assessment change?)
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