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IFPC Exam Questionsand Complete Answers
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What is Intelligence? - Answer: Processed Information that provides an assessment
What is the primary role of joint intelligence? - Answer: To provide information and assessments to
facilitate mission accomplishment
What is Strategic Intelligence - Answer: Intelligence needed by policymakers to make policy and military
decision at the national and international level
What is Operational Intelligence - Answer: Intelligence used by military leaders to plan and accomplish
strategic objectives with the operational area
What is Tactical Intelligence - Answer: Intelligence provided to military leaders in the field to accomplish
immediate tactical objectives
President's Daily Brief (PDB) - Answer: The flagship intelligence product that the Director of national
Intelligence delivers every day to the president. This document emphasizes strategic analysis.
WIRe - Answer: CIA Product that several hundred senior Executive and legislative branch policymakers
receive daily
National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) and National Intelligence Assessments - Answer: Products written
by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) with input from the entire Intelligence Community (IC). NIEs
often provide a longer-term perspective on issues of critical national security
,Secretary of Defense/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Daily Intelligence Update (SECDEF/CJCS J2
Daily Intelligence Update) - Answer: Department of Defense (DoD) Product that the DoD leadership
receives daily
Secretary's Morning Summary (SMS) - Answer: A State Department product that the Secretary of State
Receives Daily
Strategic Intelligence Target Audience - Answer: SR Military and Civilian Leaders; Combatant
Commanders
Responsibilities of Strategic Intelligence - Answer: Assist in developing national strategy and policy ;
monitor the international or global situation ; assist in developing military plans ; assist in determining
major weapons systems and force structure requirements ; support the conduct of strategic operations
Operational Intelligence Target Audience - Answer: Combatant and Subordinate Joint Force
Commanders; Component Commanders
Responsibilities of Operational Intelligence - Answer: Focus on military capabilities and intentions of
enemies and adversaries; analyze the operational environment; identify adversary centers of gravity and
critical vulnerabilities; monitor events in the joint forces commanders area of interest; support the
planning and conduct of joint campaigns
Tactical Intelligence Target Audience - Answer: Unit Commanders
Responsibilities of Tactical Intelligence - Answer: Support planning and the execution of battles,
engagements, and other joint force activities; provide commanders with information on imminent
threats to their forces and changes in the operational environment; provide commanders with obstacle
intelligence
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) - Answer: Intelligence that involves the interception of Communications
Intelligence (COMINT) and Electronic Signals Intelligence (ELINT)
Communications Intelligence (COMINT) - Answer: Intelligence based on information intercepted from
messages between individuals
, Electronic Signals Intelligence (ELINT) - Answer: Refers to the information gleaned from analyzing
electronic signals, such as radars
The National Security Agency (NSA) has primary responsibility over which Intelligence? - Answer: SIGINT
Collection and Reporting
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) - Answer: Intelligence collected from human sources, where operations
officers and foreign agents conduct clandestine collection
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) - Answer: Intelligence based on information in the public domain
domestically or abroad. Sources may include traditional media, internet forums and media, government
publications, and professional or academic papers. This information has been deliberately discovered,
discriminated, distilled, and disseminated to a select audience, generally the commander and their
immediate staff, in order to address a specific question. In other words, applies the proven process of
intelligence to the broad diversity of open sources of information, and creates intelligence
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) - Answer: Intelligence that is the visual representation of activities on
earth
Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT) - Answer: Intelligence that is scientific and highly
technical; obtained by identifying and analyzing environmental byproducts of developments of interest,
such as weapons tests.
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has primary responsibility over which Intelligence? - Answer:
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has primary responsibility over which Intelligence? - Answer:
Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has primary responsibility over which Intelligence? - Answer:
Measurements and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)
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