Internatıonal Securıty Final 2. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
What is the name given to the kind of terrorists that blend politics and religion?
Crazies |
Criminals |
Crusaders |
Tacticians |
Politicians |
Crusaders are usually sacrificial, death attitude; blends politics and religion; seldom willing to negotiate; task-oriented and indifferent to risk; seeks publicity and larges group possible.
2.Soru
Which historical event changed the threat perception in international relations and so the the concept of human security?
The Cold War |
World War I |
World War II |
The Vietnam War |
The Korean War |
The evolution of human security can be analyzed in two separate periods, during the Cold War and in the post-Cold War era. The end of the Cold War changed the threat perception in international relations. The threat perception now encompasses non-military threats. Thus, the referent object of security is now not the state, but human beings. One can provide different reasons for this transformation; however, almost all scholars agree that since the end of Cold War, the state-centered threats lost their relative importance in the international system. The correct option is A.
3.Soru
In a terrorist act, what is the parameter used to explain impact?
Motive |
Instrument |
Goal |
Intent |
Act |
Motive is the reason for the act that the perpetrator has, works to satify, and operates from. Instrument is the terror act itself. The goal of terrorism refers to achieving a result such as killing and death. Intent refers to creating certain impact. Motive is something political and requires violent action. The threat of violence may suffice if perpetrators have already caused fear in the society through previous acts of violence.
4.Soru
Which subgroup do crazies, crusaders and criminals belong to?
Location |
Personality |
Purpose |
Target |
Issue |
By Location | By Personality | By Purpose | By Target | By Issue |
Domestic | Crazies | Political | Mass Terror | Revolutionary |
International | Crusaders | Non-political | Dynastic Terror | Political |
Non-State | Criminals | Quasi-terrorism | Random Terror | Nationalist |
State-sponsored | Limited Political | Focused Random Terror | Cause Based | |
Internecine | Official or State | Tactical Terror | Environmental | |
State-sponsored | ||||
Nuclear | ||||
Genocide |
5.Soru
In reaction to West Germany’s becoming a NATO member, which of the followings was formed by the Soviet Union and its East European allies?
Iron Curtain. |
Warsaw Pact. |
Axis Powers. |
Coalition of Willing. |
Washington Treaty. |
After the foundation of the alliance in 1949, new allies joined NATO. Greece and Turkey became full members in 1952, and West Germany followed suit in 1955. In reaction to West Germany’s becoming a NATO member, the Soviet Union and its East European allies formed the Warsaw Pact in 1955. Therefore, the correct option is B.
6.Soru
Which of the followings refers to the alliance where the signatories merely agree to consult one another in the event of a security-military threat?
Strategic partnership. |
Casus foederis. |
Ideological alliance. |
Entente. |
Nonaggression pact. |
In an entente, the signatories merely agree to consult one another in the event of a security-military threat. An example of an entente is the British-French Entente Cordiale of 1904. No firm commitment exists between the partners. Entente agreements are relatively flexible associations, and they make sense only if they serve the common interests of the partners. Secrecy, ideological issues etc. are well delineated in alliance treaties but not in ententes. Therefore, the correct option is D.
7.Soru
Which one is classified under the traditionalist approach?
Feminist Security Studies |
Peace Research |
the Copenhagen School |
Poststructuralism |
Constructivist Security Studies |
It is possible to classify ISS under two main approaches: Traditionalist and Critical. Militaryoriented and state-centered conception of Security Studies (SS) and Peace Research are classified under the traditionalist approach whereas the Feminist Security Studies, the Copenhagen School, Poststructuralism, and Constructivist Security Studies under the Critical approach.
8.Soru
What is the norm of responsibility to protect (R2P)?
States' responsibility to protect citizens |
States' responsibility to protect the state |
Citizen' responsibility to protect the state |
Citizens' responsibility to protect citizens |
Every individual's responsibility to protect the law |
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a norm based on states responsibility to protect their own citizens and the international community’s obligation to protect humans from serious violations such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
9.Soru
Which report for the first time brought together the issues of environment and national/international economy?
The Silent Spring |
Our Synthetic Environment |
Limits of Growth |
Sustainable Development |
Green Politics |
In 1972, the Club of Rome released a report, Limits of Growth, in which it was suggested that if the then economic patterns continued, the world would soon experience an ecological disaster. Limits of Growth was the first report that has warned that humanity is on the verge of a global economic and ecological destruction. Limits of Growth has also laid the foundations of the concept of sustainable development, a concept which is now acknowledged all over the world and which for the first time brings together the issues of environment and national/international economy.
10.Soru
Which one is a possible threat to traditional security?
Disease |
Poverty |
Nuclear Weapons |
Food Security Natural Disaster |
Violence |
Apart from C, other options are possible threats to human security.
11.Soru
When did the first UN conference on the environment, which was accepted as the beginning of the international environmental policy, took place?
1964 |
1972 |
1980 |
1982 |
1990 |
The first UN conference on the environment, which was accepted as the beginning of the international environmental policy, took place in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972.
12.Soru
What is true about The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
It was formed at the Baghdad Conference. |
It was formed in 1923. |
The Council is the UN-accredited global energy body. |
It is formed with more than 3000-member organizations. |
It is located in over 90 countries. |
OPEC is a permanent intergovernmental organization that was formed at the Baghdad Conference, held on September 10-14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. Today, with 14 Member Countries.
13.Soru
Which food security dimension refers to food quality and nutritional content?
Productivity |
Availability |
Stability |
Utilization |
Accessibility |
There are four main components of food security. These are availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. Availability refers to whether food is physically available. In other words, it is related to the question of whether enough food is produced to meet the needs. The second dimension of food security is accessibility, which is the key issue when discussing food security. Utilization refers to food quality and nutritional content. This relates to health, HIV/AIDS, access to water and clean energy sources. FAO considers the principle of stability as the fourth dimension of food security. This principle is mostly related to the consequences of sudden shocks. The correct option is D.
14.Soru
Which of the below is not one of the Millenium Development Goals?
Achieve universal primary education |
Promote gender equality and empower women |
Reduce child mortality |
Ensure environmental sustainability |
Endorse technological advances |
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs or MDG 8) are a long -and medium- term (to be achieved by 2015) development agenda approved by the UN General Assembly in December 2000. Their purpose was to inject renewed urgency into global development efforts by establishing challenging targets in each of the key human development areas.
Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4 Reduce child mortality
Goal 5 Improve maternal health
Goal 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for development
15.Soru
Which one is a technology that converts sunlight (solar radiation) into direct current electricity by using semiconductors?
Which one is a technology that converts sunlight (solar radiation) into direct current electricity by using semiconductors?
Offshore wind energy |
Hydropower |
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) |
Shale gas |
Thermal production |
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) is a technology that converts sunlight (solar radiation) into direct current electricity by using semiconductors. When the sun hits the semiconductor within the PV cell, electrons are freed and form an electric current.
16.Soru
What is the traditional security approach that is based on the absence of war between two states?
Security Dilemma |
Positive peace |
Negative peace |
Complex Interdependence |
Human Security Network |
While negative peace is related to the traditional security approach that is based on the
absence of war between two states, positive peace refers to the establishment of a socially just system by taking into consideration all dimensions of human security.
17.Soru
Against which of the following threats did the U.S.A. initiate and form NATO?
Iran. |
Turkey. |
People's Republic of China. |
European Union. |
Soviet Union. |
Soon after the Second World War had ended, several disagreements emerged among the allied powers of the war, namely the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Especially, they failed to reach an agreement on the post-war international order. The Soviet Union started to dominate Eastern Europe by imposing socialist ideology on the regional powers and expanded its sphere of influence. This was opposed, however, by the Western powers, including the US. As a result, the US decided to form an alliance to minimize the Soviet influence in Europe and get prepared for a possible attack by the socialist/communist states. Therefore, the correct option is E.
18.Soru
Which of the following is an organization created in Bandung/Indonesia in 1955 by 29 Asian and African former colonial countries striving to follow an independent foreign policy?
Lysoen Declaration |
The Human Security Network |
The Non-Aligned Movement |
Complex Interdependence |
The Group of Seventy Seven |
The Non-Aligned Movement is an organization created by 29 Asian and African former colonial countries in Bandung/Indonesia in 1955. All these countries strived to follow an independent foreign policy from both NATO and the Warsaw Pact and supported the independence movements. They followed an agenda for economic development, disarmament, and economic inequality between countries. The correct option is C.
19.Soru
The efforts to justify the emergence of political terrorism on the basis of specific socio-economic conditions or psychopathology are doomed to failure. What is the reason for this?
People cannot understand the strategic importance of labeling of a group. |
It will sometimes be impossible to protect populations against terrorist attacks. |
The clear distinction between terrorism and war is disappearing. |
Governments cannot prevent and fight terrorism. |
While political terrorism is an act of certain minority groups, a significant fraction of terrorists are wealthy or spoiled persons. |
The efforts to justify the emergence of political terrorism
on the basis of specific socio-economic conditions
or psychopathology are doomed to failure. Because,
while political terrorism is an act of certain minority
groups, a significant fraction of terrorists are wealthy
or spoiled persons
20.Soru
Which one is about the overuse and depletion of shared resources by one or more groups in a bio-region?
Which one is about the overuse and depletion of shared resources by one or more groups in a bio-region?
It causes pollution |
It is exacerbated by class, ethnic, national, or other divisions |
It impoverishes the living space |
It undermines a society’s physical, economic, social, and spiritual quality of life |
It causes deforestation |
The overuse and depletion of shared resources by one or more groups in a bio-region, affecting others who also depend on the resources (often exacerbated by class, ethnic, national, or other divisions)
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