Information Environment Awareness
Q: Which headline example of disinformation could cause individuals to doubt orders or policy, and dwell on the consequences of action?
A: New Russian capability disables US Navy ships
Q. Adversaries can determine how close Airmen are connected to others by __________.
A. analyzing the volume, frequency, and pattern of Airmen’s communications
Q. The aim of cognitive warfare is the same as other warfighting domains.
A. True
Q. When using the SMART model and analyzing information based on the Motives phase, which of the following is the most critical set of indicators of establishing negative motives for disinformation?
A. To sell or advocate for a particular political, religious, or personal agenda
Q. What does cognitive warfare attempt to accomplish?
A. Alter people’s perceptions, which forms the foundation for their actions
Q. Are cheapfakes exceptionally dangerous and easy to spread?
A. Yes, they are easy to create and post through social and mass media
Q. What makes it cheap and easy to target Military and veterans for intelligence gathering and influence campaigns?
A. Social media
Q. Why are social-media-generated facts increasingly the information weapons of choice?
A. All of these
Q. What must an Airmen do to protect vital information and influence to increase or preserve combat power effectiveness?
A. Take defensive and offensive actions, within the information environment.
Q. Which of the following influence availability bias?
A. Information that is readily accessible and easily recalled
Q. When is the most conclusive time to assess the final truth of the event?
A. Day after to week of event
Q. Why are influence operations efficient and effective?
A. The Internet and social media have resulted in a qualitatively new landscape of influence operations, persuasion, and mass manipulation.
Q. What is the most effective strategy for resisting persuasion?
A. Airmen must be able to recognize the influence of effort or attempt.
Q. What model can be used to separate truth from fiction?
A. Sources, Motives, Authority, Review, Two-source test (SMART)