Module 2 Quiz: The Four-Party Ecosystem

What is China’s functional role in the four-party ecosystem?

A) The Kinetic Arm

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B) The Financial Plumber

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C) The Strategic Architect

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D) The Capability Multiplier

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How does the four-party ecosystem function?

A) As a formal military alliance with a joint command structure

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B) Through structural alignment of interests and opportunistic cooperation

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C) Under a treaty signed by all four nations

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D) As a temporary wartime coalition

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What is Russia’s primary role in the ecosystem?

A) Strategic Architect

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B) Financial Plumber

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C) Kinetic Arm

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D) Capability Multiplier

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Which country demonstrated the first confirmed cyberattacks that successfully took down electrical infrastructure?

A) China, against the U.S. grid

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B) North Korea, against South Korean utilities

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C) Russia, against the Ukrainian power grid in 2015 and 2016

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D) Iran, against Israeli water systems

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What does FIR mean by Foreign Adversary Presence

A) Foreign military troops stationed on U.S. soil

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B) Adversary-controlled equipment physically embedded inside the infrastructure it would target

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C) Foreign diplomats with intelligence assignments

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D) Adversary satellite surveillance of U.S. cities

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Why does FIR classify drug cartels as infrastructure threat actors?

A) They have attacked U.S. power plants

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B) They combine continuous U.S. presence, self-funding revenue, demonstrated infrastructure attack capability in Mexico, and operational independence

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C) They are formally allied with China

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D) They operate their own electric grid

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What is North Korea’s primary contribution to the ecosystem?

A) Conventional military invasion capability

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B) Naval dominance in the Pacific

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C) Cryptocurrency laundering, IT worker infiltration, ammunition production, and manpower

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D) Advanced cyber attacks on U.S. power grids

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What is China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law significant for infrastructure security?

A) It prohibits Chinese companies from operating in the United States

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B) It compels every Chinese company to cooperate with state intelligence services on demand

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C) It established cybersecurity standards for Chinese manufacturers

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D) It created a mutual defense treaty with Russia

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What does FIR mean by the “Hidden Stockpile Analogy”?

A) That the U.S. has secret weapons it has not deployed

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B) That adversary capabilities are pre-positioned, concealed, and will be revealed only at the moment of activation — just as Iran's hidden missile capability surprised the world

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C) That China is stockpiling gold reserves

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D) That FEMA has hidden emergency supplies across the country

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Which of the following is a documented example of Chinese hardware compromise in U.S. infrastructure?

A) Chinese satellites jamming U.S. GPS

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B) JSHP large power transformers found with undocumented communication modules

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C) Chinese submarines cutting undersea cables

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D) Chinese drones surveilling power plants

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