Premise 1: All Regional Security Officers (RSOs) are Diplomatic Security Service Special Agents. Premise 2: Agent Walker is a Regional Security Officer assigned to U.S. Embassy Nairobi. Conclusion: Agent Walker is a Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent.
Logic Based Reasoning
Question · Easy
IQ test: finish the series
Short
Which five kinds of authority appear in 22 U.S.C. §2709(a)?
DSS Statutory Mission & Organization
Flashcard
Premise 1: If an embassy is at Inman post-Beirut standards, it has a minimum 100-foot setback from the property line. Premise 2: U.S. Embassy Lima does NOT have a 100-foot setback. Conclusion: U.S. Embassy Lima is not built to Inman post-Beirut standards.
Question · Medium
Sworn federal officers within the Department of State who protect the Secretary and investigate passport and visa fraud.
Job Knowledge
Guess the Term
Chapter 1: Introduction & Exam Logistics
1.1 Overview of the DSSAT & Federal Hiring Process
Study guide
Cheat sheet
Premise 1: If a protectee enters the threat zone, the detail elevates to Code Red. Premise 2: The detail elevated to Code Red this morning. Conclusion: The protectee entered the threat zone.
Question · Hard
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
Game
What did the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 do?
Premise 1: No diplomatic pouch may be opened by host-country customs (Vienna Convention Art. 27). Premise 2: Pouch DPL-883 was opened by host-country customs at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Conclusion: The opening of DPL-883 violated the Vienna Convention.
Title given to a special agent at an overseas post who leads a broad range of programs.
Premise 1: If a U.S. passport application contains a forged birth certificate, DSS opens a passport fraud investigation. Premise 2: DSS did NOT open a passport fraud investigation on Application #PA-44219. Conclusion: Application #PA-44219 did not contain a forged birth certificate.
What is the current statutory name for the serious overseas security incident review mechanism?
Number sequence: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ? — What is the next number?
State Department document whose Chapter 3 defines the Suitability Review Panel and its standards.
1.2 Test-Taking Strategies for Pearson VUE Delivery
Letter sequence: A, C, F, J, O, ? — What is the next letter?
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
What is the scope of Chief of Mission authority under 22 U.S.C. §3927?
Premise 1: All Marine Security Guards (MSGs) report to the Regional Security Officer for internal security of the embassy. Premise 2: Some MSGs are corporals. Conclusion: Some corporals report to the Regional Security Officer.
Three-event requirement, with a five-minute rest between events, whose final event is a 1.5-mile run.
Premise 1: Every DSS Special Agent must obtain Top Secret clearance with full SBI. Premise 2: Agent Reyes has not obtained Top Secret clearance. Conclusion: Agent Reyes is not a DSS Special Agent.
What is the Regional Security Officer’s principal role at a mission?
Number sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ? — What is the next number?
Extra 25 percent that newly hired agents begin receiving once they start the Basic Special Agent Course.
1.3 How to Study for the DSSAT
Premise 1: If a U.S. citizen is kidnapped abroad, the FBI has lead investigative authority. Premise 2: If a U.S. citizen is kidnapped abroad, DSS provides in-country support to the FBI and host nation. Conclusion: DSS leads kidnapping investigations of U.S. citizens abroad.
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Does diplomatic immunity make misconduct lawful?
If three motorcade vehicles are required at every protective stop, and Vehicle 1 is the lead, Vehicle 2 is the limo, Vehicle 3 is the follow, which statement is necessarily true?
Brunswick, Georgia, site where selected candidates spend about three months of their initial period.
All overseas DSS agents speak at least one foreign language. No DSS agent in Field Office Houston speaks a foreign language. What follows?
How does OSAC support overseas security?
If P implies Q, and Q implies R, and R is false, what must be true?
Category of items whose use is appropriate only when personnel reasonably believe voice commands or physical control would not achieve an authorized purpose.
Chapter 2: Logic-Based & Formal Inductive Reasoning
2.1 Categorical Syllogisms & Venn/Euler Diagrams
Pattern: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ? — What is the next number?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
What age boundary should a DSS applicant distinguish from the application minimum?
Premise: Some agents on the protective detail are former military. All former military complete OPSEC training. What follows?
Punctuation mark placed after each member within a series of three or more words, phrases, letters, or figures used with and, or, or nor.
English Expression
Letter sequence: B, D, G, K, P, ? — What is the next letter?
What current title replaces Assistant Regional Security Officer–Investigations?
Premise 1: If post duty officer receives a credible threat, the RSO is notified within 30 minutes. Premise 2: A credible threat was received at 14:00. Premise 3: The RSO was notified at 14:15. Conclusion: The notification standard was met.
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