CDASA Review (questions well
answered) 2025/2026
ODNI - correct answer ✔✔ Shall ensure deconfliction, coordination, and integration of activities
conducted by an IC element or funded by the NIP
FBI - correct answer ✔✔ clan collection and CI inside the US
CIA - correct answer ✔✔ clan collection and CI outside USA
Attorney General - correct answer ✔✔ CI activities and clann collection inside the US is approved by
AG, and shall be coordinated with the heads of affected departments and IC elements
ODNI creates what budget? - correct answer ✔✔ develops & determines the annual budget for the
NIP
SecDef Responsibilities - correct answer ✔✔ Collect, Conduct CI act, conduct administrative &
technical support activities within and outside the US, act in coord with DirectorNSA as executive agent
for the USG for SIGINT
USD(I) principal staff assistant & advisor to? - correct answer ✔✔ Principal staff assistant & advisor to
SecDef on all intell CI and security
How does USD(I) exercise SecDef's authority? - correct answer ✔✔ direction and control over the DoD
agencies and their field activities
USD(I) coordinates with CJCS why? - correct answer ✔✔ to ensure defense intell, CI, and security
within services and CCMDs are resourced to support DOD missions and are responsive to DNI
requirements
,USD(I) provides oversight and guidance for what budget? - correct answer ✔✔ annual MIP budget
DIA director provides defense and defense related intel for? - correct answer ✔✔ SECDEF, Chairman
of JCS, combatant commanders, USD(I) and other DOD agencies and field activities
Who is the principal DoD intell rep for the national foreign intell process? - correct answer ✔✔ DIA
Director
What four "hats" does the director of DIA wear? - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Commander of JFCC-ISR
2. Program manager for Joint Reserve Intel Program
3. Defense CI Manager
4. Defense HUMINT manager
Who does the Joint Staff Director for Intell (J-2) receive direction from? - correct answer ✔✔ CJCS aka
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Who does the J-2 provide continuous intell support to? - correct answer ✔✔ CJCS, Joint Staff, National
Military Command Center (NMCC) and CCMDs
What is the J-2 responsible for advocating to the Joint Staff and OSD - correct answer ✔✔ CCMDs
views and intel requirements
What does the Joint Force J-2s assist the Joint Force Command (JFC) with? - correct answer ✔✔
developing strategy, planning ops & campaigns, and tasking intel assets, for joint & multinational ops
What does the JFC J-2s provide higher echelons and subordinate commands with? - correct answer
✔✔ a single, coordinated intell picture by fusing national and theater intel into all source
estimates/assessments
Who do the JFC J-2s rely on for support? - correct answer ✔✔ National & Theater intel organizations
, Who is the functional manager for SIGINT? - correct answer ✔✔ NSA
National Manager for National Security Systems - correct answer ✔✔ NSA/CSS
Who collects geospatial intell info? - correct answer ✔✔ NGA
Functional Manager for GEOINT? - correct answer ✔✔ NGA
Collects all things related to overhead systems and related data processing facilities: R&D, Acquisition,
Launch, Deployment and Operations....aka responsible for integrating unique and innovative space-
based reconnaissance technologies - correct answer ✔✔ NRO
What do the IC Elements: Services (Army, Navy, AF & Marines) monitor and conduct? - correct answer
✔✔ -Monitor development, procurement, & management of tactical intell systems and equipment
and related research
-conduct military intell liaison relationships and military intell exchange programs with selected
cooperative foreign defense establishments and international organizations
Which IC Elements cannot conduct CI activities - correct answer ✔✔ State/INR, Treasury, DEA, DHS,
DOE
What is the National Joint Operations & Intelligence Center (NJOIC)? - correct answer ✔✔ An
integrated Joint Staff J-2/J-3 Plans Directorate element that monitors the global situation and proves the
CJCS & SECDEF planning and crisis response capability
What does the NJOIC coordinate? - correct answer ✔✔ the intel response to immediate crisis &
contingencies
Who maintains a 24/7 direct support element at the NJOIC? - correct answer ✔✔ DIA
CCMD Joint Intell & ops Center (JIOC) are the primary intell orgs that provide? - correct answer ✔✔
support to joint forces
answered) 2025/2026
ODNI - correct answer ✔✔ Shall ensure deconfliction, coordination, and integration of activities
conducted by an IC element or funded by the NIP
FBI - correct answer ✔✔ clan collection and CI inside the US
CIA - correct answer ✔✔ clan collection and CI outside USA
Attorney General - correct answer ✔✔ CI activities and clann collection inside the US is approved by
AG, and shall be coordinated with the heads of affected departments and IC elements
ODNI creates what budget? - correct answer ✔✔ develops & determines the annual budget for the
NIP
SecDef Responsibilities - correct answer ✔✔ Collect, Conduct CI act, conduct administrative &
technical support activities within and outside the US, act in coord with DirectorNSA as executive agent
for the USG for SIGINT
USD(I) principal staff assistant & advisor to? - correct answer ✔✔ Principal staff assistant & advisor to
SecDef on all intell CI and security
How does USD(I) exercise SecDef's authority? - correct answer ✔✔ direction and control over the DoD
agencies and their field activities
USD(I) coordinates with CJCS why? - correct answer ✔✔ to ensure defense intell, CI, and security
within services and CCMDs are resourced to support DOD missions and are responsive to DNI
requirements
,USD(I) provides oversight and guidance for what budget? - correct answer ✔✔ annual MIP budget
DIA director provides defense and defense related intel for? - correct answer ✔✔ SECDEF, Chairman
of JCS, combatant commanders, USD(I) and other DOD agencies and field activities
Who is the principal DoD intell rep for the national foreign intell process? - correct answer ✔✔ DIA
Director
What four "hats" does the director of DIA wear? - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Commander of JFCC-ISR
2. Program manager for Joint Reserve Intel Program
3. Defense CI Manager
4. Defense HUMINT manager
Who does the Joint Staff Director for Intell (J-2) receive direction from? - correct answer ✔✔ CJCS aka
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Who does the J-2 provide continuous intell support to? - correct answer ✔✔ CJCS, Joint Staff, National
Military Command Center (NMCC) and CCMDs
What is the J-2 responsible for advocating to the Joint Staff and OSD - correct answer ✔✔ CCMDs
views and intel requirements
What does the Joint Force J-2s assist the Joint Force Command (JFC) with? - correct answer ✔✔
developing strategy, planning ops & campaigns, and tasking intel assets, for joint & multinational ops
What does the JFC J-2s provide higher echelons and subordinate commands with? - correct answer
✔✔ a single, coordinated intell picture by fusing national and theater intel into all source
estimates/assessments
Who do the JFC J-2s rely on for support? - correct answer ✔✔ National & Theater intel organizations
, Who is the functional manager for SIGINT? - correct answer ✔✔ NSA
National Manager for National Security Systems - correct answer ✔✔ NSA/CSS
Who collects geospatial intell info? - correct answer ✔✔ NGA
Functional Manager for GEOINT? - correct answer ✔✔ NGA
Collects all things related to overhead systems and related data processing facilities: R&D, Acquisition,
Launch, Deployment and Operations....aka responsible for integrating unique and innovative space-
based reconnaissance technologies - correct answer ✔✔ NRO
What do the IC Elements: Services (Army, Navy, AF & Marines) monitor and conduct? - correct answer
✔✔ -Monitor development, procurement, & management of tactical intell systems and equipment
and related research
-conduct military intell liaison relationships and military intell exchange programs with selected
cooperative foreign defense establishments and international organizations
Which IC Elements cannot conduct CI activities - correct answer ✔✔ State/INR, Treasury, DEA, DHS,
DOE
What is the National Joint Operations & Intelligence Center (NJOIC)? - correct answer ✔✔ An
integrated Joint Staff J-2/J-3 Plans Directorate element that monitors the global situation and proves the
CJCS & SECDEF planning and crisis response capability
What does the NJOIC coordinate? - correct answer ✔✔ the intel response to immediate crisis &
contingencies
Who maintains a 24/7 direct support element at the NJOIC? - correct answer ✔✔ DIA
CCMD Joint Intell & ops Center (JIOC) are the primary intell orgs that provide? - correct answer ✔✔
support to joint forces
