FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER TEST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026 VERIFIED.
1863 - ANS When was the red cross founded
1937 - ANS What year was FDR's court packing scheme
100,000 in 1934 - ANS the largest denomination of US money ever created
1893 Depression - ANS Profits dwindled, businesses went bankrupt & slid into debt. Caused
loss of business confidence. 20% of the workforce unemployed. Let to the Pullman strike
1933 (FDR) - ANS Gold Standard abandoned & turn to silver
1973 Rehabilitation Act - ANS An American piece of legislation that guaranteed certain rights
to people with disabilities
1992 - what went wrong (GB1) - ANS GB1 American economy favored powerful not middle
class, natioanal debt, employment fell, forced into low paying jobs, losing benefits of pensiosn &
health, black & hispanic = hit hardest
3/5 Compromise - ANS The South wanted slaves to count as citizens in order to increase the
population, & therefore increasing the number of Southerners in the House of Representatives.
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,The North argued that slaves were property & couldn't be counted. In the end, slaves came to
be counted as 3/5 of a person
a lasting constitution - ANS American Revolution was different from the French Revolution in
that it produced what
Monitor vs. Merrimack - ANS Battle during the civil war showing wooden warships were now
obsolete
1986 Berlin discotheque bombing - ANS April 5; a terrorist attack on the West Berlin La Belle
discotheque that was frequented by U.S. soldiers. Libya blamed after telex messages
intercepted from Libya's East Berlin embassy, & Reagan retaliated by ordering airstrikes against
Tripoli & Benghazi. At least 15 people died in the U.S. airstrikes on Libya - including a 15 month -
old girl said to have been adopted by leader Colonel Gaddafi - & more than 100 were injured.
1998, nearly resulting in a war in 1999 - ANS What year did India & Pakistan become nuclear
powers
3. 9 billion - ANS Approx. how many people live in Asia
30 years war - ANS fought between the years 1618 & 1648, principally on the territory of
today's Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. It occurred for a
number of reasons. Although it was from its outset a religious conflict between Protestants &
Catholics, the self - preservation of the Hapsburg dynasty was also a central motive
330 Million - ANS Approx. how many people live in South America
4 Options towards Soviet Russia - ANS roll back communism (aggression) - negotiations of
many disagreements (diplomacy) - appeasement - containment/isolation of USSR
460 Million - ANS Approx. how many people live in the E. U
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,7 years war - ANS Which was resulted in the beginning of the modern state system in Europe
a plan for postwar world - ANS What were the Fourteen Points
a prime minister selected by the diet - ANS Under the post war constitution of Japan, who
was the head of govt
ABC Powers - ANS WW 1914 Argentina,Brazil,Chile offered to negotiate dispute between US
& Mexico
Absolute Monarchy - ANS where the king or queen has absolute power over all aspects of
his/her subjects' lives
absolution - ANS The theory popular in France & other early modern European monarchies
that royal power should be free of constitutional checks
Bahrain vs. Qatar - ANS Dispute over the Hawar Islands
Cameroon vs. Nigeria - ANS Conflict over the Bakasi Peninsula; the ICJ ruled in favor of
Cameroon
Civil War - ANS War between Northern & Southern States. South wanted to secede to
preserve economic model, including slavery, & autonomy. North won
Crimean War - ANS What event best illustrates geopolitics
Crimean war - ANS 28 March 1854 - 1856; between Imperial Russia on one side & an alliance
of the United Kingdom, France, The Piedmont - Sardinia, & (to some extent) the Ottoman
Empire on the other. The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in the
Black Sea. Cigarettes were invented during the war. First war to have tactical use of railways.
First war to have live reporting (via telegraph). Russia lost
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, Dirty War - ANS War waged by the Argentine military (1976 - 1982) against leftist groups.
Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment, torture, & executions by the military
End of Cold War 1989 - 91 - ANS As Pres. George H. W. Bush stated a desire to integrate the
Soviet Union into the community of nations, the Cold War ended when communist regimes
collapsed across Eastern Europe & the Soviet Union disintegrated
English Civil War - ANS civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists
under Charles I
english civil war, restoration, glorious revolution - ANS What reflects the chronological order
of events in English history
French & Indian War - ANS a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided
by indian tribes)
Gabon vs. Equatorial Guinea - ANS Disputes over continental shelf & mineral deposits
Gulf War I 1990 - 91 - ANS In response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U. S. built an
international coalition to defend Saudi Arabia and, after UN approval, to eject Iraq from Kuwait
through Operation Desert Storm
Hundred Years War - ANS Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving
English & French royal families & French noble families. (1337 - 1453) France vs. England, France
won, lasted 116 yrs - a series of conflicts
Iran - Iraq War - ANS 1980 - 1988: Saddam Hussein attempted to gain more land. The US
backed Iran
Iran & Iraq (Gulf) - ANS Dispute over access to the Gulf. In the Algiers Accord, Iraq gave up the
territory to Iran
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026 VERIFIED.
1863 - ANS When was the red cross founded
1937 - ANS What year was FDR's court packing scheme
100,000 in 1934 - ANS the largest denomination of US money ever created
1893 Depression - ANS Profits dwindled, businesses went bankrupt & slid into debt. Caused
loss of business confidence. 20% of the workforce unemployed. Let to the Pullman strike
1933 (FDR) - ANS Gold Standard abandoned & turn to silver
1973 Rehabilitation Act - ANS An American piece of legislation that guaranteed certain rights
to people with disabilities
1992 - what went wrong (GB1) - ANS GB1 American economy favored powerful not middle
class, natioanal debt, employment fell, forced into low paying jobs, losing benefits of pensiosn &
health, black & hispanic = hit hardest
3/5 Compromise - ANS The South wanted slaves to count as citizens in order to increase the
population, & therefore increasing the number of Southerners in the House of Representatives.
@COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 1 OF 122
,The North argued that slaves were property & couldn't be counted. In the end, slaves came to
be counted as 3/5 of a person
a lasting constitution - ANS American Revolution was different from the French Revolution in
that it produced what
Monitor vs. Merrimack - ANS Battle during the civil war showing wooden warships were now
obsolete
1986 Berlin discotheque bombing - ANS April 5; a terrorist attack on the West Berlin La Belle
discotheque that was frequented by U.S. soldiers. Libya blamed after telex messages
intercepted from Libya's East Berlin embassy, & Reagan retaliated by ordering airstrikes against
Tripoli & Benghazi. At least 15 people died in the U.S. airstrikes on Libya - including a 15 month -
old girl said to have been adopted by leader Colonel Gaddafi - & more than 100 were injured.
1998, nearly resulting in a war in 1999 - ANS What year did India & Pakistan become nuclear
powers
3. 9 billion - ANS Approx. how many people live in Asia
30 years war - ANS fought between the years 1618 & 1648, principally on the territory of
today's Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. It occurred for a
number of reasons. Although it was from its outset a religious conflict between Protestants &
Catholics, the self - preservation of the Hapsburg dynasty was also a central motive
330 Million - ANS Approx. how many people live in South America
4 Options towards Soviet Russia - ANS roll back communism (aggression) - negotiations of
many disagreements (diplomacy) - appeasement - containment/isolation of USSR
460 Million - ANS Approx. how many people live in the E. U
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,7 years war - ANS Which was resulted in the beginning of the modern state system in Europe
a plan for postwar world - ANS What were the Fourteen Points
a prime minister selected by the diet - ANS Under the post war constitution of Japan, who
was the head of govt
ABC Powers - ANS WW 1914 Argentina,Brazil,Chile offered to negotiate dispute between US
& Mexico
Absolute Monarchy - ANS where the king or queen has absolute power over all aspects of
his/her subjects' lives
absolution - ANS The theory popular in France & other early modern European monarchies
that royal power should be free of constitutional checks
Bahrain vs. Qatar - ANS Dispute over the Hawar Islands
Cameroon vs. Nigeria - ANS Conflict over the Bakasi Peninsula; the ICJ ruled in favor of
Cameroon
Civil War - ANS War between Northern & Southern States. South wanted to secede to
preserve economic model, including slavery, & autonomy. North won
Crimean War - ANS What event best illustrates geopolitics
Crimean war - ANS 28 March 1854 - 1856; between Imperial Russia on one side & an alliance
of the United Kingdom, France, The Piedmont - Sardinia, & (to some extent) the Ottoman
Empire on the other. The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in the
Black Sea. Cigarettes were invented during the war. First war to have tactical use of railways.
First war to have live reporting (via telegraph). Russia lost
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, Dirty War - ANS War waged by the Argentine military (1976 - 1982) against leftist groups.
Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment, torture, & executions by the military
End of Cold War 1989 - 91 - ANS As Pres. George H. W. Bush stated a desire to integrate the
Soviet Union into the community of nations, the Cold War ended when communist regimes
collapsed across Eastern Europe & the Soviet Union disintegrated
English Civil War - ANS civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists
under Charles I
english civil war, restoration, glorious revolution - ANS What reflects the chronological order
of events in English history
French & Indian War - ANS a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided
by indian tribes)
Gabon vs. Equatorial Guinea - ANS Disputes over continental shelf & mineral deposits
Gulf War I 1990 - 91 - ANS In response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U. S. built an
international coalition to defend Saudi Arabia and, after UN approval, to eject Iraq from Kuwait
through Operation Desert Storm
Hundred Years War - ANS Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving
English & French royal families & French noble families. (1337 - 1453) France vs. England, France
won, lasted 116 yrs - a series of conflicts
Iran - Iraq War - ANS 1980 - 1988: Saddam Hussein attempted to gain more land. The US
backed Iran
Iran & Iraq (Gulf) - ANS Dispute over access to the Gulf. In the Algiers Accord, Iraq gave up the
territory to Iran
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