FBI History Final Exam ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
According to the article, how does the tv show, "The X-Files" reflect larger shifts in attitudes
towards the government in general and the FBI specifically? - Correct answers✔✔In the 1990s it
reflected a fundamental shift of mood in the country, it always reflects distrust of authority,
American leaders and government. The government is behind widespread covert activity to
prevent the public from about certain things such as UFO. Hoover appears in episodes and is
portrayed as a rapid anticommunist willing to go to any lengths to rid America of the red menace,
virtually being the villain of the episode. the individual FBI agents featured in the series, Fox
Mulder and Dana Scully, are presented as heroic figures, but almost everything they accomplish
they achieve in spite of the Bureau, not because of it, authority makes it impossible for them to
get clear guidance or support in there efforts to write the wrongs in the world. Sinister forces
working within the FBI. In general, The X-Files is more likely to show the failures than success.
very nature, the X-Files are tributes to mysterious cases, chiefly involving paranormal
phenomena, th to solve over
What previous media depiction of the FBI does the article focus on and how does it compare that
depiction to the "X-Files"? - Correct answers✔✔No branch of the federal government has gotten
more of a free ride from mass media than the FBI. Bureau agents have been the darlings of
movies, radio, and television throughout their history and were especially so in the 1930s, 1940s,
and 1950s. he 1930s, 1940s, an federal police force was originally very controversial—many
regarded it as an injustice extension of the federal government's power, beyond Constitution—
but we seldom get even a hint of such controversy. In comparison to the X files that show ant
trust in the FBI organization and conspiracy theories. the FBI. The FBI Story stresses that the
agency, at least under Hoover's reign, is above politics; that its agents are God-fearing servants,
willing to give their lives to protect their country it is technologically sophisticated and able to
ferret out any that, in Superman-like fashion, it is on the side of truth
What does the article have to say about the basic premise for the show? - Correct answers✔✔in
its basic premise The X-Files suggests that the gov of dealing with a whole side of human life. It
hands the deepes ure whom it proceeds actively to marginalize (symbolically basement corner of
the FBI building in the District of Columb it can to thwart his efforts to uncover the truth and, if
he ev from making it known to the public. The show in fact emp ment does not represent the
, public interest but has a hid reflects the self-interest of those in power. All this runs counte
traditionally been presented in Ame
How does the article describe the roles/backgrounds of the show's two main characters? - Correct
answers✔✔Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, are presented as heroic figures, but almost everything
they accomplish they achieve in spite of the Bureau, not because of it, authority makes it
impossible for them to get clear guidance or support in there efforts to write the wrongs in the
world. the years. Fox Mulder is interest in any case involving mysterious or unexplained
phenomena for a personal reason. he believes yers ago his sister was abducted by aliens. Higher
ups assign Dana Scully to Mulder as a partner in the hope that she will discredit his
investigations. her scientific expertise as a medical doctor is supposed to allow her to debunk his
explanations of phenomena in terms of occult causes.
How does the one show episode that the article profiles in depth illustrate larger patterns of the
show? - Correct answers✔✔The only thing that is clear is that The X-Files has chosen to invert
the normal pattern of the FBI drama. In a plot twist that should endear monetarists everywhere,
here the federal government and perhaps the Federal reserve itself are shown tampering with the
money supply—not the private individuals vilified in the standard counterfeiting storyline. In his
last words to the U.S. attorney, Mulder insists: "The money's as dirty as you are." Sticking to his
guns, the federal official asks Mulder which side he is on, demanding to know if he wants "to
bring down the federal government—to do the very work that that group you were part of is
doing. What do you want—laws against these men or laws protecting them?" reply goes to the
heart of The X-Files: "I want people to know the truth." And the official's answer shows where
the battle lines are drawn on the show: "Well sometimes our job is to protect those people from
knowing it." That the federal gov might have an interest in concealing the truth from the
American people
This common refrain within the FBI captured a key aspect of the culture within the Bureau, a
culture which made it hard for this law enforcement agency to change in ways that would make
it better able to combat terrorism. - Correct answers✔✔"the fbi way" or "that's not how we do
things here"
This rule restricted the use and circulation of information gained through a federal grand jury
investigation, but it also provided a justification for FBI agents to hoard the information and not
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
According to the article, how does the tv show, "The X-Files" reflect larger shifts in attitudes
towards the government in general and the FBI specifically? - Correct answers✔✔In the 1990s it
reflected a fundamental shift of mood in the country, it always reflects distrust of authority,
American leaders and government. The government is behind widespread covert activity to
prevent the public from about certain things such as UFO. Hoover appears in episodes and is
portrayed as a rapid anticommunist willing to go to any lengths to rid America of the red menace,
virtually being the villain of the episode. the individual FBI agents featured in the series, Fox
Mulder and Dana Scully, are presented as heroic figures, but almost everything they accomplish
they achieve in spite of the Bureau, not because of it, authority makes it impossible for them to
get clear guidance or support in there efforts to write the wrongs in the world. Sinister forces
working within the FBI. In general, The X-Files is more likely to show the failures than success.
very nature, the X-Files are tributes to mysterious cases, chiefly involving paranormal
phenomena, th to solve over
What previous media depiction of the FBI does the article focus on and how does it compare that
depiction to the "X-Files"? - Correct answers✔✔No branch of the federal government has gotten
more of a free ride from mass media than the FBI. Bureau agents have been the darlings of
movies, radio, and television throughout their history and were especially so in the 1930s, 1940s,
and 1950s. he 1930s, 1940s, an federal police force was originally very controversial—many
regarded it as an injustice extension of the federal government's power, beyond Constitution—
but we seldom get even a hint of such controversy. In comparison to the X files that show ant
trust in the FBI organization and conspiracy theories. the FBI. The FBI Story stresses that the
agency, at least under Hoover's reign, is above politics; that its agents are God-fearing servants,
willing to give their lives to protect their country it is technologically sophisticated and able to
ferret out any that, in Superman-like fashion, it is on the side of truth
What does the article have to say about the basic premise for the show? - Correct answers✔✔in
its basic premise The X-Files suggests that the gov of dealing with a whole side of human life. It
hands the deepes ure whom it proceeds actively to marginalize (symbolically basement corner of
the FBI building in the District of Columb it can to thwart his efforts to uncover the truth and, if
he ev from making it known to the public. The show in fact emp ment does not represent the
, public interest but has a hid reflects the self-interest of those in power. All this runs counte
traditionally been presented in Ame
How does the article describe the roles/backgrounds of the show's two main characters? - Correct
answers✔✔Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, are presented as heroic figures, but almost everything
they accomplish they achieve in spite of the Bureau, not because of it, authority makes it
impossible for them to get clear guidance or support in there efforts to write the wrongs in the
world. the years. Fox Mulder is interest in any case involving mysterious or unexplained
phenomena for a personal reason. he believes yers ago his sister was abducted by aliens. Higher
ups assign Dana Scully to Mulder as a partner in the hope that she will discredit his
investigations. her scientific expertise as a medical doctor is supposed to allow her to debunk his
explanations of phenomena in terms of occult causes.
How does the one show episode that the article profiles in depth illustrate larger patterns of the
show? - Correct answers✔✔The only thing that is clear is that The X-Files has chosen to invert
the normal pattern of the FBI drama. In a plot twist that should endear monetarists everywhere,
here the federal government and perhaps the Federal reserve itself are shown tampering with the
money supply—not the private individuals vilified in the standard counterfeiting storyline. In his
last words to the U.S. attorney, Mulder insists: "The money's as dirty as you are." Sticking to his
guns, the federal official asks Mulder which side he is on, demanding to know if he wants "to
bring down the federal government—to do the very work that that group you were part of is
doing. What do you want—laws against these men or laws protecting them?" reply goes to the
heart of The X-Files: "I want people to know the truth." And the official's answer shows where
the battle lines are drawn on the show: "Well sometimes our job is to protect those people from
knowing it." That the federal gov might have an interest in concealing the truth from the
American people
This common refrain within the FBI captured a key aspect of the culture within the Bureau, a
culture which made it hard for this law enforcement agency to change in ways that would make
it better able to combat terrorism. - Correct answers✔✔"the fbi way" or "that's not how we do
things here"
This rule restricted the use and circulation of information gained through a federal grand jury
investigation, but it also provided a justification for FBI agents to hoard the information and not
