1. Investigation
   Intelligence-gathering
2. Peacekeeping

The FBI is generally not called on to keep the peace in riots, civil unrest or the like. That is the job of other agencies, including local and state police.

1. Domestic
   International
2. Patchwork
   Statewide

The FBI calls itself America's domestic law-enforcement and security agency. This is largely in contrast to the CIA, whose role is international intelligence gathering.

1. Urban base
   Field office
2. Mini-bureau
   Outpost

The FBI has more than 50 field offices domestically. They sometimes also maintain a presence within smaller jurisdictions - for example, a posting of a single agent - that doesn't rise to the level of being a field office.

1. DIplomatic field offices
   International stations
2. Legal attaches
   The FBI has no overseas offices

The name is commonly shortened to "legat." The FBI has presences overseas to protect Americans abroad and develop cooperative relationships with the law-enforcement agencies of other countries. These offices exist with the permission of host countries.

1. Ten Downing Street
   The J. Edgar Hoover Building
2. One FBI Plaza
   There is no name for it.

Hoover was the FBI director who brought the Bureau into the 20th century in many ways, in terms of its size, duties and methods. But the Hoover name is a double-edged sword, as the director's reputation has slowly been tarnished after his death. (He was evidently paranoid, keeping "enemies files" and using Bureau resources to keep tabs on those he didn't like).

1. Annapolis
   Hogan's Alley
2. Parris Island
   Quantico

Quantico is a Marine base in Virginia. The FBI has its training facility there, and other agencies come to train as well.

1. A Benelli shotgun
   A Glock handgun
2. An M16 rifle
   Any of these

FBI agents carry the least visible and obtrusive of these guns because, generally speaking, weapons aren't a big part of the job. Some candidates for agenthood actually withdraw from the Academy because they are uncomfortable with the gun-carrying part of the job.

1. True
2. False

Civil rights are universal. FBI agents are required to read suspects their rights, just like any other arresting officer.

1. True
2. False

Though the FBI is not a "national police force," as some people believe, it does maintain a small force of its own. This is to provide security for its buildings or for vulnerable witnesses.

1. Ebbets Field
   The Widowmaker
2. The Miracle Mile
   The Yellow Brick Road

The Yellow Brick Road is a grueling obstacle course at Quantico. You can see Clarice Starling running it in the opening sequence of "The Silence of the Lambs."

1. A simulated "town" where gun handling is practiced
   An oval course where driving skills are practiced
2. A memorial hallway for fallen FBI agents
   The only place agent trainees are allowed to smoke at Quantico

Hogan's Alley is where agent trainees practice, among other things, shoot/don't shoot decisions. Though in movies it's often depicted as having pop-up figures - for example, a man in a burglar mask or a nun - nowadays trainees use paintball guns and volunteers play the town's bad guys and its innocent bystanders.

1. Pacemaker
   Holter monitor
2. Polygraph
   Veritograph

The name "polygraph," from the Latin for "much writing," is based on its multiple needle/pens, which track several body functions (like heart rate). The polygraph is one of the more controversial pieces of law-enforcement equipment of modern times.

1. the BATF
   the DEA
2. the US Marshals Service
   Any of these, equally

The FBI works cooperatively with all sorts of law-enforcement bodies -- federal, state or local. If there's a particular rivalry with another agency, it seems to be pretty well hidden.

1. Five
   10
2. 12
   15

The Most Wanted list was an innovation of J. Edgar Hoover's days. It can often be found on the walls of a post office.

1. True
2. False

Surprised? It's because the list is not ranked. There's never been a #1, contrary to popular belief.

1. A driver's license
   A university degree
2. Two years minimum law-enforcement experience
   Three years of work experience

Contrary to what many people believe, the FBI does not recruit actively from law enforcement. It is more interested in what a candidate studied at university. That said, military service is highly valued.

1. Accounting
   Computer science
2. Law
   Sports

Sorry, gym rats ... but the FBI actively looks for candidates in fields that might strike the rest of us as boring ... accounting, finance and computer science among them. It really is a brain job, and the ability to follow complicated legal or financial paper trails is very useful.

1. A 1.5 mile run
   A DNA test
2. A polygraph
   A medical exam

The FBI is thorough, to be sure. But it wouldn't actually look at your genes (which might be cause for a racial-discrimination suit, at any rate).

1. Arabic
   Japanese
2. Portuguese
   Canadian English

Many foreign languages are useful to the FBI, which employs linguists. But there's no denying that in the current climate, Arabic is particularly in demand.

1. 35
   37
2. 40
   54

Mandatory retirement age is 57, so the FBI set its maximum age at 37 to ensure that an agent would work at least 20 years. It isn't considered worthwhile to train anyone who'll be able to work less than that. On sites like Quora, you can find people asking "Will the FBI make an exception for me? I'm 38, but have so much to offer!" Sorry, that's not likely to work.

1. Yes
2. No

No! Shooting a suspect in the back is not protocol, even if he might get away. OK, there are probably *really* extenuating circumstances that might justify this ... we just can't think of one.

1. The suspect is elderly.
   The suspect is clearly under 18.
2. The suspect is clean-cut and middle-class in appearance.
   None of these

In the field, you are allowed, almost required, to protect yourself. Although an agent might have qualms about shooting at a minor, there is no automatic protection for a potential shooter under 18.

1. Go clubbing
   Go to the gym
2. Eat half a cheescake
   Have three or four beers at home

Part of the FBI's screening is a personality assessment. They are looking for people who handle stress in the healthiest possible way -- which doesn't mean partying, drinking or overeating.

1. The president, directly
   The Department of Justice
2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff
   The US Marshals Service

The Department of Justice oversees several federal law-enforcement agencies, of which the FBI is one. The head of the DOJ is the Attorney General.

1. Yes
   No, but the crime must be a murder.
2. No, the FBI will aid in the investigation of crimes less than murder, and without there being an "interstate"aspect.
   Yes, unless the criminal is already a felon.

Several factors will go into whether the FBI lends aid to smaller jurisdictions. Probably, one of them is as mundane as how much manpower the Bureau has at the time. It was probably harder to get aid in the months after 9/11.

1. A military Judge Advocate General
   A drug-interdiction unit
2. A labor union
   A SWAT team

The Hostage Rescue Team was created in 1984, just before Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics. Remembering the tragedy at Munich only 10 years earlier, the FBI wanted an elite team ready to respond to a hostage crisis.

1. Customs
   The CIA
2. The US Marshals Service
   The TSA

Customs is part of the Homeland Security Agency. They deal with border protection and shipments into the US quite a lot, and would be most likely to ask for FBI assistance with drug smuggling.

1. Speak to him or her before going to the boss
   Go straight to the boss
2. Ignore the situation and hope it doesn't drag everyone down
   Pick up the extra work without mentioning it to anyone else

The FBI is looking for people who work well with others. This means handling difficult situations diplomatically, but also without burying one's head in the sand and ignoring the problem.

1. Free speech
   Voting rights
2. Gun ownership
   Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure

This amendment is obviously important to FBI work. There are definitely situations when you can search without a warrant, but your evidence is at risk of being thrown out if a judge finds the reasons for the search and seizure baseless.

1. The car is a make and model favored by drug dealers.
   The car's owner just looks sketchy.
2. The car's owner gives you permission.
   The car has a broken taillight.

If someone gives you consent to search their home, car or person, that's all it takes. Other situations that don't require a warrant are when you have good reason to believe evidence is being destroyed within, the suspect has already been arrested on charges pertaining to the search or evidence is in plain view (like through a window).

1. They are lying.
   They are telling the truth.
2. They are physically unwell.
   They need to go to the bathroom.

Twitching and unnecessary movements tend to suggest dishonesty. However, someone very comfortable with lying will usually not exhibit these symptoms.

1. Cybercrime
   Misdemeanors
2. Organized crime
   Sex crimes

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was passed in the mid-20th century. A series of congressional hearings had introduced the public -- and the more naive among members of Congress -- to the idea that organized crime was everywhere in the US, influencing public safety, prices of goods, and so on.

1. "I am relatively comfortable disagreeing with colleagues."
   "My religious background would make it difficult for me to work counterterrorism."
2. "I consider myself to be a perfectionist."
   "I can enjoy a dinner without consuming alcohol."

While the FBI is likely to learn your family's and culture's religion as part of the background check, it won't ask a question about how religion might affect your work. That would be considered discriminatory.

1. Arson
   Murder
2. Rape
   Tax evasion

White-collar crime is nonviolent crime with a financial motive, usually committed in the setting of a business or corporation. Tax evasion counts, though it has to be large in scope for the FBI to get involved.

1. How agents behave on foreign soil
   How FBI agents work with other agencies
2. How agents express their political opinions in public
   Use of force, deadly or otherwise

You'll hear this term more often in relation to the military. But it became important in the standoff at Ruby Ridge, in which a shootout killed Vicki Weaver and her son Sammy Weaver, who was 14 years old.