About the FSA
What career path does the FSA primarily prepare its members for?
What is the U.S. Foreign Service?
FSOs represent which U.S. institution when serving abroad?
What is the U.S. Department of State?
What does FSOT stand for?
What is the Foreign Service Officer Test?
What does UN stand for?
What is the United Nations?
In the study timeline, which two subjects are emphasized in Month 1?
What are U.S. History and U.S. Government?
Besides FSOT prep, what other career-building support does the FSA offer?
What is graduate school guidance, internships, or resume workshops?
Name one functional cone or career track of the Foreign Service.
What is Political, Economic, Public Diplomacy, Consular, or Management?
Which U.S. Cabinet department administers the FSOT?
What is the Department of State?
NATO was founded in 1949 to provide collective defense. What does NATO stand for?
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
In Month 2, students are advised to begin studying which branch of economics?
What is Micro and Macro Economics?
How does the FSA remain nonpartisan while still engaging with issues?
What is by organizing fundraising and awareness events rather than political advocacy?
FSOs strengthen diplomacy through building relationships with which three groups?
What are governments, organizations, and communities?
Besides world affairs and the U.S. government, name another subject tested on the FSOT.
What is culture, English expression, or situational judgment?
What is the main judicial body of the United Nations located in The Hague?
What is the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
Which U.S. Supreme Court case established judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
What is one academic field FSA members are encouraged to strengthen for FSOT success?
What is Political Science, International Relations, or Economics?
What quality must FSOs demonstrate when adjusting to life abroad in different cultures?
What is cultural adaptability?
Which bureau in the State Department manages consular affairs like visas and passports?
What is the Bureau of Consular Affairs?
Which specialized UN agency focuses on global health?
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
What structured method, abbreviated STAR, is practiced to answer oral interview questions?
What is Situation, Task, Action, Result?
What three phases of the Foreign Service selection process does the FSA help students prepare for?
What are the FSOT, Personal Narratives (QEP), and Oral Assessment?
Name two global challenges FSOs may directly engage with while serving abroad.
What are humanitarian crises, conflict resolution, terrorism, climate change, or economic instability?
Name two skills beyond knowledge that the FSOT and Oral Assessment are designed to measure.
What are leadership, judgment, communication, or problem-solving?
NATO operates on the principle of collective defense. What article of its treaty establishes this principle?
What is Article 5?
The State Department evaluates candidates on core qualities called the “13 Dimensions.” Name three.
What are leadership, information integration, judgment, oral communication, written communication, or cultural adaptability (any three accepted)?