Getting people and supplies into position TO commit the act; This is the last opportunity to alert authorities before the terrorism occurs.

• A. Acquiring supplies
• B. Surveillance
• C. Dry Run
• D. Deploying Assets

Answer: (D)

This item tests recognizing the stage when an attacker brings together and positions the people and materials needed to carry out the act. It represents the last window to intervene because once assets are deployed and in place at the target, the plan is near execution and disrupting it becomes much more difficult.

Think of the other options as earlier steps: acquiring supplies is the initial gathering of items, surveillance is information gathering to plan, and a dry run is a rehearsal to test timing and feasibility. Deploying assets is the moment everything is moved into place to execute.