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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 2000s.

2. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?
(a) The Justice Department.
(b) The Defense Department.
(c) The State Department.
(d) The Vice President.

3. When was the U.S.S. Cole bombed?
(a) October 1976.
(b) October 2001.
(c) October 1999.
(d) October 2000.

4. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, the FBI operated, in part, as a kind of ________ ________ service.
(a) Domestic dispute.
(b) Domestic intelligence.
(c) International dispute.
(d) International intelligence.

5. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1998.

6. Who offered to attack Bin Laden's Derunta training camp in December 1999?
(a) Abdul Rahman Yasin.
(b) Ahmed Shah Massoud.
(c) Ali Atwa.
(d) Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah.

7. Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) earned a college degree in what subject?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Microbiology.
(d) Computer science.

8. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?
(a) In the jump seats of the aircraft.
(b) Coach.
(c) First Class.
(d) Rear of the aircraft.

9. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) America.
(c) London.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

10. The outcome of the November 7, 2000, presidential election was not decided for how many days?
(a) 31.
(b) 29.
(c) 60.
(d) 37.

11. In 1995, while Bin Laden was still in Sudan, its government began to perceive him as a __________.
(a) Hero.
(b) Liability.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Mastermind.

12. When was the CIA created?
(a) After the Cold War.
(b) After WWI.
(c) After WWII.
(d) After the Gulf War.

13. What does FAA stand for?
(a) Federal Airlines Administration.
(b) Federal Aviation Administration.
(c) Federal Airlines Association.
(d) Federal Aviation Association.

14. What is EMPTA?
(a) A precursor of VX nerve gas.
(b) The East Embassy building that was bombed.
(c) Pakistani intelligence department.
(d) Emergency Medical and Physical Training Association.

15. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?
(a) Jihadist.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) Mongols.
(d) Al-Qaeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did KSM originally meet with Bin Laden to present a vague plan to hijack planes and use them as guided missiles?

2. What was established to review proposed intelligence activities in the U.S.?

3. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?

4. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?

5. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:

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