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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1993, what item was proposed to be banned from passenger carry-on baggage but was rejected?
(a) Tasors.
(b) Guns.
(c) Knives.
(d) Mace.

3. Who was nicknamed "Blind Sheikh"?
(a) Omar Abdel Rahman.
(b) Hani Hanjour.
(c) Bin Laden.
(d) Khalid al Mihdhar.

4. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.
(a) American.
(b) African.
(c) Korean.
(d) Canadian.

5. In 1999, new intelligence emerged that Bin Laden would spend a night at a specific location in which city of Afghanistan?
(a) Kunduz.
(b) Jalalabad.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Kandahar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.

2. What is CAPPS?

3. What does NORAD stand for?

4. What is "Gestapo"?

5. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who established the "Islamic Army Shura"? Where was the "Islamic Army Shura" established and what was it to serve?

2. In the spring of 2001, there was a sudden spike in intelligence indicating a heightened risk of a Muslim terrorist attack against U.S. interest. Give an example of what one report stated.

3. From 1998-1999, what scandal was President Clinton embroiled in? What did President Clinton do that seemed to divert attention from this scandal?

4. Why was at least one (1) plan for invading Afghanistan with ground troops prior to 9/11 banned?

5. When did the U.S. government become aware of Bin Laden's involvement in financing terrorist attacks against the U.S interests? What did the State Department detect in his financing?

6. Describe the Minneapolis FBI investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui. Was the FBI able to connect Moussaoui to al-Qaeda?

7. When and why was the Counterterrorist Center established?

8. What is NCTC? What problems would this agency solve?

9. Describe the training most of the hijackers received in Afghanistan. Who oversaw these trainings? What techniques did the hijackers learn?

10. What were the four (4) kinds of failure exposed by the 9/11 attacks?

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