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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. What is CAPPS?
(a) No fly list.
(b) Passenger pre-screening system.
(c) A law enforcement agency of the FBI.
(d) A law passed to collect intelligence from foreign countries.

2. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

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

4. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.
(a) Bible.
(b) Torah.
(c) Tanakh.
(d) Koran.

5. In 1996, who was concerned enough about Bin Laden to set up a unit of about a dozen officers that would monitor him and plan operations against him?
(a) The INS.
(b) The FAA.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?

2. What does ISID stand for?

3. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

4. Who ordered the National Security Council to coordinate a response against the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center's parking garage?

5. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, we get a background of the "Hamburg Group" as well as four other jihad extremists. Give a brief synopsis of one of the jihad extremists. What education/course of study did the jihad extremists possess?

2. What did Bin Laden do after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990?

3. What type of support did the Afghan resistance and Bin Laden receive?

4. Who is Lieutenant General William Boykin and what did he tell the Commission in regards to why opportunities were missed to kill Bin Laden?

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

6. What was the purpose of the "Political-Military Plan Delenda" and who created it?

7. How would creating an office of National Intelligence Director help the FBI?

8. When was the last time the FAA ordered a nation-wide grounding of all aircraft?

9. Where was President Bush when the first aircraft crashed on 9/11/2001? Why was President Bush at this location?

10. How did the State Department plan to end the Afghan Civil War?

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